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1. Entertainment vocabulary

2. Special events

Vocabulary

1. Entertainment vocabulary

Buskers playing musical instruments on a street cornerBuskers 🔊
Performers in a circus tentCircus 🔊
A mime artist in white face paintMime 🔊
Crowds enjoying a music festivalFestival 🔊
People in vibrant costumes dancing in a street parade during a carnival celebration.Carnival 🔊
Magician on stage doing magic trickMagic show 🔊
Photo of fireworks displayFireworks display 🔊
The plush interior of a theatre house.Theatre 🔊
A bustling amusement park with Ferris wheels in the backgroundAmusement park 🔊

2. Special events

Vocabulary

The United Kingdom is known for its exciting annual events. They attract visitors from all over the world. As you read about the events mentioned below, pay particular attention to the highlighted words, which represent essential vocabulary related to entertainment and cultural festivities. You can click them to show their definition.

  1. Wimbledon: Wimbledon, the oldest tennis tournament in the world, takes place annually in late June and early July in London. It’s one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments.

  2. The Chelsea Flower Show: This world-famous flower and landscape gardens show is held in Chelsea, London, in May each year. The event is organised by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and attracts visitors from all over the globe.

  3. Notting Hill Carnival: Held annually in London’s Notting Hill in August, this is Europe’s biggest street carnival. It’s a vibrant and colourful celebration of Caribbean culture, music, and food.

  4. Glastonbury Festival: This is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts that takes place in Pilton, Somerset. It typically happens in June and is famous for its music, but it also showcases dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret, and many other arts.

  5. The Grand National: This is a famous horse racing event held annually at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, usually in early April. It’s one of the most challenging and renowned steeplechase races in the world.

  6. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe: The world’s largest arts festival takes place in Edinburgh every August. It spans 25 days and features more than 50,000 performances of over 3,000 different shows.

  7. The Proms: This eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts is held predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in London. It’s a significant event in British culture, generally held from mid-July to mid-September.

  8. Guy Fawkes Night (Bonfire Night): This annual commemoration of the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605 takes place throughout the UK on November 5. Festivities involve fireworks displays and the burning of Guy Fawkes effigies on bonfires.

  9. London Fashion Week: This biannual fashion event takes place in February and September, showcasing over 250 designers to a global audience.

  10. The Royal Ascot: Held each June, this is a major event in the British social calendar, where attendees dress in formal and traditional wear for horse racing, socialising, and spotting members of the Royal Family.

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