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‘When life gives you lemons make lemonade,’ the saying goes. In the
beautiful and picturesque seaside resort town of Menton in the south of
France, people make a lot more than just lemonade with their lemons. Believe
it or not, they make art, and have a lot of fun doing it!
Every February to March, the people of Menton celebrate their lemons and
oranges with a three-week long lemon festival that attracts over 200,000 visitors.
Artists design and create amazing giant statues for the festival using over 145
tons of lemons and oranges. The artists make everything from giant bananas to
dinosaurs and some of the statues can measure more than 10 metres tall. There is
a daily Citrus Exposition where people come to see the amazing creations and buy
local products made from oranges and lemons. On Sundays, floats carrying the
citrus statues go through the town in the Parade of Golden Fruit and on Thursdays,
crowds gather to watch colourful night parades with music and dancers as well as
fireworks. Each year, there is a different theme and the creators let their
imaginations run wild. Whether you like food and art, or simply need some
vitamin C, Menton is a pretty good place to be in February and March.
Lemons are a great fruit. You
can make lemonade and
desserts from them or even
use their juice for cooking or
in salads.
If you want to experience the festival next year, visitwww.fete-du-citron.com
and book your tickets online as places for each event go fast.
c) Complete the sentences.
1 Menton is ......................................
2 Every spring, over 200,000 people
come to Menton for ......................
3 Artists make statues with .............
4 People come to see the artists’
creations at the .............................
5 After the parades on Thursdays
people watch ................................
d) Use five words from the
box to
make sentences about the
festival.
The people of Menton celebrate the Lemon
Festival every year.
Check these words
dessert, juice, picturesque, resort, celebrate,
attract, design, statue, measure, citrus, creation,
float, fireworks, theme, imagination runs wild
Check these words
Vocabulary Bank 2 p. VB5
S peaking & Writing
4 a) Read the text again and
make notes under the
headings. Use your notes to
present the festival to the
class.
ñ name of festival ñ place
ñ date ñ reason ñ activities
b) In three minutes
write a few sentences giving
reasons why someone should
go to the Lemon Festival. Tell
the class.
Think!
5 Is there a similar food festival in
your country? Make notes under
the headings in Ex. 4a, then write
a short text about it.
e) Match the words in bold in
the text with their meanings:
regional, attractive, huge , plan ,
come together in a group,
main idea, have the size of .