1 Unit 1 happy new millennium Part 1 warming up Key words: 1.chime 2.millennium 3.prospective 4.gala 5.countdown 6.fanfare The world had entered the 21st century.Here are some brief reports of “Happy New Millennium” celabrations.Now listen and enjoy.Supply the missing words. 1. The world is greeting the year 2000 with much celebration.The first nation to celebrate is Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean. 2. In China,President Jiang Zemin lit a fire to represent thousands of years of Chinese civilization.The traditional________begins in February. 3. ______covering two cotinents will have the world’s logest New Year celebrations. 4. Former_____President Nelson Mandela says he is hoping for a safer and more caring world in the next century.The former President also said science has given the world new ways to meet the needs of world populationg. 5. Welcome from London.Welcom from the BBC World Service to the 21st century.The year 2000 has arrived in______when the chimes of London’s Big Ben signaled midnight.Huge crowds cheered as spectacular fireworks displays went along several kilometers of the Thames. 6. Welcome to the Pacific,Welcome to Millennium island.Very shortly we and the tiny Republic of Kiribati will take the world’s very first step into the year 2000. 7. _______is greeting the new millennium with fireworks and parties.As the clock stuck midnight,thousands of people braved rain showers to attend midnight celebration,fireworks and concerts. 8. _______firework display lit up the sky over Sydney’s famous harbor of the stroke of midnight.Earlier,the new century began its 24-hour march around the globe in the tiny South Pacific island nation of Kiribati. 9. Joyous celebrations took place across _______ t...
