I guess I’m late. The other day I went for rehearsal and it was kind of fun coz we are about more than ten girls. I am very much excited about that Pageant because I know there will be lots and lots of people who will be looking at us.
We 'will be dancing'. The future continuous is will with be and the - ing form - will be dancing, will be looking. So the dancing and looking will happen in the future during the pageant. What else will happen during the pageant?
‘She'll be having butterflies in her stomach’. To have butterflies in your stomach is to feel nervous. So she will feel nervous during the pageant. And why will she be feeling nervous?
To be very frank, I didn’t expect that there were gonna be so much crowd. Ah, it’s more than my expectations, seriously. And they say it’s gonna be three hundred thousand people as an audience. Oh my God!
Next listen for the word that means to join in:
I didn’t know that in Christmas Pageant all age group can participate.
Participate. To join in is to participate. And what do you call people who participate?
People who participate are called participants. What’s another way of saying ‘participate’?
I have taken part in India in lots of combinations but not like this. This is gonna be my life’s greatest experience I must say.
She said 'I have taken part in India' - to take part is to participate. Does the audience participate?
They do participate or take part or join in. They were spraying water. And what else were they doing?
The whole Adelaide’s kids were there, and they were waving like anything.
'They were waving like anything'. To do something 'like anything' is to do it enthusiastically or a lot. To finish, listen for what else the children do:
It's great. When we look in their eyes and they are there with a big smile and it looks fabulous you know.
