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• culture • compete • alive 2 Read and write True or

• worldwide • practise • stadium False.
• performers • floats 1 Carnival in Rio lasts for forty
Are you looking for something exciting to days.
__________
do this February? Visit the Carnival in Rio
2 Visitors come from all over the
de Janeiro, Brazil! Watch the streets come
world.
1) __________________ with parties, singing
__________
and dancing! It’s no wonder that people
3 The Samba School Parade is
in Brazil call it ‘The Greatest Show on
the most popular event.
Earth’! Carnival in Rio is one of the biggest __________
celebrations in the world, and it lasts for about 4 People who take part in
four days! It attracts thousands of people the parade only practise in
2) _________________ ! During Carnival, there February.
are over two million people in the streets __________
every day! The biggest event at Carnival 5 Some Samba schools
is the Samba School Parade! Participants spend a lot of money on the
are from different Samba schools that preparations.
3) __________________ against each other for __________
the title of Carnival Champion. What makes 6 The Sambadrome holds up to
the parade so special is that the schools eight hundred people.
4) _______________ all year long. Competition __________
is tough, though, and some schools spend
large amounts of money on making their
3 Would you like to visit
the Carnival in Rio?
own colourful costumes and floats! In the
Why? Tell the class.
parade, there are hundreds of fantastic
5) _________________ and thousands of
6) _________________ dancing along! They all
make their way to the Sambadrome, a huge
7) __________________ that can seat more
than 80,000 people! The Carnival in Rio de
Janeiro is a great way to experience Brazil’s
rich 8) _________________ ! Don’t miss it!

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