Five Fun-filled Festivals (1)

Winter festivals you won’t want to miss

Most of us consider winter a great time to stay inside with a good book. Yet the winter months offer great outdoor events, including many fun and unique festivals.

The Ice Festival at Lake Khövsgöl, March 2, 3
To get to this festival, you’ll need to travel to “the ends of the earth!” The remote region located in Mongolia is the perfect setting for cold-weather activities.

Lake Khövsgöl, called the Blue Pearl of Mongolia, freezes up to 1.5 meters deep. Frost-covered trees and mountains circle the lake, creating a winter playground.

Each year local residents have a two-day celebration. Wandering reindeer herders also join the fun, sharing their traditional songs and dances.

The activities take place on the frozen lake and include sled races, skating and much more. There’s an ice tower with a slide and an ice house with hot and cold drinks.

Visitors are always surprised to see how much weight the lake can hold. People, horses and even bonfires can be found on Lake Khövsgöl!

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Teaching Topic: Alliteration and Tongue Twisters 頭韻和繞口令
Five Fun-filled Festivals 每個字的字首都是f的發音, 這就是 alliteration
在廣告歌詞裡常會出現, 像是Coca Cola
另一個常會見到 alliteration的是 tongue twisters
聽起來悅耳而且容易記

Closer Look
Most of us consider winter a great time to stay inside with a good book.
Most of us consider [something] a great time to [do something].
- Most of us consider summer a great time to go to the beach.
- Most of us consider Friday night a great time to go out and have fun.

Language Lab
remote adj.
far from towns or other places where people live [= isolated]:
- The suspect was found in a remote barn in Alabama.
a remote control:
- Daddy always misplaces his remote control.

frost-covered adj.
- The frost-covered car windows took me 15 minutes to scrape.

wander v.
to walk slowly across or around an area, usually without a clear direction or purpose
- There's a stranger wandering around the kindergarten.
- Charlie wandered into the street and nearly got hit by a car.

sled n.
a small vehicle used for sliding over snow, often used by children or in some sports
- The sled ride in the mountain was pure joy.
- When the sled struck a tree, Steve fell off and broke his leg.
sled v. sledded/sledding
- Ricky sledded down the hill.

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