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Lectura: Tradiciones del Año Nuevo
Yo soy____________________
Lectura: Tradiciones del Año Nuevo
1. Summarize the Spanish New Year’s Eve custom. Use the graphic and the words you can recognize to piece together an
understanding.
2. In Bulgaria, for how long are the lights turned off? ______________________________
3. In which countries do the New Year’s activities involve eating? ______________________ and __________________
4. The Swiss throw dining utensils and dinnerware at the doors of their friends. Why?
a. To get new utensils and dinnerware for the new year
b. To bring happiness
c. To bring good luck
d. To attract the good spirits
5. In which country does a lucky winner get the title “King of the Bean?”
a. Greece
b. England
c. Scotland
d. France
Yo soy____________________
Lectura: Tradiciones del Año Nuevo
6. What do Cubans pour out of their windows?
a. Wine
b. Coffee
c. Water
d. Nothing
7. In which country do they make a lot of noise in order to attract the attention of good spirits? ___________________
At what time do they do this?
a. Noon
b. Six AM
c. Midnight
d. Six PM
8. Where do they throw away old things as a means of freeing themselves the problems of the past? ____________________
9. Which country’s holiday’s traditions seems most like ours? What do they have/do that we also have/do?