Masks From Around The World

Lion Dance

This is a lion mask from China. In many countries in Asia, there are lion dance. There are always two people in a lion – the mask is on the head of one dancer. The lion dance are very beautiful. Tourists love them.

Greek Masks

The mask here are from Greece. They are 2.000 years old.

Colombina

Mask are in important part of the carnival in Venice, Italy.
There are many different types of carnival masks.
For example, the mask in the picture is called the Colombina. Carnival masks are often very beautiful an some are very expensive.

Halloween Masks

These are Halloween masks. Halloween is on 31th October. Children in many countries around the world, for example, the USA and the UK, wear Halloween masks. They go from house to house and says “Trick or treat.” People give them sweets (treats).

It Was Her Dream To Be An Astronaut

Valentina Tereshkova was born in Russia on 6th March, 1937.
Her father was a driver and her mother was a factory worker.
Valentina was a worker in a factory, too.
Her hobby was sky diving and it was her dream to be an astronaut and to go into space.

In 1962, there was a big competition to find new astronauts.
There were 400 people interested in going to space.
The training programs wasn’t very easy, but Tereshkova was hard working. She was the lucky one. Tereshkova’s big day was 16th June, 1963, and she was ready.

The name of her spacecraft was Vostok 6, and Tereshkova was the first women in space.
The flight was very difficult because there were many technical problems and Tereshkova wasn’t very well for most of the flight.
She was in space for three days. She is the only woman to do a solo space flight. After that she was very famous all over the world. Her face was on stamps in several countries.

In the year 2000, there was a big celebration in London and Valentina Tereshkova was named the “Woman of the Country”.

At the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Russia in 2014, Valentina Tereshkova was one of the carries of the Olympic flag.

These moments were very important to her.

Underwater Photography

Don’t you love them too – those colorful underwater photos of tropical fish and coral reefs?

But these photos are not easy to take. Underwater photography is an expensive hobby, and good equipment is also very, very heavy.

But heavy underwater cameras will soon be a thing of the past.

Maybe in a few years time you will buy a part of DigiGoogles before you on holiday.

That’s the name of a special diving mask that can take photos too.

And you probably won’t even have to press a button to get a good shot.

Open an close your eyes twice and your camera will go ‘click’!

Antarctica – The Place With The Most Weather Records

Antarctica is the most fascinating place for extreme weather. Are you surprised?
Well, here are the facts.
People cannot live in Antarctica all year sound because it’s too cold.
In 1983 scientist recorded the lowest temperature ever : -89.4 Celsius degree! It’s also the wettest place on earth, but not because it’s of the most rain or snow.
It’s the ‘wettest’ place because 98% of Antarctica is covered in ice. But it’s also the driest place because it never rains there – it only snow!
Antarctica hold another record too – there is a place there with the world’s thickest ice , it 2,555 m deep!

Writing Tip : An Article

An article is piece of writing that you find in a newspaper or magazine. An article can be about anything, but often an article is a report for a review.

An article should be interesting. It should be something people will what to read.

Think about your audience and who is going to read it.

Your style can be quite informal but it shouldn’t be as informal as an email to a friend. You can use short forms but don’t use slang.

Think of a good title – something that will make people want to read more.

Use good descriptive language. Adjectives and adverbs will help you make your writing more interesting. If you are writing a review or report you want to try to tell your reader what it was like to be there. If you just give facts, it will make your writing boring.

Think about how to structure your writing. You need a good opening paragraph to introduce the reader to your topic and a good conclusion where you give your opinion.