The+Holidays

The June school holidays
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Here are some stories to listen to and read.
media type="file" key="In the holidays_short story 1.wma" width="129" height="120" In the holidays I had fun. I went up Mt Wellington and it was very cold. I did some walking. I had a good holiday.

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In the holidays I went back to my country. I saw my family and friends. We did lots of talking. It was winter so it was very cold. I enjoyed seeing my family.

**My Holidays**
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In the holidays I went to Sri Lanka for 3 weeks with my husband Alan. It is a beautiful country and we did lots of things. We went trekking in the mountains. We swam and canoed in some lakes. We camped and slept in a big tent which was lots of fun. We saw a baby elephant but it ran away. It was very cute. I learned to cook Sri Lankan food. After that we did LOTS of cooking and eating! One day we visited a school in the countryside. On a night walk we saw an anteater and I patted it. We danced and sang with our Sri Lankan friends. We went to a beach and saw lots of fishermen repairing their nets. We saw where the tsunami had been. We visited so many beautiful places and had a great holiday. I’d like to go back one day.
 * My holidays **

Your holidays
Listen to this story about your holidays.

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Now listen and read.

** The holidays **
In the holidays the students in our class did lots of things.

Naw Ti went shopping and went to the beach. Jit went to Launceston and up Mount Wellington. Nar did some driving practise. Purna also did some driving practise and he went to Launceston. Meg went swimming at Salamanca but it was freezing. Dah Dah went shopping and did lots of cooking for her family. Dhan drove to Launceston in the holidays and did some driving practise. Alexander visited Kingston and went to the beach. Basir was very busy in the holidays. He did some gardening and visited friends. Nir did some gardening and went up Mount Wellington with Jit. Gedamu’s holiday was very sad but then friends came to visit. He also did some gardening. Hta Na went shopping and visited some friends. Soo Hyang stayed home and slept. She also went to the beach with her roommate. Antonina went shopping and visited her daughter’s family. She played with her grandson. Abdulhakim went to Tolosa Park with the Oromo community. They went to talk and had a barbecue.

It was a long holiday but it is good to be back at school.