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Culture and traditions
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Read Aloud text: a harbour lantern custom in a fishing village
Every autumn, the fishing village of Portmellin lights a row of lanterns along its harbour wall, one for each boat that went to sea that year. Nobody is sure when the custom began. Today few families still fish, yet children carry the lanterns anyway, because the ceremony has become a way of saying who the village is.
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Read Aloud
Look at the text below. You have 35 seconds to read it silently and prepare, then about 35 seconds to read it aloud into the microphone. Read naturally and clearly; do not add, skip or change words.
Read the short text about a lantern custom in a fishing village aloud.
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