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Task 1. You are going to read the text aloud. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, and then be ready to read it aloud. Remember that you will not have more than 2 minutes for reading aloud.

New Year is everyone's favorite holiday, which gives us a fairy tale in the middle of winter. It seems that all countries love this holiday. But in different countries this day is celebrated in different ways, and often on other days. For example, in Thailand, this holiday is celebrated three times - according to the European calendar, according to the Chinese calendar and its own, which is called Songkran. On this day, everyone congratulates each other and pours water over each other. In Italy, on New Years, people throw old things out of windows. Previously, even furniture flew out of the windows, now it is more often paper and small rubbish. In Japan, on this day, the house is decorated with a rake so that you can pull in more happiness.