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t hey did. However, in some countries, people enjoy playing with their food

at certain special festivals.

Every ast Wednesday n August, thousands of peop e n Buño gather

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omatoes. This festival is a really wild food fight. Imagine a large crowd of
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peop e a l ll t r h owing tomatoes at each other on the street. Tomatoes are

everywhere on people's faces, in people's hair, and under people's feet!

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Yo u m gh t t h n k i i it' s a pity to waste so many tomatoes. Then,

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uses only one cheese. Besides, the w nner can keep the cheese and eat
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The Cheese­Ro ng Fest va usua y takes place on the ast Monday

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n May. At this festival, people run down a hill and chase a large wheel of
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cheese in an English village. Everyone tri es their best t o catch the 20
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cheese. However because , t he hill is very steep, people get hurt every

year wh il e they are running. Thus, when peop e are hav ng fun w th the
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cheese, they need to be very careful.

I n addition to these two festivals, there are many other food festivals

around the world. Perhaps you would like to go to one and have some fun 25

w th the food there!

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Wh ch o
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‧ What s your favorite

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food? Try to create

some activities about

it and plan an
interesting festival

for it.

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