February 6, 2014 Page 9 We can hardly wait for the... ...sports competitions to begin. language Free Come to print out free puzzles: Hooray for Presidents Day! and Working Inside a Budget @ The people of Sochi had to spend a lot of time thinking about what needed to be done to get the city and surrounding area ready to host thousands of people. A new Olympic Park has been built. What else did the hosts have to think about? Read the clues to fill in the crossword: Moscow land Railway cosmonaut building temperatures ice hockey school uniforms game dolls beets vacation visitors 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Sochi, Russia Getting Ready for the 1. soccer, __________ and basketball are popular sports 2. sent up the first satellite (Sputnik); an astronaut is called a __________ 3. borscht soup is made out of ________, potatoes and cabbage 4. Sochi, a favorite __________ place on the Black Sea, is the host city for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games 5. had a big hit with a computer __________,Tetris, that uses falling blocks; theme song is based upon a traditional Russian folk song 6. __________ can enjoy gardens, beaches, waterfalls, and popular dishes like meat dumplings or lamb kebabs 7. students wear __________ which may include fur coats in winter 8. has the longest train line in the world, called the Trans-Siberian ________ 9. __________ is the capital of Russia 10. the Russian __________ does not use the word “the” 11. has very cold __________; people wear hats that have ear flaps 12. children go to __________ for nine years (elementary); school days are the same length as here 13. nesting __________ are a famous toy; made of wood and brightly painted 14. a one of a kind __________ in Moscow (St. Basil’s Cathedral); built to look like flames of a bonfire 15. is the largest country in the world by __________ mass, and ninth largest by population Newspaper Fun! Created by Annimills LLC © 2014 Newspaper Fun! www.readingclubfun.com Annimills LLC © 2014 V11-07 Stuff www.readingclubfun.com Sochi, Russia, is the host city for the 2014 Winter Olympics. People there have been getting ready for years to welcome over 2,000 world class athletes from 85 countries for the sporting competitions. After the exciting Sochi Moscow 1 2 3 4 5 buses 6 7 8 9 10 snow television power train buildings streets theme food villages Sochi, Russia – Getting Ready for Visitors! 1. a plan to make sure that there is plenty of ________ since Sochi is the warmest city ever to host the Winter Olympics 2. how to build 3 ________ where the athletes and their trainers will live 3. a ________ for each village: one is technology, the others are based upon Russian folktales like Baba Yaga, music such as the symphony of Peter and the Wolf and Russian life shown through crafts, arts and legends 4. each village has a cafeteria, clinic, bank, library, shops and ________ that run all day and night 5. kinds of ________ the athletes from different countries would eat 6. transportation, so they built a railway line for a ________ to shuttle visitors between the city and the mountains 7. had to work out communications: phones, radio, ________ 8. make sure they had enough ________ for lights; heating 9. how the ________ and other new things would be used after the games are done 10. naming the ________ in the villages after their country’s famous Olympic champions Who Are We? Mascots! 1. My hair is a snowy white, yet my skin is actually black! 2. I can swim for a week straight. 3. I am the largest species of my family of animals. 4. My scientific name means ‘sea bear’ (Ursus maritimus). 1. The pattern on my fur helps me to hide in the rocky mountainside. 2. The markings on my fur are called rosettes. 3. Most of my family lives in China. reporters family trainers 1. I eat plants. 2. My close relative is the rabbit. 3. My fur changes color to protect me. 4. I am very fast and I can run up to 35 miles per hour. Who am I? __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Who am I? __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Who am I? __ __ __ __ Russia Feb. 7–23 Opening Ceremony Friday, February 7th, athletes are competing for medals in 98 exciting events. What do you know about the host country, Russia? Find its location on a map or globe. Read the clues to fill in the crossword puzzle and to learn more about it. We’re checking out a new video game, Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games! Winter Olympics 2014 Sochi is one of the longest cities in the world. It stretches along the coastline of the Black Sea in Russia for 90 miles! athletes judges spectators The mascots for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games were chosen by the people of Russia by tuning into a television show and voting for their favorite ideas. The 3 winners are cartoons of animals you know! What are they? Ask a grownup if you may visit our cool mascots website @ You can listen to our cartoons in Russian and read English captions. http://talisman.sochi2014.com/en/ E E E R R R R Who is Visiting? Привет Hello! (pree•vee•et)
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