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ClarissaMach · Last edited by ClarissaMach on Thu Jun 22, 2006 6:00 am; edited 1 time in total

I�d like to ask you all if is there in your country such a meaningfull event as the World Cup is to Brazil.

For us, Brazilians, it�s very different from Christmas Eve or New Years Day; althoug these are very important ceremonies, they happen every single year, so, you know, they become too usual�.

But the World Cup� it happens just once in four years. Well, you wouldn�t believe how much it gets people involved! This is a moment in which all the differences seem to vanish! Everybody wears green and yellow, the main colours of the Brazilian flag. Workers are allowed to leave the office much earlier than usual (1:00 pm, when it should be 6:00 pm), and so are students at school. Everybody gets totally excited about it! The streets are fully decorated with paper streamers, and little flags, even in the poorest neighbourhoods.

So, tell me, is there such a special moment in your country?

Clarissa Alves Machado.

Lute · Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 11

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Abby1989 · Joined: 25 Dec 2005 Posts: 6

I'm from China,though football games in my country is not so crazy.
, I believe that day will be no sooner later .
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ClarissaMach · Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:06 am Post subject:

Does people in China enjoy soccer?

Clarissa Alves Machado.