Barretos Expands Rodeo Park to Attract Bigger Events
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Barretos is a city in Brazil. It has a famous rodeo park called Parque do Peão.
The city is making the park bigger. It wants to bring big events to the park.
Every year, Barretos has a big festival called Festa do Peão. People come from many places to see it.
This year, the festival started with music and shows. Many people came to watch.
The park has new buildings and more space now. The city hopes more events will come in the future.
People took many photos on the first day of the festival. The photos showed happy crowds and cowboy hats.
Vocabulary15 words
- rodeo
- a show with horses and cowboys
- events
- big things that happen, like shows or festivals
- festival
- a special day or days for fun and celebration
- expand
- to make something bigger
- crowd
- many people together in one place
- structure
- a building or place that is built
- attract
- to bring people or things to a place
- cowboy
- a person who rides horses and works with cows
- annual
- happening every year
- venue
- a place where an event happens
- guest
- a person who comes to visit or attend something
- celebration
- a happy event for something special
- grow
- to become bigger over time
- space
- an area or room for something
- host
- to have an event at your place
Quiz
Answer key
1. Making it bigger 2. Festa do Peão 3. To attract big events
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Barretos is a city in Brazil. It has a famous _____ park called Parque do Peão.
The city is making the park _____. It wants to bring big _____ to the park.
Every year, Barretos has a big _____ called Festa do Peão. People come from many places to see it.
This year, the festival started with music and shows. Many people came to _____.
The park has new buildings and more _____ now. The city hopes more events will come in the future.
People took many photos on the first day of the festival. The photos showed happy _____ and cowboy hats.