Fireworks fete ends Taiwan New Year – answers
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- This fireworks festival marks the end of Chinese New Year. T: ‘ended with a bang’
- People believe that being hit by fireworks is good luck. T: ‘a chance to be hit with fireworks to receive a stroke of luck in the coming year’
- The crowds are not afraid of being injured by the fireworks. F: they are afraid and cover themselves ‘from head to toe’
- Wearing trash cans on their heads can cause suffocation. F: there is good ventilation as well as protection from the sparks and fireworks
- The men being carried around are looking for prosperity in the coming year. F: they are hired to do this by local businessmen, it is they who are expecting the prosperity
- Some people are injured and need to go to hospital. T: about 33 people
- Tourists were among those injured. T: ‘many tourists ended up in hospital’
- A tower shaped like a beehive ended the display. T: ‘the festival culminated with a beehive tower..’
- Fireworks shot out of the tower high into the night sky. F: they shot in all directions
- People are happy if they feel a firecracker on their body. T: ‘fortunate enough to feel a fizzling firecracker’