Life-sized ice nativity unveiled

By Berni | December 2, 2011

Nov. 29 – A life-sized nativity scene made entirely out of ice blocks is unveiled in the Austrian city of Graz. Tara Cleary reports.

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Life-sized ice nativity unveiled

questions

  1. What have people been waiting for?
  2. What does this sculpture mark?
  3. Why did the sculptor start the tradition?
  4. When was the first ice nativity made?
  5. Can you find 3 grammar mistakes the sculptor makes in his English?
  6. How many people come to look at the sculpture?
  7. Who is featured in the scene?
  8. How big is the sculpture?
  9. How much ice was used?
  10. Why might the figures need replacing?

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