The Sami of Northern Europe

Listen and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

• According to the audio, a few of the Sami living a traditional life are called _____.
• What makes life of nomads become hard?

According to the audio, a few of the Sami living a traditional life are called _____.

What makes life of nomads become hard?

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

The Sami of Northern Europe

The Sami live in northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. There are only about 32,000 of them, and most of them live a modern life on the coast or in the 3.1. Only a few of them live a 3.2 life. These few Sami are called 3.3 because they move from one place to another with their reindeer. Their life is almost the same as it was a thousand years ago. 

In winter, the reindeer dig through the snow to find plants for their food. In spring, these plants become very dry, and there are lots of insects. Then the Sami move their reindeer to the coast. The deer live on the thick grass there until winter. When the snow becomes deep, the Sami and their reindeer begin moving slowly back to their winter homes. There is less snow there. 

These nomads live in 3.4 because they move so often. They make shoes, jackets, and pants of reindeer skin. They also wear beautiful blue and red traditional clothes. They walk or travel on skis. They have 3.5, too. Reindeer pull the sleds. 

The long 3.6, often in bad weather, make life very hard for these nomads. More and more of them are staying in villages on the coast. Sometimes a mother and her children travel by car and meet the father in their winter home. 

There will probably be no more Sami nomads in the future. People want a more comfortable life. However, the Sami will probably always wear their traditional clothes on holidays. They will teach their children the old stories and songs. People do not want to 3.7 their traditions.

Read the passage and answer the questions. 

The Sami of Northern Europe

The Sami live in northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. There are only about 32,000 of them, and most of them live a modern life on the coast or in the forests. Only a few of them live a traditional life. These few Sami are called nomads because they move from one place to another with their reindeer. Their life is almost the same as it was a thousand years ago. 

In winter, the reindeer dig through the snow to find plants for their food. In spring, these plants become very dry, and there are lots of insects. Then the Sami move their reindeer to the coast. The deer live on the thick grass there until winter. When the snow becomes deep, the Sami and their reindeer begin moving slowly back to their winter homes. There is less snow there. 

These nomads live in tents because they move so often. They make shoes, jackets, and pants of reindeer skin. They also wear beautiful blue and red traditional clothes. They walk or travel on skis. They have sleds, too. Reindeer pull the sleds. 

The long trips, often in bad weather, make life very hard for these nomads. More and more of them are staying in villages on the coast. Sometimes a mother and her children travel by car and meet the father in their winter home. 

There will probably be no more Sami nomads in the future. People want a more comfortable life. However, the Sami will probably always wear their traditional clothes on holidays. They will teach their children the old stories and songs. People do not want to forget their traditions. 

Nomads are people who _____.

What is the passage mainly about?

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text. 

1. Only a few of them live a 7.1 life.
2. The long 7.2, often in bad weather, make life very hard for these nomads.
3. They walk or travel on skis. They have 7.3, too.
4. They will teach their children the old stories and songs. People do not want to 7.4 their traditions. 
5. There are only about 32,000 of them, and most of them live a modern life on the coast or in the 7.5.
6. These nomads live in 7.6 because they move so often.
7. These few Sami are called 7.7 because they move from one place to another with their reindeer.

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.

1. Janet and Tom are going to take a 8.1 to England next year.
2. Eastern Canada has large 8.2. There are millions of trees there.
3. In northern countries, children like to play on their 8.3 in winter.
4. The Baker family likes to go camping. They sleep in a 8.4.
5. It's 8.5 in America to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day.
6. I've 8.6 my password on Facebook.
7. The Tuareg are the largest tribe of 8.7 in the desert.