{"id":21357,"date":"2022-02-03T05:38:47","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T04:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=21357"},"modified":"2022-02-11T09:56:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T08:56:26","slug":"people-swim-in-icy-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/02\/people-swim-in-icy-river\/","title":{"rendered":"People Swim in Icy River"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B1 &#8211; Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year, hundreds of people swim in the icy waters of Vltava River in Prague, Czech Republic. It is a part of their tradition to remember Alfred Nikod\u00e9m, the athlete who made winter swimming popular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to this audio and read the transcript about ice swimming tradition in the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsinlevels.com\/products\/people-swim-in-icy-river-level-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.newsinlevels.com\/products\/people-swim-in-icy-river-level-1\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What do you think of this tradition? Would you be interested to do this?<\/li><li>Have you swum on icy water? How was it?<\/li><li>Why do you think people go ice swimming?<\/li><li>What are the good and bad things about winter swimming?<\/li><li>What winter tradition\/s do you have in your city\/country?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B1 &#8211; Intermediate Every year, hundreds of people swim in the icy waters of Vltava River in Prague, Czech Republic. It is a part of their tradition to remember Alfred Nikod\u00e9m, the athlete who made winter swimming popular. 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