Animal Window Cleaners – level 3

21-12-2016 15:00

In Japan, There are 12 zodiac animals for each year. The year 2016 was the year of the monkey and the next year will be the year of the rooster. People in Japan traditionally clean their homes in December to start the New Year on a clean slate, so two window cleaners from Tokyo decided to dress as a monkey and a rooster and clean the windows of a hotel more than 50 metres above the ground. Of course, they surprised the hotel guests.

Difficult words: on a clean slate (without problems), decide (think about something before doing it).

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