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Shadowing the newsreader

Listen to the newsreader read out each line and then practise saying it. Record your own voice line by line and submit your voiceover.

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It's Christmas time in many countries.

Cities are full of Christmas lights.

But many Ukrainian cities often have no power or water.

Russia's trying to cut off Ukraine's electricity network.

But people aren't leaving Kyiv.

They're going to concerts.

Concert halls use LED candles.

The music brings people hope.

People in Ukraine are worried.

Winter is coming.

They're trying to fix the power and water systems.

The government doesn't want people to get ill.

Yuriy Solukha says the concerts help.

People can relax.

Now, 70 percent of the country has electricity.

But there isn't power all the time.

Ukraine plans power cuts.

These help to save electricity.

There's an app with information on power cut locations and times.

People can get power and stay warm at 5,000 special centres.

They can get online too.

But there aren't enough centres for everybody.

There's no TV or data in power cuts.

Kyiv's LED candle concerts are a symbol of normal life.

But they have to be careful of Russian bombs.

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