What would be difcult about living without
sunlight for two months every year? Discuss.
Then listen and read.
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In the town of Longyearbyen, in northern Norway, there's no
sunlight from November to January. However, the sun doesn't set
from the end of April to the end of August.
For most of us, the days are divided into day
and night. But for two months each winter in
northern Norway, it's dark for 20 hours a day.
ere is no sunrise or sunset because the sun
never gets above the horizon.
Would you like to live in darkness for
this long? It may seem dicult, but many
Norwegians love the beautiful colors of these
months.
To the south are the red and gold
colors of the horizon. To the north, the sky is
a magnicent blue. Even the moon and stars
look blue. In the towns, streetlights shine like
little yellow diamonds.
People do need light to be healthy and
happy. Since they don't have much daylight
during this time of the year, Norwegians
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