Every school organizes a festivity to celebrate a holiday. It is common to celebrate Christmas or St. Valentine's Day. Students gather after school and rehearse some interesting school plays. They spend the time together, they laugh a lot, they have fun. Then they perform the school play in front of the school audience. The students are usually very creative. They can make up so many interesting plays. This year, Matei's school decided to have a celebration of Women's Day. Matei's class wanted to participate in the celebration. They wanted to make up something very original. At first, they thought of performing a fairy tale. 1 love Cinderella, said Patricia. It is an interesting story for girls, added Matei. Patricia didn't like Matei's comment. She wanted to know what stories were for boys. The children were about to start a fight when Sanda exclaimed: Thave an idea! Sanda wanted to rewrite the tale and instead of Cinderella they would have a Cinderfella. She explained that it was interesting to see people's reaction if the main character was a young boy. This is impossible, said Sergiu. "We don't have enough time! Sanda disagreed. She believed that they had to start right away. The teens worked a lot. They argued sometimes, but they enjoyed working together. When their teacher asked them what they were rehearsing, they said : "Our play is very unusual!"On the day of their performance, the children were nervous. The room is full today, said Matei. "Our parents are in the audience,' said Sanda. The children encouraged one another and went on the stage. They had a lot of fun. The audience laughed all the time. The children were happy. In the evening, on their way home , they were discussing their performance. We were really good, said Matei. "Especially you, Matei, in the role of Ciderfella, said Patricia. Matei thanked Patricia. Then he said: It is strange that people laugh at Cinderfella, and feel sorry for Cinderella: That remark made the children think. They concluded that people expect boys to be strong and girls to be weak. They knew that it was a wrong belief. Their school play helped them understand one stereotype about gender.

4. In the text, find synonyms for the underlined words. 1. I ill do it *immediately*. 2. Every day the pupils *meet* after class to rehearse the play. 3. He always feels *worried* during tests. 4. It is a wrong *opinion* that boys are strong and girls are weak. 5. Children can *invent* funny stories. 6. The *most important person* in the story is a boy named Tom.

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