Do you know the origin of this celebration? If you don’t, watch this video and find out more about this topic!
VOCABULARY
TO WONDER = to have an interest in knowing or learning something;to think about something with curiosity. TO MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS => This phrase is used as an INFORMAL and often somewhat IMPOLITE way to tell someone to stop watching or asking about something that is private. BEHOLD! (interjection)= look!; see! TO BUMP= to collide with; to hit against an object in a sudden and forceful way. WHATEVER (slang) PILGRIM= a person who makes a journey, often a long and difficult one, to a special place for religious reasons.
Lonesome, lonely: sad from being apart from other people.
To set off: to begin a journey
Cement: a soft gray powder that is mixed with water and other substances to make concrete.
To grin: to smile widely.
Cozy: small, comfortable, and warm.
Crochet throws:
To wolf down: (slang) to eat something very rapidly and in very large pieces.
To slip: to move quietly and cautiously.
Feast: a special meal with large amounts of food and drink.
Profusely: given, produced, or existing in large amounts.
Array: a largenumber, as of persons or objects.
Sinking: anxious.
To stiffen: to become physically tense.
Hasty: done or made very quickly.
Watch the video and answer the questions below:
1.Where did the story take place?
2. How did the old lady receive her unexpected guest?
3. The protagonist met a little girl, who did she think she was?
4. What did they watch on TV?
5. Why did the old woman slip out?
6. What did the old woman cook?
7. How did they communicate?
8. When did the guest understand that they were not her friend’s relatives?
9. What did she do to get out of that embarrassing situation?
10. What was the mistake?
Answers:
1. It took place in Brașov, in Romania.
2. The old lady received her guest with a big grin (smile).
3. She thought she was her friend’s sister.
4. They watched soap operas on TV.
5. The old woman went out to buy food.
6. She made soup, meat, and polenta.
7. They communicated with gestures.
8. She understood she made a mistake while looking at pictures. There weren’t pictures of her friend!
9. To get out of that situation, she said that she had previously booked a room in a hotel.
10. She mixed up the numbers. The right apartment number was 98.
I was daydreaming so I nearly jumped out of my skin when he spoke to me.
Oh!Youreallyscaredme. Inearlyjumpedout of my skin!
I knock at the door. No answer. I knock again. Still no answer. In a split second, I hear a dog barking behind me, and I practically jump out of my skin.
Click here for the written version, or if you want to change the level: Old bones are found.
DIFFICULT WORDS:
CRYPT => An underground room for burying people. TO STUMBLE => To find something by chance. SCATTER => Things that are placed randomly over an area. TEMPLE => A building for religious practice. DISTURBANCE => A situation when people behave violently. DISTINCT => Special; different in a way that you can see, hear, smell, feel, etc. DESECRATION => The act of desecrating something or treating a place with violent disrespect. MURAL => A painting on a wall. NATIVITY SCENE => A model which represents the birth of Jesus Christ.
