Skills 2c
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• powerful mysterious cool bridge of rocks
wonder of nature giant fit together enemy
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Reading
1 Read the summary and fill in the gaps with the words from
the
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Finn MacCool and check.
Finn MacCool
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terrified
huge
Irish legend cross fight result
place of myth and legend
between Ireland and Scotland. The
The Giant's Causeway is a 1)
rocks have six sides that 2)
to form the Giant's Causeway.
People can walk on it but they can't walk to Scotland because it is under the
3)
of the sea. An Irish legend says that a 4)
MacCool, lived in Ireland while his 5)
they couldn't 6)
giant, Finn
Benandonner, lived in Scotland, so
the sea to fight. One day Finn threw rocks into the sea
and made a bridge. After this he was tired and went to sleep. Benandonner ran across
the bridge. Finn's wife saw him and tried to wake up her husband but she couldn't, so
she dressed him in babies' clothes. Benandonner saw it and imagined that it was Finn's
baby. He was 7)
by the size of the baby and ran back home. As he ran, he
pushed down the rocks to stop Finn following him.
Scientists believe that the Giant's Causeway is the 8)
9)
Then listen to someone telling a story of
Speaking
a) Listen again and
take notes.
b) Imagine you are a
tour guide at the Giant's
of a volcanic
Finn MacCool and the
Giant's Causeway
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main characters: Finn MacCool...
where he/they lived: ...
how the story began: ...
what happened next: ...
what was the main event: ...
what happened in the end: ...
Causeway. Use the verbs below in the past simple and
your notes in Ex. 2a to tell the story of Finn MacCool. Use
these words: once, one day, after this, then, and then,
when, before, in the end.
• build live
cross • throw • make • go to sleep
• start running try/wake up dress... in imagine
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• run back push down
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Once, there was a giant called Finn MacCool ... . He lived with
his wife in .... One day, he .... Then, he...
In the end,
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