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Sweating Icons
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Task 1
Match the words or phrases on the left with the definitions on the right
apparent |
give up |
catastrophe |
god or goddess |
commerce |
gathering or moving in large groups |
deity |
water that comes from the body |
district |
visible |
effigy |
sweat |
flocking |
approaching |
impending |
business |
massacre |
forecast |
perspiration |
disaster |
prophecy |
idol or statue of someone |
relinquish |
mass killing |
sacrifice |
to kill as an offering to a god |
sweat |
area |
Task 2
Use one of the new words in your own sentences
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Task 3
Fill the gaps using words of phrases from Task 1
Sweating Icons
The Dolakha ……… of Nepal, forty three miles east of Kathmandu is receiving hundreds more visitors than usual due to a statue of a ……… which is reported to be ‘sweating’
People are ……… from miles around to see the statue of the Hindu God which, according to accounts, began to ……… on Saturday. The ……… ……… has been read by devotees to be a sign of ……… disaster. Bhimeshwor is the god of trade and ……… yet the ……… is said to be one of natural ……….
Shanta Krishna Shanta, the chief priest of the temple where the ……… resides, told the AFP news agency that such sweating is usually a prediction of danger to the royal family of Nepal. He said that the statue famously sweated before the royal ………, in which the crown prince shot nine members of the royal family including the king, queen and ultimately himself, in 2001.
He went on to say that he had seen the right side of the stone statue become wet because of the sweating and that we should pray for forgiveness and make sacrifices. The ……… of animals has been reported as being common practice in Nepal.
The statue is reported to have broken a sweat in 1934 before a powerful earthquake as well as last year when a demonstration required King Gyanendra to ……… some of his powers.
Task 4
Answer these questions
1. Where is the Dolakha district?
2. To which religion does the deity belong?
3. On which day did the statue begin to sweat?
4 What kind of calamity is prophesised?
5. Which agency did Shanta Krishna Shanta speak to?
6. Name three things that have been prophesised by the sweating icon in the past.
Task 5
Find 5 examples of the past simple:
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2.
3.
4.
5.
Answers
Task 1
apparent |
visible |
catastrophe |
disaster |
commerce |
business |
deity |
god or goddess |
district |
area |
effigy |
idol or statue of someone |
flocking |
gathering or moving in large groups |
impending |
approaching |
massacre |
mass killing |
perspiration |
sweat |
prophecy |
forecast |
relinquish |
give up |
sacrifice |
kill as an offering to a god |
sweat |
water that comes from the body |
Task 3
district |
deity |
flocking |
sweat |
apparent |
perspiration |
impending |
commerce |
prophecy |
catastrophe |
effigy |
massacre |
sacrifice |
relinquish |
Task 4
- Forty three miles east of Kathmandu.
- Hindu.
- Saturday
- A natural catastrophe.
- AFP News Agency.
- The royal massacre, an earthquake and a demonstration against the king.
Task 5– possible answers
- …began to sweat…
- …told the AFP News Agency…
- He said that the statue…
- …sweated before the royal massacre…
- …shot nine members of the royal family…
- …went on to say…
- …a demonstration required…
Please choose an option below:
Podacasts and Lessons
Copied and Passed - Natural Disaster - Poetic Justice - Super Earth - Sweating Icons - The Big Apple - Virgin Blood Bank