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今天是元宵節,粉絲們有沒有吃湯圓啊 ?

順便教一下,元宵節的英文是 Lantern Festival。

Lantern 是「燈籠」的意思,所以英文上的直譯是「燈籠節」。不過,最近越來越少人有提燈籠過節了。

文化特色的淡化,真的很可惜。

 

邊吃湯圓邊對答案吧~~~

Click here for the news. / 點這聽新聞。 

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(二)  聽力填空題

 

1.  Now it may be well past Halloween but our topic today is a tale of the strange and supernatural.

 

2.  Ten of them were found guilty and they were hanged.

 

3.  But what’s the real story behind these people who were so treated unfairly - or persecuted - for being witches ?

 

4.  But you’re right, the archaeologist thinks there’s no real evidence connecting the house to the Pendle witches.

 

5.   I asked you how many people across Europe were executed for witchcraft between 1500 and 1800 ?

 

 

(三)  聽力問答題

 

1.  When was the cottage they found built ?

 

Engineers doing maintenance work there were extremely surprised to find the remains of a seventeenth century house, which some people believe may be linked to a group of witches.

 

2.  What's the speed limit for witches on brooms ?

 

There’s even a special traffic sign warning witches not to fly low on their broomsticks or any faster than 30 miles per hour !

 

3.  Where did they find the bones of a cat ?

 

And even more strangely, the mummified cat was found hidden in one of the walls of the house.

 

 

 

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太專心吃湯圓,沒聽清楚答案的話就看著稿子再聽一次吧 !!

http://wsdownload.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/pdf/2011/12/111222120550_bbc_6min_english_pendle_witches.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

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