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Some people even forget to [https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=put+new+zealand+on+the+map put New Zealand on the map]; other see it as a universe, or at least a continent of its own. You can find the most spectacular scenery there. No wonder Peter Jackson chose his home country as the filming location of the Lord of the Ring-movies. | |||
== Mixed | == Reading == | ||
* [https://www.findingtheuniverse.com/top-three-lord-of-rings-filming/ Lord of the Rings Filming Locations in New Zealand] (findingtheuniverse.com) | |||
* [https://www.backpackerguide.nz/11-lord-of-the-rings-locations-you-cant-miss-in-new-zealand/ 23 Lord of the Rings Locations You Can’t Miss in New Zealand] (backpackerguide.com) | |||
== Use of English == | |||
=== Word Families === | |||
=== Definitions === | |||
What do the following words mean? Match the expressions (A-G) with their corresponding definitions. | |||
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| <span style="font-weight:bold;">A</span> glacier || <span style="font-weight:bold;">1 </span>body of ice which moves under its own weight | |||
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| <span style="font-weight:bold;"> B </span> geyser || <span style="font-weight:bold;">2 </span> a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river | |||
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|<span style="font-weight:bold;">C </span> lake|| <span style="font-weight:bold;">3 </span> spring characterized by intermittent discharge of water ejected turbulently and accompanied by steam | |||
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|<span style="font-weight:bold;">D </span> gorge|| <span style="font-weight:bold;">4 </span> a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point | |||
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|<span style="font-weight:bold;">E </span> peak || <span style="font-weight:bold;">5 </span> a natural void in the ground, specifically a space large enough for a human to enter | |||
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|<span style="font-weight:bold;">F </span> River bank||<span style="font-weight:bold;">6 </span> sloping ground along the edge of a stream, river, or lake | |||
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| <span style="font-weight:bold;">G </span>cave ||<span style="font-weight:bold;">7 </span> area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land | |||
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<td style="width:60px;padding:5px;text-align:center;">A</td><td>B</td><td>C</td><td>D</td><td>E</td><td>F</td><td>G</td> | |||
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<td style="width:60px;padding:5px;text-align:center;">1</td> | |||
<td><em><span class="fett">3</span></em></td> | |||
<td><em><span class="fett">7</span></em></td> | |||
<td><em><span class="fett">2</span></em></td> | |||
<td><em><span class="fett">4</span></em></td> | |||
<td><em><span class="fett">6</span></em></td> | |||
<td><em><span class="fett">5</span></em></td> | |||
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== Grammar == | |||
=== Key Word Transformation === | |||
=== Mixed Bag === | |||
Complete the following text. Use the correct forms of the words in brackets and find your own to replace the question marks. | Complete the following text. Use the correct forms of the words in brackets and find your own to replace the question marks. | ||
Version vom 8. November 2019, 05:20 Uhr
Some people even forget to put New Zealand on the map; other see it as a universe, or at least a continent of its own. You can find the most spectacular scenery there. No wonder Peter Jackson chose his home country as the filming location of the Lord of the Ring-movies.
Reading
- Lord of the Rings Filming Locations in New Zealand (findingtheuniverse.com)
- 23 Lord of the Rings Locations You Can’t Miss in New Zealand (backpackerguide.com)
Use of English
Word Families
Definitions
What do the following words mean? Match the expressions (A-G) with their corresponding definitions.
| A glacier | 1 body of ice which moves under its own weight |
| B geyser | 2 a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river |
| C lake | 3 spring characterized by intermittent discharge of water ejected turbulently and accompanied by steam |
| D gorge | 4 a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point |
| E peak | 5 a natural void in the ground, specifically a space large enough for a human to enter |
| F River bank | 6 sloping ground along the edge of a stream, river, or lake |
| G cave | 7 area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land |
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G |
| 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
Grammar
Key Word Transformation
Mixed Bag
Complete the following text. Use the correct forms of the words in brackets and find your own to replace the question marks.
Last year I went to the most beautiful (beautiful) national park in NZ - Orakei Korako. Its geysers aren't as tall (tall) as those of Yellowstone but it's way more colorful.
I spent(spend) three days there and met an old man. "Since my school day I have dreamt|have dreamed|have been dreaming(dream) to come here," he told me.w.
features caves and thermal wonders. The highlight of the valley is a variety of silica terraces. The Folden Fleeces Terrace, which is bronze and golden(ish) steaming terraces, are the biggest and most impressive of them all. We can’t help but be mesmerised by the bubbling mud pools, too.
If I had known(know) this, I would have come(come) here earlier.
