Listening exercise "The Yeti" - OB havo/vwo

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

The Yeti

 In November 1951, a climber named Shipton took photos of mysterious footprints thought to be those of the "Abominable Snowman" on Mount Everest. This led to an obsession in the West...

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Then, choose the correct answer.

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What did the explorers find while they were working on the glacier?

1. Pieces of bear skin
2. Huge footprints that led down the glacier
3. A lost pair of bagsacks
4. A secret doorway into a cave

What did Shipton use to compare the size of the footprint with?

1. His own ice axe
2. His own shoe
3. A huge stone
4. His backpack

What is "inexplicable" according to the documentary maker?

1. That the explorers were climbing there
2. That there were no trees on the top
3. To find footprints that high on a mountain
4. That climbers could make a picture in the cold

What Himalayan native people knew whose footprints these were?

1. The Budhas
2. The Eskimos
3. The Indians
4. The Sherpas

How did Tom Bordelon call the footprint they found, in his letter?

1. The Yeti
2. The Abominable Snowman
3. The Everest Snowman
4. The Sherpa Snowman

Back in the 50's, how did people react towards explorers?

1. People did not believe them
2. People thought they were crazy
3. People read about them in papers
4. People respected and believed explorers

What was the effect Shipton's footprint picture had on the rest of the world?

1. The so called "Yeti Mania" was born
2. The explorers became famous
3. Everyone started climbing mountains
4. People went out to find footprints themselves

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Where does the word YETI come from?

1. From the Chinese language
2. From Old English
3. From the Sherpa dialect word Yeh Teh
4. From the Budha symbol for "bear"

What does the word "abominable" mean?

1. abnormaal
2. weerzinwekkend
3. lelijk
4. heel erg harig

According to Tibetan folklore, how many kinds of Yeti are there?

1. 2
2. 3
3. 1
4. 4

Why does the Yeti sometimes go to the highest part of the mountain?

1. Because it is safer for him there
2. To mate with other Yeti
3. Because the air is fresher there
4. To hunt and find shelter

What kind of creature is the "Meh Teh", according to the Tibetan tradition?

1. A mixture between humans and animals
2. The ancestor of human kind
3. A very old and unknown kind of human
4. The ancestor of the animal world

In which century appeared the first "Yeti" or "Meh Teh" stories?

1. 18th
2. 19th
3. 17th
4. 12th

Who is referred to as the "yogi" in the tale?

1. the tiger
2. the Yeti
3. the man
4. the monks in the monastery

Why did the hermit build a temple in 1667?

Which objects did the hermit keep in the temple?

1. The scalp and hand bones of the dead Yeti
2. Pieces of stone form the cave
3. The Yeti's head
4. The Yeti's feet

aanduiden

kluizenaar

niet uit te leggen

hoofdhuid

weerzinwekkend

vervagen

Inexplicable

hermit

Abominable

Scalp

to refer to

to blur

beschrijven

representeren, biedt zich aan

perkament rollen

welwillend, goedaardig

fictie

gevestigd zijn, wonen

voorouder

nachtelijk

fiction

to reside

feature

benevolent

scrolls

ancestor

nocturnal

to describe

Which other names do people also use to refer to the Yeti?

Do you think the Yeti really exists?

1. yes
2. no

I hope you've enjoyed this lesson and that you've learnt more about the myth of the Yeti!.......or is it true?

Did you enjoy this lesson?

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I have learned new words during this lesson.

Yes

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