Reading - Nevada - C1

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    Express the meaning of (something written or spoken) using different         words.

Extra-terrestrial life

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What do you know about extra-terretrial? 

- If it is the first time you hear the word , write two predictions what you think it is?

- If you already know what it is, write two facts about it.

In the next slides you'll read the introduction to Nevada and its extra-terrestrials. Check your guesses or facts you have written with the introduction.

Are they for real ? Some people are quite sure that creatures from another planet are present on Earth. And of course they are hiding in the USA - in Nevada, to be precise

      Ever since it was opened up in the 19th century, the American West has attracted people looking for adventure, people with imagination, people with their own ideas, their own beliefs , often quite weird and wonderful beliefs. Perhaps not surprisingly therefore, it is a region also frequented by UFO's..... or so they say! And to confirm it all, there is in the state of Nevada an officially designated "Extraterrestrial" highway, for the benefit of anyone who hopes to see little green men....

Nevada and its Extraterrestrials

In the next slide you'll see a link. The link has the first activity.

Separate pargraphs of the text. Scan the paragraphs to put them in order.

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Click and check your answer to Activity 1:

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Activity 2:                                                                      Instructions

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