Crocodile tears

BBC Eğitim Dairesi'nin hazırladığı Haberlerle İngilizce Dersleri'ni haftada bir gün görüntülü olarak sunuyoruz.

Bu sayfada haber metni ve Türkçe çevirisinin yanı sıra seçilen beş sözcüğün pekiştirilmesi için alıştırmalar da bulabilirsiniz.

Haber Metni

A lavish funeral for a famous Costa Rican crocodile.

People have lined the streets of Siquirres to bid farewell to Pocho, who was 60 years old.
For the past eight years he's been drawing tourists to the town to see him and his owner perform hair-raising tricks.

Now the four-and-a-half metre long reptile is to be embalmed and put in a museum.

the 38 metre tall figure every day.

Türkçe metin

Kosta Rika'nın ünlü timsahı için etkileyici, aynı zamanda pahalı bir cenaze töreni.

Siquirres'da halk, 60 yaşında ölen Pocho'ya veda etmek için sokaklara dizildi.
Sahibiyle yaptıkları saçları diken diken eden numaralarla son sekiz yıldır kasabaya turistlerin ilgisini çekiyordu.

Şimdi dört buçuk metre uzunluğundaki bu sürüngen mumyalanarak müzeye konacak.

Sözcükler

lavish

etkileyici aynı zamanda pahalı olan bir şey, müsriflik

to bid farewell to
veda etmek
drawing
turistlerin ilgisini çeken
hair-raising
heyecanlandıran zaman zaman korkutan,(saçlarının dikilmesine neden olan)
embalmed
mumyalanmak

Alıştırmalar

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lavish/to bid farewell to/draw/hair-raising/embalmed
1.
The monastery, which was built in 1936, is young by Romanian standards. It was closed
throughout the communist period, when it functioned as the offices of the local agricultural
co-operative. But the ancient crosses which _________ the crowds in September and which
led to the establishment of the monastery in the first place, were carefully preserved.
2.
Numerous _______ receptions and parties are integral to the run-up to the Oscars
ceremony, which is taking place on 26 February, with film companies devoting substantial
budgets to courting voters.
3.
Wedding formalities began after the king and his father, former monarch Jigme Singye
Wangchuk, entered a sacred chamber of the monastery, which holds the __________ body
of the country's 17th Century founder.
4.
Hundreds of people have visited Wellington Zoo ___________________ an emperor
penguin who washed up on a New Zealand beach in June.
5.
"The winchman did a wonderful job and the whole helicopter crew. You see all the TV
documentaries about the air-sea rescue teams and it all looks ______________. Until it
happens to you, you don't appreciate the skill and bravery they show," the judge said.

Yanıtlar

Answers:

1.
The monastery, which was built in 1936, is young by Romanian standards. It was closed
throughout the communist period, when it functioned as the offices of the local agricultural
co-operative. But the ancient crosses which draw the crowds in September and which led
to the establishment of the monastery in the first place, were carefully preserved.
Source:
2.
Numerous lavish receptions and parties are integral to the run-up to the Oscars ceremony,
which is taking place on 26 February, with film companies devoting substantial budgets to
courting voters.
Source:
3.
Wedding formalities began after the king and his father, former monarch Jigme Singye
Wangchuk, entered a sacred chamber of the monastery, which holds the embalmed body
of the country's 17th Century founder.
Source:
4.
Hundreds of people have visited Wellington Zoo to bid farewell to an emperor penguin
who washed up on a New Zealand beach in June.
Source:
5.
"The winchman did a wonderful job and the whole helicopter crew. You see all the TV
documentaries about the air-sea rescue teams and it all looks hair-raising. Until it happens
to you, you don't appreciate the skill and bravery they show," the judge said.
Source: