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

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

BBC haberlerinde geçen tümceleri aşağıdaki sözcüklerden uygun olanları kullanarak tamamlayın.

Not:

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: <link type="page"><caption> The Romanian monks drawing inspiration from the Danube </caption><url href="http://bbc.in/oJIi6u" platform="highweb"/></link> 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: <link type="page"><caption> Oscars campaigning to be curbed </caption><url href="http://bbc.in/q3tF5P" platform="highweb"/></link> 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: <link type="page"><caption> Bhutan king Jigme Wangchuk marries commoner </caption><url href="http://bbc.in/pd3o5b" platform="highweb"/></link> 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: <link type="page"><caption> New Zealand's farewell to lost penguin Happy Feet </caption><url href="http://bbc.in/ox57DY" platform="highweb"/></link> 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: <link type="page"><caption> Prince William among team in judge's Snowdonia rescue </caption><url href="http://bbc.in/jYEaGS" platform="highweb"/></link>