Стр.34-35 Модуль 2 ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 7 класс

2f Haunted buildings

The Haunted City of York

If you like the idea of exploring historic places around the world, the city of York in northern England should definitely be on your list of places to visit. The Romans founded this city in 71 AD and it’s full of fascinating history and culture. It’s a lot of fun to go on a city tour of York and walk along the ancient city walls, visit York Minster, one of the largest medieval cathedrals in Europe and wander down the pretty cobbled streets. York is also famous for something else. It is one of the most haunted cities in the world, with about 140 ghosts! In fact, York’s many night-time ghost walks are very popular with tourists as they are an entertaining and spooky way to learn about the city’s history. One York ghost story, however, stands out above all the rest. It’s the story of the Treasurer’s House, one of York’s many historic buildings.

One day in February 1953, a plumber, Harry Martindale, had been in the cellar of the Treasurer’s House since morning. He had heard lots of stories about the place being haunted. Just before midday, he was working when he heard a strange noise like a trumpet. He looked back and saw the helmet of a Roman soldier coming through the wall! Harry couldn’t believe his eyes. Then, a whole soldier on a horse came through the wall and left through the wall on the other side! Twenty more Roman soldiers followed him. They were marching unhappily in pairs and they were carrying shields and spears. What Harry hadn’t noticed was that the soldiers weren’t walking on the floor of the cellar, because he couldn’t see their legs. When he realised that, Harry ran out of the cellar, terrified. He found out later that some Roman soldiers had gone missing in York many centuries before. Maybe the soldiers he saw were the missing soldiers and they were walking on the old Roman road below the cellar!

1. a) Look at the pictures. Which shows:

   1. a plumber working in a cellar?
   2. a soldier on a horse coming through the wall?
   3. Roman soldiers marching, carrying shields and spears?
   4. a man running out of a cellar?

   b) Now listen to the sounds. What do you think the text is about? Tell the class.

   c) Listen, read and check.

   Check these words: haunted, explore, historic, found, fascinating, ancient wall, medieval cathedral, wander, cobbled street, ghost, spooky, stand out, march, shield, spear, terrified, find out, go missing, ghostly attraction.

2. Read again and number the events in the order they happened. Use the pictures to tell your partner a summary of the story.

   A He saw the helmet of a Roman soldier coming through the wall.

   B A horse with a Roman soldier on it walked through the cellar.

   C Harry ran out of the cellar.

   D Harry Martindale, a plumber, went to work in the cellar.

   E He heard a strange noise like a trumpet coming from the wall.

   F Twenty Roman soldiers marched through in pairs, carrying shields and spears.

3. Fill in: medieval, city, cobbled, ghost, ancient. Use the phrases to make sentences.

   1 city tour; 2 ancient city walls; 3 medieval cathedrals; 4 cobbled streets; 5 ghost story.

4. Choose the correct word. Check in your dictionaries.

5. Read the theory. Find examples in the text.

6. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous.

7. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple, the Past Continuous, the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous.

   A scary night!

8. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use the word in bold.

   1. He had lunch, then he visited the library. (AFTER)
   2. The museum closed before we arrived. (TIME)
   3. They waited at the bus stop for an hour, then the bus came. (UNTIL)
   4. She spent the whole morning in the garden and she was tired. (WORKING)
   5. They didn’t take a compass with them and they lost the way. (TAKEN)