E X E R C I S E 3: Complete the sentences by selecting words from Column B in EXERCISE 1.
1. Many people believe that the British have a kinder to their animals
than they do to their children!
2. The elimination of pollution in the seas round Istanbul will , lead to the
increase in the number and variety offish to be found.
3. If I ever have a really serious problem, I know that I can always my
friends for help.
4. The ingredients for any cake are flour, butter, eggs and sugar.
5. My monthly is barely enough to pay for the essentials.
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LIFE AFTER DEATH
Nearly all religions include the belief that human beings survive death in some
form. For many people, such as the Balinese, a funeral symbolizes the passage
from one life to another, rather than the end of a person's existence. In Bali, a
cremation is therefore a time of joy and celebration. On the morning of the
cremation, friends and relatives gather to pay their last respects and to eat and drink §
with the family. There is then a procession to the cremation ground, some men
carrying the corpse in a tower built of bamboo and paper, and other men carrying a
special container called a sarcophagus, which may be in the shape of a cow or a
bull. At the cremation ground the body is transferred to the sarcophagus and when it
has been reduced to ashes and the soul released, there is a happy noisy procession
to the sea, where the ashes are scattered. This last section of the ceremony
represents cleansing and purification.
E X E R C I S E 1: Find words or phrases in the passage which mean the same as:
COLUMN A COLUMN B
a) ceremony held when somebody has died
b) journey; transition
c) ceremony during which a dead body is burnt
d) great happiness
e) occasion when people get together to enjoy
themselves because something special has
happened
f) come together in a group
g) show one's good opinion of someone who has
died, e.g., by attending a funeral (phrase)
h) line of people who are going somewhere
together for a special reason
i) dead body
j) something which you can put things in, e.g., a
box
k) move to a different place
I) the part of a person which is not physical and
therefore it's commonly held that it does not die
when the body dies
m) throw things so that they spread over a large
area
n) freeing from anything unpleasant or evil
o) removal of sins in a religious ceremony
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