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OM
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ISSN 1668-4877 - June 15,
2004 |
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Hi
friend. You asked for it - You got it!! A brand new listening section is
here again:
OM QUESTION (more info below). This area in the portal will also be
included in our next OM AUDIO CD-ROM we are developing. THIS ISSUE:
Terror inside a museum in London. Again thanks for recommending us and RATING our
efforts by
CLICKING
HERE. See you on
July 1.
Hola amiga/o. ¡¡ Lo
solicitaste - lo conseguiste !! Aquí llega otra flamante sección de audio
comprensión: OM QUESTION (abajo más información). Este sector del portal
se incluirá en nuestro próximo CD-ROM OM AUDIO
que estamos desarrollando. ESTA ENTREGA: Terror en el interior de un
museo londinense.
Nuevamente gracias por recomendarnos y
CALIFICAR nuestros esfuerzos haciendo CLIC
AQUI. Nos
vemos el 1° de julio. |
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OM QUESTION
NEW LISTENING AREA
(a must for
elementary,
intermediate and advanced
ESL students and teachers)
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READING
COMPREHENSION
The London Dungeon
(for intermediate
ESL
students and teachers)
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In OM QUESTION four
teachers will ask you 200 three-level questions. Many of them
are typical questions in FCE or CAE oral exams. This
section provides wide possibilities for ESL intermediate students and
teachers.
Click
on the picture and
start answering !!
En OM QUESTION cuatro
profesores te harán 200 preguntas en tres niveles. Muchas de ellas son
habituales en los exámenes orales de FCE o CAE. Asimismo, esta sección
ofrece amplias posibilidades para estudiantes y profesores de inglés ESL.
Pulsa en la imagen y comienza a responder !! |
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TERROR IN LONDON
by Robert
Kent
Over the centuries the people of London have survived
plague,
fire, war and disaster. On a smaller scale, they have also lived through
times when
cruelty was an everyday fact of life. In Southwark, one of the very
oldest parts of London, an unusual museum reminds Londoners of these much
harder times. The LONDON DUNGEON
has exhibits which look at the way in which people were
punished,
tortured and executed as a matter of course in the past. But, the most
chilling
exhibit of all relates to Jack the Ripper,
the name given to the man who committed some of the most
dreadful
murders London has ever known. These took place between August 30th and
November 9th in 1888. The murderer seemed to appear out of the thick fogs
which shrouded
the city at this time and then disappear without a trace.
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The first known victim of
Jack the Ripper was Mary 'Polly' Nicholls. Police Constable John Neil
found her body in the streets in the early hours of the morning on
Thursday 30th August. He was shocked to find her
throat
cut and her body badly
hacked by
a knife. It looked like the work of a surgeon gone mad. But Mary Nicholls
was lucky compared to the Ripper's other victims.
The Ripper had cut
their throats and opened their bodies to take out many internal organs.
The Ripper mutilated his last victim so badly it was almost impossible to
recognize her.
London went mad with fear and
loathing.
To what purpose could the murderer possibly put the body parts he had
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The police came under
enormous pressure to solve the crimes. But no-one was ever brought to
trial.
Many people still speculate to this day about the Ripper's real identity.
Among the suspects are: George Chapman, a
poisoner
who was hanged in 1903; John Pizer, a shoemaker; Aaron Kosminski, a madman
who hated women; the Queen's doctor, Sir William Gull; and, even, such
members of the royal family as Prince Albert or the Duke of Clarence.
Whatever the truth
about the identity of Jack the Ripper, staff at the London Dungeon can
tell you that his evil influence
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Every year on 30th September,
the museum experiences major technical problems with the installation
dedicated to Jack the Ripper. The lighting goes out on the scenes of the
two women murdered on that day. The atmosphere
crackles
with a strange tension. At other times employees have experienced bizarre
happenings when alone. Candles suddenly light in the darkness. Sound
effects come on in the middle of the night. Shadowy beings
flit
across the visual displays. Voices murmur from the Ripper exhibit.
Whatever the cause of these strange happenings, it is certainly true that
Jack the Ripper has left a mark on the minds of Londoners that no amount
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GLOSSARY
plague: epidemic disease (plaga); cruelty:
deliberate infliction of pain and suffering (crueldad);
punished: penalized (castigado/a); chilling: scary (escalofriante);
dreadful: atrocious (atroz); shrouded: wrapped (envolvieron,
rodearon);
throat: pharynx
(garganta); hacked: cut (destrozado); loathing:
hate (aborrecimiento);
trial: legal proceedings (juicio); poisoner: someone
who kills with poison (asesino envenenador); lives on:
continues to live (perdura, continúa vigente); crackles:
makes crunching noises (cruje);
flit: move along rapidly
(pasan, se mueven).
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