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Ftffrqffi Look at the photo. Where is this monument?
What does it commemorate?

IEEIEUEIM Workin pairs. Match thewords belowwith
the definitions.

batttefietd casualties comrades conflicts officer
poppies war
1 a person who tetts soldiers what to do
2 peopte who fight on the same side as you
3 a place where soldiers fight
4 peopte injured or killed in a battle
5 a situation in which countries or groups of peopte fight
against each other
6 periods of fighting
7 red flowers

ffi Listen to the beginning of a radio programme
about Remembrance Day. Complete the fact fite with the
correct numbers.

1-th
When is it? On November 3 John McCrae was
each year. a a Belgian officerwho died before the end of World War l.
Why that date? It's the anniversary of b a Canadian doctor and officerwho wrote a poem about
poppies.
the end of World War 2
a young sotdier who survived the war, but never forgot
What happens at 11.00 a.m.?
3- the soldiers who had died.
A minute silence.
a Canadian doctor who went back to Belgium after the
When was the first silence? In {
war and planted poppies.
4 The tradition of se[[ing poppies to help ex-so'[diers and
4 Read the exam strategy. Then carefully read the questions their families began
a in the UK, but soon spread around the wortd. ,
and options in exercise 5.
b in the UK, the USA and other countries at the same
time.
c with one woman's actions.
When you do a muttiple-choice listening task, read the
d soon afterWorld War l, but stopped later.
questions and options carefulty before you listen for the
first time.
6 mfilifnGl ln pairs, look at the dates (a-c) and answer
these questions.
ffi Listen to the complete programme. Choose the
a 1st May b 4th.luty c 14th July
correct answers.
1 What events do these dates commemorate? ln which
1 On 11th November people remember
countries are they important?
a soldiers who have died since 1919.
2 Do you know any other anniversaries that are nationa[[y
b soldiers who have died in a[[ major confticts since the
important in your country or in any other country?
start of World War l.
c soldiers who died in the two world wars. 7 Itfitm Work in groups. Write a fact fite about an
d soldiers who died between 1.974 and 1,978. important date. You can use one ofthe dates from exercise
2 According to one British newspaper, the first two-minute 6, or your own ideas. lnctude the foltowing information:
silence in London a What is it?
a finished at exactly LL o'clock. a When is it?
b caused vehicles to stop, but not pedestrians. a Why that date?
c only involved a few people in the centre of the city. a What happens?
d took place overthe entire city. a When did it start?

15,f unit 2 " Looking back