les 14-09

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Read the article: Swiss chocolate

Switzerland is famous for its quality chocolate brands. However, residents in a town near Zurich got a big surprise this week. It started snowing chocolate. Locals wondered if this was a bizarre result of climate change. The local chocolate maker said the brown "snow" was because of a minor defect in cooling systems at its factory. Cocoa dust escaped and strong winds whipped up the chocolate and sprinkled it over the town.

A thin layer of light brown dust covered the town. The company offered to pay for any cleaning because of the accident. A spokeswoman said crushed cocoa beans are harmless to health and the environment. She said engineers were fixing the technical problem. This incident led to many jokes on social media. One wrote: "Chocolate snowflakes falling from the sky, dreams do come true." Another said: "I'm dreaming of a brown Christmas."

Comparatives

good-better-best

nice-nicer-nicest

friendly-friendlier-friendliest

expensive - more expensive - most expensive

Discuss these questions with your bubble mate

Are people today luckier than they were 50 years ago?

Are you happier now or were you happier when you were younger?

Does technology make the world better or worse? Why?

What is the greatest problem in the world today?

What's the most interesting country you have been to?

Souvenirs

Think about the following questions:

What is Belgium famous for?

Which country has the best food?

Which country has the nicest weather?

Which country has the friendliest population?

Which country has the greatest beer?

Homework

When is Open Monumentendag every year?

1. on the 13th of September
2. on the second Sunday of the year
3. on the first Sunday of the year
4. in Belgium

How many countries organise Open Monumentendag?

1. only one, Belgium
2. more than 50
3. the three Benelux countries
4. 184

Open Monumentendag

watch the video again (go back)

and

combine the country and the monument (see next page)

Uganda

Canada

Slovenië

United Kingdom (UK)

Oekraïne 

Heritage River

Sint-Sofia

cathedral

(Kiev)

Fountain Abbey

Mountain Rwenzori National Park 

castle in Lublijana

I go on a holiday
and I take ... ex. my tooth brush

Which comparatives-superlatives
do you hear in the song?
ex. stronger, closer, ...

Extra

1. look at the photos on the next page

2. choose one, two or more and search information

(where is it build, when, why, ....)

3. write down and talk about it in class

Well done! See you on Monday!