Listening exercise "The Yeti"


The Yeti
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The Yeti
Havo 3: Listening Lesson

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

 In November 1951, a climber named Shipton took photos of mysterious footprints thought to be those of the "Abominable Snowman" on Mount Everest. This led to an obsession in the West...

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Slide 3 - Video

What did the explorers find while they were working on the glacier?
A
Pieces of bear skin
B
Huge footprints that led down the glacier
C
A lost pair of bagsacks
D
A secret doorway into a cave

Slide 4 - Quizvraag

Slide 5 - Video

What did Shipton use to compare the size of the footprint with?
A
His own ice axe
B
His own shoe
C
A huge stone
D
His backpack

Slide 6 - Quizvraag

Slide 7 - Video

What is "inexplicable" according to the documentary maker?
A
That the explorers were climbing there
B
That there were no trees on the top
C
To find footprints that high on a mountain
D
That climbers could make a picture in the cold

Slide 8 - Quizvraag

Slide 9 - Video

What Himalayan native people knew whose footprints these were?
A
The Budhas
B
The Eskimos
C
The Indians
D
The Sherpas

Slide 10 - Quizvraag

Slide 11 - Video

What did Tom Bordelon call the footprint they found, in his letter?
A
The Yeti
B
The Abominable Snowman
C
The Everest Snowman
D
The Sherpa Snowman

Slide 12 - Quizvraag

Slide 13 - Video

Back in the 50's, how did people react towards explorers?
A
People did not believe them
B
People thought they were crazy
C
People read about them in papers
D
People respected and believed explorers

Slide 14 - Quizvraag

What was the effect Shipton's footprint picture had on the rest of the world?
A
The so called "Yeti Mania" was born
B
The explorers became famous
C
Everyone started climbing mountains
D
People went out to find footprints themselves

Slide 15 - Quizvraag

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Slide 16 - Video

Where does the word YETI come from?
A
From the Chinese language
B
From Old English
C
From the Sherpa dialect word Yeh Teh
D
From the Budha symbol for "bear"

Slide 17 - Quizvraag

Slide 18 - Video

What does the word "abominable" mean?
A
abnormaal
B
weerzinwekkend
C
lelijk
D
heel erg harig

Slide 19 - Quizvraag

Slide 20 - Video

According to Tibetan folklore, how many kinds of Yeti are there?
A
2
B
3
C
1
D
4

Slide 21 - Quizvraag

Slide 22 - Video

Why does the Yeti sometimes go to the highest part of the mountain?
A
Because it is safer for him there
B
To mate with other Yeti
C
Because the air is fresher there
D
To hunt and find shelter

Slide 23 - Quizvraag

Slide 24 - Video

What kind of creature is the "Meh Teh", according to the Tibetan tradition?
A
A mixture between humans and animals
B
The ancestor of human kind
C
A very old and unknown kind of human
D
The ancestor of the animal world

Slide 25 - Quizvraag

In which century did the first "Yeti" or "Meh Teh" stories appear?
A
18th
B
19th
C
17th
D
12th

Slide 26 - Quizvraag

Slide 27 - Video

Who is referred to as the "yogi" in the tale?
A
the tiger
B
the Yeti
C
the man
D
the monks in the monastery

Slide 28 - Quizvraag

Slide 29 - Video

Why did the hermit build a temple in 1667?

Slide 30 - Open vraag

Which objects did the hermit keep in the temple?
A
The scalp and hand bones of the dead Yeti
B
Pieces of stone form the cave
C
The Yeti's head
D
The Yeti's feet

Slide 31 - Quizvraag

Slide 32 - Video

aanduiden
kluizenaar
niet uit te leggen
hoofdhuid
weerzinwekkend
vervagen
Inexplicable
hermit
Abominable
Scalp
to refer to
to blur

Slide 33 - Sleepvraag

beschrijven
representeren, biedt zich aan
perkament rollen
welwillend, goedaardig
fictie
gevestigd zijn, wonen
voorouder
nachtelijk
fiction
to reside
feature
benevolent
scrolls
ancestor
nocturnal
to describe

Slide 34 - Sleepvraag

Which other names do people also use to refer to the Yeti?

Slide 35 - Open vraag

Do you think the Yeti really exists?
A
yes
B
no

Slide 36 - Quizvraag