04 04 language and culture u2b
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A World of Mystery
Crop Circles
Crop circles are areas in a field where
the crops become flat, forming odd and
mysterious shapes.
The first crop circles appeared in 1972.
Two men called Arthur Shuttlewood
and Bryce Bond were camping in a
place called Star Hill in Warminster,
England, trying to catch a glimpse of a
UFO. Instead, they saw something more
extraordinary: first, many strange lights
appeared in the sky and in 20 seconds, an
area of plants became flat and formed a
pattern of concentric circles. Soon after
this first phenomenon, crop circles started
to appear all over England. As time went
by, the patterns became more intricate.
People were very surprised to see so
many appear in such a short time,
and even the NASA analysed these
formations trying to explain their origin.
The only conclusion they could draw
was that no person or technology from
this planet is capable of making such
complicated shapes so quickly.
In the early 1990s, two men called Doug
and Dave claimed responsibility for
them. The reason? They wanted to have
fun and fool everyone. Soon, scientists
realised that it was not really possible for
the two men to be in so many different
places at the same time. These shapes
generally appear in 20 or 30 seconds
around the same time of the night,
between eleven o’clock at night and three
o’clock in the morning. Nowadays, we
can find 100 new crop circles in England
each year and these unusual formations
also appear in Australia, South Africa,
China, Russia, and many other countries
as well.
Crop circles remain an enigma, one of
the unsolved mysteries of our time!
Did you know?
Inside a crop circle,
cellular phones, batteries
and compasses do not
work. Even the equipment
in airplanes that fly over
them fails to operate!
English Toolkit 1 - Language & Culture
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Module
2B
Module
2B
Activities
1Scan the text and answer the questions.
aWhen did the first crop circles appear?
bWhat were the people who first saw them doing?
c How long does a crop circle take to form?
dWhat explanation did the NASA give?
eWhat time do crop circles generally appear?
2Find in the text words that mean:
astrange:
dfeasible:
bflying saucer:
ecomplex:
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c deceive:
3Find at least 5 irregular verbs in the text and complete the table.
Verb
Past Tense
see
4Complete the sentences with the Simple Past or Past Continuous.
aArthur and Brice
bStrange lights
c In 1990, two men
(see) a UFO when they
(appear) in the sky while the men
(say) they
(camp).
(look) at it.
(be) responsible for the crop circles.
5Has anything like this ever happened in your country? Find information
about crop circles or UFO sightings and write an article for a newspaper.
English Toolkit 1 - Language & Culture
