Ii course examination material (for part time qroups) Translate the text: Great journeys Marco Polo

Translate the text: The traditions they tried to ban
Cheese rolling.Nobody knows exactly when this tradition at Cooper’s Hill in the center of England started, but it was centuries ago. The rules are simple: you have to chase a large, round cheese down a very steep hill. This dangerous event takes place every year at the end of May. Participants often break limbs or suffer from concussion, and even the spectators are at risk: one year, a cheese soared into the air and hit a 59-year-old grandmother on the head. 1997 was a particularly bad year for casualties; up to 37 people were injured. So in 1998, the local authorities banned the cheese rolling. However, because of all the protests, they ban lasted a year and the tradition started again in 1999. To reduce the number of injuries, participants and spectators had to obey a few simple rules. Even so, about twelve people a year get injured.


Translate the text: The traditions they tried to ban
Bull running. It is the most famous part of the Fiesta de san Fermin, a week-long festival that is held every July in Pamplona, Spain. Every morning at 8 o’clock, participants run through the streets in front of a small herd of six bulls, each about 600 kilos. Anybody can take part. You needn’t sign up- you just have to stand in the street and wait for the bulls. However, most participants wear white clothes with a red handkerchief tied around their necks. The event is extremely dangerous. In 2004, eight participants were injured when the bulls caught them with their horns. All spectators must stay behind the double line of fences along the road. This is because the participants need to leap over the first line of fences into an empty space to escape from the bulls. Each year, there are people who want to ban the bull running. They aren’t concerned about the number of injuries to the participants-they‘re protesting because, after the bull running, the bulls are killed in bill fights.


Complete the sentences with given words: cure, prescribe, virus, muscle, infection, skeleton, outpatient, casualty, epidemic
1. Can you prescribe some tablets for the pain in my back, doctor?
2. There was a flu epidemic at the school last month.
3. There was a bad car crash but there was only one casualty.
4. The doctors don’t know what’s wrong with him. They can’t cure his illness.
5. When they were building the house they found some bones and skeleton of a strange animal.
6. She’s an outpatient. She has to go to the hospital every week for three hours.
7. Don’t drink dirty water because you will get an infection and be very ill.
8. He can’t run because he’s hurt a muscle at the back of his leg.