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Level 3 - 19th April, 2019

One billion dollars promised to rebuild Notre Dame

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Contents
The Article 2 Discussion (Student-Created Qs) 15
Warm-Ups 3 Language Work (Cloze) 16
Vocabulary 4 Spelling 17
Before Reading / Listening 5 Put The Text Back Together 18
Gap Fill 6 Put The Words In The Right Order 19
Match The Sentences And Listen 7 Circle The Correct Word 20
Listening Gap Fill 8 Insert The Vowels (a, e, i, o, u) 21
Comprehension Questions 9 Punctuate The Text And Add Capitals 22
Multiple Choice - Quiz 10 Put A Slash ( / ) Where The Spaces Are 23
Role Play 11 Free Writing 24
After Reading / Listening 12 Academic Writing 25
Student Survey 13 Homework 26
Discussion (20 Questions) 14 Answers 27

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THE ARTICLE

From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1904/190419-notre-dame.html

People have donated over one billion dollars to help rebuild the Notre

Dame cathedral in Paris. The 850-year-old cathedral was badly damaged

in a fire on Monday. The UNESCO World Heritage site is one of the most

important cultural buildings in France. Wealthy people from all over

France and around the world have given hundreds of millions of dollars to

help restore the cathedral to its former glory. French president Emmanuel

Macron told the nation in a televised address that he would make sure

the reconstruction would be finished within five years. This would be in

time for the opening of the Paris Olympics in 2024. However, architects

say it could take decades to rebuild the world-famous landmark.

Some of the donors that are handing over cash are French billionaires.

They include the owners of the luxury brand Louis Vuitton and the

cosmetics company L'Oreal. The French oil company Total is also pledging

100 million euros. Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted that his company would

donate an unspecified amount. He said: "We are heartbroken for the

French people and those around the world for whom Notre Dame is a

symbol of hope. Relieved that everyone is safe. Apple will be donating to

the rebuilding efforts to help restore Notre Dame’s precious heritage for

future generations." However, many people are asking whether the

money would be better spent on helping the world's poor.

Sources: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer/notre-dame-fire-rebuild-pinault-donation-french-
billionaire
https://www.france24.com/en/20190416-fundraising-campaigns-multiply-macron-vows-rebuild-
notre-dame
https://www.npr.org/2019/04/16/714116303/donation-pledges-roll-in-for-notre-dames-
reconstruction

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WARM-UPS

1. NOTRE DAME: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about
Notre Dame. Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will
the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?

a billion dollars / cathedral / damaged / cultural / glory / address / architects / nation

donor / luxury / brand / cosmetics / heartbroken / symbol / hope / heritage / the poor

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. WORLD HERITAGE: Students A strongly believe World Heritage sites are

very important; Students B strongly believe they aren't. Change partners again and talk
about your conversations.

4. LANDMARKS: What do you know about these landmarks? How important are
they? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you
wrote.

What I Know Importance

Notre Dame

The Statue of Liberty

The Pyramids

Big Ben

Taj Mahal

Angkor Wat

5. FIRE: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with
the word "fire". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put
the words into different categories.

6. DONATIONS: Rank these with your partner. Put the most important things to
donate to at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

• building restoration • clean water projects

• cancer research • children's charities
• wildlife projects • helping the aged
• save a school • political parties

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VOCABULARY MATCHING
Paragraph 1

1. cathedral a. Repair or fix a building, work of art, vehicle,

etc. to return it to its original condition.

2. cultural b. The action of rebuilding something after it

has damaged or destroyed.

3. wealthy c. The biggest and most important church in a

city.

4. restore d. An object or feature of a landscape or town

that is easily seen and recognized from a
distance.

5. reconstruction e. About the ideas, customs, and social

behavior of a society.

6. decade f. Very rich.

7. landmark g. A period of ten years.

Paragraph 2

8. donors h. Greatly loved or treasured by someone.

9. handing over i. A person who gives money to something

(especially to a charity).

10. cash j. Giving.

11. brand k. Promising.

12. pledging l. An expensive company that makes higher

quality goods.

13. hope m. Money that is coins or notes.

14. precious n. A feeling of wanting a certain thing to

happen.

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BEFORE READING / LISTENING
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1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a. The article said the cathedral is 857 years old. T/F

b. Notre Dame cathedral is a UNESCO World Heritage site. T/F
c. France's president spoke to the French people on TV about Notre Dame. T / F
d. Architects say it will take five years to rebuild Notre Dame. T/F
e. None of the donors giving money to Notre Dame are billionaires. T/F
f. An oil company said it would give 100 million euros to help Notre Dame. T / F
g. Apple promised to give 100 million euros to help Notre Dame. T/F
h. Many people think the world's poor should get the money instead. T/F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: (The words in bold are from the news article.)

1. donated a. unnamed
2. damaged b. speech
3. former c. giving
4. address d. harmed
5. landmark e. promising
6. handing over f. optimism
7. pledging g. given
8. unspecified h. monument
9. hope i. impoverished
10. poor j. past

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1. People have donated a. handing over cash

2. restore the cathedral b. to rebuild
3. make sure the reconstruction would be c. famous landmark
4. architects say it could take decades d. heritage
5. the world- e. brand Louis Vuitton
6. Some of the donors that are f. finished within five years
7. the owners of the luxury g. of hope
8. donate an unspecified h. over one billion dollars
9. a symbol i. amount
10. help restore Notre Dame's precious j. to its former glory

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GAP FILL
From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1904/190419-notre-dame.html

People have donated over one billion dollars to help rebuild the within

Notre Dame (1) ____________ in Paris. The 850-year-old badly

cathedral was (2) ____________ damaged in a fire on Monday.
over
The UNESCO World Heritage site is one of the most important
decades
(3) ____________ buildings in France. Wealthy people from all

(4) ____________ France and around the world have given cathedral

hundreds of millions of dollars to help restore the cathedral to its opening

former (5) ____________. French president Emmanuel Macron told
glory
the nation in a televised address that he would make sure the
cultural
reconstruction would be finished (6) ____________ five years. This

would be in time for the (7) ____________ of the Paris Olympics in

2024. However, architects say it could take (8) ____________ to

rebuild the world-famous landmark.

Some of the donors that are (9) ____________ over cash are luxury

French billionaires. They include the owners of the efforts

(10) ____________ brand Louis Vuitton and the cosmetics
amount
company L'Oreal. The French oil company Total is also
poor
(11) ____________ 100 million euros. Apple CEO Tim Cook

tweeted that his company would donate an unspecified handing

(12) ____________. He said: "We are heartbroken for the French generations
people and those around the world for (13) ____________ Notre
pledging
Dame is a symbol of hope. Relieved that everyone is safe. Apple
whom
will be donating to the rebuilding (14) ____________ to help

restore Notre Dame’s precious heritage for future

(15) ____________." However, many people are asking whether

the money would be better spent on helping the world's

(16) ____________.

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LISTENING – Guess the answers. Listen to check.
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1) People have donated over one billion dollars to help ______Notre Dame cathedral
a. the build the
b. a builder
c. to build the
d. rebuild the
2) The UNESCO World Heritage site is one of the most important ______
a. cultural building
b. culturally buildings
c. cultural buildings
d. culture building
3) given hundreds of millions of dollars to help restore the cathedral to ______
a. its former gory
b. its farmer glory
c. its former glory
d. its firmer gory
4) he would make sure the reconstruction would be finished ______
a. within five years
b. wither five years
c. without five years
d. divine five years
5) However, architects say it could take decades to rebuild the world-______
a. famous landing make
b. famous landmark
c. famous land marks
d. famous land make
6) Some of the donors that are ______
a. handing over cash
b. handing overly cash
c. handing overs cash
d. handing overt cash
7) They include the owners of the luxury brand Louis Vuitton and the ______
a. cosmos ticks company
b. cosmetics company
c. chasm ticks company
d. cost metrics company
8) Cook tweeted that his company would donate an ______
a. unspecifiable amount
b. unspecified amount
c. unspecific the amount
d. special amount
9) donating to the rebuilding efforts to help restore Notre Dame’s ______
a. precious heritage
b. previous heritage
c. precocious heritage
d. preciously heritage
10) asking whether the money would be better spent on helping ______
a. the world's spore
b. the world's poor
c. the world's paw
d. the world's par

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LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps
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People have (1) ___________________ billion dollars to help rebuild the

Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. The 850-year-old cathedral was badly

(2) ___________________ fire on Monday. The UNESCO World Heritage site

is one of the most important cultural buildings in France. Wealthy people

(3) ___________________ France and around the world have given

hundreds of millions of dollars to help restore the cathedral to

(4) ___________________. French president Emmanuel Macron told the

nation in a televised address that he would make sure the reconstruction

would be finished (5) ___________________. This would be in time for the

opening of the Paris Olympics in 2024. However, architects say it could

(6) ___________________ rebuild the world-famous landmark.

Some of the donors that are (7) ___________________ are French

billionaires. They include the owners (8) ___________________ brand Louis

Vuitton and the cosmetics company L'Oreal. The French oil company Total is

also pledging 100 million euros. Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted that his

company (9) ___________________ unspecified amount. He said: "We are

heartbroken for the French people and those around the world for whom

Notre Dame is a (10) ___________________. Relieved that everyone is safe.

Apple will be donating to the rebuilding (11) ___________________ restore

Notre Dame’s precious heritage for future generations." However, many

people are asking whether the money would be (12) ___________________

helping the world's poor.

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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1904/190419-notre-dame.html

1. How old is the Notre Dame cathedral?

2. What does France's president want to restore Notre Dame to?

3. How long did France's president say the rebuilding would take?

4. What does France's president want Notre Dame to be rebuilt in time for?

5. How long did architects say it would take to rebuild Notre Dame?

6. What is the name of the luxury brand that was mentioned?

7. Which company's CEO said his company would donate money?

8. What did a company CEO say Notre Dame was a symbol of?

9. What is a company CEO relieved about?

10. Who do some people think the money should be given to?

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MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ
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1) How old is the Notre Dame 6) What is the name of the luxury
cathedral? brand that was mentioned?
a) 580 years old a) Hermes
b) 805 years old b) Louis Vuitton
c) 508 years old c) Givenchy
d) 850 years old d) Chanel

2) What does France's president 7) Which company's CEO said his

want to restore Notre Dame to? company would donate money?
a) a church a) Facebook
b) its former glory b) Google
c) a landmark c) Amazon
d) a global monument d) Apple

3) How long did France's president 8) What did a company CEO say
say the rebuilding would take? Notre Dame was a symbol of?
a) 15 years a) hope
b) 20 years b) Paris
c) 5 years c) the cross
d) 10 years d) culture

4) What does France's president 9) What is a company CEO relieved

want Notre Dame to be rebuilt in about?
time for? a) the fire is out
a) the 2024 Olympics b) artwork was saved
b) the 2022 World Cup c) everyone is safe
c) the 1,000-year centenary d) he can still pray
d) Christmas
10) Who do some people think the
5) How long did architects say it money should be given to?
would take to rebuild Notre Dame? a) the Church
a) generations b) the poor
b) years c) the homeless
c) decades d) fire fighters
d) centuries

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ROLE PLAY
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Role A – Building Restoration

You think it is best to make a donation to building restoration.
Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong
with their things. Also, tell the others which is the least worthy
of these (and why): cancer research, education projects or
political parties.

Role B – Cancer Research

You think it is best to make a donation to cancer research. Tell
the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with
their things. Also, tell the others which is the least worthy of
these (and why): building restoration, education projects or
political parties.

Role C – Education Projects

You think it is best to make a donation to education projects.
Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong
with their things. Also, tell the others which is the least worthy
of these (and why): cancer research, building restoration or
political parties.

Role D – Political Parties

You think it is best to make a donation to political parties. Tell
the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with
their things. Also, tell the others which is the least worthy of
these (and why): cancer research, education projects or
building restoration.

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AFTER READING / LISTENING
From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1904/190419-notre-dame.html

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates,

other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'billion' and
'promise'.

billion promise

• Share your findings with your partners.

• Make questions using the words you found.
• Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down

some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
• Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
• Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise.

Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new,
interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups,

pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try
to recall how they were used in the text:

• 850 • cash
• most • brand
• hundreds • oil
• former • hope
• nation • precious
• decades • poor

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NOTRE DAME SURVEY
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Write five GOOD questions about Notre Dame in the table. Do this in pairs. Each
student must write the questions on his / her own paper.
When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

STUDENT 1 STUDENT 2 STUDENT 3

_____________ _____________ _____________

Q.1.

Q.2.

Q.3.

Q.4.

Q.5.

• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found
out. Change partners often.
• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

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NOTRE DAME DISCUSSION
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

1. What did you think when you read the headline?

2. What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'billion'?
3. What do you know about Notre Dame cathedral?
4. How sad is it that an 850-year-old building is damaged in a fire?
5. How important are UNESCO World Heritage sites?
6. What are your country's most important cultural buildings?
7. How much money would you give to restore your favourite building?
8. What is your favourite building?
9. What is a cathedral?
10. Why might it take longer than five years to reconstruct Notre Dame?

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NOTRE DAME DISCUSSION
STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

11. Did you like reading this article? Why/not?

12. What do you think of when you hear the word 'promise'?
13. What do you think about what you read?
14. What did you see or read of this news?
15. How important are places of worship?
16. What do you think of brands donating so much money?
17. What is the biggest symbol of hope in the world?
18. Would as much money have been raised for flood victims?
19. Should the money be given to the world's poor?
20. What questions would you like to ask France's president?

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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

1. ________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________

4. ________________________________________________________

5. ________________________________________________________

6. ________________________________________________________
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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

1. ________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________

4. ________________________________________________________

5. ________________________________________________________

6. ________________________________________________________

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LANGUAGE - CLOZE
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People have donated over one billion dollars to (1) ____ rebuild the Notre Dame
cathedral in Paris. The 850-year-old cathedral was (2) ____ damaged in a fire on
Monday. The UNESCO World Heritage site is one of the most important cultural
buildings in France. Wealthy people (3) ____ all over France and around the world
have given hundreds of millions of dollars to help restore the cathedral to its former
(4) ____. French president Emmanuel Macron told the nation in a televised address
that he would make sure the reconstruction would be finished (5) ____ five years.
This would be in time for the opening of the Paris Olympics in 2024. However,
architects say it could take (6) ____ to rebuild the world-famous landmark.

Some of the donors that are (7) ____ over cash are French billionaires. They include
the owners of the luxury brand Louis Vuitton and the cosmetics company L'Oreal.
The French oil company Total is also (8) ____ 100 million euros. Apple CEO Tim
Cook tweeted that his company would donate an unspecified amount. He said: "We
are heartbroken (9) ____ the French people and those around the world for
(10) ____ Notre Dame is a symbol of hope. Relieved that everyone is safe. Apple will
be donating to the rebuilding efforts to help restore Notre Dame’s (11) ____ heritage
for future generations." However, many people are asking whether the money
would be better spent on helping (12) ____ world's poor.

Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
1. (a) helps (b) helped (c) helping (d) help

2. (a) badge (b) baddie (c) bad (d) badly

3. (a) at (b) from (c) by (d) of

4. (a) gorge (b) garish (c) gory (d) glory

5. (a) without (b) wither (c) within (d) with

6. (a) decades (b) decides (c) deduces (d) declares

7. (a) banding (b) handing (c) landing (d) sanding

8. (a) pledging (b) pledge (c) pledges (d) pledged

9. (a) as (b) for (c) at (d) of

10. (a) that (b) which (c) whom (d) when

11. (a) spacious (b) previous (c) precocious (d) precious

12. (a) every (b) all (c) a (d) the

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SPELLING
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Paragraph 1

1. People have ndtodea over one billion dollars

2. the most important lracutlu buildings

3. restore the latdacerh

4. its former yolgr

5. it could take seecdda to rebuild

6. the world-famous radmlnak

Paragraph 2

7. owners of the ulxury brand

8. the csemsctoi company

9. an snefupiidce amount

10. a myblso of hope

11. Notre Dame’s precious ahietreg

12. for future eesgrinaont

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PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER
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Number these lines in the correct order.

( ) also pledging 100 million euros. Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted that
his company would donate an

( ) the world have given hundreds of millions of dollars to help restore

the cathedral to its former

( ) be finished within five years. This would be in time for the opening
of the Paris Olympics in

( ) people are asking whether the money would be better spent on

helping the world's poor.

( ) of the most important cultural buildings in France. Wealthy people

from all over France and around

( ) to the rebuilding efforts to help restore Notre Dame’s precious

heritage for future generations." However, many

( ) whom Notre Dame is a symbol of hope. Relieved that everyone is

safe. Apple will be donating

( ) glory. French president Emmanuel Macron told the nation in a

televised address that he would make sure the reconstruction
would

( ) Some of the donors that are handing over cash are French
billionaires. They include the owners

( 1 ) People have donated over one billion dollars to help rebuild the
Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. The 850-year-

( ) unspecified amount. He said: "We are heartbroken for the French

people and those around the world for

( ) of the luxury brand Louis Vuitton and the cosmetics company

L'Oreal. The French oil company Total is

( ) 2024. However, architects say it could take decades to rebuild the

world-famous landmark.

( ) old cathedral was badly damaged in a fire on Monday. The UNESCO

World Heritage site is one

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PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER
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1. billion one People over dollars . have donated

2. important of the most buildings . cultural One

3. glory . cathedral Help the its former to restore

4. sure finished . be Make would the reconstruction

5. to decades landmark . world-famous rebuild Take the

6. luxury brand . of owners include They the the

7. an donate company His amount . unspecified would

8. people . the We French heartbroken for are

9. be donating Apple the efforts . will to rebuilding

10. spent poor . Be helping on world's the better

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CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)
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People have donation / donated over one billion dollars to help rebuild the

Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. The 850-year-old cathedral was badly / bad

damaged in a fire on Monday. The UNESCO World Heritage site / sight is one

of the most important cultural building / buildings in France. Wealthy people

from all over France and around the world have gave / given hundreds of

millions of dollars to help rest / restore the cathedral to its former glory /

gory. French president Emmanuel Macron told the nation in a televised

address that he would make sure the reconstruction would be / do finished

within five years. This would be in time for the opening / open of the Paris

Olympics in 2024. However, architects say it could have / take decades to

rebuild the world-famous landmark.

Some of the donors that are handling / handing over cash are French

billionaires. They include / including the owners of the luxury brand Louis

Vuitton and the cosmetics / cosmetic company L'Oreal. The French oil

company Total is also / addition pledging 100 million euros. Apple CEO Tim

Cook tweeted that his company would donate an unspecified volume /

amount. He said: "We are heartbroken for the French people and them /

those around the world for whom Notre Dame is a symbol / symbolic of

hope. Relieved that everyone is safe. Apple will be donating to the rebuilding

efforts / effects to help restore Notre Dame’s precious heritage for future

generations." However, many people are ask / asking whether the money

would be better spent on helping the world's poor / poverty.

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and
why the correct word is correct.

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INSERT THE VOWELS (a, e, i, o, u)
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PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS
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people have donated over one billion dollars to help rebuild the notre dame

cathedral in paris the 850yearold cathedral was badly damaged in a fire on

monday the unesco world heritage site is one of the most important cultural

buildings in france wealthy people from all over france and around the world

have given hundreds of millions of dollars to help restore the cathedral to its

former glory french president emmanuel macron told the nation in a

televised address that he would make sure the reconstruction would be

finished within five years this would be in time for the opening of the paris

olympics in 2024 however architects say it could take decades to rebuild the

worldfamous landmark

some of the donors that are handing over cash are french billionaires they

include the owners of the luxury brand louis vuitton and the cosmetics

company loreal the french oil company total is also pledging 100 million

euros apple ceo tim cook tweeted that his company would donate an

unspecified amount he said we are heartbroken for the french people and

those around the world for whom notre dame is a symbol of hope relieved

that everyone is safe apple will be donating to the rebuilding efforts to help

restore notre dames precious heritage for future generations however many

people are asking whether the money would be better spent on helping the

worlds poor

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PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE
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PeoplehavedonatedoveronebilliondollarstohelprebuildtheNotreDa

mecathedralinParis.The850-year-oldcathedralwasbadlydamagedi

nafireonMonday.TheUNESCOWorldHeritagesiteisoneofthemostimp

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ndaroundtheworldhavegivenhundredsofmillionsofdollarstohelprest

orethecathedraltoitsformerglory.FrenchpresidentEmmanuelMacron

toldthenationinatelevisedaddressthathewouldmakesurethereconst

ructionwouldbefinishedwithinfiveyears.Thiswouldbeintimefortheop

eningoftheParisOlympicsin2024.However,architectssayitcouldtake

decadestorebuildtheworld-famouslandmark.Someofthedonorsthat

arehandingovercashareFrenchbillionaires.Theyincludetheownersof

theluxurybrandLouisVuittonandthecosmeticscompanyL'Oreal.TheF

renchoilcompanyTotalisalsopledging100millioneuros.AppleCEOTim

Cooktweetedthathiscompanywoulddonateanunspecifiedamount.He

said:"WeareheartbrokenfortheFrenchpeopleandthosearoundthewo

rldforwhomNotreDameisasymbolofhope.Relievedthateveryoneissaf

e.ApplewillbedonatingtotherebuildingeffortstohelprestoreNotreDa

me’spreciousheritageforfuturegenerations."However,manypeoplea

reaskingwhetherthemoneywouldbebetterspentonhelpingtheworld's

poor.

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FREE WRITING
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ACADEMIC WRITING
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It is important to preserve historic buildings. Discuss.

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HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the

text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to
build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about this news
story. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. NOTRE DAME: Make a poster about Notre Dame. Show your work to
your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

4. $1 BILLION: Write a magazine article about $1 billion being donated

to help rebuild Notre Dame. Include imaginary interviews with people who
are for and against this.

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any
new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).

5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next

stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the
next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on Notre Dame. Ask him/her three

questions about it. Give him/her three of your ideas on how to rebuild it.
Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will
answer your questions.

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ANSWERS

VOCABULARY (p.4)
1. c 2. e 3. f 4. a 5. b 6. g 7. d
8. i 9. j 10. m 11. l 12. k 13. n 14. h

TRUE / FALSE (p.5)

a F b T c T d F e F f T g F h T

SYNONYM MATCH (p.5)

1. donated a. given
2. damaged b. harmed
3. former c. past
4. address d. speech
5. landmark e. monument
6. handing over f. giving
7. pledging g. promising
8. unspecified h. unnamed
9. hope i. optimism
10. poor j. impoverished

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.9) WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER (p.20)

1. 850 years old 1. People have donated over one billion dollars.
2. Its former glory 2. One of the most important cultural buildings.
3. Five years 3. Help restore the cathedral to its former glory.
4. The 2024 Paris Olympics 4. Make sure the reconstruction would be finished.
5. Decades 5. Take decades to rebuild the world-famous
landmark.
6. Louis Vuitton 6. They include the owners of the luxury brand.
7. Apple 7. His company would donate an unspecified
amount.
8. Hope 8. We are heartbroken for the French people.
9. Everyone is safe 9. Apple will be donating to the rebuilding efforts.
10. The poor 10. Be better spent on helping the world's poor.

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.10)

1. d 2. b 3. c 4. a 5. c 6. b 7. d 8. a 9. c 10. b

ALL OTHER EXERCISES

Please check for yourself by looking at the Article on page 2.
(It's good for your English ;-)

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