A World of Mystery 2 BModule English Toolkit 1 - Language & Culture Crop circles are areas in a field where the crops become flat, forming odd and mysterious shapes.. The first crop circ
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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!
Crop Circles
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!
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2 Find in the text words that mean:
a strange:
b flying saucer:
c deceive:
3 Find at least 5 irregular verbs in the text and complete the table.
4 Complete the sentences with the Simple Past or Past Continuous.
a Arthur and Brice (see) a UFO when they (camp)
b Strange lights (appear) in the sky while the men (look) at it
c In 1990, two men (say) they (be) responsible for the crop circles
5 Has anything like this ever happened in your country? Find information
about crop circles or UFO sightings and write an article for a newspaper.
Activities
1 Scan the text and answer the questions.
a When did the first crop circles appear?
b What were the people who first saw them doing?
c How long does a crop circle take to form?
d What explanation did the NASA give?
e What time do crop circles generally appear?
see
d feasible:
e complex: