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The Legend Of The Dogwood egg.” Eg ………were dyed and eaten during
A long time ago, when Jesus walked upon
the
………., the dogwood tree was tall and
proud. Its
trunk was as large around …… an oak tree
and
its wood was……….. and strong. Near the
city of
Jerusalem grew an especially lovely
dogwood…….
When Jesus was to be crucified, the Roman
………. looked at the tree and decided it
would be
.…… the right kind of wood for a cross. They
cut
down the tree and made a………. for Jesus
But the
dogwood tree was very sad and …………. to
be
put to such a terrible use. Jesus knew the
tree was
very unhappy and he ……….. sorry for it. He
promised the dogwood that it would never
………..
grow large enough to be used as a cross.
And
then, to give the world a ………….. of the
tree's
history, Jesus gave it a very special
blossom.This
blossom would be a sign of Jesus' ………. .
That is
why the dogwood's four white ……….. form
the
shape of a cross. On the outer edge of each
petal
………… is a dark red stain, as a reminder
that
Jesus was …………. on the cross for
forgiveness of
sins.
And in the center of each bloom is a ……….
crown
of thorns.
Easter Eggs
The egg has ……. called nature’s most
perfect
container. It also is the world’s …… popular
secular symbol for Easter. In all
……………………, the egg
symbolizes the beginning of ……. or the
universe.
spring ………….
in ancient Egypt, Persia, Greece and Rome
and colored eggs were given as gifts to
………………. the
coming of spring. These cultures regarded
the egg
as an emblem of the universe, the work of
the
supreme ……………………, the germination of
life.
Christians of the Near East adopted this
tradition
and the egg became a religious
…………………. – it
represented the ………. from which Jesus
broke forth.
The various customs ……………… with Easter
eggs
were not recorded in Western Europe …….
the 15th
century. Speculation is that
…………………….. or
knights of the ………………….. were
responsible for
bringing the tradition of coloring eggs
westward.
In medieval times, eggs often were …………..
red to symbolize the blood of Christ.
Plastic Easter eggs ……… their debut in the
early 1960s. More than 100 million …………..
eggs are
purchased for Easter.
The Legend Of Easter Lily
in the garden of gethsemane
there
were many beautiful flowers
but the
loveliest of all was the pure
white lily
the lily knew it was very
beautiful and
it proudly lifted its head to show
itself
to anyone who happened to
pass by the
garden on the night before
he was
crucified jesus came into the
quiet
garden of gethsemane to pray
as he
prayed and wept there the
flowers of the
garden bowed their heads in
pity and
sorrow too but the proud lily
would not
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next day the monthly.
lily discovered that jesus was Acording to one legend, the
going to Easter
be crucified the flower felt so bunny was originaly a large,
miserable handsome
about how it had acted in the bird belonging to the goddess
garden that Eostre. One
it bowed its head in shame to day she magically changed
honour the her pet berd
lord jesus and to show its sorrow into a hare. Because the Easter
the lily bunny is
has grown with a down- stil a bird at heart, he
turned continues to build a straw nest
blossom ever since that first and fil it with eggs.
good friday
of long long ago

Exercises
1) The legend of the
dogwood
Fill in the most appropriate
word.

Easter Bunny
The Easter bunny has it’s
origins in
pre-Christian fertility lore. Hares 2) The legend of Easter lily
and Punctuate the text.
rabbits served as symbolls of
abundant
new life in the spring season. It
really is
a hare – not a rabbit – that
simbolizes 3) Easter eggs
Easter. From antiqity hares have Read the text and put the
been provided words
a symbol for the moon, and the
first full in the right places:
moon after the vernal equinox Symbol, cultures, missionaries,
determ the plastic,
date for Easter. Hares are bore
with their made, celebrate, been,
eyes opened, while rabbits are festivals, until,
born blind. crusades, colored, most,
The hare was thougt never to
blink or divinity, life,
close its eyes, and it is a tomb, eggs ,associated.
noctornal
creeture, like the moon. The
hare also
carries its young a month
before 4) Easter bunny
giving berth – like the changing
moon
 Read the text and look carefully
at each
line, if there are no mistakes, put
a tick
at the end of the line, if you find
a
mistake, write the correct word
at the
end of the line.

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2 ……………………………………….
3 ……………………………………….
4 ……………………………………….
5 ……………………………………….
6 ……………………………………….

Answers
The legend of the
7 ………………………………………. dogwood
8 ……………………………………….. 1) earth
9 ……………………………………….. 2) as
3) hard
10 ……………………………………… 4) tree
11 ……………………………………… 5) soldiers
12 ……………………………………… 6) just
7) cross
13 ……………………………………… 8) ashamed
14 ……………………………………… 9) felt
15 ……………………………………… 10) again
11) reminder
16 ……………………………………… 12) death
17 ……………………………………… 13) petals
18 ……………………………………… 14) there
15) offered
19 ……………………………………… 16) tiny
20 ………………………………………
21 ……………………………………… The legend of Easter lily
Garden - Gethsemane, -
flowers, - white
lily. – The lily – very
beautiful, and – to
pass by the garden. – On
the night
before – was crucified, Jesus
– Garden of
Gethsemane to pray. – As he
prayed –
there, the flowers – and
sorrow, too. – But
 the proud lily – lovely white
head. – The
next day, - to be crucified. –
The flower
felt – in shame. – To honor the
Lord Jesus
– its sorrow, the lily - Good
Friday – of
– long, long ago.
Easter eggs
been, most, cultures, life,
eggs, festivals,
celebrate, divinity, symbol,
tomb, associ
-ated, until, missionaries,
crusades,
colored, made, plastic.
Easter bunny
0 its
00 
1 symbols
2 
3 symbolizes
4 antiquity
5 
6 determines
7 born
8 open
9 thought
10 nocturnal
11 creature
12 
13 birth
14 erupting
15 according
16 originally

17 
18 bird
19 
20 still
21 fill