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SAINT
PATRICK’S
DAY
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1 Warm up

Look at the following photos. How are they connected to St. Patrick’s Day?

cloverleaf Celtic Cross

Parades in New York Guinness beer

1. Have you been to a St. Patrick’s Day celebration? What did you do?
2. Have you ever been to Ireland? What do you know about Ireland?

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2 Focus on vocabulary

Part A: Match the following words to their definitions.

1. pirate (n) a. a child, and all the generations of children that follow that child

2. migration (n) b. a person on a ship who steals from other ships

3. myth (n) c. a person who is forced to work for someone, usually for free

4. descendant (n) d. a phrase or a word used to show two or more things have similar
qualities
5. slave (n) e. a story that people tell as if it is true, which is not true

6. metaphor (n) f. the movement of people from one country to another, usually to
find work

Part B: Now underline the correct form of the word from Part A in the following sentences.

1. Solomon Northup was born in New York state, but he was kidnapped and slavery/enslaved/slave
in Washington DC.
2. In the film, when she’s swimming in the stormy sea, it’s metaphor/metaphors/metaphorical. It
represents her loneliness and her difficult life.
3. Large numbers of Irish people migrated/migrant/migration to the US and the UK during the 19th
Century.
4. The dragon is a mythology/mythical/myth creature which is found in tales all over the world.
5. The seas around Somalia suffer from a problem with pirate/piracy/pirated which was shown in
the film Captain Phillips.
6. The majority of Australians are descended/descendants/descending from immigrants from other
countries.

Now, in pairs answer these questions:

1. What do you think your descendants will think of the world you live in now?
2. Where have people in your country migrated from? Or where do they often migrate to?
3. What myths are told in your country?

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3 Prediction

You are going to listen to a radio programme talking about St. Patrick’s Day. How do you think the
following will be connected to the day?

1. snakes
2. Boston, Massachusetts
3. 1601
4. International Space Station

Now listen to the recording. Were your predictions correct?

4 Comprehension

Now listen again and decide if the following statements are true or false.

1. Saint Patrick was born in Ireland.

2. We know a lot of details about the life of St. Patrick.
3. The story of St. Patrick and the snakes is unlikely to be true.
4. In Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day is a public holiday.
5. There are few Americans of Irish descent.
6. St. Patrick’s Day has been celebrated in space.

Now answer these questions:

1. If you went to a St. Patrick’s Day celebration, where would you like to go out of the places
mentioned in the listening? Why?
2. What do you think St. Patrick driving the snakes out of Ireland is a metaphor for?

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5 Synonyms

Part A: Scan the texts on the next page to find phrases or words which are synonyms for the following.

1. amazing (Text A)

2. important (Text A)

3. responsible for (Text B)

4. sent (Text B)

5. rich (Text B)

6. wanted (Text C)

Part B: Now write the words you found in Part A in the correct gap.

1. When was the last time you a parcel or a letter to someone? What was it?
2. What would you like to be in your job in the future?
3. What is the outcome of you learning English?
4. What is your most possession? Why?
5. In your opinion, what is your most achievement? Why?
6. Is it more important to be , or healthy? Why?

Now answer the questions.

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Irish innovation
As we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, the national day of Ireland, we take a look back at some amazing
Irish people from history.

1.
A
John Joly graduated from the world-famous Trinity College in Dublin in 1876 with a degree in Engineering, and
a first-class degree in Modern Literature. During his outstanding career, not only did he help to create colour
photography, but he also developed radiotherapy, which was used to treat patients suffering with cancer. In
addition, he published more than 270 scientific papers and books, and received awards in Dublin and London for
his work. His achievements were so highly-valued in the scientific community that forty years after his death, a
crater on Mars was named after him.
2.
B
Born in Cork in Ireland, Dr. James Barry graduated from the University of Edinburgh Medical School in Scotland,
taking his first job as hospital assistant in 1813. From here, he was promoted over the years and eventually
become Inspector General, in charge of the military hospitals. As a surgeon, he also performed the first successful
recorded C-section birth in Africa by a European. He was posted to many parts of, what was then, the British
Empire. Wherever he went, he treated the poor and the well-off the same. He hated to see needless suffering
and often fought with those in charge if he considered them not to be providing decent facilities. After his death,
it was discovered that Dr. James Barry had, in fact, been a woman and was born as Margaret Ann Balkley. In a
letter when she was 19, she wrote "Was I not a girl, I would be a Soldier!". So that was what she did.
3.
C
Joseph "Spud" Murphy was born in Dublin in 1923 to parents who were both small business owners. He left
school at 16 to work in a shop selling cigarettes and cigars, but it didn’t satisfy him. Soon, he was running his own
small business selling imported goods, from drinks to ball point pens, not found in Ireland at the time. However,
it was the invention of the cheese and onion crisp that really made him successful. At the time, crisps were plain
with a small packet of salt to add if desired. So, Murphy’s idea was a huge hit both locally and abroad, leading to
other flavours and his company, Tayto crisps, making him a very wealthy man.

6 Comprehension

Complete the following sentences with no more than three words from the texts.

1. John Joly received degrees in both and Engineering.

2. Joly’s discoveries served to improve life for people , as well as photographers.
3. During his career, James Barry went from being a , to an Inspector General.
4. Margaret Balkley had wanted to be a since she was a teenager.
5. Selling tobacco products did not Joseph Murphy.
6. Murphy’s cheese and onion crisps was popular and in other countries.

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7 Talking point

In pairs answer these quesitons.

1. Which was your favourite person described in the texts? Why?

2. What have people from your country invented?
3. Are there any famous or amazing people in history from your country? Who are they? What did
they do?
4. Why do you think Margaret Balkley lived her life as a man? Would life as a man be easier than life
as a woman for someone from your country? Why? Why not?

8 Extended activity/ homework

Write the adjectives next to the correct noun and definition.

1. -class degree: the highest grade from a university

2. community: a group of scientists
3. suffering: the physical or emotional pain of an animal or human for no reason
4. facilities: well-kept areas, such as bathrooms or kitchens, that people need to use
5. goods: items for people to buy which came from abroad
6. hit: extremely successful or popular

Now write a sentence for each of the collocations.

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