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B2 Unit 9:
1: The personal
mystery of
trainer
Long Meg Corresponds with Lessons 9A,
1C9B
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& 9C
4 Watch the video again. Choose the correct They are still a mystery.
alternatives. They have confirmed the theories.
1 Long Meg is a family of standing stones/ They connected places together.
stone circles. They boost sound.
2 The stones have been proven to date back They may have been used for shows.
hundreds/thousands of years. People come to drum there.
3 Long Meg is unique, because she is made They have records from when they were built.
from the same type/a different type of They are built facing West.
stone than her Daughters.
4 Long Meg’s Daughters are not decorated/ 7 a Work in pairs. Read the extract from the video. What do you
covered in spiral patterns. think retain a bit of her mystery means?
5 One of the theories behind the stone circle Dot: Sadly, we have no written records from the time. All that is
is that they were built to increase sound/ left is the stone circle and Long Meg.
drum on during performances. Hannah: Well, thank you so much for showing me around and, yeah,
6 The historian says they will probably never I think it’s quite nice Long Meg can retain a bit of her mystery.
work out the mystery of/be able to
accurately date Long Meg and Her b Can you think of another historical place that has retained its
Daughters. mystery? What do you know about it?