In the city

📚What do you know about Troy?

Read the sentences from a video blog and try to guess the missing words by the fist letter.

1. Today I'm gonna take you on a m... journey.
2. As the l... goes, the ancient city of Troy was besieged for ten years without success.
3. Finally, the city was c... thanks to the warriors hidden in a huge w... horse.
4. H... made Troy immortal and B... P... made it popular.
5. Can you imagine thousands of h... that once fought on this battlefield?
6. Troy is not just a h... site, it's a mythical one as well.
7. While the horse is world-famous, the real deal in Troy is the r...
8. Discover this and more in Turkey, h... of Troy!
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Now watch and check your guesses!

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What other ancient cities do you know?

What are they famous for?

Is there an ancient city that you'd like to visit?

Compound adjectives

Look at the two sentences and answer the questions:

a - Springfield has little town charm.

b - Springfield has little-town charm.

Where can we think that Springfield is an ugly place? 

Where do we think that Springfield is a lovely little town? 

Which sentence has a compound adjective? 

Explain the meaning of these phrases with compound adjectives:

1. glow-in-the-dark trees - trees that glow in the dark
2. densely populated cities -
3. brightly lit streets -
4. old-fashioned boroughs -
5. last-minute decisions -
6. never-ending traffic -
7. slow-moving pedestrians -
8. ice-cold winters -
9. north-west cities -
10. sun-baked streets -
11. fat-free diet -

Find an example of a compound adjective that is made with:

• a prepositional phrase - glow-in-the-dark
• noun + noun -
• adjective + adjective -
• adjective + noun -
• adverb + present participle -
• adverb + past participle -
• noun + adjective -
• adjective + present participle -
• adjective + past participle -
• noun + past participle -

a hard-working student / a last-minute decision / that voucher is out of date / a world-famous athlete / the politicians were well respected / well-respected politicians / out-of-date fashion / a carefully written letter / the letter was carefully written / eighteen-year-old students / a two-door car

Complete the table with the examples above:

What natural phenomenon could help to merge nature and technology?

biomimicry /              halos /                  rainbows

What animals can generate their own light?

bats /    jellyfish and fireflies  /   dragonflies and oysters

What element produces light?

nitrogen /  calcium  /    luciferin

What have they come up with so far?

glowing flowers /            glowing bushes  /   glowing plants

How are the glow-in-the-dark trees different from street lights?

They are energy-neutral.

They are fire-resistant.

They are cheaper.

What prediction does the designer make about technology?

It will change the world completely.

It will move from screens to other places.

It will be used less.