About the Amish

Publié le 22 Avril 2007 par Dom

Catégories : #Civilisation

Watch this video clip to get information and then have a look at the help to understand part of it. This is a song by Weird Al Yancovic

WORKSHEET ON THE VIDEO

1.What’s their occupation?

Match the English and the French

milking the cow

feeding the chickens

plowing

churning butter

sawing wood

scything

scier du bois

labourer

traire la vache

faire du beurre

faucher à la faux

nourrir les poulets

2.Fill in the blanks with the correct verb

The Amish ……….on the farm. He ……….. the cow, he ……. the chickens, he …………. the fields, he ……….. butter, he …… wood and ………

3. Fill in the blanks with the following words:

dresses- colours- buggies- clothes- suspenders

As they live separate from society they have horse-drawn ……….. to go from one place to another. Besides they also wear plain ……...with limited………. Men have ………………for their trousers, women have long…………… .

4.Watch

Find what they have (8 traditional things), who is watching the Amish and what they’re doing

Put into the correct order

They have…….

Those who are watching the Amish are....... and they are .............................

a) aecdnls :...............................

b) (1) lio (2) amlps :

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c) (1) eht (2) bblie:

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d) (1) aolrs (2) achtw:

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e) iultqs :.............................

f) abnrs: ..............................

g) aeenpprwss :........................

h) aaiegmnsz :........................

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For the lyrics go to this site:

http://www.com-www.com/weirdal/amishparadise.html

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