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A first look at Dublin

A first look at Dublin

5. Croke Park Visitor Attractions

St. Joseph’s Avenue
Tel: 01 819 2323
www.skylinecrokepark.ie

Explore the home of Gaelic sport on the Croke Park Stadium Tour with an access-all-areas visit to this 82,300 capacity venue. Walk in the footsteps of legends as you visit the team dressing rooms, experience the excitement of walking through the player’s tunnel and enjoy panoramic views from the top tier of the stand. [...] The GAA Museum celebrates Ireland’s national games of hurling and Gaelic football. Trace Irish social history and test your skills in the interactive games zone – a must for museum visitors of all ages!

See website for opening times.

Admission: Adult €12.50, Child (U12) €8.50, Child (U3) FREE.

Doc. 6

Book of Kells

The Book of Kells

The Book of Kells

1. The Book of Kells is from England. Right or wrong?
2. Books in Ireland are considered very important. Right or wrong?
3. England’s oldest books were written during the Middle Ages. Right or wrong?

Observe : I lived in Connemara as a child, but I moved to Dublin in 2015. I wrote a book about the city! Aiden studied at Trinity College.

Réfléchis : Repère les verbes dans les phrases ci-dessus. Ces trois verbes sont ... . Trois verbes se terminent en ... . Un verbe ne se termine pas en ... : il est ... . La base verbale du dernier verbe est ... .

Conclus : Pour mettre un verbe régulier au prétérit, je rajoute ... à la BV. S’il s’agit d’un verbe irrégulier, j’apprends sa conjugaison par ❤️ . Si la BV se termine en -y, je transforme le -y en ... .

Listen

Listen

Listen: I moved to Dublin when I was thirty-three.

Réfléchis : Les Irlandais, prononcent-ils /th/: /θ/ (mouth) ou /t/ (tomato) ?

Repeat

Repeat

Répète : Dublin is my third favourite place in Ireland!

Mission 2

1

I must prepare...

a phone conversation.

an oral presentation

a written presentation.

2

What did I visit?

Trinity College.

Dublin Castle.

The Houses of Parliament.

Croke Park Stadium.

3

Choose your level:

A2+

A1+

A2

Exercice 1 : A First Look at Dublin

1

Listen to the recording and identify the Flannigans’ door.

2

Listen again and pick out proper nouns (people, places, language).💬  Granny /ˈgræni/: grandmother. Gaeltacht /'geiltəxt/: the Irish-speaking regions of Ireland.

Exercice 2 : A Tour of Dublin

2

Write your questions before calling Croke Park.

Exercice 3 : The Book Of Kells

1

Complete the mindmap as you listen to the document.

2

What questions did Josh ask? Complete these sentences with Wh- words. 💡 Tip: Remember: Wh- words → missing information. Auxiliary first → yes/no questions.

a)

is the Book of Kells?
b) 

created it?
c)

was it made?
d)

pages does it have?
e)

the book have pictures?
f)

is your job, exactly?

3

Watch the video. What might be the boy’s future job?

Gardener

Fireman

Monk

4

Focus on the images of the video and number the elements below in order of appearance.