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ASTERIX in the Olympic games

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1) List the Roman and Greek nouns that you can find in the text. Try to distinguish which are Roman and which are Greek. Example: Piraeus (Gr.)

2) Match the expressions and the definitions:

- ItŽs all Greek to them                              Let us be deserving of her

- Let us be worthy of her                            Think about your own things

- YouŽll put their noses out of joint            We may attract their attention

- We may make a splash                              YouŽll make them upset

- Mind your own business                             They cannot understand it

3) Pictures. Match the names with the pictures in the comic:

  • - Piraeus
  • - Athens
  • - Parthenon
  • - Palas Atenea statue

4) Vocabulary:

  • - voyage
  • - harbour
  • - farewell party
  • - advantage
  • - boars
  • - profiles
  • - spare
  • - safe
  • - pet
  • - fussy
  • - foreigners