B. Listening comprehension – Drag and drop

Read the conversation between Mirren and Emma on page 22 of English Now n° 124. Then, listen to the following dialogue and fill in the blanks in the sentences using the words below.

angrycelticdeaddemonsghostsspiritsteentraditiontreatingtrick

Mirren is a Scottish

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living in the US. She’s chatting with her American friend Emma.

Emma: I’m taking my little sister trick or

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tonight. It’s an American

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for Halloween. Do you want to come?
Mirren: It’s not American! It’s Scottish.
Emma: What now?
Mirren: Halloween comes from the ancient

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festival of Samhain.
Emma: Ooh, that’s interesting – explain!
Mirren: The Celts believed the

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came back on October 31st. People disguised themselves as

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and

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so the spirits couldn’t see they were human. They also prepared food for the

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.
Emma: Why?
Mirren: They didn’t want the spirits to become

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. That’s the beginning of

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or treat.
Emma: I had no idea!

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