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No frying eggs in Death Valley, says park (13th July, 2013)

Officials at the Death Valley National Park have appealed to visitors to refrain from trying to fry eggs on rocks or the ground. The park has been inundated with visitors trying to test the theory that it is hot enough to fry an egg ever since a park employee posted a video on YouTube of her attempts to do so. The online clip, together with soaring temperatures nearing 50°C and the centennial on Wednesday of the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth, encouraged many people to try their own experiment, with messy results. Park cleaners are being kept busy cleaning up egg shells, discarded egg cartons, and the foul-smelling goo from hundreds of unsuccessful attempts at a sunny-side up under the sun.

Park rangers urged people on their Facebook page to not fry eggs. It read: "An employee's posting of frying an egg in a pan in Death Valley was intended to demonstrate how hot it can get here, with the recommendation that if you do this, use a pan or tin foil and properly dispose of the contents. However, the…maintenance crew has been busy cleaning up eggs cracked directly on the sidewalk, including egg cartons and shells strewn across the parking lot." It added: "Please put trash in the garbage or recycle bins provided and don't crack eggs on the sidewalks." A comment on the park's YouTube page stated how hot it got in Saudi Arabia, joking that, "you can throw a chicken in the air and you will catch it cooked".

Sources:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-death-valley-eggs-20130710,0,3404434.story
http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/death-valley-cracks-down-sidewalk-egg-frying-6C10584226

WARM-UPS

1. FRIED EGGS: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about fried eggs. Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.

Death Valley / visitors / frying eggs / theory / temperatures / experiment / messy / demonstrate / recommendation / tin foil / maintenance / recycle bins / sidewalk

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. EGGS: Complete this table with your partner(s). Make instructions on how to cook the following. Change partners share what you wrote. Are your instructions identical?

	Cooking	Presentation
Fried
Boiled
Scrambled
Omelette
Poached
Other ____

4. LITTERING: Students A strongly believe people should go to prison for littering in parks; Students B strongly disagree. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

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5. IN THE KITCHEN: Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put what you most like to make at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

fried eggs
salad
toast
a sandwich

pasta
a rice dish
a microwave meal
pizza

6. NATIONAL PARK: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word 'national park'. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

BEFORE READING / LISTENING

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a.	Cooking with eggs has been totally banned in Death Valley.	T / F
b.	Visitors have been trying to fry eggs on rocks in the Death Valley park.	T / F
c.	The article said the temperature in Death Valley last week was 50°C.	T / F
d.	Park cleaners have been cleaning up failed fried-egg attempts.	T / F
e.	A video was made to show how hot Death Valley is, not how to cook.	T / F
f.	A parking area at the park was littered with egg shells and egg cartons.	T / F
g.	A problem is that the park has no garbage cans / rubbish bins.	T / F
h.	If you throw a chicken in the air in Saudi Arabia, it will cook in the air.	T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	officials	a.	flooded
2.	appealed to	b.	throw away
3.	inundated	c.	failed
4.	encouraged	d.	supplied
5.	unsuccessful	e.	representatives
6.	intended	f.	scattered
7.	recommendation	g.	urged
8.	dispose	h.	implored
9.	strewn	i.	suggestion
10.	provided	j.	meant

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1.	refrain from	a.	of the contents
2.	the theory that it is	b.	goo
3.	soaring	c.	how hot it can get
4.	foul-smelling	d.	side up
5.	unsuccessful attempts at a sunny-	e.	on the sidewalks
6.	intended to demonstrate	f.	hot enough to fry an egg
7.	properly dispose	g.	cartons
8.	egg	h.	temperatures nearing 50°C
9.	strewn across	i.	trying to fry eggs
10.	don't crack eggs	j.	the parking lot

GAP FILL

Officials at the Death Valley National Park have (1) ____________ to visitors to (2) ____________ from trying to fry eggs on rocks or the ground. The park has been (3) ____________ with visitors trying to test the (4) ____________ that it is hot enough to fry an egg ever since a park employee posted a video on YouTube of her attempts to do so. The online clip, together with (5) ____________ temperatures nearing 50°C and the centennial on Wednesday of the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth, encouraged many people to try their own experiment, with (6) ____________ results. Park cleaners are being kept busy cleaning up egg shells, discarded egg cartons, and the (7) ____________ -smelling (8) ____________ from hundreds of unsuccessful attempts at a sunny-side up under the sun.

soaring
foul
theory
refrain
goo
appealed
messy
inundated

Park rangers (9) ____________ people on their Facebook page to not fry eggs. It read: "An employee's posting of frying an egg in a pan in Death Valley was (10) ____________ to demonstrate how hot it can get here, with the recommendation that if you do this, use a pan or tin (11) ____________ and properly (12) ____________ of the contents. However, the…maintenance crew has been busy cleaning up eggs cracked (13) ____________ on the sidewalk, including egg cartons and shells strewn across the parking lot." It added: "Please put trash in the garbage or recycle bins (14) ____________ and don't crack eggs on the sidewalks." A comment on the park's YouTube page stated how hot it got in Saudi Arabia, (15) ____________ that, "you can throw a chicken in the air and you will (16) ____________ it cooked".

directly
joking
dispose
intended
catch
urged
provided
foil

LISTENING - Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)	The park has been inundated with visitors trying to _____
	a. test the theories b. test the theorise c. test the theory d. test the theoretical
2)	the centennial on Wednesday of the hottest ______
	a. temperature never recorded b. temperature ever recorded c. temperature even recorded d. temperature event recorded
3)	encouraged many people to try their own experiment, ______
	a. with messy results b. with mess sea results c. with messed results d. with messed up results
4)	discarded egg cartons, and the ______
	a. foul-smelling glue b. foul-smelling geek c. foul-smelling goof d. foul-smelling goo
5)	hundreds of unsuccessful attempts at ______
	a. a sunny-egg up b. a sunny-fried up c. a sunny-side up d. a sunny-yolk up
6)	An employee's posting of frying ______
	a. an egg inner pan b. an egg in the pan c. an egg in any pan d. an egg in a pan
7)	if you do this, use a pan or tin foil and properly dispose ______
	a. of the contents b. of the con tents c. of the contains d. of the content
8)	egg cartons and shells strewn across ______
	a. the parking lots b. the parking a lot c. the parking allot d. the parking lot
9)	Please put trash in the garbage or ______
	a. recycle bins provider b. recycle bins provided c. recycle bins provides d. recycle bins providing
10)	you can throw a chicken in the air and you will ______
	a. catch it roasted b. catch it cooked c. catch it basted d. catch it boneless

LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

Officials at the Death Valley National Park (1) ___________________ to refrain from trying to fry eggs on rocks or the ground. The park has been inundated with visitors trying (2) ___________________ that it is hot enough to fry an (3) ___________________ employee posted a video on YouTube of her attempts to do so. The online clip, together with soaring temperatures (4) ___________________ centennial on Wednesday of the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth, encouraged many people to try their own experiment, (5) ___________________. Park cleaners are being kept busy cleaning up egg shells, discarded egg cartons, and the foul-smelling goo from hundreds of unsuccessful attempts (6) ___________________ under the sun.

Park rangers (7) ___________________ Facebook page to not fry eggs. It read: "An employee's posting of frying an egg in a pan in Death Valley was intended to demonstrate (8) ___________________ here, with the recommendation that if you do this, use a pan or tin foil and properly (9) ___________________. However, the…maintenance crew has been busy cleaning up eggs cracked (10) ___________________, including egg cartons and shells strewn across the parking lot." It added: "Please put trash in the garbage or (11) ___________________ and don't crack eggs on the sidewalks." A comment on the park's YouTube page stated how hot it got in Saudi Arabia, joking that, "you can throw a chicken in the air and (12) ___________________ ".

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.	Who asked people not to fry eggs?
2.	What were people testing?
3.	How hot was it in the park?
4.	How many years ago was the hottest-ever temperature recorded?
5.	What didn't smell so good?
6.	What did the video attempt to do?
7.	What did the park suggest using instead of a pan?
8.	Who has been cleaning up the mess?
9.	Where did the park say not to crack eggs?
10.	Will a chicken cook in mid-air in Saudi Arabia?

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ

1.	Who asked people not to fry eggs?	6.	What did the video attempt to do?
	a) a hotel b) workers at a park in Death Valley c) park visitors d) health officials		a) explain how hot the park gets b) explain what the best frying pan is c) warn people against bringing eggs d) tell people to bring enough eggs
2.	What were people testing?	7.	What did the park suggest using instead of a pan?
	a) the patience of park workers b) frying pans c) a theory d) new cooking oil		a) a saucepan b) a barbeque set c) a metal plate d) tin foil
3.	How hot was it in the park?	8.	Who has been cleaning up the mess?
	a) just over 50° Fahrenheit b) almost 50° Fahrenheit c) just over 50° Celsius d) almost 50° Celsius		a) angry park visitors b) animals c) a maintenance team d) ants
4.	How many years ago was the hottest-ever temperature recorded?	9.	Where did the park say not to crack eggs?
	a) 10 b) 100 c) 1,000 d) 10,000		a) near animals b) on cars c) on picnic tables d) on sidewalks
5.	What didn't smell so good?	10.	Will a chicken cook in mid-air in Saudi Arabia?
	a) egg goo b) omelettes c) cooking oil d) cooking		a) if it is covered in oil b) no c) a small chicken will d) it will be half-cooked

ROLE PLAY

Role A – Fried eggs

You think fried eggs are the best way to cook eggs. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their methods. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): scrambled eggs, boiled eggs or omelettes.

Role B – Scrambled eggs

You think scrambled eggs are the best way to cook eggs. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their methods. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): fried eggs, boiled eggs or omelettes.

Role C – Boiled eggs

You think boiled eggs are the best way to cook eggs. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their methods. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): scrambled eggs, fried eggs or omelettes.

Role D – Omelettes

You think omelettes are the best way to cook eggs. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their methods. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): scrambled eggs, boiled eggs or fried eggs.

AFTER READING / LISTENING

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'death' and 'valley'.

death

valley

Share your findings with your partners.

Make questions using the words you found.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

trying
since
clip
ever
messy
sun

posting
tin
contents
lot
crack
chicken

FRIED EGGS SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about fried eggs in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.

Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

EGGS DISCUSSION

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

a)	What did you think when you read the headline?
b)	What springs to mind when you hear the word 'egg'?
c)	Do you think it can be hot enough to fry an egg?
d)	Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
e)	How important are eggs to you?
f)	What's the difference between white eggs and brown eggs?
g)	What do you know about the nutritional value of eggs?
h)	What's your favorite way of cooking eggs?
i)	Would you like to eat an egg fried in Death Valley?
j)	Are there any interesting customs in your country using eggs?

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

a)	Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
b)	What do you think the boss said to the worker who posted the video?
c)	Should the worker be disciplined?
d)	What different uses are there for eggs?
e)	Do you like eggs from birds other than chickens?
f)	Do you prefer the egg white or the yolk?
g)	Do you usually buy free range eggs or those from battery chickens?
h)	What would your life be like without eggs?
i)	Do you like eating raw eggs?
j)	What questions would you like to ask a Death Valley park official?

DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

MULTIPLE CHOICE - LANGUAGE

Officials at the Death Valley National Park have (1) ____ to visitors to refrain from trying to fry eggs on rocks or the ground. The park has been (2) ____ with visitors trying to test the theory that it is hot enough to fry an egg ever since a park employee posted a video on YouTube of her attempts to do so. The online (3) ____, together with (4) ____ temperatures nearing 50°C and the centennial on Wednesday of the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth, encouraged many people to try their own experiment, with (5) ____ results. Park cleaners are being kept busy cleaning up egg shells, discarded egg cartons, and the foul-smelling (6) ____ from hundreds of unsuccessful attempts at a sunny-side up under the sun.

Park rangers (7) ____ people on their Facebook page to not fry eggs. It read: "An employee's posting of frying an egg in a pan in Death Valley was (8) ____ to demonstrate how hot it can get here, with the recommendation that if you do this, use a pan or tin foil and (9) ____ dispose of the contents. However, the…maintenance crew has been busy cleaning up eggs cracked (10) ____ on the sidewalk, including egg cartons and shells strewn across the parking lot." It added: "Please put trash in the garbage or recycle bins (11) ____ and don't crack eggs on the sidewalks." A comment on the park's YouTube page stated how hot it got in Saudi Arabia, (12) ____ that, "you can throw a chicken in the air and you will catch it cooked".

Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.

1.	(a)	appeared	(b)	appalled	(c)	appraised	(d)	appealed
2.	(a)	endured	(b)	entranced	(c)	undulated	(d)	inundated
3.	(a)	pin	(b)	clip	(c)	motif	(d)	badge
4.	(a)	flying	(b)	floating	(c)	soaring	(d)	gliding
5.	(a)	messed	(b)	mess	(c)	messy	(d)	messes
6.	(a)	goo	(b)	glue	(c)	globule	(d)	granules
7.	(a)	flittered	(b)	urged	(c)	oiled	(d)	formatted
8.	(a)	intended	(b)	contended	(c)	amended	(d)	pretended
9.	(a)	proper	(b)	properly	(c)	prosper	(d)	propeller
10.	(a)	directive	(b)	directions	(c)	directly	(d)	directed
11.	(a)	warranted	(b)	garnished	(c)	provided	(d)	basted
12.	(a)	tricking	(b)	fooling	(c)	fibbing	(d)	joking

SPELLING

Paragraph 1
1.	eaeapdlp to visitors
2.	aenirrf from trying to fry eggs
3.	unndadeit with visitors
4.	ogiansr temperatures
5.	erdddisca egg cartons
6.	hundreds of unsuccessful eptsmtta
Paragraph 2
7.	denarettsmo how hot it can get
8.	with the eatmdnioornecm that…
9.	properly dpsieos of the contents
10.	tcnminnaaee crew
11.	in the garbage or rececly bins provided
12.	don't crack eggs on the adisklsew

PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER

Number these lines in the correct order.

( )	recommendation that if you do this, use a pan or tin foil and properly dispose of the contents. However, the…maintenance
( )	from trying to fry eggs on rocks or the ground. The park has been inundated with visitors trying to test the
( )	crew has been busy cleaning up eggs cracked directly on the sidewalk, including egg cartons and shells strewn
( )	of the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth, encouraged many people to try their own experiment, with messy
( 1 )	Officials at the Death Valley National Park have appealed to visitors to refrain
( )	across the parking lot." It added: "Please put trash in the garbage or recycle bins provided and don't crack
( )	posting of frying an egg in a pan in Death Valley was intended to demonstrate how hot it can get here, with the
( )	results. Park cleaners are being kept busy cleaning up egg shells, discarded egg
( )	cartons, and the foul-smelling goo from hundreds of unsuccessful attempts at a sunny-side up under the sun.
( )	theory that it is hot enough to fry an egg ever since a park employee posted a video on YouTube of her attempts to do
( )	joking that, "you can throw a chicken in the air and you will catch it cooked".
( )	Park rangers urged people on their Facebook page to not fry eggs. It read: "An employee's
( )	eggs on the sidewalks." A comment on the park's YouTube page stated how hot it got in Saudi Arabia,
( )	so. The online clip, together with soaring temperatures nearing 50°C and the centennial on Wednesday

PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER

From http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/1307/130713-fried_eggs.html

1.	to visitors to Appealed eggs fry to trying from refrain.
2.	inundated been has park The visitors with.
3.	the egg to is theory fry hot that Test an enough it.
4.	experiment to try Encouraged their many own people.
5.	of smelling hundreds attempts - from unsuccessful Foul goo.
6.	an egg in a pan An employee's posting of frying.
7.	get Intended how can demonstrate it here to hot.
8.	pan a use , this do you If foil tin or.
9.	put the recycle Please in or trash garbage bins.
10.	cooked will air chicken catch and in Throw it you the a.

CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)

Officials at the Death Valley National Park have appeared / appealed to visitors to refrain / retrain from trying to fry eggs on rocks or the ground. The park has been undulated / inundated with visitors trying to test the theory that it is hot enough to fry an egg even / ever since a park employee posted a video on YouTube of her attempts to do so. The online chip / clip, together with soaring / soar temperatures nearing 50°C and the centennial on Wednesday of the hottest temperature even / ever recorded on Earth, encouraged many people to try their own experiment, with messed / messy results. Park cleaners are being kept busy cleaning up egg shells, disgraced / discarded egg cartons, and the foul-smelling glue / goo from hundreds of unsuccessful attempts at a sunny-side up under the sun.

Park rangers urged / urging people on their Facebook page to not fry eggs. It read: "An employee's posting / pasting of frying an egg in a pan in Death Valley was intended / intention to demonstrate how hot / toasty it can get here, with the recommending / recommendation that if you do this, use a pan or tin foil and properly / probably dispose of the contents. However, the…maintenance crew has been busy cleaning up eggs cracked direction / directly on the sidewalk, including egg cartons and shells stewed / strewn across the parking lot." It added: "Please put trash in the garbage or recycle bins provided / provision and don't crack eggs on the sidewalks." A comment on the park's YouTube page stated how hot it got in Saudi Arabia, joking that, "you can throw a chicken in the air and you will catch it basted / cooked".

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.

INSERT THE VOWELS (a, e, i, o, u)

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PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS

officials at the death valley national park have appealed to visitors to refrain from trying to fry eggs on rocks or the ground the park has been inundated with visitors trying to test the theory that it is hot enough to fry an egg ever since a park employee posted a video on youtube of her attempts to do so the online clip together with soaring temperatures nearing 50°c and the centennial on wednesday of the hottest temperature ever recorded on earth encouraged many people to try their own experiment with messy results park cleaners are being kept busy cleaning up egg shells discarded egg cartons and the foul-smelling goo from hundreds of unsuccessful attempts at a sunny-side up under the sun

park rangers urged people on their facebook page to not fry eggs it read "an employee's posting of frying an egg in a pan in death valley was intended to demonstrate how hot it can get here with the recommendation that if you do this use a pan or tin foil and properly dispose of the contents however the…maintenance crew has been busy cleaning up eggs cracked directly on the sidewalk including egg cartons and shells strewn across the parking lot" it added "please put trash in the garbage or recycle bins provided and don't crack eggs on the sidewalks" a comment on the park's youtube page stated how hot it got in saudi arabia joking that "you can throw a chicken in the air and you will catch it cooked"

PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE

OfficialsattheDeathValleyNationalParkhaveappealedtovisitorstorefrainfromtrying

tofryeggsonrocksortheground.Theparkhasbeeninundatedwithvisitorstryingtotestt

hetheorythatitishotenoughtofryaneggeversinceaparkemployeepostedavideoonY

ouTubeofherattemptstodoso.Theonlineclip,togetherwithsoaringtemperaturesnea

ring50°CandthecentennialonWednesdayofthehottesttemperatureeverrecordedo

nEarth,encouragedmanypeopletotrytheirownexperiment,withmessyresults.Parkc

leanersarebeingkeptbusycleaningupeggshells,discardedeggcartons,andthefoul-

smellinggoofromhundredsofunsuccessfulattemptsatasunny-sideupunderthesun.

ParkrangersurgedpeopleontheirFacebookpagetonotfryeggs.Itread:"Anemployee'

spostingoffryinganegginapaninDeathValleywasintendedtodemonstratehowhotitc

angethere,withtherecommendationthatifyoudothis,useapanortinfoilandproperlydi

sposeofthecontents.However,the…maintenancecrewhasbeenbusycleaningupeg

gscrackeddirectlyonthesidewalk,includingeggcartonsandshellsstrewnacrossthep

arkinglot."Itadded:"Pleaseputtrashinthegarbageorrecyclebinsprovidedanddon'tcr

ackeggsonthesidewalks."Acommentonthepark'sYouTubepagestatedhowhotitgot

inSaudiArabia,jokingthat,"youcanthrowachickenintheairandyouwillcatchitcooked

FREE WRITING

Write about fried eggs for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

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ACADEMIC WRITING

People should get incredibly large fines or prison sentences for littering. Discuss.

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HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about Death Valley. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. FRIED EGGS: Make a poster about fried eggs (and other ways of cooking eggs). Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

4. DEATH VALLEY: Write a magazine article about frying eggs in Death Valley. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against it.

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).

5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

6. LETTER: Write a letter to an egg expert (an egg-spert). Ask him/her three questions about eggs. Give him/her three of your opinions on them. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

ANSWERS

TRUE / FALSE (p.4)

SYNONYM MATCH (p.4)

1.	officials	a.	representatives
2.	appealed to	b.	implored
3.	inundated	c.	flooded
4.	encouraged	d.	urged
5.	unsuccessful	e.	failed
6.	intended	f.	meant
7.	recommendation	g.	suggestion
8.	dispose	h.	throw away
9.	strewn	i.	scattered
10.	provided	j.	supplied

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.8)

1.	Officials at the Death Valley National Park
2.	A theory that it was hot enough to fry eggs
3.	Nearly 50°C
4.	100
5.	Egg goo
6.	Explain how hot the park gets
7.	Tin foil
8.	Maintenance teams
9.	No - that was a joke
10.	Officials at the Death Valley National Park

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.9)

10.

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