EGE 19-24 (G1_08), 25-29 (G2_08), 30-36 (G3_08)

As old as a brontosaurus. As we walked around the Prehistoric Park in Calgary, I had my six- year-old son, Jordie, pose for a picture with a brontosaurus in the background. After I took the photo, I _______ (NOT CAN) help crying.

«What’s wrong, Моm?» Jordie asked. I explained that when I was his age, my parents had taken my picture standing in exactly the same spot, and I was feeling rather nostalgic. I added that perhaps one day he ______ (TAKE) his son’s picture here.

Puzzled, he looked several times from the brontosaurus to ____ (I).

And then came the ______ (BAD) moment of my life. My son said, «But ... when you were a girl ... it was alive then, right?»

The largest snowfall in decades. This week’s snowfall in Brazil is one of the largest in decades. As snow on the ground is not a very common landscape in a so-called tropical country, everybody ______ (FEEL) excited when they saw streets in snow.

In the cities by the sea people are used to spending the summer sun bathing. They ______ (SURPRISE) very much when they saw snow covering the city.

It _____ (NOT BE) long before social media became loaded with pictures of white fields and roads, and snowmen.

Tourism in Britain. Tourism is already Britain’s fifth most important industry and it is also the fifth largest tourist industry in the world. It’s growing ______ (RAPID) : the number of people employed in the industry increased by more than 50,000 a year.

Britain has a rich and varied cultural heritage. ______ (COLOUR) royal ceremonies attract millions of visitors each year.

London has an international reputation for its historic sites, museums and famous institutions. A city of infinite colour and ______ (VARY), London is both historic and unceasingly modern, at the forefront of fashion, music and art.