B2-C1/English
My summary about Anna Göldin’s life is on my website in English, German and Italian:
http://www.langedi49.ch/langedi49/Blog_Books_Bucher/Entries/2013/8/15_Anna_Goldin.html
I invite you to watch the following video
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/multimedia/video/The_last_witch.html?cid=1014518
about this famous Swiss woman “The last witch” on swiffinfo.ch and then please combine the parts of the sentences on the left hand side with the ones one the right side.
| In 1780 Anna Göldin |
strange things started to happen in the household. |
Anna was accused and confessed under torture and was executed |
and smuggled documents out of the courtroom. |
Anna had to die |
tore pins out of the milk and the other fell ill and started to limp. |
After having become the judge’s lover |
throughout the country. |
The witch case sent shockwaves |
took a job with a family called „Tschudi“. |
One man was without fears |
because the judge feared for his career and family due to rumours about his love affair. |
The reporter at Anna’s trial was aware of the scandal of her process |
for the separation of power between of the legislative, executive and judicial branches. |
The ex-reporter became a campaigner |
for being in leak with the devil. |
One of the girls |
and decided that it couldn’t be swept under the carpet.Answers 1+5, 2+8, 3+6, 4+1, 5+4, 6+2, 7+9, 8+7, 9+3 |
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