Chilean Legends
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Publicado: 9 de junio de 2012
San Agustín de Atacama School
English Department
Copiapó
English Worksheet 3º Grade Students 2012
I. READING
1. Read the following chilean legend and make a one-paragraph summary in yournotebook.
North of Chile: The origin of Desierto Florido
During Spanish rule, there was a young woman named Añañuca who lived in Monte Patria, a village near the Limarí River. Beautiful Añañucadrew the admiration of all the young men in her village, but none of them were able to win her love.
One day, a handsome and enigmatic miner arrived, searching for a mythical vein of gold. When hesaw Añañuca, he fell in love with her, and she loved him back. They lived happily together in the village for some time. But one night, the miner had a disturbing dream, in which a mountain spiritrevealed to him the precise location of the gold that he was seeking. He revived his search for the gold, promising Añañuca that he would return.
Añañuca was waiting for him to come back a long , dayafter day she though about him, but her miner did not return. Villagers said he had been swallowed by the mirage, and sadness settled on Añañuca’s heart. Inconsolable, she wasted away with grief, anddied. The villagers wept for her and buried her one rainy day.
The next day, the sun warmed the valley and the spot where the young woman had died was filled with beautiful red flowers. Legends saythat Añañuca transformed herself into a flower as a gesture of love, so that she could always remain close to him. Today, you can still see the añañuca flowers bloom between Copiapó and QuilimaríValley, transforming the pampa with the marvelous phenomenon known as desierto florido, or desert in bloom.
Unknown Vocabulary
Swallowed: tragar Mirage: espejismo Grief: dolor
Wept(weep): llorarBuried (bury): enterrar Marvelous: maravilloso
http://www.thisischile.cl/Article.aspx?SEC=358&ID=1292&eje=Acerca&itz=interface-acerca-arte-musica
2. Prepare yourselves to share...
English Department
Copiapó
English Worksheet 3º Grade Students 2012
I. READING
1. Read the following chilean legend and make a one-paragraph summary in yournotebook.
North of Chile: The origin of Desierto Florido
During Spanish rule, there was a young woman named Añañuca who lived in Monte Patria, a village near the Limarí River. Beautiful Añañucadrew the admiration of all the young men in her village, but none of them were able to win her love.
One day, a handsome and enigmatic miner arrived, searching for a mythical vein of gold. When hesaw Añañuca, he fell in love with her, and she loved him back. They lived happily together in the village for some time. But one night, the miner had a disturbing dream, in which a mountain spiritrevealed to him the precise location of the gold that he was seeking. He revived his search for the gold, promising Añañuca that he would return.
Añañuca was waiting for him to come back a long , dayafter day she though about him, but her miner did not return. Villagers said he had been swallowed by the mirage, and sadness settled on Añañuca’s heart. Inconsolable, she wasted away with grief, anddied. The villagers wept for her and buried her one rainy day.
The next day, the sun warmed the valley and the spot where the young woman had died was filled with beautiful red flowers. Legends saythat Añañuca transformed herself into a flower as a gesture of love, so that she could always remain close to him. Today, you can still see the añañuca flowers bloom between Copiapó and QuilimaríValley, transforming the pampa with the marvelous phenomenon known as desierto florido, or desert in bloom.
Unknown Vocabulary
Swallowed: tragar Mirage: espejismo Grief: dolor
Wept(weep): llorarBuried (bury): enterrar Marvelous: maravilloso
http://www.thisischile.cl/Article.aspx?SEC=358&ID=1292&eje=Acerca&itz=interface-acerca-arte-musica
2. Prepare yourselves to share...
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