32 B2 | 7. Klasse | Unit 06: The choice is yours Read the text about a famous landmark in Edinburgh. Some words are missing. Complete the text by writing one word for each gap (1–14) in the spaces provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. LANGUAGE IN USE 2 Save Bobby’s Nose Copenhagen has The Little Mermaid, Florence has Michelangelo’s David, and Edinburgh has Greyfriars Bobby. If you’ve ever been to Edinburgh, you’ve seen this (0) of a little dog. It is a popular (1) attraction and, according to the city’s website, the most photographed work of (2) in Edinburgh: you can see visitors with cameras and smartphones surrounding it at all (3) of the day and night. If you look closely at Bobby, you’ll notice that his body is a dull black colour, while his nose is golden and (4) like the cover of a magazine. What could be the reason for this? Well, (5) people who believe in all kinds of strange things have also got it into their heads that rubbing Bobby’s nose when they visit Edinburgh will bring them (6) . But this tradition has harmed the poor dog. By now, the paint on Bobby’s nose has (7) off, and even some of the fine detail of the sculpture, such as the texture of the fur, has been lost. It seems that Bobby is in desperate (8) of a makeover. Actually, Edinburgh City Council (9) Bobby’s nose in 2013. The work was done very carefully and (10) £ 400. By now, Bobby needs another ‘nose job’, but this time, unfortunately, the Council is (11) to spend more money on him. This is why the citizens of Edinburgh are now taking matters into their own (12) . A local woman has started a Facebook campaign to make visitors to Edinburgh aware of the (13) they are causing to poor Bobby, and bloggers and Twitter users are also spreading the (14) . Their plea to visitors and locals: Let’s all work together to save Bobby’s nose! 0 statue 8 1 9 2 10 3 11 4 12 5 13 6 14 7 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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