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    1. The passage discusses the origins and history of zombies, beginning with their roots in Haitian culture and religion where they were believed to be living people whose souls had been taken from them and placed under the control of a witch doctor. 2. It describes how anthropologist Wade Davis investigated the case of Clairvius Narcisse, who claimed to have been turned into a zombie, and identified poisons that were used to induce a death-like state. 3. While some scientists were skeptical of Davis's theories, many people in Haiti continue to believe in zombies, though the exact science behind them remains controversial.

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    1. The passage discusses the origins and history of zombies, beginning with their roots in Haitian culture and religion where they were believed to be living people whose souls had been taken from them and placed under the control of a witch doctor. 2. It describes how anthropologist Wade Davis investigated the case of Clairvius Narcisse, who claimed to have been turned into a zombie, and identified poisons that were used to induce a death-like state. 3. While some scientists were skeptical of Davis's theories, many people in Haiti continue to believe in zombies, though the exact science behind them remains controversial.

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    1. The passage discusses the origins and history of zombies, beginning with their roots in Haitian culture and religion where they were believed to be living people whose souls had been taken from them and placed under the control of a witch doctor. 2. It describes how anthropologist Wade Davis investigated the case of Clairvius Narcisse, who claimed to have been turned into a zombie, and identified poisons that were used to induce a death-like state. 3. While some scientists were skeptical of Davis's theories, many people in Haiti continue to believe in zombies, though the exact science behind them remains controversial.

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    UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO

    UNIDAD ACADEMICA PROFESIONAL CUAUTITLÁN IZCALLI

    READING ACTIVITY

     STUDENT: MORENO COVARRUBIAS ANA GABRIELA


     TEACHER: ROSA ISELA AVILA SANCHEZ
     MATTER: ENGLISH E2
    Reading skills practice: The history of zombies – exercises
    Zombies are big news at the moment, but do you know how it all started? Read this to find out where
    zombie mania comes from.

    Preparation
    Write the sentences in the correct group.

    c. Their brains
    a. They change b. You can kill them
    don’t work properly
    from human to by putting a stake d. They eat human
    and their flesh.
    beast when there through
    bodies
    is a full moon. the heart.
    are
    decomposi
    ng.
    g. They are hairy, h. You can kill them
    f. They drink
    e. They sleep in with sharp teeth by cutting off the
    coffins. human
    and long head and
    blood.
    claws. destroying the brain.

    Zombi Werewolves Vampir


    es es
    c. Their brains don’t work a. They change from human to b. You can kill them by putting a
    beast when there is a full moon stake through
    properly and their bodies are
    g. They are hairy, with sharp teeth the heart.
    decomposing. and long e. They sleep in coffins.
    d. They eat human flesh. claws. f. They drink human blood.
    h. You can kill them by cutting off
    the head and
    destroying the brain
    Reading skills practice: The history of zombies – exercises
    Reading skills practice: The history of zombies – exercises

    1. Check your understanding: multiple choice


    Circle the best option to complete these sentences.

    1. According to the text …

    a. zombies are represented in different ways in different TV programmes, films and books.
    b. our current understanding of what a zombie is comes from a seminal sixties film.
    c. people do not find zombies as frightening now as they did in the past.
    d. people like zombies because they show us the dark side of humankind.

    2. ‘Zombie’ …

    a. is a Haitian and West African religion.


    b. is a witch doctor who practises magic.
    c. comes from the Kongo word ‘nzambi’.
    d. means ‘victim’.

    3. In Haitian culture, zombies are …

    a. living people who are kept in a death-like state by poisoning.


    b. dead people who have been brought back to life by poisoning.
    c. people who are being punished for disloyalty to the secret police.
    d. witch doctors who have poisoned themselves with their own medicine.

    4. Clairvius Narcisse …

    a. claimed he was a real-life zombie.


    b. said working on a sugar plantation turned people into zombies.
    c. took ‘zombie powder’ to appear dead in order to escape the plantation where he worked.
    d. told a Harvard scientist that he knew how to turn people into zombies.

    5. Wade Davis …

    a. identified the poisons in Clairvius Narcisse’s blood.


    b. experimented with different substances naturally available where Clairvius Narcisse
    lived.
    c. thought Clairvius Narcisse’s condition was psychological.
    d. asked local witch doctors how to make a zombie.
    6. The Serpent and the Rainbow …

    a. proved Narcisse’s theory with rigorous scientific evidence.


    b. presented the case with scepticism.
    c. was popular with zombie fans but not scientists.
    d. was a fictional account based on the real-life story.
    Reading skills practice: The history of zombies – exercises

    2. Check your vocabulary: gap fill


    Complete the gaps with a word from the box.

    wid controvers mythical sceptical


    ely ial
    evil horror submissi inconsiste
    ve nt

    In Haitian culture, zombies are victims, rather than evil (morally bad or
    1.
    wrong) creatures.

    2. In Haiti, the ‘bokors’ were widely (by a large number of people) feared and respected.

    Many people think that zombies are mysthical (based on a traditional or legendary
    3.
    story) creatures, like vampires or werewolves.

    The ‘bokors’ told Wade Davis that poison was used to keep the ‘zombies’ in a (obedient
    4.
    and unresisting) submissive state.

    The Serpent and the Rainbow was made into a horror (a genre made to cause fear
    5.
    in the audience) film.

    6. Some scientists were sceptional (not convinced) about Davis’s claims.

    They said the amounts of toxin in the powder sample were inconsistent (not always
    7.
    the same) and not enough to cause zombifying effects.

    Many people still believe in zombies in Haiti, but Davis’s theory remains controversial
    8.
    (causing public disagreement).

    Discussion

    Are you a zombie fan? No


    Why do you think people like frightening themselves with zombies so much? Because they find it as an
    end of the world theory.

    Vocabulary Box Write any new words you have learnt in this lesson.
    Themselves
    Widely
    Feared
    Defied
    Threatened
    Zombifying

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