Задание

Read the text and put the sentences A-F into the text. There is one sentence that you don't need to use

A Because of this, people call the mountain 'The Sleeping Woman'.

B But the most popular one is that of the legend of the two lovers.

C One day, she received a letter from Popocatépetl's enemy saying that Popocatépetl was dead.

D Because everyone in Mexico knows about the legend.

E It may look like just a mountain, but if you look closer, you might notice the shape of a woman.

F Popocatépetl stayed there until he died too.

  • It may look like just a mountain, but if you look closer, you might notice the shape of a woman.
  • One day, she received a letter from Popocatépetl's enemy saying that Popocatépetl was dead.
  • Popocatépetl stayed there until he died too.
  • Because of this, people call the mountain 'The Sleeping Woman'.
  • But the most popular one is that of the legend of the two lovers.
  • Because everyone in Mexico knows about the legend.

Iztaccíhuatl is the third highest mountain inMexico, about 40 miles south of Mexico City.[ ]Aztec legend tells us that the mountain peaks formedover the body of a girl who died from a broken heart.

According to legend, an emperor promised awarrior, Popocatépetl, that he could marry his daughterif he went to battle and came back alive. Theemperor's daughter, Iztaccíhuatl, loved Popocatépetlvery much and waited for him to come home.[ ]This upset Iztaccíhuatl very much and she died; somesay she died from sadness.

When Popocatépetl finally came back from war,he found Iztaccíhuatl dead. He carried her to amountaintop and built a fire.[ ] Over time, earthand snow covered their bodies and while Iztaccíhuatlbecame the mountain, Popocatépetl became thevolcano.

Some people say that the mountain is in theshape of Iztaccíhuatl's body.[ ] The legend alsosays that the smoke that comes from the nearbyvolcano is actually from Popocatépetl's fire that stillburns.

There are many different stories about the shapeof the mountain.[ ] So next time you see themountain, remember the legend of the sleepingwoman.