Canterbury Cathedral: Past and Present

Practica tu Listening en Inglés con este video de Canterbury – uno de los destinos turisticos más conocidos de Inglaterra. Nivel B2/C1.

  1. What word did the lady’s daughter use to describe Canterbury Cathedral?
  2. What makes Canterbury Cathedral so special?
  3. How and why did Thomas Beckett die?
  4. What surprising discovery was made after Thomas Beckett’s death?
  5. Who was Robert Cushman?
  6. What were ‘The Canterbury Tales’?

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It’s the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury and therefore the head church of the Anglican community


After an argument with the king, 4 knights killed Beckett


They found a ‘hair shirt’ – a very uncomfortable piece of clothing designed to keep people’s attention on God. It was crawling with lice.


Robert Cushman was a grocer from Canterbury who organised the ‘Mayflower’ – a famous ship that took the first puritans to America.


It’s a story of a group of pilgrims travelling from London to Canterbury 600 years ago.

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