Cloze: Vacation with Vampires
Vydáno dne 17.02.2010
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Vacation with Vampires in Transylvania
As everybody can imagine, Transylvania is all about stunning scenery and terrific places. Everyone knows and fears Dracula; still everyone wants to travel to Transylvania. Start packing ___________________________(1) any worries. Add turtlenecks, garlic and scarves ___________________________(2) the top of the packing list, muster some courage, and summon your sense of adventure. The ultimate adventure awaits in a distant land ___________________________(3) a 15th-century ruler terrified all who ___________________________(4) to challenge his ways.
The vampires caricatured for silent films, best-selling novels, cereal boxes
and even ‘Sesame Street’ 
all descended
___________________________(5)
Vlad III
Draculea, a Romanian prince
___________________________(6)
reigned in the 15th century. The prince earned the
___________________________(7)
“Vlad the Impaler” for his gruesome method
___________________________(8)
doing away with enemies. His
given surname, Anglicized as ‘Dracula,’ is derived from the word meaning
either ‘dragon’
___________________________(9)
‘demon’ in his
___________________________(10)
tongue.
Bram Stoker, the author of the novel ‘Dracula’ published in 1897, drew inspiration from Vlad the Impaler. The book’s antagonist, a vicious Romanian count with a thirst for young blood, rises from his coffin bed and preys upon British newlyweds Jonathan Harker and Mina Murray. Decades ___________________________(11) ,the iconic vampire gave actors, ___________________________(12) Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise and Gary Oldman, film roles they could really sink their teeth ___________________________(13) .
Transylvanian lovers, culture and history fans, adventure seekers can explore Transylvania solo or seek courage in numbers on one of the increasingly popular Dracula tours. The commercial tours find their own ways to inflict a bigger bite of vampire pop culture for victims — er, visitors. Outfitters may throw vampire balls, host Halloween costume contests, show classic Dracula films ___________________________(14) board the bus or hand ___________________________(15) small cross necklaces and survivor certificates to their brave travelers.
Adapted from an article on www.visit-transylvania.us
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