martes, 7 de agosto de 2012

Scenes about ancient treasures


2) Now, watch these scenes about  Indiana Jones and the last crusade

-          Can you explain what happened in these scenes?
-          Choose one and write a short summary of the actions.

-          Here there are some useful words:




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH9TSLqjKis&feature=related

-          Here there are some useful words:






A little bit of ancient treasures

1) Open this link and watch the scene.
-Explain what happened in the scene using these words.





2) Read the text and then complete with the best option (a/b/c)




Archaeology: The Bare Bones?

If we want to find 1)..OUT...what happened in the past, we 2) .................read history books. Another 3)..........to learn about the past is archaeology: the study of the past through the things people have left 4)................... . The written word and archaeological remains are very different from 5)............................other, of course, but is one more reliable than the other? You might 6)................tempted to say that something written down is 7)...................dependable than a pile of old bones, say, or weapons from prehistoric period. But stop a minute and think: is this really the case?.
On an archaeological dig, excavation involves uncovering artefacts and structures that have been buried for a 8)................time. Things literally “come to light”. Modern scientific techniques enable archaeologists 9)...................get detailed information on what they have discovered, like 10)...........different foods have been cooked in a clay pot, for example, 11)..................the sex, age and size of a human skeleton.
It is probably almost impossible to be completely objective 12)...................writing history, whatever period one is writing in. Reading history, therefore, and doing historical research, is also a process of uncovering: the objective truth has to be separated from the subjective falsehood.  13)........................archaeological remains and historical documents need to be interpreted: neither can be taken at face value. The 14)..................... is, the evidence from a clay pot or a pile of bones may be just 15)........................reliable as a written historical account.

2)a) should                            b) may                          c) must
3)a) possibility                       b) example                   c)way
4)a) there                              b) behind                      c)inside
5)a) each                               b) one                           c) another
6)a) feel                                 b) was                          c) wonder
7)a) the most                         b) most                         c) more
8)a) short                               b) long                          c) past
9)a) to                                    b) -                              c) into
10)a) what                             b) how                           c) which
11)a) but                                b) and                           c) or
12)a) which                            b) when                        c) what
13)a) Both                              b) Each                         c) Two
14)a) Truth                             b) Example                   c) Case
15)a) as                                 b) the                            c) -



2) Answear the questions below.


a) Explain what archaeology is in your words.

b) Do you think it is interesting?

c) What does it involves? Does it need technological devices?

d) Can you find information about some ancient treasure or an archaeology discovery? Do you know any?



3) True or false.


......a) Archaeology is a way to know more about ancient civilizations.

.......b) Archaeology involves lots of hard work, especially deep excavations with modern machines.

.......c) Archaeologists can be completely subjective when dealing with an object as regards, its period of time.

.......d) Archaeologists and Historians work together to find the objective truth of ancient treasures. 

........e) Archaeologists do not need to know history at all.

f)

Now it's your turn!!!!:)

What are the movies for the weekend!!!!???

Let's check out!


1) Imagine you are a writer and you work in a newspaper.
-Choose a movie and write a film review for the readers.
-The movie must be about historical discoveries or about an ancient treasure :D
-Include basic information >>director, main characters and a short description of the plot!




2) Imagine you are an archaeologist and you have discovered an amazing object.
   - Find out information about some interesting discovery and write an article for the     
    National Geographic :D
- Include >>> what the discovery is about(object, body, animal,etc), general description, its period of time.