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remains and historical documents need to be interpreted: neither can be taken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)