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Transcripción en inglés

Frozen in time…

Plaster casts of victims buried following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius around 2,000 years ago.

They are part of a major exhibition of more than 250 archaeological discoveries in the British Museum about the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Jewellery still intact, a cot turned to charcoal… they offer a snapshot of the lives of ordinary people at the time.

Vocabulario

frozen stopped moving and completely still

plaster casts copies of statues or other objects made from plaster: a mixture of white powder and water that becomes hard when it dries

archaeological discoveries items or information found by archaeologists: people who study the past by looking at objects, graves and buildings from that time

charcoal hard, black substance made from burned wood

snapshot a description that tells you about a place or situation at a particular time

Watch the video online: From the ashes of Pompeii http://bbc.in/WTdHjJ

Ejercicios

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from news reports.

Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.

frozen / plaster casts / archaeological discoveries / charcoal / snapshot

1. It is comparatively easy to find evidence of human occupation in caves through the dating of __________ from fires or bones from long-ago dinners, Dr Cohen said.

2. Gori's main tourist attraction is its museum to Stalin. The ornate building, with its collection of heroic photographs and Stalin's death mask, appears __________ in time - a Soviet shrine to the dictator, almost untouched since the museum was built in 1957.

3. The excavation has revealed artefacts that show a __________ of life in Ireland at least as far back as the 9th century AD.

4. The gymnast, who won a bronze medal at London 2012, had to stand with her body covered in plaster-filled bandages for an hour while the cast was made.

The __________ was then taken back to Ms Giblin's Sussex studio where the artwork was completed.

5. Recent __________ on the Arabian Peninsula have uncovered evidence of a previously unknown civilisation based in the now arid areas in the middle of the desert.

Respuestas

1. It is comparatively easy to find evidence of human occupation in caves through the dating of charcoal from fires or bones from long-ago dinners, Dr Cohen said.

Source: 'Oldest pottery' found in China

http://bbc.in/Jpa3P

2. Gori's main tourist attraction is its museum to Stalin. The ornate building, with its collection of heroic photographs and Stalin's death mask, appears frozen in time - a Soviet shrine to the dictator, almost untouched since the museum was built in 1957.

Source: Georgia divided over Stalin 'local hero' status in Gori

http://bbc.in/14mm0EC

3. The excavation has revealed artefacts that show a snapshot of life in Ireland at least as far back as the 9th century AD.

Source: Fermanagh crannog dig extended for further week

http://bbc.in/XuFLKV

4. The gymnast, who won a bronze medal at London 2012, had to stand with her body covered in plaster-filled bandages for an hour while the cast was made.

The plaster cast was then taken back to Ms Giblin's Sussex studio where the artwork was completed.

Source: Beth Tweddle sculpture presented to her in Liverpool http://bbc.in/WmpgQ4

5. Recent archaeological discoveries on the Arabian Peninsula have uncovered evidence of a previously unknown civilisation based in the now arid areas in the middle of the desert.

Source: Desert finds challenge horse taming ideas

http://bbc.in/XClkIa