Life Elementary 6F Bactrian Treasure p.78-79

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amazing	culture
famous	jewellery
region	route
statue	steal
terrible	wear
very great	the habits, traditions, and beliefs of a country, society, or group of people
known by many people	objects made from gold, silver, and valuable stones that you wear for decoration
a particular area	the roads you follow to get from one place to another place
a model that looks like a person or animal, usually made from stone or metal	to secretly take something that does not belong to you, without intending to return it
very bad	to have a piece of clothing, jewellery, etc on your body

Match the words to the sentences:

amazing, culture, famous, jewellery, region, route, statues, stolen, terrible, wear

1. What kind of clothes do you often ____________ ?

2. How is Vietnamese ____________ different from American ____________?

3. Have you ever ____________ anything from a friend or family member?  If so, what was it?  

4. What ____________ person would you like to meet?  Why?

5. What is the most ____________ place in your country?

6. Can you think of a ____________ movie that you saw recently?

7. Do you like wearing ____________?  If so, what kind of ____________ do you wear?

8. Are there any famous ____________ in your city?  Who are they ____________ of?

9. What ____________ do you travel to get to work/school every day?

10. What is your favorite ____________ in your country?  Why?

Answers:

1. What kind of clothes do you often wear?

2. How is Vietnamese culture different from American culture?

3. Have you ever stolen anything from a friend or family member?  If so, what was it?  

4. What famous person would you like to meet?  Why?

5. What is the most amazing place in your country?

6. Can you think of a terrible movie that you saw recently?

7. Do you like wearing jewellery?  If so, what kind of jewellery do you wear?

8. Are there any famous statues in your city?  Who are they statues of?

9. What route do you travel to get to work/school every day?

10. What is your favorite region in your country?  Why?

Match the words to the transcript:

amazing, culture, famous, jewellery, region, route, statue, stolen, terrible, wore

Over 2,000 years ago, the northern part of Afghanistan was called Bactria.  Bactria was an important place because it was on the main (1)______________ between the Mediterranean, China and India.

It became a rich region and (2)______________ for its kings and queens, their palaces and gold.

In 1978, a group of Russian archeologists were in the (3)______________ and discovered more than 20,000 gold items from the period.  The treasure included this beautiful gold crown.  A Bactrian queen (4)______________ it.

The archaeologists moved the treasure to the national museum in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.  But this was a period of (5)______________ war for the people of Afghanistan and the treasure disappeared.

Was it (6)______________?  Many people thought so.

Then, in 2004, archaeologists discovered six underground vaults in Kabul.  There were no keys, so they had to break open the doors one by one.  Behind the first door, there was the gold and (7)______________.

For example, these gold bracelets have lion heads on them.

And as they opened the next five doors to each vault they found more and more treasure, like this golden belt.

The treasure also tells us a lot about Bactrian history.  These are faces of people from Bactria.  And this (8)______________ of a cat and this animal tells us that animals were important in Bactrian (9)______________.

Now the Bactrian treasure is travelling to museums all around the world so everyone can enjoy this (10)______________ treasure and learn about the history of Bactria.

Answers:

Over 2,000 years ago, the northern part of Afghanistan was called Bactria.  Bactria was an important place because it was on the main (1)route between the Mediterranean, China and India.

It became a rich region and (2)famous for its kings and queens, their palaces and gold.

In 1978, a group of Russian archeologists were in the (3)region and discovered more than 20,000 gold items from the period.  The treasure included this beautiful gold crown.  A Bactrian queen (4)wore it.

The archaeologists moved the treasure to the national museum in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.  But this was a period of (5)terrible war for the people of Afghanistan and the treasure disappeared.

Was it (6)stolen?  Many people thought so.

Then, in 2004, archaeologists discovered six underground vaults in Kabul.  There were no keys, so they had to break open the doors one by one.  Behind the first door, there was the gold and (7)jewellery.

For example, these gold bracelets have lion heads on them.

And as they opened the next five doors to each vault they found more and more treasure, like this golden belt.

The treasure also tells us a lot about Bactrian history.  These are faces of people from Bactria.  And this (8)statue of a cat and this animal tells us that animals were important in Bactrian (9)culture.

Now the Bactrian treasure is travelling to museums all around the world so everyone can enjoy this (10)amazing treasure and learn about the history of Bactria.