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ISTENING

You will listen to some information about one of the largest archeological discoveries.Look at the pictures below and predict the discovery.

34))Listen and check your predictions in activity 1.

34))Listen again and say if the sentences are correct or incorrect. Justify your answers.a. The discovery was made by farmers digging a well.

b. Zhao Kangmin sold all the artifacts that villagers uncovered.

c. Excavations were paused between 2009 and 2019.

34))Listen again and put the sentences in chronological order.

a. Archeologists found 12 clay horses, traces of two chariots, storage boxes, and even building sites.

b. Farmers found some red soil, some fragments of terracotta, bronze arrowheads and terracotta bricks.

C They found 1,300 warriors and horses along with thousands of bronze weapons.

088Discuss what you would do if you found an artifact of historical significance.

LANGUAGE IN USE Expressing possession: Possessive Pronouns

1. Practice these exchanges with your partner and pay attention to the words in green and blue.

a. Whose tomb was it?

It was Emperor Qin's tomb.

b. Whose treasure is it?

It is ours.

c. Which is yours?

This is our discovery, that one is theirs.

2. Answer the following questions.

a. What is the function of words in green?

b. What is the function of words in blue?

c. What is the difference between It is our invention / It is ours?

3.∴34Rewrite the sentences using possessive pronouns.


Pit 1 Emperor Qin Shi Huang'mausoleum. Xi'an, China. Emperor Qin Shi Huang'mausoleum. Xi'an, China.

UNIT 2 · Discoveries • LESSON 2

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