2C2 – CLASS LISTENING ACTIVITY – END OF COURSE (STUDENTS)

LINK TO LEARNING APPS INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY: https://learningapps.org/watch?v=p65qcoxuj22

AUDIO HERE: https://bit.ly/3y9umaY

You will hear part of an interview with Lara Maiklem, an archaeologist. Read through the notes below, which are not literal, and complete them by filling in gaps 1 – 10 according to what you hear. You will only need to use ONE word in each gap. Item 0 is an example.

TREASURE HUNTING IN THE RIVER THAMES

0. Lara Maiklem’s leisure time activity is called mudlarking.
1. On the day of the interview, she got hold of Roman _______________ , a musket ball, a coin and pins.
2. After searching for a while in a small area, she __________ along the foreshore.
3. The tide allows mudlarks to go to the foreshore and search the ______________ for historical items.
4. When ships arrived with spices and rum, criminals would ___________ aboard and rob them.
5. Mudlarks would pick up whatever they could _______________ so as to sell it.
6. Some museum people are likely to be ______________ in horror if they know about her unorthodox methods.
7. The host remembers that when pulling some objects out of the mud, Lara has witnessed the bright colours ____________ immediately.
8. She compares the bright lid that faded away to the film Raiders of the Lost Ark when ____________ turn into dust.
9. Because of the quick erosion of the foreshore, a medieval ___________ is washing away.
10. Among her findings, she is especially fond of a shoe with its little _____________ on the top.