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