UNIT

2 Listening

A podcast 4 What objects were in the oldest capsule?

1 Match the words with the pictures. All

5 How many years was the flat empty?
these objects appear in the podcast. What
do you think the podcast is about?
6 What is in the time capsule in Norway?
coins comb mirror newspaper pen

3 Choose the correct option. Listen again

and check.
1 The name ‘time capsule’ comes from
the company that buried it/a reporter
who was writing about it.
A B 2 They plan to open the time bomb in the
year 5000/6939.
3 Paul Revere left the oldest known time
capsule in Boston in 1795/the USA in 1875.
4 A woman left her home in France in 1942,
but she never went back/only returned
70 years later.
5 There were lots of things in the flat including
her combs and a purse/comb and mirror.
C D
6 People can read the books in the time
capsule in Norway in 2114/any time they like.

4 Answer the questions for you.

1 Which time capsule was the most
interesting for you? Why?

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2 What objects would you put in a time
Subskill: Identifying key words in questions capsule? Why?
Before you listen, read the questions
and underline the key words so you
know what information to listen for.
3 Where would you put the time
capsule? Why?
2 Underline the key words in the questions.
Listen and answer the questions.
1 What is a time capsule?

2 What was in the time bomb?

3 When did they find the oldest time capsule?

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