A treasure-hunter’s find – listening exercise
A treasure-hunter’s find – exercise
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In the UK it is the duty of any finder of treasure and anyone who knows about it, to report the find to the coroner of the district. If you do not report it, or if you conceal the fact, this is punishable with a fine and imprisonment. Tim Symonds became interested in metal detection a few years ago after his partner gave him a metal detector as a present. Not long ago he made quite a find! |
1 How many Roman coins did Tim Symonds find?
2 How has the British Museum described his find?
3 What phrase does Tim use meaning the story starts to seem like a strange one that happened in a frightening place?
4 Can you give 3 details about the day he found these 2 coins?
5 What did he say to himself that indicated he was fed up with (= he had had enough of) detecting metal and had decided enough was enough?
6 Tim reacted to hearing the metal detector go ‘beep’ by saying ‘Oh no!’ – what did he say next to indicate that he didn’t have the energy or inclination to go and investigate for metal?
7 He dug up a coin – what did it look like?
8 Where did he throw it?
9 Did he send it to the archaeology department at Brighton University straightaway?
10 When was the Roman emperor Gordian the Third (Gordian 111) murdered?
11 What is the significance of the fact that the coins were found lying on top of each other?
12 What did the archaeologist tell Tim Symonds to do?
13 Did Tim Symonds go straight back to the spot where he had found the coins? Why (not)?
14 How is the idea expressed that it was months later that he remembered where he found them?
15 Why does Tim allude to the film called ‘the Treasure of the Sierra Madre‘?
16 Can you give 3 details about the spot where the coins were found?
17 How does Tim describe finding the coins this time?
18 How much did the coins weigh that he found the second time?
19 What verb tells you the haul of coins was heavy?
20 What did Tim find at the top of the slope on his way back to his car?
21 What is the word Tim uses to start his explanation to the person who owned the land where the coins were found?
22 Who shares the value of the find?
23 How long did it take the British Museum to get back to Tim, and why?
24 What is the informal adjective Tim uses to mean ‘cautious’ or ‘unwilling to give any more information’?
25 How much is the treasure likely to be worth?