The Tree Climbers of Pompeii

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Task 2: The Tree Climbers of Pompeii

1. Fill in the blanks.
    Shelagh had expected to see the
in Pompeii. But when he was taking a walk, his attention was caught by
who was
the tree. Shelagh walked a bit
and saw a lot of people in Pompeii climbing trees. In fact they wanted to collect
and processed them into some
which used in
.

2. True or False Questions.
(1)
Anybody could collect pine cones without any permission.
(2)
The ruines in Pompeii and the tree climbers there, the latter is more interesting to Shelagh.

3. Fill in the missing words according to what you hear on the tape.
(1) Suddenly I saw a man
, and I was looking at him so all I could see was
and
and he was about
.
(2) Like a monkey,
, except he was a
monkey ... He was ... he was all
.
(3) 'Well, you know, um, pine nuts are extremely
and valuable
in Italy.'
(4) They were very
, um
which ones were
and which ones were
and etc.
(5) Clearly it wasn't enough to
and wait till they
.

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Task 2: The Tree Climbers of Pompeii

1. Fill in the blanks.
    Shelagh had expected to see the
in Pompeii. But when he was taking a walk, his attention was caught by
who was
the tree. Shelagh walked a bit
and saw a lot of people in Pompeii climbing trees. In fact they wanted to collect
and processed them into some
which used in
.

2. True or False Questions.
(1)
Anybody could collect pine cones without any permission.
(2)
The ruines in Pompeii and the tree climbers there, the latter is more interesting to Shelagh.

3. Fill in the missing words according to what you hear on the tape.
(1) Suddenly I saw a man
, and I was looking at him so all I could see was
and
and he was about
.
(2) Like a monkey,
, except he was a
monkey ... He was ... he was all
.
(3) 'Well, you know, um, pine nuts are extremely
and valuable
in Italy.'
(4) They were very
, um
which ones were
and which ones were
and etc.
(5) Clearly it wasn't enough to
and wait till they
.