DISCOVERING
FOSSILS!
Natural
sciences are present in our daily life. Natural sciences
appear in the mass-media (TV, radio, internet). This text entitled “Jurassic
fossil discovery” appeared on the Internet on 2nd November 2009 in the BBC
website (the BBC is the public British TV and radio corporation).
Read and listen to the story and the vocabulary online:
Tasks
1. Before starting the activity read the title.
What are we going to talk about? What do you know about fossils? What do you
know about extinction of species?
2. Before starting listening to the podcast
read only the headings and the summary (in italics). What are we going to
listen to?
3. Listen to the podcast once.
4. Listen to the podcast again and at the same
time read the text.
5. Translate the vocabulary and use
it in a sentence.
6. Answer to the following questions below:
·
What is a fossil?
·
How are the fossils formed?
Which
information is obtained by scientists from fossils?
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