Задание

Listen to the lecture about a recently discovered lost city. Answer the questions

What is the speaker's relationship with Pavlopetri?

  • He has written about it.
  • He is an expert on lost cities.
  • He discovered it.
  • He worked on the excavations of it.

What makes Pavlopetri unique?

  • its age as an underwater city.
  • its enormous size.
  • its complex society.
  • it is located in shallow water.

Based on new discoveries, how did Pavlopetri become submerged?

  • The city was hit by a tsunami.
  • The sea level changed over time.
  • The ground beneath the city collapsed.
  • The city was struck by several earthquakes.

What have the artefacts revealed about society in Pavlopetri?

  • Pavlopetri's city plan is similar to that of today's cities.
  • The people lived a simple existence as farmers.
  • It was a very sophisticated culture.
  • There were many wealthy people in Pavlopetri.

What does the speaker mean when he says 'the city is a frozen moment in time':

  • The city shows exactly who lived there.
  • The city is a very detailed image of a certain period in the past.
  • The ruins show the exact day the city sunk.
  • The mystery of what happened to the city is lost forever in the past.