媒體英語: Ancient Amphitheatre Discovered 發現一古代圓形劇場

Teams from British universities made the discovery

媒體英語: Ancient Amphitheatre Discovered 發現一古代圓形劇場 (英語聽力) ZT

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媒體英語會帶大家一起學習BBC撰稿人在報道世界大事時常用到的單詞和短語。

Background : 英國的考古學家在一個繁忙的機場跑道附近發掘了一個精美且十分重要的古羅馬圓形劇場。由一所英國大學領導的挖掘小組在坡特斯展開了一場前所未有的最大規模的考古挖掘。坡特斯曾是向羅馬輸送補給的一個古代港口。

It's under the flight path of Rome's modern airport that lies the remains of its ancient seaport, Portus.

A great staging point for goods in and out of Rome and believed to have been twice the size of the port of Southampton.

A team from Southampton and Cambridge Universities working with the British school in Rome are digging out the vast area, but within it what they've found is an even more impressive discovery, an amphitheatre.

They think the vast round structure could have once held up to 2,000 people and was built to entertain VIPs and even emperors as they passed through.

Professor Simon Kay, the project leader said it would have been used for every kind of entertainment.

It makes this one of the most significant archaeological sites in the world today.

Glossary 詞匯表 (收聽發音, 請單擊英語單詞)

• flight path 跑道
• ancient seaport古代海港
• staging point補給基地
• Southampton 南安普敦
• digging out 挖出來

• amphitheatre 圓形劇場
• vast round structure巨大的圓形結構
• VIPs 重要人物
• emperors 皇帝
• archaeological sites考古場地/地點

Questions

1. What was the ancient Roman seaport called?

Portus.

2. True or false? The Roman city was half the size of the British port city Southampton.

False. It was double the size.

4. What shape is an amphitheatre?

It is circular in shape.

4. How many people could it hold?

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