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T H E M E 7

Tapescript 7.3 Listen to Zoe and Tim talking about world heritage. Choose the correct option to fill
in the chart. P. 79

Zoe Hey Timmy! What’s up?
Tim Ah! Busy, my dear.
Zoe Why? What are you doing?
Tim I’m preparing my presentation about world heritage sites.
Zoe Cool! I visited some of them. What are you working on now?
Tim Well, I’m working on some interesting facts about the sites. Do you wanna hear some of them?
Zoe Sure!
Tim Let’s see… The largest world heritage site is the Phoenix Islands Protected Area in Kiribati with an
area of 408,250 km2. The size of this site is larger than Paraguay.
Zoe Oh! As big as a country! Wow!
Tim And… The smallest world heritage site is Holy Trinity Column in the Czech Republic. You can walk
around the column in a minute! Can you believe that?
Zoe Wow!
Tim The country which has the most world heritage sites is Italy.
Zoe I’m not surprised.
Tim Banks of the Seine in Paris is the most visited one.
Zoe Oh! I love France!
Tim There are 54 sites which are in danger.
Zoe How sad. I hope people can find a way to protect them. Hey, can I help you with the rest of the
presentation? I loved this topic!
Tim I’d love that!
Zoe OK. I may search for some more facts about the sites for you tonight.
Tim Thank you very much, Zoe!

Tapescript 7.4 Listen to the interview between a professor and a reporter about a World Heritage P. 84
Site in Turkey. Which site are they talking about?

Reporter Hello dear professor, I would like to ask you some questions about Troy, the world-famous
archaeological site in Turkey.
Professor Sure, I’ll be glad to answer.
Reporter Firstly, where does the name Troy come from?
Professor It’s the name of the city attacked in the Trojan War in the 12th century.
Reporter Where is the archaeological site of Troy?
Professor It’s in Çanakkale, in the northwestern part of Turkey.
Reporter Why is Troy so famous in human history?
Professor Because the Trojan War took place here and the famous Greek author Homer wrote the story of this
war in his epic poem Illiad.
Reporter Who discovered the ancient site in Çanakkale?
Professor A British archaeologist Frank Calvert was the first person to discover it.
Reporter When was it discovered?
Professor It was discovered in 1865.
Reporter And…

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