номер 1, страница 34 - гдз по английскому языку 5-11 класс учебник Latham-Koenig, Oxenden

What periods and places in history did you study at school? Did you enjoy history as a subject?

Glossary

torch (verb) set fire to

Marcus Tullius Cicero /'sısərɔu/ a Roman politician and lawyer, one of Rome's greatest orators

the Senate a political institution in ancient Rome

be exiled be sent to another country for political reasons or as a punishment

Guantanamo Bay a US military prison, where many suspected terrorists have been held

Part 2

Now watch Part 2. Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false).

1 Mary Beard would not like to go back in time to any historical period.

2 She thinks that women have a better life now than at any time in the past.

3 She doesn't think that men would suffer from going back in time.

4 In her programme Meet the Romans, she decided to focus on the celebrities of the ancient world.

5 She thinks that most history textbooks don't answer questions about how people dealt with practical issues in the past.

6 She thinks that questions about practical issues are just as interesting as why Julius Caesar was assassinated.

7 She doesn't think we can learn much from studying the assassination of Caesar.

Watch again. Say why the F sentences are false.

How do you think a teacher can get students interested in history?

Part 3

Now watch Part 3. Answer the questions.

1 How important does Mary Beard think accuracy is in historical films?

2 What historical film did she really enjoy and why?

3 How does she feel about the fact that there are so many historical films nowadays?

Watch again. What do you think the highlighted informal words and phrases mean?

1 'I think that, that, um, film and television, um, programme makers can be a bit, can be a bit sort of nerdish about accuracy.'

2 '...if we're going to have a dog in the film, should it be an Alsatian or, you know, a Dachshund or whatever?'

3 '...look, these guys are getting the whole of Roman history...utterly wrong...'

4 '...never mind its horribly schmaltzy plot...'

5 '...there's no such good story as a true story – and that's what history's got going for it...'

6 '...non-fiction in a, in a kind of way is always a better yarn than fiction is.'

Do you think you have learnt more about history from school or from books and films?

Glossary

Alsatian, Dachshund /æl'seɪʃn, 'dæksnd/ breeds of dog