🔎 Extraction (reading) 🔍

Benefits➕:
⌛️ Learn time-saving techniques for skimming long pieces of writing ;
🔍 Find critical information quickly using scanning techniques .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Skim the article within the allotted time. Choose the correct answer in the skimming review. ➡️ Next, find and choose the passage in the article that answers the question.

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SKIMMING

SPACE MEN AND MONKEYS

THE GEOGLYPHS OF PERU

Why might ancient peoples construct art that is only recognizable from the air? This is the question posed by southern Peru's Nazca Lines. Known as geoglyphs, the lines are actually drawings etched into the surface of the arid Pampa Colorada. The lines depict plants, animals, humans, and geometrical shapes, with examples including a spider, a monkey, and even a figure some say is an astronaut.

The Nazca Lines were constructed over 2,000 years ago by the Nazca culture. They were built by removing dark surface stones to expose the light sand beneath. Because of the region's dry climate, the lines have remained intact for centuries, and the size of the figures, extending to many hundreds of feet, made them visible to pilots flying over the area in the 1920s.

Theories about the lines' purpose abound: that they're Inca roads, irrigation ditches, a massive astronomical calendar, and event landing strips for alien aircraft. Today though, most archaeologists agree that the Nazca Lines were used for ceremonial purposes, likely revolving around pleas for water. Whatever their purpose, the Nazca Lines are an impressive ancient achievement and were therefore recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1994.

Image credit: DC_Colombia/Thinkstock

SCAN THE ARTICLE
ONE of THREE

❓ When did the Nazca Lines become a UNESCO World Heritage site?

✅ Answer: 3rd paragraph, last sentence: ... , the Nazca Lines are an impressive ancient achievement and were therefore recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1994.

TIP: Keep the information you're looking for in mind as you scan.

SCAN THE ARTICLE
TWO of THREE

❓ When were the Nazca Lines built?

✅ Answer: 2nd paragraph, first sentence: The Nazca Lines were constructed over 2,000 years ago ... .

TIP: Keep the information you're looking for in mind as you scan.

SCAN THE ARTICLE
THREE of THREE

❓ How were the Nazca Lines preserved for so long?

✅ Answer: 2nd paragraph, middle sentence: Because of the region's dry climate, the lines have remained intact for centuries, ... .

TIP: Keep the information you're looking for in mind as you scan.

🎧 Focus (listening)🎧

Benefits➕:
🎧 Improve your concentration while listening ;
🧠 Exercise your short-term memory ;
👂Become a more attentive listener .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Listen to the recording carefully and then match the facts with the correct subjects. Make sure you can hear the tone clearly.

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❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Listen to the recording carefully and then match the facts with the correct subjects. Make sure you can hear the tone clearly.

〰️ Subjects:

⚪️ CAWDOR —

⚪️ EDINBURGH —

⚪️ STIRLING —

〰️ Facts:
Castle Rock ;
Castle Hill ;
17th century ;
St. Margaret's Chapel ;
largest banquet hall ;
Macbeth ;
Green Lady ;
ghost in blue dress ;
nine skeletons ;
Napoleonic wars ;
Green Lady ;

✅ Answer Key :

⚪️ CAWDOR — 17th century, Macbeth, ghost in blue dress, hawthorn tree ;

⚪️ EDINBURGH — Castle Rock, St. Margaret's Chapel, Napoleonic wars ;

⚪️ STIRLING — Castle Hill, largest banquet hall, Green Lady, nine skeletons .

👂 Retention (listening) 👂

Benefits➕:
🧠 Improve your short-term memory ;
🔢 Recall lists of items after hearing them ;
🎧 Improve your concentration while listening .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Listen to the audio track and choose the correct answers to the question. Make sure you can hear the tone clearly.

Listening Tip: To help yourself remember a large amount of information, chunk it into smaller, more memorable pieces.
Memory Tip: Limit external distractions to listen more effectively and increase the chances that you'll remember what you hear.

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