Talk on a ng range of general topics, and some curricular topics,
Task 2. Grammar. Complete the text. Use the present or past
simple passive form of the verbs in brackets.
The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian stone tablet
with words on it from 196 BC. The words 1...are
written (write) in three different languages,
including Egyptian picture-writing. The stone
2. are found.. (find) in 1799 by French Lucu
soldiers
who were fighting in Egypt. After the war, it
3.tdksh... ... (take) to England. Over the next
few years, most of the words on the stone
4.1tanslated (translate), but nobody could
understand the picture-writing. That mystery
5.not slove S. (not solve) until 1822, when a
French academic called Champollion translated
them. The fact that ancient Egyptian picture-writing
6.40 derstand. (understand) toďay is mostly
thanks to Champollion's work. Today, the Rosetta
Stone 7 keeping (keep) in the British
Museum, where many ancient Egyptian treasures are
seen by millions of visitors each
year.
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