Watch this short BBC video clip and complete the blanks in the transcript below with the missing words. The activity is suitable for Básico 2 students.
Flying in to claim its rightful property, these black parcels contain part of Spanish heritage, the most valuable haul of sunken treasure in history. Inside them, a nearly (1) ... gold and silver coins like these worth (2) ... of dollars. That’s why the Spanish Navy has come to collect them.
The US Navy thinks like us in the sense that our sunken (3) ... are these, as I told you before, these secret places they are cemeteries, and we don’t like that anybody go there to touch them, so the US Navy and us, we are in the same ship.
The treasure was found (4) ... years ago in the wreck of the Spanish galleon Our Lady of Mercy. She was sunk in the Strait of Gibraltar by the British in (5) ... . The treasure was taken from there by Florida-based marine explorers. They said it was a case of find its keepers and took it home, but US courts have finally decided the treasure was the property of the country of origin, and that’s why it’s on its way back to Spain.
This is historical heritage. This is not to be (6) ... . This is to go to a museum. This is a graveyard at the same time. So, if there are agreements in the future, that will be acceptable, but we have to fight against those who go and salvage sunken objects.
Everyone wants to get their hands on this treasure, but more than 20 tons in 7) ... , it’s taken some effort to get it home.
Tim Allman, BBC News.
Key:
1) 600,000 2) millions 3) ships 4) five 5) 1804 6) sold 7) weight
