Student's Book - Page 17 - 1

Student’s Book - Page 17 - 1

Listen to a radio show about people finding valuable objects and choose the correct answers.

Good morning and welcome to lucky finds. I’m Andrew Booker. Today, our guest is Marion Vincent. Marion, you found a very valuable Roman bracelet. Can you tell our listeners how that happened please?

Of course. Well I was on our tractor in the fields and I use the mirror to look behind me. And there was this well circle of metal. I thought it was from the tractor. So I stopped and got off. I picked it up and then I looked at the tractor, but I couldn’t see that there was anything missing.

So this metal ring look to you like something from the tractor.

Well, it was very dirty. So I really didn’t know what it was.

So what happened then. Well, I finished my job and put this thing on the seat of the tractor. The next time my husband took the tractor out. He saw the metal object and put it in the shed where the tools are.

So it was lying in the shed for some time, right?

Yes and then one day my daughter saw it.

How old is your daughter?

She’s 14. She asked me if she could have it. And I said yes. She cleaned it and then showed it to me. It looked like a very nice bracelet. But I never thought that it was pure gold.

I see, so how did you find out?

Well she wore it to school party. One of the teachers saw it and she became curious. She asked Ruby if she could borrow it for a day. The teacher showed it to an expert and he showed it to other experts at the museum. They all agreed that it was a Roman bracelet and that it was very valuable. The museum bought it and we got half of the money that they paid.

How did your daughter feel?

Well, she was sorry that she didn’t have the bracelet anymore. But she bought some lovely things for herself with the money that we got. Nice new clothes and she needed a new laptop. Oh and of course she bought a bracelet.

But not a Roman one?

No, unfortunately not. But it’s a nice reminder.