Listening B1/B2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

 Listening 

You are going to watch a video with the title: ''Really Cold Cases Cracked by Science.''

Before you watch the video. Answer the following questions.

What is a ''cold case'' ? Can you think of any examples?

00:43

What does the introduction tell you about the contents of the video?
This video is mainly about...

1. modern techniques that help solve cold cases.
2. Recent criminal cases that have been solved.
3. Unsolved cases that remain a mystery.
4. Cold cases that have been solved recently.

03:18

How did scientists find out what happened on the Dyatlov pass?

1. By using snow simulation software created for a children's film to reconstruct what had happened.
2. Russian authorities have released documents explaining what happened.
3. Scientists thought it could have been an avalanche and tested their theory on that location.
4. An eye-witness account was found that explained what had happened.

04:53

What was Napoleon's cause of death according to recent scientific findings?

1. He was poisoned.
2. What they thought happened at the time turned out to be true.
3. He died because of a bacterial infection.
4. He died of a genetic disease that nobody had heard of then.

06:31

What can be concluded from the Romanov story?

1. One Romanov sister might have escaped and has never been found.
2. Scientists have correctly identified each of the lost family members.
3. Eventually all Romanov family members' graves were found.
4. The two youngest Romanov children have escaped the murder.

08:13

Why are scientists hopeful they will soon find out what happened to the two ships?

1. The ships have recently been found and are still being researched
2. They have developed new techniques to research old evidence with
3. More scientists than ever are working on the case now
4. The local people who live there have shared their witness accounts of what happened.

10:41

What were scientists trying to find out here?

1. Who wrote the letters to Marie-Antoinette and why
2. The person who crossed out the letters and what the original text was
3. How many affaires Marie-Antoinette had
4. If the letters held any clues to Marie-Antoinettes death

Had you heard of any of these cases before? Which one(s)?