Listening - A Day in the Life of an Ancient Greek Architect

Watch the video and complete the activities below.

ACTIVITIES

Exercise 1: Multiple Choice Choose the correct option (A, B, or C) to answer the questions based on the video.

1. What is Phidias's job in the video?

A) A politician

B) A chief builder and architect

C) A city official

2. What do the city officials accuse Phidias of doing?

A) Stealing gold meant for the statue

B) Destroying the new temple

C) Sleeping late at work

3. Who is the famous Parthenon temple built for?

A) The city officials

B) The workers of Athens

C) The goddess Athena

4. Why is maintaining symmetry (balance) so difficult for the builders?

A) Because the temple is built on a curve

B) Because they do not have enough stone

C) Because it is too dark to see

5. How does Pericles prove that Phidias is innocent at the end?

A) He pays for the missing gold with his own money.

B) He says they can remove the gold from the statue and weigh it.

C) He builds a new statue of Athena.

Exercise 2: True, False, or Not Given Read the statements below. Based on the video, decide if they are True, False, or if the information is Not Given.

1. Phidias arrives early for work at the beginning of the video.

True

False

Not Given

2. The design of the new temple is very traditional and simple.

True

False

Not Given

3. The team uses a 3D model instead of an exact paper blueprint.

True

False

Not Given

4. The heavy marble blocks are transported by horses.

True

False

Not Given

5. The giant central statue of the goddess is covered in gold.

True

False

Not Given

Exercise 3: Gap Fill Complete the sentences using the words from the word bank. There is one correct word for each gap.

innocent

late

marble

statue

gold

1. As dawn breaks over Athens, Phidias is already for work.

2. The officials accuse him of embezzling the designated for the temple.

3. In the afternoon, immense blocks arrive from the mountains for the building.

4. The focal point of the entire temple will be a giant of the city's protector.

5. Pericles tells the officials to weigh the materials to prove that Phidias is .