6 Minute English - Time capsules
I'm really looking forward to 2015. But I have to say the last year was great. So great, I'm thinking about creating my own time capsule.
Really. A time capsule. You mean a kind of box of container way can store object or information. So the people in the future, yourself included, will know how you life in a particular time that.
That's it. And I'm already collecting items. My own mobile phone, which don't use anymore. And uhllly jumper with small man on it I grand gave me but I never wear.
You never wear.
It's really silly jumper, Rob. She said it to remind me how much she loved me. Remind, which means makes me remember. But all that makes me think of she still treat me like a child. I am included a Christmas card which can with it.
Well. You got to choose the items you wish to keep as a memory of time very carefully. It's a historically record. That usually means a piece of writing or narrative of advanced of a particular time. Well let's discuss time capsule and vocabulary related to memory. But first a question to test your knowledge of time capsule. The international time capsule society is based XXX university in Atlanta in US. And it studied the other effect. According to this organization, how many time capsules are estimated to exist in the world today. Is it
A) up to 50000.
B) up to 150000
C) up to 1001000
I'm going to go for A) 50000.
Up to 50000.
That's one. OK, as usual. You will have the answer to that question at the end of the programme. Right, let's talk more about time capsule. One of them was in news last couple of weeks. The capsule was found in the public building in Boston.
Mmm, find about this. His story believed was put by XXXX and XXX and other American revolutionist in 18 century.
OK, let's listen to the BBC reporter XXXX. Can you tell me exactly where this time capsule was hidden.
With historians repaired work among state town in Boston, the time capsule was discovered hidden in the corner stone. It's thought the time capsule was first placed there in 1795 and building was constructed. Official believe it contains all quant of newspapers which could accurate the time.
Ahh, the time capsule was hidden in the corner stone which is the stone representing the starting place of construction of mounmential building. Usually it has date carve on it.
Yes, the time capsule items they found over 200 years ago. So the historians are concerning about opening it. The newspaper particular might hurt deteriorated, decay or decomposed over time.
Paper doesn't last long. But my own mobile phone the one is going to putting in time capsule will be eternal. It means it will exist forever. And historian of future will be grate for.
Well, if you want to make the historian happy, put thing with your current in your life thinks actually use in your time capsule. The famous capsule to be opened, the American company wasting house creating two of them. One for 1939 New York wells fair and the other for same event in 1964.
Well, are they going to open it?
Indeed 25 century.
Well, let's going home. I'm going to start working my own time capsule.
Good, I'm glad to see you so in enthusiastic. But be careful not to make the same mistakes these guys in the XXX school here in England May. They put their writing and books 25 years ago and bury the time capsule in garden.
And what happen to it? It doesn't a century later, but it must be interesting for this people who are now adults to see what inside.
Well, it would be interesting. But it didn't happen. Listen to and tell me why they didn't open the time capsule.
There were letters in it, coins, very thing so we recording it in . And they had a garden with metal detectors and they couldn't find the evidence about it. I think we start to dig three holes in school gardens and we had to stop it. Because it start to destroy it.
They forget where they bury it.
Yes, and they use metal detectors, electronic device find metallic objects underground. And even so they couldn't find the time capsule. And before I forget, let's go back to the question I ask at the beginning of programme.
You asked how many time capsules are estimated to exist in the world today.
Yes, and the opinions were 15000, 150000 or up to 1001000. Well you said.
Yes I said up to 15000.
And this is the right answer.
Really. A time capsule. You mean a kind of box of container way can store object or information. So the people in the future, yourself included, will know how you life in a particular time that.
That's it. And I'm already collecting items. My own mobile phone, which don't use anymore. And uhllly jumper with small man on it I grand gave me but I never wear.
You never wear.
It's really silly jumper, Rob. She said it to remind me how much she loved me. Remind, which means makes me remember. But all that makes me think of she still treat me like a child. I am included a Christmas card which can with it.
Well. You got to choose the items you wish to keep as a memory of time very carefully. It's a historically record. That usually means a piece of writing or narrative of advanced of a particular time. Well let's discuss time capsule and vocabulary related to memory. But first a question to test your knowledge of time capsule. The international time capsule society is based XXX university in Atlanta in US. And it studied the other effect. According to this organization, how many time capsules are estimated to exist in the world today. Is it
A) up to 50000.
B) up to 150000
C) up to 1001000
I'm going to go for A) 50000.
Up to 50000.
That's one. OK, as usual. You will have the answer to that question at the end of the programme. Right, let's talk more about time capsule. One of them was in news last couple of weeks. The capsule was found in the public building in Boston.
Mmm, find about this. His story believed was put by XXXX and XXX and other American revolutionist in 18 century.
OK, let's listen to the BBC reporter XXXX. Can you tell me exactly where this time capsule was hidden.
With historians repaired work among state town in Boston, the time capsule was discovered hidden in the corner stone. It's thought the time capsule was first placed there in 1795 and building was constructed. Official believe it contains all quant of newspapers which could accurate the time.
Ahh, the time capsule was hidden in the corner stone which is the stone representing the starting place of construction of mounmential building. Usually it has date carve on it.
Yes, the time capsule items they found over 200 years ago. So the historians are concerning about opening it. The newspaper particular might hurt deteriorated, decay or decomposed over time.
Paper doesn't last long. But my own mobile phone the one is going to putting in time capsule will be eternal. It means it will exist forever. And historian of future will be grate for.
Well, if you want to make the historian happy, put thing with your current in your life thinks actually use in your time capsule. The famous capsule to be opened, the American company wasting house creating two of them. One for 1939 New York wells fair and the other for same event in 1964.
Well, are they going to open it?
Indeed 25 century.
Well, let's going home. I'm going to start working my own time capsule.
Good, I'm glad to see you so in enthusiastic. But be careful not to make the same mistakes these guys in the XXX school here in England May. They put their writing and books 25 years ago and bury the time capsule in garden.
And what happen to it? It doesn't a century later, but it must be interesting for this people who are now adults to see what inside.
Well, it would be interesting. But it didn't happen. Listen to and tell me why they didn't open the time capsule.
There were letters in it, coins, very thing so we recording it in . And they had a garden with metal detectors and they couldn't find the evidence about it. I think we start to dig three holes in school gardens and we had to stop it. Because it start to destroy it.
They forget where they bury it.
Yes, and they use metal detectors, electronic device find metallic objects underground. And even so they couldn't find the time capsule. And before I forget, let's go back to the question I ask at the beginning of programme.
You asked how many time capsules are estimated to exist in the world today.
Yes, and the opinions were 15000, 150000 or up to 1001000. Well you said.
Yes I said up to 15000.
And this is the right answer.
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