Culture video Unit 8

Bath: A Roman Town 3 Watch again. Answer the questions.

1 Where is Bath?
Start thinking
2 What did the Romans find near the River Avon?
Answer the questions.
3 What was the most important of the Roman
1 Do you prefer modern or historical places?
buildings here?
2 Do you have any interesting historic buildings or
ruins in your area? 4 Is Bath still a popular tourist destination today?
3 What are the most popular historical places to
visit in your country?
4 Are the sentences true or false? Correct the
false sentences.
Comprehension check
1 The Romans came to Bath around 16 AD.
1 Watch the video. Number the things in the order
that you see them (1–8). 2 They built a church on the site of the hot water
the Royal Crescent spring.
the Roman bath house
3 Bath was a big town when the Romans arrived.
large flagstones _
a hot water spring _ 4 The Romans built large public buildings.
bronze pipes
5 People came to the baths just to bathe and
Roman columns
relax.
the new bath house _
a sculpture of an ancient goddess 6 People didn’t use the bath house after the
Romans left.
2 Watch again. Match the events (1–6) to the dates
and times (a–f). 7 Bath wasn’t a popular place again until 2006.
1 the year the Romans arrived in Bath
2 the length of time the Romans stayed in 5 Complete the summary.
Bath
3 the time when Bath became a fashionable Bath is a popular tourist destination in the south-
city west of (1) _. It is most famous for its
4 the year the last Roman spa closed beautiful architecture and the Roman
5 the length of time there wasn’t a spa _ (2) _. The Romans arrived in Bath in
(3) _ and built a town around a hot water
6 the year the new bath opened _
(4) _. They built many public buildings.
a 30 years The most important building was the bath house.
b 300 years People came to the baths to bathe, and they
c 60 AD believed the waters cured (5) _. They
d 18th and 19th centuries also socialised and played (6) _. at the
e 1978 baths.

f 2006 In the 18th and 19th (7) , people built

more beautiful buildings and Bath became a popular
place for people to visit again. Today, many visitors
still come to Bath to see the (8) and
visit the Roman bath house.

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