1. 4 ORIGINS: FRANCESCO'S VENICE

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Venice has lots of rivers.
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False: It has lots of salt water canals.
Over two million tourists visit Venice every year
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True
No other city in the world has more canals than Venice.
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False: Birmingham, England's 2nd largest city, has more miles of canals.
Most Venetian residents use gondolas every day to go to work.
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False: Normally these are mostly only used by tourists and for ceremonial occasions.
Venice has no internal roads for cars.
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True.
Leonardo da Vinci was born in Venice
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False. He was born in Florence.
Why do you think Francesco is a good person to host the programme?
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Francesco is a good person to host the programme because he is a historian and writer and his family lived in Venice for centuries.
The house is damp and in terrible condition, and the wood is (?)
damp: slightly wet
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The house is damp and in terrible condition, and the wood is rotting.
to rot: apodrecer
Chiara da Mosto (?) the house to another family after falling out with her relatives.
fall out: to have a quarrel
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Chiara da Mosto bequeathed the house to another family after falling out with her relatives.
bequeath: left to someone after your death
This room was a (?). They used it to store goods before selling them.
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This room was a warehouse. They used it to store goods before selling them.
It served as a (?). They used it to show goods to clients.
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It served as a showroom. They used it to show goods to clients.
Number the scenes
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in the order they appear.
1st scene
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He sails a small boat and looks at the house.
2nd scene
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He walks through the house.
3rd scene
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He imagines his ancestors and other people inside the house.
4th scene
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Francesco stands on the balcony and looks across the canal.
Why does the story of his ancestors' home break Francesco's heart?
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Because the house is now rotting and in terrible condition.
When did his ancestors build the house?
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In the 13th century.
What happened to the house in 1603?
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It was bequeathed to another family.
Apart from living there, what did his ancestors use the house for?
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They did business there. They used their house as a warehouse, a showroom, a place to make money and a landing stage.
boat storage; ancoradouro
What is the object?
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The object is a very old carpet.
What does she say about the points below: background.
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Her great-grandfather took it from Calcutta toSouth Africa. The speaker inherited it from grandmother.
Physical description
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brightly coloured, red, white, green and gold with patterns like leaves, frayed.
if cloth frays, or if something frays it, its threads become loose at the edge
Value
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it's important because of the story of the great-grandfather taking it from Calcutta to South Africa. Also because she inherited it and will pass it on to her children.
Memories
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Childhood memory of it hanging on her grandmother's eill.
Now think about a treasured possession of your own or a place that is special to your family.
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My family has a cemetery, a family or a private cemetery in front of the "Capela de São Sebastião" in Currelos, Carregal do Sal.

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