A) Questions & answers
1- Why was Leila pleased مسرورة to be back in Cairo?
- Because she was back with her family, safe and successful.
2- What familiar sounds of Cairo could Leila hear when she woke up at home?
- She could hear children playing in the street, the call نداء of the man selling melons and the distant roar of traffic ضجيج المرور المزعج.
3- What did the photo by بجوار Leila’s bed show?
It showed Leila looking at the camera and holding up تمسك a little gold figure of an animal تمثال لحيوان صغير مصنوع من الذهب.
4- What did the photo by Leila’s bed remind يذكر her of?
- It reminded her of that good day when Dr Hafez was really excited منفعلا and some of the days after that were not so good.
5- What did Leila feel when she remembered the bad days in Peru?
She felt a shiver رعشة down her back. الظهر
6- Why was Leila excited to be going to Peru?
Because she had never been to South America before.
7- Why did Leila fly to Peru?
To help Dr Hafez with his excavation work. التنقيب عن الآثار
8- What do you know about Dr Hafez?
He is a well-known Egyptian archaeologist and he worked in Peru in an excavation project helped by UNESCO.
9- Leila and Samira are two different characters. Discuss.
Leila is not at all like Samira. She is always worried about تقلق على everything but samara never worries about anything.
10- What did Samira warn تحذر Leila of?
She warned her of falling off a mountain in the Andes.
11- Where did the Incas live?
They lived at high altitudes الأماكن المرتفعة in Peru?
12- Why were the Incas tough?
Because they lived at high altitudes.
13- What was amazing مذهل about the Incas?
Although the Incas didn’t have any writing, they ruled a huge ضخمة empire إمبراطورية.
14- What do you know about the Inca Empire?
- The Inca Empire was at its height فى أزهى عصورها between 1492 and 1525. It stretched امتدت for about 3,5oo kilometres along على امنداد the pacific coast ساحل of South America. The empire extended امتدت across عبر the lands now known as Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.
15- What was Dr Hafez looking for? Why?
He was looking for a king’s tomb in order to find some gold and silver work of the Chimu.
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16- Why did the Incas conquer غزاthe Chimu?
Because they were famous for their gold and silver work.
17- Why would it be wonderful رائع to find a king’s tomb?
Because they would find things made by the Chimu.
18- What did Leila take with her when she travelled to Peru? Why?
She took a small machine and details تفاصيل of a new technique developed by the department of archaeology قسم الآثار in Cairo. They were hoping to use them in their excavation أعمال التنقيب in Peru.
19- What did researchers in Cairo discover?
They discovered a new way to date old things.
20- What was the laser machine آلة الليزر used for?
It was used for dating old things.
21- Why is the laser machine a secret سر?
- Because not many people know about it and the Egyptians are the first to use it.
22- What was Samira? And where did she work?
She was a reporter صحفية. She worked on one of the Cairo newspapers.
23- What was Samira looking for?
- She was looking for a good story for her newspaper.
24- What would be a good title عنوان for a newspaper article مقالة?
- “Secrets أسرار of Inca Tomb” or “Egyptian archaeologist finds Inca treasure.”
25- How long did Leila stay in Peru?
- She stayed in Peru for a few weeks (about two months).
26- What did Leila promise وعدت Samira to do?
- She promised to keep in touch with her by sending her a postcard or an e-mail.
27- Why did Leila take a connecting flight?
- Because there was no direct flight رحلة مباشرة from Cairo to Lima.
28- Why did Leila spend one night in New York?
- Because the flight الرحلة from Cairo arrived at night and the flight to Lima was the next morning.
29- Why did Leila ask for a window seat during أثناء her flight الرحلة to Lima?
- To look down on نظرت إلىthe city's skyscrapers ناطحات السحاب.
30- What did Lander say he was? What did he say he was looking for?
- He said he was a mining engineer مهندس تعدين. He said he was looking for places where there were interesting things to find.
31- What did Lander tell Leila about himself?
He told her he was a mining engineer and that he was going to work around Cuzco as he was looking for copper نحاس, silver and other interesting things.
32- Why did Leila think that Lander was German ألماني?
- Because he had a strange accent. لهجة
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33- What did Leila tell Lander about her work?
- She told him about the archaeological dig الحفر الأثرى and that it was part of a UNESCO exchange تبادل programme.
34- What does Leila think of the UNESCO exchange programme?
She thinks it is an interesting idea because there are some similarities تشابهات between Ancient Egyptians and the ancient peoples شعوب of South America.
35- What made Leila take up يدرس archaeology?
She took up archaeology because Dr Hafez who was a friend of her family used to tell her about archaeology, so she got interested in it.
36- Why didn’t Leila study archaeology with Dr Hafez in Cairo?
So as not to let تدع people think يعتقد that Dr Hafez was giving her special treatment. يعاملها معاملة خاصة
37- Where did Leila do her degree حصلت على درجتها? Why?
- She did her degree in Rome because she didn’t want people to think that Dr Hafez was giving her special treatment. يعاملها معاملة خاصة
38- Where was Leila’s first dig عملية حفر?
- In the Valley of the Nobles وادى النبلاء in Luxor.
39- Where did Leila work with Dr Hafez before?
She worked with him in the Valley of the Nobles in Luxor.
40- What did Leila and Dr Hafez discover in the Valley of the Nobles?
They discovered a tomb مقبرة full of wonderful paintings رسومات of birds and animals on the walls as well as بالإضافة إلى some beautiful jewellery مجوهرات.
41- What papers did Leila bring تحضر from Cairo to Dr Hafez?
She brought him papers about the latest developments أحدث التطورات in archaeological research. بحوث الآثار
42- Why did Lander search فتش the pocket in the seat in front of Leila?
To get the papers she brought from Cairo.
43- What did Lander pretend he was looking for when Leila woke up?
- He pretended he was looking for the in-flight magazine. مجلة طيران داخلى
44- What made Leila doubt يشك فى Lander?
- He tried to take the papers about the latest developments in archaeological research that Leila was taking to Dr Hafez.He was asking her many questions and she didn't feel comfortable.
45- Why didn’t Leila tell Lander more information about her work?
- Because he was asking a lot of questions about her work and she didn’t feel comfortable. She was also suspicious of تشك فيه him.
46- Where did Lander say he was going to be working?
- He said he was going to be working around Cuzco.
47- When did the Customs الجمارك at Lima Airport let Leila through with the laser machine?
- When they knew that she was a part of the UNESCO archaeological project.
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48- Why did Dr Hafez look puzzled متحير when he was introduced to Lander?
- Because he thought he had met him before in the Machu Picchu area منطقة doing some excavation work. أعمال التنقيب
49- Where were the German tourists going?
- They were going to Machu Picchu, an ancient great Inca city that was lost فقدت for hundred of years.
50- What did Dr Hafez say after reading the papers Leila brought with her?
- He said that they were working along the right lines يعملون فى الطريق الصحيح.
51- What did Dr Hafez expect توقع to find at the site near Quenco?
- He expected to find great Inca cities and cities of the peoples they conquered.
52- Why did Dr Hafez speak in a quiet voice صوت during their flight to Cuzco?
- Because he didn’t want people to hear what he was going to say.
53- Where did Dr Hafez's group dig يحفرون?
- They dug at a site near Quenco, an old Inca city near which Dr Hafez was doing excavation work أعمال التنقيب.
54- Why did Dr Hafez say that Leila had come to Peru at a good time?
- Because they discovered a tomb which Dr Hafez thought it might be royal ملكية. Leila also brought the laser machine to help them with their excavation.
55- Why did Dr Hafez think that the wall in the city could be a tomb of a king?
- There were some marks علامات on the wall and a picture of a llama اللامة.
56- What did a picture of a llama on an Inca tomb usually show تبين?
- It usually showed that it might be a royal tomb.
57- Why was Dr Hafez’s and Leila’s experience in the Valley of the Nobles useful?
- Because it could help them discover the similarities الشبه and differencesالاختلاف between the ways the Incas and the Ancient Egyptians buried their dead.
63- What similarities were there between the ancient Egyptians and the Incas? They put gold and silver objects أشياء beside بجوار the bodies أجساد of their kings. They put gold figures تماثيل and animals in their tombs. They put food and drink beside them. They both mummified حنطوا their kings. They dressed them in beautiful clothes. They put gold masks أقنعة on their faces.
58- How were the ancient Egyptians different from the Incas?
- The Ancient Egyptians had a writing system نظام, but the Incas didn't have any. The Ancient Egyptians respected احترموا women and servants whereas بينما the Incas killed them to serve يخدموا their kings in the other world العالم الآخر.
59- How were the Incas and the Ancient Egyptians different in the ways they buried their dead?
- Every year at important festivals أعياد, the Inca mummified حنطوا kings were put on litters نقالات, dressed in fine clothes and taken through the streets. The Ancient Egyptians never did that.
- The Incas killed women and servants الخدم and buried them دفنوهم with the king to serve يخدموا him in the other world.
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60- Why did the Incas and the Ancient Egyptians put food and drink beside the bodies أجساد of their dead kings and queens?
- They believed they would need them when they went into the next world العالم الآخر.
61- Why did the Incas kill women and servants and bury them with the king?
- To serve him يخدمونه in the next world العالم الآخر.
62- Which civilization حضارة is superior أرقى: the Inca or the ancient Egyptian? Why?
- The ancient Egyptian civilization is superior because it invented اخترعت a way of writing using pictures and it was more human انسانية as the ancient Egyptians didn't kill women, servants or children as the Incas did.
63- The ancient Egyptian civilization is more human إنسانية than the Inca Civilization. Discuss ناقش ذلك.
- The ancient Egyptians invented a way of writing system. They didn't kill women and servants or children as the Incas did.
64- On the plane to Cuzco, what did Dr Hafez tell Leila about Lander?
- He told her that Lander worked for United Mining الشركة المتحدة للتعدين. He was sure his name wasn't Lander. He got involved with اشترك مع some people who were taking Inca objects out of the country.
65- Why did Martin Lander have to leave his job with United Mining?
- Because he got involved with اشترك مع some people who were taking Inca objects out of the country.
72- Why did Dr Hafez suspect يشك فى Martin Lander?
- His name wasn't Lander. He got involved with some people who were taking Inca objects out of the country. United Mining was not working in Peru then.
73- Why did Dr Hafez tell Leila to be careful حذرة?
- Because there were some people who wanted to dig up ينقبون old Inca cities.
74- Why did thieves break into يقتحمون old Inca tombs?
- To لكى steal يسرقوا the gold and silver things and sell them يبيعونها to rich collectors هواة جمع التحف.
75- Where should gold and silver things be kept توضع? Why?
- They should be kept in museums متاحف for everyone to see.
76- How did Dr Hafez organize ينظم the excavation work in Peru?
- He formed كون two teams under his direction تحت اشرافه and Leila would be in charge of مسئولة عن one team with three local archaeologists.
77- Why did Dr Hafez send for استدعى Leila to work with him in Peru?
- Because she understood him and he trusted her يثق بها. She was an experienced archaeologist. آثرية ذات خبرة
78- Leila’s hands were shaking تهتز when the plane to Cuzco started descending تهبط. Give two reasons.
- She didn’t like landing هبوط الطائرة, especially خاصة in small planes. She didn’t expect to be in charge of مسئولة عن local archaeologists.
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79- How did Amalia Guzman meet Leila at Cuzco Airport?
- She shook hands with her صافحتها and didn’t smile لم تبتسم. She didn’t offer to help her with her luggage though مع أنها it was heavy.
80- Why was Leila nervous when she knew she would be in charge of an excavation team فريق للتنقيب?
- She wasn’t sure she would be able to do the work Dr Hafez wanted her to do.
81- Why do you think Leila was still tired and had a headache صداع?
- Because she had jet-lag إرهاق السفر جوا and wasn’t used to the high altitude.
82- Why did Dr Hafez have to go to Quenco?
- To meet the local UNESCO representative ممثل.
83- Why did Dr Hafez have to keep good relations علاقات with the UNESCO people?
(Why did Dr Hafez want the UNESCO people to have a good impressionانطباع of what they were doing?)
- Because the UNESCO people were supporting تمول the excavation in Peru, and it was an important project for him and for the Peruvian government.
84- What would happen if the excavation team did not find something important in Peru?
- The UNESCO might not support تمول them any longer.
85- How much did Leila know about Inca civilization?
She did some work on the Incas when she was studying at the Italian Institute of Archaeology. She read Dr Hafez's reports تقارير about the excavation.
86- How did Amalia feel towards Leila? Why?
She was unfriendly غير ودودة to Leila and jealous of غيورة her as she believed she only came to work in Peru because Dr Hafez was a family friend.
87- What wrong idea did Amalia get about Leila? How did Leila defend herself?
Amalia believed that Leila only came to work in Peru because Dr Hafez was a family friend. Leila defended دافعت عن herself saying that she was an experienced ذات خبرة archaeologist and Dr Hafez thought her experience would be useful in this excavation.
88- Why did Dr Hafez ask Leila to work with him in Peru?
- Because she was an experienced ذات خبرة archaeologist and Dr Hafez thought her experience خبرة in the valley of Nobles in Egypt would be useful in this excavation.
89- Where was the site Amalia showed Leila?
- It was on top of أعلى a rocky hill. تل صخرى
90- Where did the Chimu sometimes build their tombs?
- They sometimes built them in hillsides جوانب التلال.
91- Why did the Incas allow the Chimu kings to rule their own people?
- Because they wanted to keep them loyal. مخلصين
92- Why did the Incas send the Chimu kings’ sons to Cuzco?
- Because they wanted to make sure that their fathers were loyal. مخلصين
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93- How did the Incas make sure تأكد that the Chimu people were loyal?
They allowed their own kings to rule and sent their sons to Cuzco.
94- Why did Ramon shout? صاح
Because he found a gold figure تمثال of a child.
95- Why did the Incas sacrifice يضحى بـ children? What did they put beside their bodies?
-They sacrificed them to please the gods. They put gold figures beside their bodies.
96- A person’s life didn’t have much value قيمة for the Incas. Explain.
-The Incas sacrificed ضحوا بـ children to please the gods. They killed women and servants and buried them with the king to serve him in the next world.
97- Why was Pablo shown everything found at the site?
As he works for the Ministry of Culture وزارة الثقافة. He's on the committee لجنة, which advises the UNESCO representative ممثل about the project. He makes a note of يدون everything they find.
98- The Incas were a great civilization. Explain. اشرح ذلك
They ruled over a huge area of South America. Their empire extended from what is now Colombia in the north to the country that is now Chile in the south. They ruled over more than 10 million people. They built great cities and made beautiful things.
99- What did Pablo tell Leila about the Peruvians شعب بيرو?
He said that Peruvians are very proud of their Inca heritage تراث . They allow foreigners to excavate يحفر their ancient cities. They have to be careful, because there are many robbers who come to Peru to steal their culture and sell it to rich collectors.
112- Why was Ramon the first to enter the tomb that was found?
- Because he was small enough to get through ينفذ من خلال the hole in the wall.
13- What did Ramon find in the tomb?
He found some human bones عظام and some bits of pottery. قطع أواني فخارية
114- Why does Leila think that Amalia doesn’t like her?
Or: why did Leila think that Amalia was unfriendly to her?
- Because she is Dr Hafez’s assistant مساعدة and she doesn’t want her to be in charge of her team.
115- Why didn’t Dr Hafez want to explore يستكشف the tomb immediately?
Because he needed to get his computer fixed يصلح and see the UNESCO representative before they came to inspect يفتش them.
116- Why do you think Amalia didn’t seem very friendly to Leila?
Because Leila is Dr Hafez’s assistant مساعدة or because she is in her team.
117- Why does Dr Hafez think that Leila and Amalia should be friends?
Because they are about the same age and they are both archaeologists.
118- What was Dr Hafez’s opinion about Amalia?
He thought that she was a good archaeologist. She knew a lot about tombs and she was the same age as Leila. She had done a lot of good work on the excavation.
119- Why didn’t Leila go to the project office with Dr Hafez?
Because she wanted to wander off تتجول into the old part of the town.
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120- What did some children do when Leila walked down the street?
- They ran after her laughing and clapping يصفقونr hands.
121- What did the children who ran after Leila remind يذكر her of?
They reminded her of their ancestors أجداد, the Incas whose tombs she would be exploring.
122- Who did Leila see in the square?
- She saw Pablo, Amalia and Lander.
123- Why was Leila feeling a little tired while she was wandering off تتجول into the old part of Quenco?
- Because of a combination تزامن of jet-lag and the effects تأثير of the altitude.
124- What did Leila do when she felt tired in Quenco?
She looked for a café to sit down and have a cool drink.
125- Why did Leila go to café de la Plaza?
She needed to sit down and have a cool drink as it was hot and Leila was feeling a little tired.
126- Who did Leila see at the café in Quenco? What did she notice يلاحظ?
She saw Amalia sitting with Lander. She noticed that Amalia was upset and was shaking her head.
127- What did Leila decide to do when she saw Amalia at café de la Plaza? Why?
- She decided to go and talk her because she thought of تذكرت what Dr Hafez had said about making friends with her.
128- At café de la Plaza, what made Leila stop dead? تتسمر فى مكانها
She saw Amalia talking with Lander who helped people to steal from excavations.
129- When did Leila feel suspicious شكاك about Amalia?
She felt suspicious about her when she saw her sitting with Lander at the café.
130- Why did Leila ask Dr Hafez to go with her to the café?
To show him Amalia sitting with Lander at a café in the square.
131- Why was Dr Hafez not suspicious of Amalia?
Because he trusted her and he couldn’t believe that she would do anything wrong.
132- Why didn’t Dr Hafez believe that Leila had seen Amalia with Lander?
Because he trusted Amalia and he couldn’t believe that she would do anything wrong.
133- What did Leila find when she called up the United Mining website?
She found that United Mining had ended its operations in Peru.
134- When did Leila realize that Lander was a liar?
When she logged on to the internet and found that United Mining ended their operation in Peru in 1999.
135- What did Dr Hafez and his group find near the centre of the cave?
They found some human bones and some small pieces of cloth.
136- Why did Leila and the others gasp شهقوا when they saw the skullجمجمة?
- Because the skull was broken and there was a big crack شرخ in it.
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137- What was strange about the skull of the dead man the work team found in the cave?
The skull was broken and there was a big crack in it.
138- There are two possibilities about the big crack in the skull. Explain.
Dr Hafez thought that the man might have been killed but Leila thought that the skull could have been broken by falling rocks. صخور متساقطة
139- When would Dr Hafez and his group be sure it was a king’s body?
If they could find a gold mask.
140- How did Dr Hafez and his group date the cloth they found inside the tomb?
By using the laser – dating machine. جهاز ليزر لتحديد عمر الأشياء
141- How did Dr Hafez know that the body they found inside the cave was buried around 1400?
By using the laser-dating machine.
142- What did Pablo say when he knew that the body was buried around 1400?
He said that it was a good start.
143- How did the work team spend the rest بقية of the morning?
They took a close look ألقوا نظرة متفحصة at the area around the body.
144- What were the work team looking for?
They were looking for the gold mask.
145- What did people put in tombs in the time of the Incas?
They put bowls أوانى of food and water in tombs.
146- What did the Incas bury when they buried an important person like a king?
- They buried precious نفيسة things with them.
147- What would happen on finding some precious things in the cave?
They might be able to say it was a royal tombمقبرة ملكية .
148- Why was it hard work inside the cave?
Because there wasn’t much air and it was quite إلى حد ما hot.
149- Why did the work team need to find something quickly?
- Because there was going to be a UNESCO inspection تفتيش.
150- What did Amalia say about Lander?
She said she had known him for years and that he worked for United Mining. He was interested in archaeology.
1- Why was Leila pleased مسرورة to be back in Cairo?
- Because she was back with her family, safe and successful.
2- What familiar sounds of Cairo could Leila hear when she woke up at home?
- She could hear children playing in the street, the call نداء of the man selling melons and the distant roar of traffic ضجيج المرور المزعج.
3- What did the photo by بجوار Leila’s bed show?
It showed Leila looking at the camera and holding up تمسك a little gold figure of an animal تمثال لحيوان صغير مصنوع من الذهب.
4- What did the photo by Leila’s bed remind يذكر her of?
- It reminded her of that good day when Dr Hafez was really excited منفعلا and some of the days after that were not so good.
5- What did Leila feel when she remembered the bad days in Peru?
She felt a shiver رعشة down her back. الظهر
6- Why was Leila excited to be going to Peru?
Because she had never been to South America before.
7- Why did Leila fly to Peru?
To help Dr Hafez with his excavation work. التنقيب عن الآثار
8- What do you know about Dr Hafez?
He is a well-known Egyptian archaeologist and he worked in Peru in an excavation project helped by UNESCO.
9- Leila and Samira are two different characters. Discuss.
Leila is not at all like Samira. She is always worried about تقلق على everything but samara never worries about anything.
10- What did Samira warn تحذر Leila of?
She warned her of falling off a mountain in the Andes.
11- Where did the Incas live?
They lived at high altitudes الأماكن المرتفعة in Peru?
12- Why were the Incas tough?
Because they lived at high altitudes.
13- What was amazing مذهل about the Incas?
Although the Incas didn’t have any writing, they ruled a huge ضخمة empire إمبراطورية.
14- What do you know about the Inca Empire?
- The Inca Empire was at its height فى أزهى عصورها between 1492 and 1525. It stretched امتدت for about 3,5oo kilometres along على امنداد the pacific coast ساحل of South America. The empire extended امتدت across عبر the lands now known as Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.
15- What was Dr Hafez looking for? Why?
He was looking for a king’s tomb in order to find some gold and silver work of the Chimu.
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16- Why did the Incas conquer غزاthe Chimu?
Because they were famous for their gold and silver work.
17- Why would it be wonderful رائع to find a king’s tomb?
Because they would find things made by the Chimu.
18- What did Leila take with her when she travelled to Peru? Why?
She took a small machine and details تفاصيل of a new technique developed by the department of archaeology قسم الآثار in Cairo. They were hoping to use them in their excavation أعمال التنقيب in Peru.
19- What did researchers in Cairo discover?
They discovered a new way to date old things.
20- What was the laser machine آلة الليزر used for?
It was used for dating old things.
21- Why is the laser machine a secret سر?
- Because not many people know about it and the Egyptians are the first to use it.
22- What was Samira? And where did she work?
She was a reporter صحفية. She worked on one of the Cairo newspapers.
23- What was Samira looking for?
- She was looking for a good story for her newspaper.
24- What would be a good title عنوان for a newspaper article مقالة?
- “Secrets أسرار of Inca Tomb” or “Egyptian archaeologist finds Inca treasure.”
25- How long did Leila stay in Peru?
- She stayed in Peru for a few weeks (about two months).
26- What did Leila promise وعدت Samira to do?
- She promised to keep in touch with her by sending her a postcard or an e-mail.
27- Why did Leila take a connecting flight?
- Because there was no direct flight رحلة مباشرة from Cairo to Lima.
28- Why did Leila spend one night in New York?
- Because the flight الرحلة from Cairo arrived at night and the flight to Lima was the next morning.
29- Why did Leila ask for a window seat during أثناء her flight الرحلة to Lima?
- To look down on نظرت إلىthe city's skyscrapers ناطحات السحاب.
30- What did Lander say he was? What did he say he was looking for?
- He said he was a mining engineer مهندس تعدين. He said he was looking for places where there were interesting things to find.
31- What did Lander tell Leila about himself?
He told her he was a mining engineer and that he was going to work around Cuzco as he was looking for copper نحاس, silver and other interesting things.
32- Why did Leila think that Lander was German ألماني?
- Because he had a strange accent. لهجة
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33- What did Leila tell Lander about her work?
- She told him about the archaeological dig الحفر الأثرى and that it was part of a UNESCO exchange تبادل programme.
34- What does Leila think of the UNESCO exchange programme?
She thinks it is an interesting idea because there are some similarities تشابهات between Ancient Egyptians and the ancient peoples شعوب of South America.
35- What made Leila take up يدرس archaeology?
She took up archaeology because Dr Hafez who was a friend of her family used to tell her about archaeology, so she got interested in it.
36- Why didn’t Leila study archaeology with Dr Hafez in Cairo?
So as not to let تدع people think يعتقد that Dr Hafez was giving her special treatment. يعاملها معاملة خاصة
37- Where did Leila do her degree حصلت على درجتها? Why?
- She did her degree in Rome because she didn’t want people to think that Dr Hafez was giving her special treatment. يعاملها معاملة خاصة
38- Where was Leila’s first dig عملية حفر?
- In the Valley of the Nobles وادى النبلاء in Luxor.
39- Where did Leila work with Dr Hafez before?
She worked with him in the Valley of the Nobles in Luxor.
40- What did Leila and Dr Hafez discover in the Valley of the Nobles?
They discovered a tomb مقبرة full of wonderful paintings رسومات of birds and animals on the walls as well as بالإضافة إلى some beautiful jewellery مجوهرات.
41- What papers did Leila bring تحضر from Cairo to Dr Hafez?
She brought him papers about the latest developments أحدث التطورات in archaeological research. بحوث الآثار
42- Why did Lander search فتش the pocket in the seat in front of Leila?
To get the papers she brought from Cairo.
43- What did Lander pretend he was looking for when Leila woke up?
- He pretended he was looking for the in-flight magazine. مجلة طيران داخلى
44- What made Leila doubt يشك فى Lander?
- He tried to take the papers about the latest developments in archaeological research that Leila was taking to Dr Hafez.He was asking her many questions and she didn't feel comfortable.
45- Why didn’t Leila tell Lander more information about her work?
- Because he was asking a lot of questions about her work and she didn’t feel comfortable. She was also suspicious of تشك فيه him.
46- Where did Lander say he was going to be working?
- He said he was going to be working around Cuzco.
47- When did the Customs الجمارك at Lima Airport let Leila through with the laser machine?
- When they knew that she was a part of the UNESCO archaeological project.
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48- Why did Dr Hafez look puzzled متحير when he was introduced to Lander?
- Because he thought he had met him before in the Machu Picchu area منطقة doing some excavation work. أعمال التنقيب
49- Where were the German tourists going?
- They were going to Machu Picchu, an ancient great Inca city that was lost فقدت for hundred of years.
50- What did Dr Hafez say after reading the papers Leila brought with her?
- He said that they were working along the right lines يعملون فى الطريق الصحيح.
51- What did Dr Hafez expect توقع to find at the site near Quenco?
- He expected to find great Inca cities and cities of the peoples they conquered.
52- Why did Dr Hafez speak in a quiet voice صوت during their flight to Cuzco?
- Because he didn’t want people to hear what he was going to say.
53- Where did Dr Hafez's group dig يحفرون?
- They dug at a site near Quenco, an old Inca city near which Dr Hafez was doing excavation work أعمال التنقيب.
54- Why did Dr Hafez say that Leila had come to Peru at a good time?
- Because they discovered a tomb which Dr Hafez thought it might be royal ملكية. Leila also brought the laser machine to help them with their excavation.
55- Why did Dr Hafez think that the wall in the city could be a tomb of a king?
- There were some marks علامات on the wall and a picture of a llama اللامة.
56- What did a picture of a llama on an Inca tomb usually show تبين?
- It usually showed that it might be a royal tomb.
57- Why was Dr Hafez’s and Leila’s experience in the Valley of the Nobles useful?
- Because it could help them discover the similarities الشبه and differencesالاختلاف between the ways the Incas and the Ancient Egyptians buried their dead.
63- What similarities were there between the ancient Egyptians and the Incas? They put gold and silver objects أشياء beside بجوار the bodies أجساد of their kings. They put gold figures تماثيل and animals in their tombs. They put food and drink beside them. They both mummified حنطوا their kings. They dressed them in beautiful clothes. They put gold masks أقنعة on their faces.
58- How were the ancient Egyptians different from the Incas?
- The Ancient Egyptians had a writing system نظام, but the Incas didn't have any. The Ancient Egyptians respected احترموا women and servants whereas بينما the Incas killed them to serve يخدموا their kings in the other world العالم الآخر.
59- How were the Incas and the Ancient Egyptians different in the ways they buried their dead?
- Every year at important festivals أعياد, the Inca mummified حنطوا kings were put on litters نقالات, dressed in fine clothes and taken through the streets. The Ancient Egyptians never did that.
- The Incas killed women and servants الخدم and buried them دفنوهم with the king to serve يخدموا him in the other world.
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60- Why did the Incas and the Ancient Egyptians put food and drink beside the bodies أجساد of their dead kings and queens?
- They believed they would need them when they went into the next world العالم الآخر.
61- Why did the Incas kill women and servants and bury them with the king?
- To serve him يخدمونه in the next world العالم الآخر.
62- Which civilization حضارة is superior أرقى: the Inca or the ancient Egyptian? Why?
- The ancient Egyptian civilization is superior because it invented اخترعت a way of writing using pictures and it was more human انسانية as the ancient Egyptians didn't kill women, servants or children as the Incas did.
63- The ancient Egyptian civilization is more human إنسانية than the Inca Civilization. Discuss ناقش ذلك.
- The ancient Egyptians invented a way of writing system. They didn't kill women and servants or children as the Incas did.
64- On the plane to Cuzco, what did Dr Hafez tell Leila about Lander?
- He told her that Lander worked for United Mining الشركة المتحدة للتعدين. He was sure his name wasn't Lander. He got involved with اشترك مع some people who were taking Inca objects out of the country.
65- Why did Martin Lander have to leave his job with United Mining?
- Because he got involved with اشترك مع some people who were taking Inca objects out of the country.
72- Why did Dr Hafez suspect يشك فى Martin Lander?
- His name wasn't Lander. He got involved with some people who were taking Inca objects out of the country. United Mining was not working in Peru then.
73- Why did Dr Hafez tell Leila to be careful حذرة?
- Because there were some people who wanted to dig up ينقبون old Inca cities.
74- Why did thieves break into يقتحمون old Inca tombs?
- To لكى steal يسرقوا the gold and silver things and sell them يبيعونها to rich collectors هواة جمع التحف.
75- Where should gold and silver things be kept توضع? Why?
- They should be kept in museums متاحف for everyone to see.
76- How did Dr Hafez organize ينظم the excavation work in Peru?
- He formed كون two teams under his direction تحت اشرافه and Leila would be in charge of مسئولة عن one team with three local archaeologists.
77- Why did Dr Hafez send for استدعى Leila to work with him in Peru?
- Because she understood him and he trusted her يثق بها. She was an experienced archaeologist. آثرية ذات خبرة
78- Leila’s hands were shaking تهتز when the plane to Cuzco started descending تهبط. Give two reasons.
- She didn’t like landing هبوط الطائرة, especially خاصة in small planes. She didn’t expect to be in charge of مسئولة عن local archaeologists.
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79- How did Amalia Guzman meet Leila at Cuzco Airport?
- She shook hands with her صافحتها and didn’t smile لم تبتسم. She didn’t offer to help her with her luggage though مع أنها it was heavy.
80- Why was Leila nervous when she knew she would be in charge of an excavation team فريق للتنقيب?
- She wasn’t sure she would be able to do the work Dr Hafez wanted her to do.
81- Why do you think Leila was still tired and had a headache صداع?
- Because she had jet-lag إرهاق السفر جوا and wasn’t used to the high altitude.
82- Why did Dr Hafez have to go to Quenco?
- To meet the local UNESCO representative ممثل.
83- Why did Dr Hafez have to keep good relations علاقات with the UNESCO people?
(Why did Dr Hafez want the UNESCO people to have a good impressionانطباع of what they were doing?)
- Because the UNESCO people were supporting تمول the excavation in Peru, and it was an important project for him and for the Peruvian government.
84- What would happen if the excavation team did not find something important in Peru?
- The UNESCO might not support تمول them any longer.
85- How much did Leila know about Inca civilization?
She did some work on the Incas when she was studying at the Italian Institute of Archaeology. She read Dr Hafez's reports تقارير about the excavation.
86- How did Amalia feel towards Leila? Why?
She was unfriendly غير ودودة to Leila and jealous of غيورة her as she believed she only came to work in Peru because Dr Hafez was a family friend.
87- What wrong idea did Amalia get about Leila? How did Leila defend herself?
Amalia believed that Leila only came to work in Peru because Dr Hafez was a family friend. Leila defended دافعت عن herself saying that she was an experienced ذات خبرة archaeologist and Dr Hafez thought her experience would be useful in this excavation.
88- Why did Dr Hafez ask Leila to work with him in Peru?
- Because she was an experienced ذات خبرة archaeologist and Dr Hafez thought her experience خبرة in the valley of Nobles in Egypt would be useful in this excavation.
89- Where was the site Amalia showed Leila?
- It was on top of أعلى a rocky hill. تل صخرى
90- Where did the Chimu sometimes build their tombs?
- They sometimes built them in hillsides جوانب التلال.
91- Why did the Incas allow the Chimu kings to rule their own people?
- Because they wanted to keep them loyal. مخلصين
92- Why did the Incas send the Chimu kings’ sons to Cuzco?
- Because they wanted to make sure that their fathers were loyal. مخلصين
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93- How did the Incas make sure تأكد that the Chimu people were loyal?
They allowed their own kings to rule and sent their sons to Cuzco.
94- Why did Ramon shout? صاح
Because he found a gold figure تمثال of a child.
95- Why did the Incas sacrifice يضحى بـ children? What did they put beside their bodies?
-They sacrificed them to please the gods. They put gold figures beside their bodies.
96- A person’s life didn’t have much value قيمة for the Incas. Explain.
-The Incas sacrificed ضحوا بـ children to please the gods. They killed women and servants and buried them with the king to serve him in the next world.
97- Why was Pablo shown everything found at the site?
As he works for the Ministry of Culture وزارة الثقافة. He's on the committee لجنة, which advises the UNESCO representative ممثل about the project. He makes a note of يدون everything they find.
98- The Incas were a great civilization. Explain. اشرح ذلك
They ruled over a huge area of South America. Their empire extended from what is now Colombia in the north to the country that is now Chile in the south. They ruled over more than 10 million people. They built great cities and made beautiful things.
99- What did Pablo tell Leila about the Peruvians شعب بيرو?
He said that Peruvians are very proud of their Inca heritage تراث . They allow foreigners to excavate يحفر their ancient cities. They have to be careful, because there are many robbers who come to Peru to steal their culture and sell it to rich collectors.
112- Why was Ramon the first to enter the tomb that was found?
- Because he was small enough to get through ينفذ من خلال the hole in the wall.
13- What did Ramon find in the tomb?
He found some human bones عظام and some bits of pottery. قطع أواني فخارية
114- Why does Leila think that Amalia doesn’t like her?
Or: why did Leila think that Amalia was unfriendly to her?
- Because she is Dr Hafez’s assistant مساعدة and she doesn’t want her to be in charge of her team.
115- Why didn’t Dr Hafez want to explore يستكشف the tomb immediately?
Because he needed to get his computer fixed يصلح and see the UNESCO representative before they came to inspect يفتش them.
116- Why do you think Amalia didn’t seem very friendly to Leila?
Because Leila is Dr Hafez’s assistant مساعدة or because she is in her team.
117- Why does Dr Hafez think that Leila and Amalia should be friends?
Because they are about the same age and they are both archaeologists.
118- What was Dr Hafez’s opinion about Amalia?
He thought that she was a good archaeologist. She knew a lot about tombs and she was the same age as Leila. She had done a lot of good work on the excavation.
119- Why didn’t Leila go to the project office with Dr Hafez?
Because she wanted to wander off تتجول into the old part of the town.
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120- What did some children do when Leila walked down the street?
- They ran after her laughing and clapping يصفقونr hands.
121- What did the children who ran after Leila remind يذكر her of?
They reminded her of their ancestors أجداد, the Incas whose tombs she would be exploring.
122- Who did Leila see in the square?
- She saw Pablo, Amalia and Lander.
123- Why was Leila feeling a little tired while she was wandering off تتجول into the old part of Quenco?
- Because of a combination تزامن of jet-lag and the effects تأثير of the altitude.
124- What did Leila do when she felt tired in Quenco?
She looked for a café to sit down and have a cool drink.
125- Why did Leila go to café de la Plaza?
She needed to sit down and have a cool drink as it was hot and Leila was feeling a little tired.
126- Who did Leila see at the café in Quenco? What did she notice يلاحظ?
She saw Amalia sitting with Lander. She noticed that Amalia was upset and was shaking her head.
127- What did Leila decide to do when she saw Amalia at café de la Plaza? Why?
- She decided to go and talk her because she thought of تذكرت what Dr Hafez had said about making friends with her.
128- At café de la Plaza, what made Leila stop dead? تتسمر فى مكانها
She saw Amalia talking with Lander who helped people to steal from excavations.
129- When did Leila feel suspicious شكاك about Amalia?
She felt suspicious about her when she saw her sitting with Lander at the café.
130- Why did Leila ask Dr Hafez to go with her to the café?
To show him Amalia sitting with Lander at a café in the square.
131- Why was Dr Hafez not suspicious of Amalia?
Because he trusted her and he couldn’t believe that she would do anything wrong.
132- Why didn’t Dr Hafez believe that Leila had seen Amalia with Lander?
Because he trusted Amalia and he couldn’t believe that she would do anything wrong.
133- What did Leila find when she called up the United Mining website?
She found that United Mining had ended its operations in Peru.
134- When did Leila realize that Lander was a liar?
When she logged on to the internet and found that United Mining ended their operation in Peru in 1999.
135- What did Dr Hafez and his group find near the centre of the cave?
They found some human bones and some small pieces of cloth.
136- Why did Leila and the others gasp شهقوا when they saw the skullجمجمة?
- Because the skull was broken and there was a big crack شرخ in it.
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137- What was strange about the skull of the dead man the work team found in the cave?
The skull was broken and there was a big crack in it.
138- There are two possibilities about the big crack in the skull. Explain.
Dr Hafez thought that the man might have been killed but Leila thought that the skull could have been broken by falling rocks. صخور متساقطة
139- When would Dr Hafez and his group be sure it was a king’s body?
If they could find a gold mask.
140- How did Dr Hafez and his group date the cloth they found inside the tomb?
By using the laser – dating machine. جهاز ليزر لتحديد عمر الأشياء
141- How did Dr Hafez know that the body they found inside the cave was buried around 1400?
By using the laser-dating machine.
142- What did Pablo say when he knew that the body was buried around 1400?
He said that it was a good start.
143- How did the work team spend the rest بقية of the morning?
They took a close look ألقوا نظرة متفحصة at the area around the body.
144- What were the work team looking for?
They were looking for the gold mask.
145- What did people put in tombs in the time of the Incas?
They put bowls أوانى of food and water in tombs.
146- What did the Incas bury when they buried an important person like a king?
- They buried precious نفيسة things with them.
147- What would happen on finding some precious things in the cave?
They might be able to say it was a royal tombمقبرة ملكية .
148- Why was it hard work inside the cave?
Because there wasn’t much air and it was quite إلى حد ما hot.
149- Why did the work team need to find something quickly?
- Because there was going to be a UNESCO inspection تفتيش.
150- What did Amalia say about Lander?
She said she had known him for years and that he worked for United Mining. He was interested in archaeology.
She discovered it by chance بالصدفة. When she picking up تلتقط the bag to put the tools آلات in it, the bag brushed away أزالت some of the earth التراب below it. She saw something shiny لامع on the ground. It was a gold llama.
152- What did the gold llama look like?
- It looked like a small round stone حجر مستدير but it was a dull yellow colour.
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153- Describe the gold llama Leila had discovered in the cave.
It was very small, but it had a face and ears and eyes. It had a square مربع head and a thick tail ذيل سميك. It was about five centimetres long.
154- How did the Incas carry their things from place to place? Why?
They carried their things from place to place on the back of llamas because they hadn’t invented the wheel العجلة.
155- What did the discovery اكتشاف of the gold llama make it more likely?
It made it more likely that it was a king’s tomb.
156- What proof دليل did the work team need to find to be absolutely sure it was a king’s tomb?
They needed to find a gold mask.
157- Why did everybody congratulate Leila?
Because she had discovered the gold llama.
158- What did Dr Hafez insist on أصر على when Leila found the gold llama?
- He insisted on أصر على taking a photo of her holding ممسكة the gold llama.
159- How did Dr Hafez celebrate يحتفل بـ the discovery of the gold llama?
- He took everyone to the best restaurant in Quenco for lunch.
160- Why didn’t Leila go to Quenco with Dr Hafez and his team?
- She wanted to e-mail Samira and tell her about her discovery اكتشاف.
161- What did Leila attach to her email to Samira?
- She attached the photo of her holding the golden llama.
162- What did Leila see when she walked over to the tomb that night? And how did she feel?
- She saw a light shining out of the cave door. She felt afraid.
163- What was Martin Lander doing in the tomb?
- He was looking for artefacts قطع أثرية to steal.
164- Why did Leila feel angry when she went to the tomb at night?
- She felt angry because there was someone in the tomb at night
165- How did Leila climb تتسلق down the ladder in the cave? Why?
- She climbed down the ladder carefully بحرص and quietly بهدوء because she didn’t want Lander to see her.
166- Where did Leila hide تختبئ when she went to the tomb at night? Why?
- She hid behind خلف a big rock صخرة because she wanted to know what Lander was doing.
167- When did the man in the cave see Leila?
- He saw Leila when she started to move from behind the rock to see what he was doing.
168- Why couldn’t Leila speak at first when she found Lander in the cave?
- Because she was shaking with fear.
169- Why did Martin Lander go to the tomb in the middle of the night?
- To steal the valuable قيمة things the archaeological group had found.
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170- What did Leila accuse تتهم Lander of? How did he defend himself?
- She accused him of being a thief stealing artefacts قطع أثرية and valuable قيمة things. He defended دافع عن himself by saying that he was more of a collector جامع للتحف of fine things than a thief.
171- How did Lander justify يبرر stealing things found by other people?
- He said that he was more of a collector than a thief. He also said that he appreciated كان يقدر fine things.
172- Where should everything found in tombs go? Why?
- It should go to a museum so that people can see it.
173- Why did Lander say that it was difficult to find a gold mask?
- Because gold masks are extremely rare نادرة جدا and very valuable قيمة.
174- How did Lander punish يعاقب Leila for her curiosity فضول?
- He left her alone in the cave, pulled up رفعthe ladder السلم and closed the door.
175- What did Lander take away from the cave?
He took the ladder away from the cave.
176- How did Lander come to the cave? How do you know?
- He came by car. After he had left the cave, Leila heard the sound of a car engine.
177- Why couldn’t Leila get out of تخرج من the cave after Lander had gone?
- Because he pulled the ladder up and closed the door.
178- Why didn’t Leila cry out تصرخ after Lander had left the cave?
- Because nobody would hear her.
179- Did Leila fall asleep when she was locked in the cave? How do you know?
Yes, she fell asleep because she had a terrible dream. حلم فظيع
180- Leila had a terrible dream when she was locked in the cave. Explain.
- She saw skeletons هياكل عظمية of dead kings surrounding her يحيطون بها on all sides and soldiers trying to attack يهجم على her with their swords. سيوف
181- What was the effect تأثير of fear on Leila when she fell asleep?
She had a terrible dream. She saw skeletons of dead kings surrounding her on all sides and soldiers trying to attack her with their swords.
182- What happened to Leila when she went down the cave?
When Leila went down the cave, Lander pulled up رفع the ladder, closed the door and trapped her حبسها in the cave. She didn't cry out because nobody would hear her. She fell to the ground وقعت على الأرض; she was so tired and had a bad dream.
183- Why couldn’t Leila get back to sleep after having the terrible dream?
Because she felt the cold more and more.
184- How did Leila eventually فى النهاية get out of the cave?
Dr Hafez and Ramon found her and rescued her. أنقذوها
185- How did Lander find the cave so easily?
Ramon said that he must have asked people in Cuzco or in Quenco as they knew about the excavation work. Leila accused Amalia of telling Lander about the cave because she saw her in Quenco talking to him.
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186- Why did Leila consider تعتبر herself responsible for Lander finding the cave?
Because she spoke to him carelessly about her work on the plane.
187- Why did Dr Hafez say that they had to find Lander quickly?
To restore يسترد the artefacts he had taken from the cave.
188- Why would it be difficult for the police to catch Lander?
Because he had a false name and a false passport.
189- Why was it difficult for the immigration department to find Lander?
- Because he had many passports with many different false names.
190- What did Amalia tell Dr Hafez about Lander?
She told him she had known Lander for a long time. He had many contacts in Peru. He helped her find her first job in archaeology. He knew her father.
200- How did Leila discover the gold mask?
- She hit something hard with her trowel. With the help of Ramon, they carefully dug around the object and took it out of the ground to find that it was a gold mask.
201- Where did Pablo put the gold mask? why?
He put it in the safe الخزنة so that no one could steal يسرق it.
202- Why were there police cars in the site the next morning?
Because the gold mask was stolen سرق.
203- To what extent إلى أى مدى was Leila lucky in the story? (Mention two events أذكر حدثان )
She discovered the gold llama and the gold mask. When Lander trapped her in the tomb, Dr Hafez and the others managed to save her.
204- How was the safe الخزانة opened?
It was opened with a key. باستخدام مفتاح
205- How was the gold mask stolen?
- The thief got into the hut through a window left open. He opened the safe with a key. He took the gold mask and got out through the window.
206- Why did the police put a special kind of powder مسحوق on the safe?
- In order to لكى identify يتعرف على the fingerprints بصمات of the robber اللص.
207- How did the thief get into دخل the hut? الكوخ
Through من خلال نافذة a window.
208- What bad news didn’t Dr Hafez want to tell Pablo?
- The theft of the gold mask.
209- Where was Pablo when they discovered the theft سرقة of the gold mask?
He was in Quenco where he had a meeting لقاء with the UNESCO people.
210- How would the UNESCO people feel if they heard about the theft سرقة of the gold mask?
- They wouldn’t be happy.
211- What did the police do about the theft of the gold mask?
They took everyone’s fingerprints بصمات and searched فتشوا their work clothes.
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212- Why did the police take everyone’s fingerprints? بصمات
To see whose fingerprints were on the safe.
213- What did the police find when they searched فتشوا Leila’s work clothes?
They found a gold rabbit أرنب among بين her work clothes.
214- Why was Dr Hafez shocked مصدوم and upset? منزعج
Because Leila was accused of اتهمت بـ stealing the gold rabbit أرنب .
215- Why did the police take Leila to the local police station?
- Because she was accused of stealing the gold rabbit.
216- Why did Amalia ask Leila to forgive her?
- Because she put the gold rabbit among Leila’s work clothes to get her into trouble causing her to be accused of theft.
217- Why was Amalia angry when Dr Hafez put Leila in charge of her team?
- She wanted to be in charge.
218- Why was Amalia jealous of Leila?
- When Leila had discovered اكتشفت the gold mask, Amalia couldn’t stand it any more لم تحتمل أن تتحمل أكثر من ذلك because Leila got all the credit التكريم. Her name was in all the newspapers and on TV.
219- What did Amalia do out of jealousy نتيجة الغيرة ?
- She put the gold rabbit among Leila’s work clothes to get her into trouble causing her to be accused of theft.
220- Why did Amalia go to the local police station?
To explain what she had done.
221- When did the police set Leila free?
When Amalia explained everything to them.
222- Show that Amalia was a woman of conscience. ضمير
- Because she couldn’t tolerate تحتمل herself seeing Leila in prison السجن. She went to the police and confessed اعترفت the truth.
223- How did Amalia know that Lander would be in Acomayo?
When she met him in Quenco, he told her he was very keen متحمس to go to Acomayo.
224- Why did Amalia and Leila set off انطلقوا in the direction of فى اتجاه Acomayo?
Because they thought they would find Lander there.
225- Why is communication a problem in Peru?
Because the roads are bad and it can take days to get to some places if the weather is bad.
226- Why didn’t Amalia drive very fast on the road to Acomayo?
Because the road was dangerous and she was driving through a cloud.
227- Why was it difficult and dangerous to drive along the road to Acomayo?
Because the road was narrow and the weather was bad
228- Why do you think the accident happened?
- The road was dangerous and Amalia may have lost her concentration. التركيز
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229- What happened to Leila and Amalia in the accident?
Leila had pains آلام in her legs and arms and there was blood دم on her face from a cut جرح. Amalia did not move. She had a leg broken.
230- Why was it extremely جدا difficult to get Amalia out of the car?
Because she was in great pain. آلم شديد
231- How could Leila make use of her knowledge about first aidالإسعافات الأولية?
She got Amalia out of the car very carefully and made her a splint. جبيرة
232- Why did Amalia advise Leila to save تنقذ herself first?
Because there were so few people in the mountains and it might take days before someone found them.
233- Why were Amalia and Leila lucky محظوظين after the accident?
- Because they didn't die. They also found someone to help them as very few people lived in the mountains.
234- Why did Leila think badly of Amalia? أساءت بها الظن
- Because she believed she was working with Lander.
235- Why did Leila apologize to Amalia?
- Because she thought badly of her أساءت بها الظن when she saw her with Lander.
236- How did Martin deceive خدع Amalia’s father?
- He persuaded her father to put up يستثمر some money for a new silver mine منجم فضة he said he had found but there was no mine /نجم. So her father lost all his money and her family became poor.
237- Why did Amalia want to catch Lander?
Because he deceived خدع her father, took all his money and her family became poor.
238- Did Leila forgive Amalia? What did she say that showed this?
- Yes, she did. She said that she understood and apologized for thinking badly of her.
239- When did Amalia realize أدركت she had done wrong?
- When the police had arrested Leila.
240- What did Leila promise وعدت Amalia to do?
- She promised her to do everything she could to catch Martin Lander.
241- Why did the first woman look at Leila strangely باستغراب?
- Because she couldn’t understand what she was saying.
242- What did the litter نقالة Amalia was carried on remind يذكر Leila of?
- It reminded her of the litter she had seen in her terrible dream in the cave.
243- How did the village people help Leila to save Amalia?
- They carried Amalia on a litter نقالة to the village. They gave her hot drinks and some leaves to chew. أوراق لكى تمضغها
244- Why was it nearly impossible for Leila to sleep next to Amalia?
- Because she slept in a rough bed and Amalia cried in pain a lot. كانت تصرخ متألمة
245- Why did Leila have to go back to Acomayo?
- To find a doctor to save Amalia.
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246- Why did Leila need a doctor as quickly as possible?
- Because Amalia was badly injured. إصابتها بالغة
247- What did the doctor do to save Amalia? Why?
- She called استدعت an air ambulance طائرة إسعاف to carry her to the hospital in Cuzco because an ambulance سيارة الإسعاف would take too much time. Amalia’s condition حالة was very critical. حرجة
248- What made Dr Hafez suspect يشك فى Pablo?
- Pablo told him he was tired and excited the day they found the gold mask and he left the keys in the hut by mistake. عن طريق الخطأ
249- Who is Pablo and how was his life like?
- Pablo works for the Peruvian Ministry of Culture وزارة الثقافة فى بيرو. He's also on the committee عضو فى اللجنة, which advises the UNESCO about the project. He had hard life, little money and a sick child. He needed to pay for expensive medicines.
250- Why did Pablo work with Lander?
- Because he had a hard life and he needed to pay for expensive medicines.
251- What trap did Leila set for Lander?
- Pablo had to meet Lander in Cuzco at 8 o'clock that night. Leila suggested following Pablo and catching Lander.
252- How did Pablo help to catch Lander?
- He showed Dr Hafez and Leila where Lander was hiding. يختبئ
253- Why did Dr Hafez, Leila and Ramon chase Lander?
- Because he stole the gold mask and other valuable artefacts.
254- How did Lander try to escape?
- He tried to escape by flying a small single-engine plane.طائرة ذات محرك واحد
255- Why was it necessary to prevent Lander from getting into his truck?
Because if he got into his truck, he would shut the gates بوابات and escape.
256- How did Leila stop Lander from escaping?
She drove the truck as hard as she could at the plane and knocked it onto its side. Martin Lander hit his head against the roof of the plane was knocked out. أصيب بالإغماء
257- Why did the police chief make a telephone call to Dr Hafez?
To tell him that they had found the gold mask and other things Mr Lander had stolen.
258- Why was there more hope that the project would continue?
Because the police arrested Lander and found the gold mask and the artefacts.
259- Why did Leila want to go back to the village near Acomayo?
To thank the people who helped her save Amalia.
260- Why did Leila want to walk along على امتداد the road?
To show Dr Hafez the formation تكوين of the rocks.
261- Show that Dr Hafez had a sense of humour. روح المرح
He asked Leila if she was going to show him two strangers sitting at a café when she wanted to show him a new Inca site she had discovered by chance.بالصدفة
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262- What did Leila show Dr Hafez when they walked along the road?
She showed him a new Inca site she had discovered by chance.
263- Why did Dr Hafez send a team to the village near Acomayo?
To see if there was a new Inca site.
264- Who would lead the team excavating the new site?
Amalia.
265- Why didn’t Leila choose a window seat on the flight home?
Because she had so many memories ذكريات and so much to think about.
266- Why did Leila feel the heat الحرارة when she landed in Cairo?
Because she had got used to the cool temperatures of the Andes mountains.
267- Why were there many photographers at Cairo airport when Leila arrived?
They were waiting for Leila, the Egyptian archaeologist who made discoveries in Peru.
268- What did the press الصحافة write about Leila?
The press wrote that Leila made important discoveries in Peru, caught a thief who stole valuable artefacts and discovered a new Inca site.
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