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The Lost City

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Published: 4.10.2017   [ UPDATED OCT 2024 ]
Level 5   |   Time: 5:05
Accent: Canadian, American
Source: Quirks & Quarks (4.08.2017)

TOEFL: Author Douglas Preston describes the discovery of an ancient lost city in Honduras - the Lost City of the Monkey God.

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triangle Vocabulary 어휘 Vocabulário Vocabulario

  • ☐ ☐ ☐ fascinated [adj] - interested
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ impenetrable [adj] - unable to enter
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a curse [n] - bad luck
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ ancestors [n] - family from previous generations
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ fall ill [exp] - become sick
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ dissuade [v] - discourage, the opposite of persuade
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ penetrate [v] - enter
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ state-of-the-art [adj] - modern technology
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ the jungle canopy [n] - the top of the jungle, the tops of the trees
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ LIDAR [n] - similar to RADAR but using light to measure and map areas
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ sprawling [adj] - wide, large
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a metropolis [n] - a big city
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ harrowing [adj] - dangerous, upsetting
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ Cortez [n] - a famous Spanish conquistador from the 1500s
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ chronicle [v] - tell a story
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ anchored [adj] - a boat stationary in a harbor
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ launch [v] - start
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ swamps [n] - marshes, wetlands
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ an expedition [n] - a trip , a journey
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ conceive [v] - think of, imagine
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ raise a million dollars [exp] - collect a million dollars
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ take place [phv] - happen
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ skeptical [adj] - not believing something
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a bungalow [n] - a small house on the beach
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ earthworks [n] - walls made of dirt and stone
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ plazas [n] - town squares, marketplaces
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ mysterious [adj] - secret, unknown

[n] - noun,  [v] - verb, [phv] - phrasal verb,  [adj] - adjective,  [exp] - expression


triangle Comprehension Questions 이해력 검사 문제 Perguntas de compreensão Preguntas de comprensión

  1. The White City is located in a region that hadn't previously been well explored by archaeologists.
    True
    False

  2. According to legend, the curse of the White City causes people who enter it to fall ill and die.
    True
    False

  3. LIDAR technology was used to map the jungle floor beneath the canopy of the jungle.
    True
    False

  4. Hernán Cortés was the first European explorer to enter the city.
    True
    False

  5. The team discovered numerous gold and silver artifacts when they entered the city.
    True
    False

  6. The White City is located in the Mosquito Coast region, which is known for its constant flooding and volcanoes.
    True
    False

  7. Steve Elkins discovered the city in the early 1990s while he was living in Toronto.
    True
    False

  8. The expedition uncovered three lost cities during their search.
    True
    False

  9. The LIDAR engineers were initially skeptical about the possibility of finding anything in the valley.
    True
    False

  10. Only the archaeologists could recognize the roads and plazas on the LIDAR images.
    True
    False


triangle TOEFL Questions TOEFL 문제 Perguntas do TOEFL Preguntas de TOEFL

  1. What is the conversation mainly about?
    (A) New archaeology technologies
    (B) Ancient myths about Honduras
    (C) The difficulties of jungle exploration
    (D) The discovery of a new archeological site

  2. According to the narrator, why was the White City hard to find?
    (A) The city had a curse.
    (B) No one had ever heard of it.
    (C) There were no maps of the region.
    (D) It was very difficult to get to the city.

  3. What is the curse of the White City?
    (A) The city will be lost forever.
    (B) The city is full of gold and silver.
    (C) Anyone who enters the city will die.
    (D) The city brings bad luck to those who seek it.

  4. What was LIDAR used for?
    (A) Scanning the ground below the jungle canopy
    (B) Locating ancient artifacts underground
    (C) Raising money for the expedition
    (D) Keeping the archaeologists safe

  5. Why is the author talking about the expedition to the White City?
    (A) He will go there soon.
    (B) He thinks it is interesting.
    (C) He went on the first expedition to the city.
    (D) He is trying to raise money for the expedition.

  6. Why does the author mention Cortez?
    (A) To show how the legend of the White City started
    (B) To show different views of Cortez from history
    (D) To explain why the city is in Honduras
    (D) To explain the name of the city

  7. What factors made the valleys difficult to explore?
    (Choose two answers.)
    (A) They are surrounded by high mountains.
    (B) They are covered by thick jungle.
    (C) They are near active volcanoes.
    (D) They are prone to flooding.

  8. Why did it take Steve Elkins 20 years to start his search for the White City?
    (A) There was a war in Honduras.
    (B) He was waiting for technology.
    (C) He needed to raise enough money.
    (D) He couldn’t get permission from the government.

  9. How many cities did they find using LIDAR?
    (A) One
    (B) Two
    (C) Three
    (D) None

  10. Who was most skeptical about finding something in the valley?
    (A) The author
    (B) Steve Elkins
    (C) The local guides
    (D) The LIDAR engineers

  11. Why does the author say this?

    (A) Most archaeologists don't have enough training to read LIDAR images.
    (B) The features of a city on the LIDAR images were obvious to everyone.
    (C) There weren't any archaeologists on their expedition.
    (D) The LIDAR machines were easy to use.

  12. What features were visible on the LIDAR?
    (Choose three answers.)
    (A) Roads
    (B) Houses
    (C) Plazas
    (D) Gardens
    (E) Statues
    (F) Pyramids

  13. Why does the author state it was the discovery of "a civilization"?
    (A) Cortez had mentioned the civilization in his letters.
    (B) There was more than one city.
    (C) The cities were so big.
    (D) The cities had plazas.


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( ) = optional   [ ] = necessary

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Sentence 1

legend / white / city / or / lost / city / monkey / god / date / back / time / Hernán / Cortés


The legend of the White City, or the Lost City of the Monkey God, dates back to the time of Hernán Cortés.



Sentence 2

white / city / believe / be / hide / deep / jungle / Honduras


The White City was believed to be hidden deep in the jungles of Honduras.



Sentence 3

myth / city / claim / it / fill / rich / but / curse / anyone / who / enter / it


Myths [about/surrounding] the city claimed it was filled with riches but cursed anyone who entered it.
Myths [about/surrounding] the city claim it is filled with riches but curse anyone who enters it.



Sentence 4

team / scientist / lead / by / filmmaker / Steve / Elkins / use / LIDAR / search / city / 2012


A team of scientists, (which was) led by filmmaker Steve Elkins, used LIDAR to search for the city in 2012.



Sentence 5

LIDAR / which / can / penetrate / dense / jungle / canopy / reveal / exist / multiple / ancient / city


LIDAR, which [can/could] penetrate (the) dense jungle canopy, revealed the existence of multiple ancient cities.



Sentence 6

first / image / show / pyramid / plaza / road / other / structure / valley


The first images showed pyramids, plazas, roads, and other structures in the valley.



Sentence 7

expedition / uncover / not / just / lost / city / but / evidence / previous / unknown / civilization


The expedition uncovered not just a lost city, but evidence of a previously unknown civilization.



Sentence 8a

mosquito / coast / where / city / locate / be / harsh / region / dense / jungle / and / high / mountain


The Mosquito Coast, where the cities [are/were] located, is a harsh region of dense jungle and high mountains.



Sentence 8b

area / where / city / locate / be / harsh / region / dense / jungle / and / high / mountain


The area where the cities [are/were] located is a harsh region of dense jungle and high mountains.



Sentence 9

Douglas / Preston / member / expedition / chronicle / journey / book / lost / city monkey / god


Douglas Preston, a member of the expedition, chronicled the journey in his book The Lost City of the Monkey God.



triangle Discussion 논의 Questões de discussão Discusión

  1. What can you remember about the Lost City of the Monkey God. What was the most surprising or interesting part of the talk?
  2. Would you consider going on an expedition to find a lost city like the one described in the listening?
  3. The curse of the White City suggests that anyone who enters will fall ill and die. Would this affect your decision to enter the city? Why or why not?
  4. What is the most famous archaeological site in your country? Have you visited it? What do you know about it?
  5. What is most impressive archaeological monument you have ever visited? What archaeological site would you most like to visit?
  6. This is one of the LIDAR images that clearly shows a lost civilization. Is it clear? What feature (roads, building, squares) can you identify?

  7. Which of these four ancient sites can you identify? Where are they located? Have you visited any of them? Which would you most like to visit?




    Teotihuacan (Mexico) | Tikal (Guatemala)
    Angkor Wat (Cambodia) | Machu Picchu (Peru)
  8. Did listening to this interview inspire you to read [ Douglas Preston's book ]?

triangle Script 대본 Roteiro Texto

We've long been fascinated with the world's greatest unsolved mysteries - pirate treasures, lost cities and the civilizations that disappeared along with them. One of those lost cities has existed in Central American myth and legend dating back to the time of the Spanish conquistadores. It's known as the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. And it was believed to have been located in one of the most impenetrable and dangerous jungles in the world, a valley in the mountains of eastern Honduras.

But along with the difficulty of simply exploring and conducting archaeology in such a region came a curse. According to the ancestors of those who once lived there, anyone who enters the city will fall ill and die.

Well not to be dissuaded, a team of scientists determined to solve the 500-year-old mystery set out to find the white city.

They were equipped with state-of-the-art aerial technology able to penetrate the thick jungle canopy and profile the ground below. It was the first time LIDAR had been used for archeology.

Success came quickly but not easily. Images of a sprawling metropolis did emerge, but the expedition to uncover that lost city was so hellish, so harrowing, it's a wonder the researchers made it out alive.

One member of that team was best-selling author Douglas Preston. He chronicled the journey in his new book The Lost City of the Monkey God. Mr. Preston welcome to Quirks and Quarks.

Well, thank you.

First of all, tell me about the legend of the White City.

Well, it dates back to the time of Cortez. He wrote a very famous letter to the Emperor Charles the Fifth, reporting on that he had many reliable reports that somewhere deep in the interior of Honduras was a great civilization, very wealthy full of gold and silver. But he was not able to explore it.

What's this region like now?

Well, you have the Mosquito Coast, which are endless swamps. And then in the interior, you have these incredible mountain chains, some of which are over a mile high covered with the thickest jungle in the world. And inside these chains of mountains are valleys that have never been scientifically explored. And that's where the legend has remained alive. There are many people who have felt, well, there very well could be a lost city hidden in one of these valleys.

Well, tell me about the expedition that you were part of. When did you first start to look for this lost city?

Well, I've been following this crazy guy named Steve Elkins, who back in the mid-90s conceived of finding this lost city and filming the discovery. He was a filmmaker.

It took him 20 years, but finally in 2012, he raised a million dollars. He brought a plane down to Honduras carrying a LIDAR machine. And this extremely powerful technology was able to actually map the floor of the jungle beneath the thickest 150-foot jungle canopy in the world.

And so he mapped three unexplored valleys in the mountains of Honduras. And in the first valley, called Target One, he found a lost city. In the second valley, called Target Two, he found some very unusual features which have not been visited or explored yet. And then in the third valley, Target Three, he found another lost city. So we're really talking about here are two cities that were completely unknown to archaeology discovered with this remarkably powerful technology.

But I'll never forget the initial LIDAR exploration (that) took place on in May of 2012. The LIDAR engineers, who had come down from the University of Houston, who were very skeptical of this whole project. They really thought it was a bunch of craziness. One of the engineers burst out of his bungalow just waving his arms and yelling. He said, "There's something in the valley! There's something in the valley!” So we all rushed into his bungalow and looked at his laptop computer.

And I couldn't believe my eyes. I mean I thought maybe they might find something, but you didn't have to be an archaeologist to see the pyramids, the earthworks, the roads, the leveling, the plazas. I mean there was a city in this valley. I couldn't believe it.

And then, three days later, when the images came back from T-3, they also showed a city. So what really in effect the team discovered wasn't just the lost city but a lost civilization and a very mysterious civilization at that.