土里的秘密Secrets in the Soil

New words

• 农民nóngmín — farmer
• 土tǔ — earth, soil; (slang) uncool
• 深shēn — deep; dark (colour)
• 保存bǎocún — to keep, preserve
• 保留bǎoliú — to keep, retain
• 石头shítou — stone

The story

马克：今天我们看兵马俑。你们知道，兵马俑是谁发现的吗？Today we're seeing the Terracotta Army. Do you know who discovered it?

大卫：一个很有名的老师？A very famous professor?

马克：不是。是几个农民。No. It was a few farmers.

马克：一九七四年，很久没下雨了。几个农民在地里找水。In 1974 it hadn't rained for ages. Some farmers were looking for water in their field.

马克：他们在土里，找到了一个人头！And in the soil, they found a head!

安娜：人头？！A head?!

马克：坚强一点儿！是土做的人头。兵马俑都是用土做的：土做的人，土做的马。Be brave! It's a head made of clay. The whole Terracotta Army is made of earth: earth soldiers, earth horses.

小雨：不是石头做的吗？They're not made of stone?

Opening the lesson…