🎧 Listen to today’s story
📚 Key Words
| Word | Meaning | 中文 |
|---|---|---|
| grave | A place in the ground where a dead person is put. | 墓穴 |
| scientist | A person who studies how the world works. | 科学家 |
| strange | Different from what is usual or normal. | 奇怪的 |
| metal | A hard material like gold, silver, or iron. | 金属 |
| sickle | A sharp tool used for cutting grass. | 镰刀 |
| believe | To think that something is true. | 相信 |
| mystery | Something that is difficult to understand or explain. | 谜团 |
| tool | An object that helps you do a job. | 工具 |
📖 Read the story
In Poland, scientists found a very old grave. Inside was a young woman named Zosia. She lived 400 years ago. People in her town were afraid of her. They thought she might wake up after she died. To stop her, they did two special things. First, they put a sharp metal tool over her neck. This tool is called a sickle. If she tried to stand up, the tool would stop her. Second, they put a heavy lock on her big toe. This kept her inside the grave. Zosia was about eighteen years old when she died. Scientists say this is a very special find. It is the first grave they found with both a lock and a sickle. It shows us what people believed a long time ago. Now we can learn more about how people lived in the past. It is an interesting mystery from history.
✏️ Answer the questions
1. Where did the scientists find the grave?
- A.In a school
- B.In Poland
- C.In a hospital
- D.In a shop
2. Why did people put things in Zosia’s grave?
- A.They liked her very much.
- B.They wanted her to be rich.
- C.They were afraid she would wake up.
- D.They wanted to give her a gift.
3. What was placed over Zosia’s neck?
- A.A gold necklace
- B.A heavy lock
- C.A sharp sickle
- D.A piece of wood
4. Where was the heavy lock found?
- A.On her big toe
- B.On her hand
- C.On her head
- D.On her arm
5. How old was Zosia when she died?
- A.Four hundred years old
- B.Eight years old
- C.Eighty years old
- D.Eighteen years old