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Unit 6 Listening Practice

The document discusses Shaun Greenhalgh who was jailed for forging artwork and artifacts over 20 years along with his elderly parents. It summarizes that Shaun created forgeries in order to become rich by deceiving experts, and some of his forgeries were displayed at museums to show how easy it is to deceive experts.

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Unit 6 Listening Practice

The document discusses Shaun Greenhalgh who was jailed for forging artwork and artifacts over 20 years along with his elderly parents. It summarizes that Shaun created forgeries in order to become rich by deceiving experts, and some of his forgeries were displayed at museums to show how easy it is to deceive experts.

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Listening practice Unit 6

Behind bars
1 Read the words and the definitions. Make sure you understand them before listening.

octogenarian: a person who is between 80 and 89 years old


Assyrian: a civilisation which existed in the Middle East circa 2,000-600 bc
relief: a sculpture made from a flat surface in which the forms are raised above the surface
to hinder (hindered): to limit the ability of someone to do something, or to limit the development of something
connoisseur: a person who knows a lot about and enjoys one of the arts, or food, drink, etc. and can judge quality and skill in that
subject

2 Read the first paragraph of the listening. What do you think it will be about?

On 15th November 2007, Shaun Greenhalgh was jailed for around four years for forgery. His octogenarian parents, who were also
involved, received suspended sentences. It turns out the trio had faked artwork and artefacts worth millions of pounds over a 20-
year period.

3 06 Listen and circle T (true) or F (false). Give reasons 5 06 Listen again. Choose the best answers.
to justify your answers. 1 Did Shaun only produce fake sculptures?
1 Shaun Greenhalgh was arrested for robbery. T / F a No, he also forged paintings.
b No, he also forged documents.
2 Shaun and his parents had committed crimes for around c Yes, as a sculptor he could only fake sculptures.
two decades. T / F 2 Why was the 1892 catalogue of a house sale so important?
a It provided genuine evidence of the existence of an
3 Bolton Council bought a statue from Shaun for around Egyptian sculpture.
£40,000. T / F b It showed a picture of the Egyptian statue.
c It proved that Shaun’s grandfather had bought the
4 The trio were caught when they tried to sell sculptures to statue.
the British Museum. T / F 3 The experts thought that the Assyrian reliefs were fake …
a the figures on the relief were not sculpted correctly.
5 Shaun created forgeries in order to become rich. T / F b there were mistakes in the writing on the reliefs.
c the incorrect materials were used to make the reliefs.
4 Listen again and answer the questions in your
06
4 Shaun committed forgery because he wanted to …
own words. a gain the respect of the art world.
1 Did Shaun’s parents go to prison? b prove he was an excellent sculptor.
c trick the experts.
2 Why did the council believe the Egyptian statue was 5 Some of his forgeries were displayed at the Victoria and
genuine? Albert Museum to …
a show how good his work was.
3 What did the police find at the Greenhalgh’s home? b show how easy it can be to deceive experts.
c make money.
4 Was Shaun a successful artist?

5 What happened in 2010?

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