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12. Listen to Track 43 and pay attention to how interlocutors express
their own perspective on a historic event. TRACK 43

I think that the knowledge
In my opinion, the fact that the
the Spaniards had about
Spaniards were truly convinced that
their beliefs was a key
they were superior to the Aztecs,
made the conquest of the Aztec
factor in the conquest.
Empire possible.
Remember
Other useful
I do agree with that, because expressions for
Well, that is true, but we
Cortés took advantage of inserting opinions
have to acknowledge the
Moctezuma’s belief that he are I’d rather say…,
technological superiority of
was Quetzalcoatl. Don’t you think
the Spaniards, for instance, that…, If I may
they had firearms. add…

• Share different perspectives on the historic event you chose. If needed, ask your
teacher to play the track again and read the Remember box.

13. With your teacher’s help, formulate questions to distinguish
between main and secondary ideas. Listen again the Track 43.
TRACK 43
• Share your views on the historical event you are working on. Share your opinions
and come to an agreement. Write it down in your notebook.
• From the above, establish the general meaning of the text.

14. Write the questions from Activity 13 in your notebook and
Remember use them later to make a timeline. Look at the example.

BE, DO, and HAVE
used as auxiliaries
help you to make For our report
declarative,
negative and
interrogative Example:
sentences: “Did Questions
Cortés conquer a) When did Cortés arrive in Mesoamerica?
the Aztecs all b) Did Cortés travel to Tenochtitlán in the same year he arrived
by himself?”
(DO) “Were the in Mesoamerica?
Spaniards capable c) Were the Spaniards able to conquer Tenochtitlán by themselves?
of reaching d) Who killed Moctezuma, Cortés and the Spaniards, or the Aztecs?
Tenochtitlán…?” e) Had the Tlaxcalans known the real intentions of Cortés, do you think they
(BE) “Had the
Tlaxcalans known would have helped him anyway?
the real intentions
of Cortés…?”
(HAVE)

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