Gold Worth $10 Million Found Inside House Wall
Listen to the story
Workers found gold inside a house wall.
It was a normal day of work. Then they found something big.
The gold is worth about 1 crore dollars. In Indian money, this is about ₹98 crore.
This kind of hidden gold is called a treasure.
Now people ask: who owns the treasure? Is it the house owner? Is it the workers? Is it the government?
The story does not give more details yet. Many people want to know more.
This kind of story is very interesting for people. It also makes people think about the law.
The law can be different in each country. Some countries say the treasure belongs to the land owner.
Other countries say the government must get some of the money.
People are waiting for more news about this story.
Vocabulary15 words
- gold
- a shiny yellow metal that is worth a lot of money
- treasure
- gold, money, or other valuable things that are hidden
- law
- the rules of a country
- wall
- the side part of a room or house
- worth
- having a certain value in money
- owner
- the person who has something
- hidden
- put in a place where people cannot see it
- crore
- a number equal to ten million
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- repair
- work to fix something
- normal
- usual; not special
- value
- how much money something is worth
- found
- past form of 'find'; discovered something
- money
- coins and paper used to buy things
- story
- a report about something that happened
Quiz
Answer key
1. Inside a house wall 2. About 1 crore dollars 3. Who owns the treasure
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Workers found _____ inside a house wall.
It was a normal day of work. Then they found something _____.
The gold is worth about 1 crore _____.
In Indian money, this is about ₹98 _____.
This kind of hidden gold is called a _____.
Now people ask: who _____ the treasure?
Is it the house owner? Is it the _____?
The story does not give more _____ yet.
This kind of story is very interesting for _____.
It also makes people think about the _____.
Some countries say the treasure belongs to the land _____.
People are waiting for more _____ about this story.