#290Listening: Fill in the BlanksAcademic,CoreMedium
The 400th Anniversary
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This year marks the 400th anniversary of the first [blank] English settlement in America. A group of Englishmen, including John Smith, who [blank] was befriended by Pocahontas, built a [blank] at Jamestown, Virginia in 1607, 13 years before the Pilgrims crossed the [blank] on the Mayflower. And for the past 14 years, Bill Kelso has been working to [blank] the secrets of Jamestown.
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This year marks the 400th anniversary of the first permanent English settlement in America. A group of Englishmen, including John Smith, who later was befriended by Pocahontas, built a fort at Jamestown, Virginia in 1607, 13 years before the Pilgrims crossed the Atlantic on the Mayflower. And for the past 14 years, Bill Kelso has been working to uncover the secrets of Jamestown.
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