Sophia’s Visions, Part 9. From Alexandria to India: the Red Sea trade, the monsoon winds, the Muziris papyrus and Roman coins in southern India. A C1 English lesson on advanced comparison, with a gamebook.
Alexandria · the 754th year since the founding of Rome · 1 CE
Sophia’s Visions, Part 9 · Advanced comparison: far more than, twice as many, the more… the more · C1
Think first. Look at the things around you. How many of them came from the other side of the world? Was it always like that?
While you read, notice how people compare quantities, distances and prices: three times as much, by far the largest, nowhere near as…
Philo: “It started with Marcos complaining about his dinner. It ended on the other side of the world. Read it.”
“This is outrageous,” said Marcos, holding up a tiny black peppercorn between finger and thumb. “Do you know what the cook paid for a pound of this? More than a soldier earns in a week. It’s a seed. It grows on a bush. Why is it worth its weight in silver?”
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