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Joy English · Level A2 · Culturejoy-english.com

Welcome to the museum tour

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Listen to a guide talk to a group of visitors at a city museum.

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Understand the talk

Listen to the guide. Choose the correct answer.

  1. What is the main purpose of Grace's talk?
    • a) To sell tickets for the museum
    • b) To explain the plan for the tour
    • c) To tell the history of the city
  2. How long is the tour?
    • a) About an hour and a half
    • b) About an hour
    • c) About two hours
  3. What can visitors see in the Ocean Room?
    • a) Old maps
    • b) Paintings of the sea
    • c) A whale skeleton
  4. What is on the first floor?
    • a) The café
    • b) Old maps of the city
    • c) The Science Room
  5. What can visitors do in the Science Room?
    • a) Try experiments
    • b) Watch a film
    • c) Buy presents
  6. What does Grace say about photos?
    • a) Photos are not allowed.
    • b) You can only take photos in the Science Room.
    • c) You can take photos without a flash.
  7. Where is the café?
    • a) Opposite the gift shop
    • b) Next to the main entrance
    • c) On the first floor

Listen for details

Listen again. Type a word or number in each gap.

  1. The Ocean Room is on the ___ floor.
  2. The group will visit ___ rooms.
  3. The animal in the first room is ___ metres long.
  4. Some of the maps are more than ___ years old.
  5. Visitors must not touch anything in the glass ___.
  6. The toilets are opposite the ___.

Answer key

Understand the talk

  1. b) To explain the plan for the tourGrace explains how long the tour is, which rooms they will visit and the rules.
  2. a) About an hour and a halfGrace says: The tour takes about an hour and a half.
  3. c) A whale skeletonGrace says: There, you can see the skeleton of a whale.
  4. b) Old maps of the cityThey take the stairs to the first floor and look at old maps of the city.
  5. a) Try experimentsIn the Science Room, you can try some experiments yourself.
  6. c) You can take photos without a flash.Grace says: You can take photos, but please don't use a flash.
  7. b) Next to the main entranceGrace says: the café is next to the main entrance.

Listen for details

  1. groundGrace says: First, we'll go to the Ocean Room on the ground floor.
  2. three / 3Grace says: we'll visit three rooms.
  3. fourteen / 14Grace says: It's fourteen metres long!
  4. three hundred / 300 / 3 hundredSome of them are more than three hundred years old.
  5. cases / caseGrace says: please don't touch anything in the glass cases.
  6. gift shop / shopGrace says: the toilets are opposite the gift shop.

Transcript

Grace: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the City Museum. My name's Grace, and I'm your guide today. The tour takes about an hour and a half, and we'll visit three rooms.

Grace: First, we'll go to the Ocean Room on the ground floor. There, you can see the skeleton of a whale. It's fourteen metres long!

Grace: After that, we'll take the stairs to the first floor and look at old maps of the city. Some of them are more than three hundred years old.

Grace: Our last stop is the Science Room, where you can try some experiments yourself. Children usually love this part, but adults enjoy it too!

Grace: A few rules before we start. You can take photos, but please don't use a flash. And please don't touch anything in the glass cases.

Grace: If you need a break, the café is next to the main entrance, and the toilets are opposite the gift shop. Right, please stay together and follow me.

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