The
British Museum
For many people who come to London it is a city of
history and culture full of museums, galleries and historic buildings. If you
ever come to London you will certainly go to the British Museum. It is in great
Russell Street. The British Museum is a very large, light-grey building. It is
one of the most famous museums in the world and the biggest museum in London.
There are a lot of beautiful collections in it: drawings, collections of coins,
paintings, sculptures and ceramics. Many things came to the museum from Greece.
There is a Manuscript Room there, the room where the most important English
documents are. You can also find very old books and maps in the museum.
The British Museum is famous for its library, one of
the richest in the world - there are more than 6 million books in it.
When you come to the museum you can go to the Reading
Room which is circular in the shape. Some of the greatest people of their times
have sat in this Room - such as Dickens, Thackeray, Bernard Shaw, Karl Marks,
and many others.
You can walk through the halls of the British Museum
for hours making wonderful discoveries.
Words
Historic - исторический; имеющий
историческое значение
Russell Street - Рассел-стрит
Light-grey – светло-серый
Drawings – рисунки
Collections of coins – коллекции монет
Manuscript Room – Комната манускриптов
To be famous for – быть знаменитым чем-либо
To be circular in the shape – иметь круглую форму
Thackeray- Теккерей
To make discovery – делать
открытия
Tasks
1. Before listening
to the text answer the questions:
1. What do you know
about London?
2. Have your ever
heard about any museums in London?
3. What do you know
about the British Museum?
2. Listen
to the text. What is this text about? Choose the main idea of this text.
a) The
most famous British Museum
b) The
greatest people’s paintings in the British Museum
c) The
Manuscript Room in the British Museum
3. Are
the following statements about the text true or false?
1. London
is a city of history and culture full of museums, galleries and historic
buildings.
2. The
British Museum is in the Oxford Street.
3. The
British Museum is one of the most famous museums in the world and the biggest
museum in London.
4. There
aren’t a lot of different collections in it.
5. The
most important English documents are in the Manuscript Room of the British
Museum.
6. The
British Museum is famous for its library, one of the richest in the world
7. Dickens,
Thackeray, Bernard Shaw, Karl Marks, and many others have sat in the Reading
Room.
4. Fill
in the blanks.
For many people
who come to _______________ it is a city of history and culture full of ________________,
galleries and historic buildings. If you ever come to London you will certainly
go to the _______________________. It is in great Russell Street. The British
Museum is a very large, ________________ building. It is one of the most famous
museums in the world and the biggest museum in London. There are a lot of
beautiful ________________ in it: drawings, collections of _______________,
paintings, sculptures and ceramics. Many things came to the museum from Greece.
There is a Manuscript Room there, the room where the most important English ___________________
are. You can also find very old books and maps in the museum.
The British Museum
is __________________for its library, one of the richest in the world - there
are more than ___________________ books in it.
When you come to
the museum you can go to the Reading Room which is circular in the _________________.
Some of the greatest people of their times have sat in this Room - such as
Dickens, Thackeray, Bernard Shaw, Karl Marks, and many others.
You can walk
through the halls of the British Museum for hours making wonderful discoveries.
5. Match
the following words.
Gallery
|
|
скульптура
|
Historic
|
коллекция
|
Light-grey
|
галерея
|
Coin
|
исторический;
имеющий историческое значение
|
Library
|
Быть
знаменитым чем-либо
|
Drawing
|
светло-серый
|
Manuscript
room
|
рисунки
|
Collection
|
Керамика,
керамические изделия
|
To
be famous for
|
форма
|
Sculpture
|
монета
|
Shape
|
Комната
манускриптов
|
Ceramics
|
библиотека
|
6.
Answer the following questions.
1. What
city is a city of history and culture full of museums, galleries and historic
buildings?
2. What
is the most famous museum in London?
3. Where
is The British Museum?
4. Which
collections are there in the British Museums?
5. Describe
a Manuscript Room.
6. Describe
a Reading Room.
7. What
famous people have sat in the Reading Room?
8. What
you can do in the British Museum?
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