28 UniT 02 | You call this art? Have you ever been to a museum? Where did you go? What did you see? What did or didn’t you like about it? Discuss in pairs. First study the Strategies box below, then read the texts about five different museums. Choose the correct texts (A–E) for each question (1–10). You can use a text more than once. Write your answers in the boxes provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. READING 18a b 1 the National Mall: riesige, von Denkmälern, Regierungsgebäuden und Museen umgebene Grünfläche im Zentrum von Washington, DC A visit to the museum Strategies box Reading – Multiple matching (MM) There are several different kinds of multiple matching tasks. This one is similar to the speaker matching listening tasks you are already familiar with. It can help to read the whole text first to get a general idea of the topic. The questions/options are not in the order the relevant information is presented in the text. Read each paragraph carefully and find options that fit. The options will not use the same words as the text. Finally, go through the options one by one to check and make sure you have written one letter for each number. Some options fit more than one paragraph, so they have two numbers. A The American History Museum Devoted to the cultural, social, historical and political development of the United States, the exhibitions in this museum show the American experience from colonial times to the present. The American History Museum’s collection contains more than three million historical objects, ranging from ancient to modern. At this venue you can see Alexander Graham Bell’s first telephones, an early Monopoly board game and one of Michael Dell’s first computers. The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. B The Natural History Museum The world’s most well-known natural history museum helps visitors understand the natural world and our place in it. You can browse the museum’s exhibits, from insects to dinosaurs, and explore life on Earth through the exhibitions and activities. The Ocean Systems exhibition features a large rotating 360-degree globe display which explains many of the complex aspects of the ocean, including what the ocean produces, how it changes and how it interacts with the atmosphere. The aim is to promote our understanding of how to protect and preserve our oceans. It’s open every day from 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Take a walk along the National Mall 1 in Washington, DC, and you will pass more than a dozen museums and galleries belonging to the Smithsonian Institution. There are thousands of exhibits on display and entry is free. Some museums require timed entry passes, which can be booked online. There are likely to be many guests during main holiday times. Here are some of the highlights: Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MjU2NDQ5MQ==