Museum about how ordinary people lived in the past

Museum about how ordinary people lived in the past

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Question 1 - 4
For each question, choose TWO correct options.
According to the guide, for which TWO reasons was the museum established?
A
to earn money for the town
B
to exhibit some local discoveries
C
to show that history can be fun
D
to make use of an empty building
E
to bring more visitors to the area
Which TWO things will visitors be able to do if they visit the museum again?
A
learn new things
B
visit the new cafe
C
see different exhibitions
D
get cheaper entrance tickets
E
have the chance to win a prize
Question 5 - 10
What does the speaker say that visitors can do in each of the following places in the museum?
Choose the correct letter, A-D, for each question.
List of Findings
A
Watch a film
B
Buy something
C
Listen to a live talk
D
Learn a practical skill
5
Forge
6
Market
7
Bakery
8
Building zone
9
Hall
10
Basement

❓ Transcript

Museum about how ordinary people lived in the past
Hello everyone, welcome to the Arvington Museum of Work.
Let's start with some background.
Now this wonderful old building that we're in was unoccupied for many years, but the council were very keen to protect it and so decided to give it a new purpose by converting it into something that would benefit the many people who were already visiting the town each year.
The council paid for the whole renovation themselves and we've been lucky that other museums from all around the country have lent us objects from their collections which are on display here.
The main purpose of the museum really has always been to demonstrate to people that learning about the past can be enjoyable and even exciting and I hope that comes across.
I also hope this will be your first of many visits to our museum.
As you know it's free to get in which we're really proud of.
Now on your next visit you'll probably still see the same exhibitions but I always think that even when you look at something you've seen before you can always find out more about it than you did the first time.
And our exhibitions are good, believe me.
We've won awards for the region's best interactive displays.
Oh by the way, I should just mention that the cafe is closed for renovation at the moment but should hopefully be open by the next time you come and I strongly recommend trying out their cakes.
Let me tell you about some of the areas you'll walk through.
The museum is set up so that you walk through displays that take you back through different periods in Arvington's history and see how people lived.
Starting with the forge you can go back 1,000 years in time and see how skilled workers crafted everyday objects out of wood and metal.
But we don't just tell you about it, we get you to do it yourself so you'll get experience of carefully crafting a useful object like a knife.
And then in the market one of our historical interpreters will be there in person telling you what it was like to work on a farm growing produce like wheat and vegetables and then carry it all over very long distances to a market to try and sell.
You can ask the interpreters questions of course and you'll find they're very knowledgeable.
Staying with the subject of food, the next area in the museum is the bakery where we make the kinds of foods that local people would have eaten in the past using the original cooking techniques.
These are on sale there for you to try.
The recipes and cooking methods may be ancient but 21st century forms of payment are accepted.
Next on the tour is the building zone where you have the chance for a sit down to enjoy the spectacular time lapse animated movie of Arvington developing over the last 1,000 years from a tiny village into the town we have today.
It's just three minutes long but you can view it as many times as you like.
After that you'll come to the hall, a space that's devoted to the clothing industry which was a huge part of the economy of Arvington and the surrounding area in the past.
You can find out how clothing was made when everything was done by hand and you can have a go at helping one of our historical interpreters to make a piece of clothing yourself.
So if you never knew how to sew a button back onto a shirt you might find it useful.
Finally the tour ends down in the basement where there's a wide variety of merchandise available including books and toys.
A final tip, download the museum app and you get an introductory discount voucher which you can use on purchases in the basement as well as commentaries on all the exhibits in the museum.
Anyway, enjoy your visit.

🔥 Answer key (đáp án và giải thích)

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Giải thích chi tiết

Hello Dolbie 🤩 Cùng chinh phục câu hỏi này nhé 😁

🌱 Đọc hiểu câu hỏi: According to the guide, for which TWO reasons was the museum established? → Đây là câu hỏi yêu cầu tìm hai lý do vì sao bảo tàng được thành lập. → Các từ khóa như “was established” có thể được paraphrase trong bài nghe thành “decided to give it a new purpose” hoặc “main purpose of the museum”. → Học viên cần chú ý nghe các cụm như “the council decided to…”“the main purpose…” để suy ra ý định ban đầu.

▶️ Bắt đầu nghe ở: "Now this wonderful old building that we're in…" (~00:00:56)

☺️ Giải thích: 🔹 Hướng dẫn viên nói rằng tòa nhà này đã bị bỏ trống trong nhiều nămcouncil muốn bảo tồn nó, nên đã cho nó một mục đích mới. Điều này tương đương với đáp án D: to make use of an empty building.

🔹 Tiếp theo, hướng dẫn viên nói rằng mục đích chính của bảo tàng luôn là để cho mọi người thấy rằng việc học về quá khứ có thể thú vị và hấp dẫn. Câu này diễn đạt lại ý của đáp án C: to show that history can be fun.

Đáp án đúng: C, D

🧐 DOLBIE lưu ý: ❌ A: to earn money for the town → Không nhắc đến việc tạo ra lợi nhuận. Ngược lại, họ còn tự hào vì vào cửa miễn phí.

B: to exhibit some local discoveries → Không đề cập tới “local discoveries”. Nói rằng bảo tàng trưng bày hiện vật mượn từ nơi khác.

E: to bring more visitors to the area → Không phải mục đích chính, vì bảo tàng được tạo ra để phục vụ những người đã đến sẵn thị trấn chứ không phải để thu hút thêm người đến.

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