A Walk Through the Museum
Intermediate (B1)
Campus life
American Accent
57s
A campus museum guide walks new students through the museum's rooms, describing local history, natural history and student art, plus a few simple visitor rules.
Vocabulary Highlights
- fragile /ˈfrædʒəl/
- Easily broken or damaged.
- "Be careful with that box. The plates inside are fragile." — easily broken
- "After the illness, her health was still fragile." — weak or not healthy
- "He was in a fragile mood after the bad news." — easily upset
Dialogue Transcript
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Welcome to the campus museum. Let's begin in the first room.
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This room is all about local history, from the eighteen hundreds to today.
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The old maps on this wall show how the town has grown.
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Please don't touch the glass cases, as the objects inside are fragile.
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Now, if you walk through this doorway, you'll enter the natural history room.
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The dinosaur skeleton in the center is a copy, but the fossils around it are real.
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Next to the windows, you'll find rocks and minerals from around the state.
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Our third room has art painted by students and former professors.
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The paintings change every semester, so come back often.
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Photos are allowed, but please turn off your flash.
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The gift shop near the exit sells postcards and posters.
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Take your time, and enjoy exploring the museum!
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