Unit 9, Number 33, Exercise 17A.0:21
Listen to the dialogue.0:28
Stephen, have you got a new camera?0:35
Just what I've always wanted.0:39
It's a Christmas present from my parents.0:41
I'm so happy for you.0:45
I wish I were a Queen.0:48
Then I would get presents every day.0:50
Believe it or not, Olga, but this is what happens in real life.0:53
I've read in a magazine that for Queen Elizabeth, for example, every day is Christmas Day.0:57
And some of the presents are very unusual.1:06
Once an American hot dog firm sent her a big box of hot dogs with mustard.1:09
What did she do with them?1:16
But it's clear that presents can be a big problem.1:20
Once, when the Queen returned from Canada, she brought home a mink coat, a large statue of a horse, a pair of snowshoes, a motorboat, a piece of iron, a silver jug and a large painting of a power station.1:25
What does the Queen do with these presents?1:42
Where can she put a large Statue?1:45
There are 600 rooms in Buckingham palace and the Queen tries to use all of her presents.1:47
And she gives many of her presents to museums, especially the British Museum.1:54
I'd so much like to go to London one day and visit the British Museum and see the Buckingham palace and Hyde park and Big Ben.2:00
I hope your dream will come true.2:08
B. Now read the same dialogue slowly.2:12
C. Now read the dialogue artistically in a natural manner.2:17
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