You will hear five people speaking.0:04
A E Match what they say with the statements.0:07
You don't have to use one of the statements.0:14
In pictures and postcards, you can easily recognize the building of the British Museum with its beautiful classical columns.0:24
The museum was founded in the middle of the 19th century.0:33
Like many other museums of the world, it was originally based on private collections donated by their owners.0:37
Now it's one of the world's most famous museums.0:46
A visitor to the museum can see here superb Greek sculptures from Athens, the Rosetta Stone which once helped to read Egyptian hieroglyphics, manuscripts dating from 700 AD and many other treasures.0:51
B the Museum of London opened in 1976.1:10
It shows the life of the capital from prehistoric times to modern day.1:18
The museum gives you an idea of how London's residents lived at different times.1:23
A visitor to the Museum of London can see a great variety of exhibits, from simple flint and bone tools to beautiful costumes once worn by aristocrats.1:30
The museum's archaeological department continues to work in the city and new finds are added to the collection regularly.1:43
C the Tate Gallery has been a treasure house of works of art for more than a century.1:55
The gallery is named after Sir Henry Tate, the sugar magnate who gave his own collection of 65 works of art to the museum, together with £80,000 for the building.2:02
Nowadays, apart from British paintings, you can also see here important European and American works.2:15
D In 1966, the Great Fire of London started in a bakery in Pudding Lane.2:25
The fire raged for five days and burnt down most of the city of London.2:37
To commemorate the event, the monument was built.2:43
It was designed by Sir Christopher wren, architect of St. Paul's Cathedral and many of the churches rebuilt after the Great Fire.2:46
The monument is a tall column of white stone, 202ft high.2:56
You can see it not far from the place where the great Fire started and even go to the top of the column to look at the city from the height.3:03
E Her Majesty's Ship Belfast, or HMS Belfast, is a floating museum near the Tower of London.3:15
This big cruiser is now the most impressive of the many historic ships of the River Thames.3:27
HMS Belfast was the largest and among the most powerful cruisers of the the Royal Navy.3:34
During a tour of the ship, visitors will see the engine room, armaments decks, punishment cells and operations room.3:40
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