Monday, the 10th of March

Classwork
1. Are you going to ... France or ... Czech
Republic?
2. ... North Pole is situated in ... Arctic.
3. My dream is to visit ... Lake Baikal in ...
Russian Federation.
4. ... Suez Canal in ... Egypt connects ...
Mediterranean Sea with ... Red Sea.
5. The tallest mountain in the world, ... Mount
Everest is situated in ... Himalayas.
6. ... Sahara desert covers most of ... North
Africa.
7. ... United Kingdom of ... Great Britain and ...
Northern Ireland is surrounded by ... Atlantic
Ocean and ... North Sea.
8. ... Mississippi is the second longest river in ...
United States.
9. She was born in ... Kiev, in ... Ukraine.
10. ... Bahamas are a group of islands near ...
Florida.
11. There are a lot of rivers in ... Siberia: ...
Ob, ... Lena, ... Amur and others.
12. ... Caucasus mountains are located between
... Europe and ... Asia.
 MADAME TUSSAUD'S MUSEUM

Marie Tussaud was born in Strasbourg in 1761. Her

father died two months before she was born, and her
family moved to Switzerland.

Her mother worked for a German doctor. The doctor was

an unusual man who enjoyed making wax models of
parts of human body. He soon got a reputation for
making good likeness of people’s heads as well.
He moved to Paris because he wanted to earn
money by making models of the rich and famous.
Soon Marie and her mother joined him in Paris.
When she was six years old, the doctor taught her
how to work in wax. Her portraits became so popular
that by the time she was twenty she was living in the
Palace of Versailles because the royal family invited
her to live there.

Madam Tussaud’s wax museum is the most popular

museum in the world. There are wax models of the
famous and infamous people both living and dead.
Elvis Presley, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Marilyn
Monro, Michael Jackson, Charlie Chapling, the British
Royal Family, Bill Clinton etc. There is no other place in the
world where you can see all the celebrities at once, even if
they are only wax figures.
The museum is situated in Marylebone Road, not far from
the street, which is famous as the home of the first great
detective in fiction of Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes.
Thеrе are several halls at Madam Tussaud’s: the Grand Hall,
the Chamber of Horrors and «The Spirit of London»
exhibition.
The wax figures are standing and sitting and sometimes even
moving and talking. They are extremely realistic and when
they look at you, their eyes sparkling, you often feel
uncomfortable in their company.

Over the years hundreds of celebrities have made their way to

Madam Tussaud’s studio. Most people agree to be portrayed,
but some refuse. Mother Teresa was one of the few who
declined, saying her work was important, not her person.
 Exercise 1
1. Who taught Marie Tussaud to work in wax?
2. Were her portraits popular?
3. What figures are there in Madam
Tussaud’s?
4. Are the figures realistic?
5. Would you like to be portrayed?