Introduction
Madame Tussaud's is a wax museum in London with branches in a number of major cities. It was founded by wax sculpter Marie Tussaud. It used to be known as "Madame Tussaud's"; the apostrophe is no longer used. Madame Tussauds is a major tourist attraction in London, displaying waxworks of famous people.There are wax models of the famous and infamous, both living and dead. You can meet great characters of history and art. There are actors, film stars, pop-singers, criminals, politicians and members of the Royal family here. There is a place where you can see all the celebrities at once.
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, Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes.
Task
1. Listen and underline the right word :
http://quietube4.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwmP8E9LCW0
Madame Tussauds has just got a brand/grand new exhibition for the winter/summer. It's running throughout/through August. It's called « Best of British/Britain ».
We are actually/eventually opening our doors/floors longer as well so that more people/pupils can get into the attraction and enjoy what we have to prefer/offer.
We've got everything/everybody from themed food stalls... We've got a day at the dog races/faces, we've got « Britain's got talent... Madame Tussauds style ». It's just the whole range/rage of great figures, some of the most popular English/British figures : Jamie Oliver, Churchill, you blame/name it, we've got them in hair/there.
I think about Amy Winehouse who's actually our greatest/latest figure and she's going down a real storm/form. People just love getting up clothes/close, having a look at the toes/tattoes, checking out all the body art/heart, and the beehive of course, that famous beehive. So it's a nice/ice mix of things for people who are familiar with those/rose characters but also for the people just sampling London and Britain for the first time.
2. VOCABULARY
A show, when you go and see some objects or painting in a museum : an _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A popular character = a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Amy Winehouse's big hair = a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (une ruche)
really, absolutely = _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
finally = _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
She's clearly very successul =
She's going down _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Process
Before you start the task read the history of museum and find out in what countries it is.
https://www.madametussauds.co.uk/london/en/
Then watch the video and make tasks on it.
1. Watch the video
2. Choose the right word
3. Work on vocabulary task
Evaluation
5 -- All information is correct.
4 -- All information is correct.
3 -- Most information is correct.
2 -- Most information is correct.
1 -- Some information is correct.
0 -- Student did not complete
Conclusion
In the end all of you should be able to tell something interesting about "Madam Tussaud's" museum. Answer some questions. To tell to teacher what you could find helpfull from these tasks.