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7        Culture Page



                         A Day in Sydney




                                 A      Look at the pictures below.
                                    Are you familiar with any of these
                                    places? Listen, read and find out
                                    more about the attractions.









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                                                                                           Afternoon
                                                                                           Sydney Harbour
                                   Morning                                                 Take a boat trip around
                                                                                           Take a boat trip around
                                   The Australian Museum                                    Sydney Harbour and enjoy
                                                                                            Sydney Harbour and enjoy
                                   Start your day at the                                    some of the city’s amazing
                                                                                            some of the city’s amazing
                                   Australian Museum, the  irst                             sights. You can take some
                                                                                            sights. You can take some
                                   museum in Australia. It has                              fantastic pictures and get
                                                                                            fantastic pictures and get
                                   amazing natural history                                  a great view of Sydney’s
                                                                                            a great view of Sydney’s
                                                                                            a great view of Sydney’s
                                   exhibitions. You can learn                               famous Harbour Bridge.
                                                                                            famous Harbour Bridge.
                                   about nature and animals and                             Do you want to do something
                                                                                            Do you want to do something
                                   do lots of fun experiments!                              fun? You can climb up to the
                                                                                            fun? You can climb up to the
                                                                                            top of the bridge.
              Midday
              Royal Botanic Gardens                                    Evening
              For lunch, why not enjoy a                               The Sydney Opera House
               picnic in the Royal Botanic                             The Sydney Opera House is,
               Gardens? It’s a great place                             of course, Australia’s most
               to sit, relax and have your                             famous building. Over 8.2
               lunch! You can also walk                                million people visit it every
               around and enjoy nature or                              year. It is a performing
               take a twenty- ive-minute                               arts centre, and there are
               train ride to see everything                             over forty performances
               the park has to o   er.
               the park has to o   er.
               the park has to o   er.                                  a week there! Spend your
                                                                        evening watching an opera,
                                                                        a musical or a comedy –
                                                                        there really is something
                                                                        for everyone.




              B  Read again and answer the questions.
                 1.  What can you do at the Australian Museum?
                 2.  How long is the train ride around the Royal              P
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                   Botanic Gardens?                                           PROJECT
                 3. How can you see some of the sights in Sydney?                 Make a flyer!
                 4. What exciting activity can you do at Sydney                   Do some research and choose two
                   Harbour Bridge?                                                places you think people should visit
                                                                                  when visiting your town/city. Then
                 5. How many visitors does the Sydney Opera
                   House get every year?                                          make a flyer similar to the one above.
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