Glossary
A guest house- a small hotel A punt- a long shallow boat with a flat bottom and square ends which is moved by pushing the end of a long pole against the bottom of a river Meadow- a field covered in grass Frown- to make a serious, angry or worried expression by bringing your eyebrows closer together so that lines appear on your forehead Clotted cream- a very thick type of cream made by slowly heating milk Catch a glimpse- to see somebody / something for a moment, but not very clearly Intricate- having a lot of different parts and small details that fit together Fossil- the remains of an animal or a plant which have become hard and turned into rock
Read the story and answer the questions:
1. What do B & Bs offer to their guests? 2. What is the Botanic Garden famous for? 3. Why do we need a guide when we go punting? 4. What do the book“ Alice in Wonderland” and Christ Church College have in common? 5. What is“ cream tea”? 6. What impresses Frank at Christ Church College? 7. Why does Frank feel tiny at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History? 8. Did Frank get the chance to take part in a workshop there?
Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
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