The key answer of exercise 1
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 7B - A masterpiece? for the textbook English File Advanced - Student's Book with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden, Jerry Lambert and Kate Chomacki from Oxford University Press
Question
- Look at three works of public art. What might they have in common?
- Listen to the first part of a documentary and check your answer to a. Answer the questions with a partner.
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- Listen again and answer the questions about each work of art.
Answer
a)
They have all been shown on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square.
b)
- It was originally intended to have a statue of King William IV on a horse.
- The fourth plinth was empty for over 150 years because people couldn't agree what to put on it.
- People discussed having permanent statues, e.g. Nelson Mandela or Margaret Thatcher.
- Some people say this was rejected in order to eventually have a statue of Elizabeth Il there.
d)
1
- Nelson's ship HMS Victory
- The relationship between the birth of the British Empire and today's multicultural Britain
- It was bought from the artist and is on permanent display in the National Maritime Museum.
2
- A rocking horse
- Victory in war
- Future generations, and a time when there are fewer war monuments
3
- To re-create over 7,000 objects of Iraqi art which had been destroyed in the war
- A winged god, which originally stood at the entrance to Nineveh
- Date syrup cans, to symbolize that not only was art destroyed in the war, but also the date industry was decimated.
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