Listen to these words and repeat to practice your pronunciation.
a sculpture
a sculptor
a portrait
acrylic paints
paint on a canvas
origami
Listen and read along to these sentences.
If you look to your left, you will see a beautiful spiral staircase made entirely out of used and discarded shoeboxes. The artist called this piece 'Stepping Stones'.
This room contains the most prized possessions of the gallery. We are proud to host all of this artist's sketches of rare monkeys in the Papua rainforests. Please don't touch the drawings; they are very delicate.
Can you tell me more about the decorations on the ceilings? It's kind of hard to see, but it looks like a bunch of gum has been stuck up there. Is that on purpose? Which artists designed that?
I love modern art but this is taking it a little far, don't you think? I mean, it's just a blank canvas. Oh, wait. Never mind, there's a tiny green dot. Who would pay so much money for a tiny green dot?
Practice reading those sentences aloud and record your voice or say the sentences out to your class.
Exercise
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