2020春人教版八年级英语下册Unit9 拓展阅读训练

2020年新目标八年级下册Unit9 拓展阅读训练 — 扩宽视野，启迪心智 韩老师 A The British museum is one of the biggest museum in the world. It is the oldest museum in Europe. It was opened in 1759. Sir Hans Sloan who lived in London at that time was a great collector. He collected everything: clothes, books, pictures, stones and ancient things. But he died in 1753 and the King bought his collection for ￡20,000. That was the beginning of the British museum. It is in Great Russell Square of London. There are more than thirteen million objects at the British Museum nowadays. You can visit the great Reading Room which is round in shape. The Reading Room is in the center of the museum. Many famous scientists and writers worked here. Among them are Oscar Wilde, Bernard Shaw, Mark Twain, Charles Darwin and many others. Nowadays, there are many wonderful collections in the British museum, from ancient Egyptian mummies to Greek and Roman art. Walking through the halls and rooms of the m