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Unit 6
Activity 7: Reading for pleasure and appreciation.
Going around museums
During their educational trip, Shirley
and her classmates visited some of the
museums in Port-Louis. The rst museum
the class went to was the Mauritius
Natural History Museum, the oldest one
in the country. There, the children were
amazed to see:
• Stuffed specimens* of birds from different parts of the world
• A variety of sh species and models of sharks
• Collections of sea shells
• Bones and skulls of extinct tortoises
• A unique complete skeleton of the dodo
• A video clip on the excavation* of dodo bones
Activity 7a: Read the text silently and carry out the activity that follows.