The Getty Villa
You won’t need a passport to travel back in time at the Roman Holidays celebration this summer. Discover the sights ( and smells) of ancient Rome, offer your prayers to Venus, read your future in a sheep’s liver(肝脏), and enjoy live musical and comedy performances by the Troubadour Theater Company.
Date: Saturdays and Sundays
Time: 11:00 a.m.--- 3:00 p.m.
Location: The Getty Villa, 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, California
Admission: Free; an advance, timed entry ticket is required
Smelling the Rome Way
What did ancient Rome smell like? Visitors are invited to use their noses (and imaginations) to discover the good. Bad, and sweaty smells of daily life. Take a smell challenge! Be transported back in time and guess the smells familiar to most Romans, like Roman cooking materials and more.
Prayers to Venus
At this small shrine (圣地) of Venus, visitors may honor the goddess and seek her help for important moments in their lives, as Greeks and Romans did. And they are invited to write a wish to the goddess and post it near her statue.
Troubadour Theater Company
In the fancy outdoor setting of the Getty Villa, visitors will enjoy games and comedic performances, meet the actors, and participate in unique photo opportunities. At 11:15 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. , visitors are invited to the Inner Peristyle for “ Mercury in Uranus”, where the group of the actors will perform a sheep sacrifice to Mercury and examine the sheep’s liver to interpret the will of the god.
1.What can we know about the Getty Villa?
A. It asks for no entry ticket. B. Its service lasts for three hours.
C. It’s only accessible to the locals. D. It provides several different activities.
2.What can visitors do at the Getty Villa?
A. Perform comedy with the actors. B. Feed sheep in person outdoors.
C. Get pleasure from the performances. D. Catch a chance to design a game.
3.What’s the purpose of this passage?
A. To attract people to the Getty Villa. B. To stress the uniqueness of Roman culture.
C. To show the best time to visit the Getty Villa. D. To introduce the Troubadour Theater Company.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1.What were the students going to do?
A. They were going to read news on TV.
B. They were going to celebrate the writer’s sister’s birthday.
C. They were going to read their articles before a video camera.
2.Why was the writer so nervous?
A. She had never stood before a video camera.
B. She had never read her own article before a video camera.
C. This camera was different from the one he had once faced.
3.What was the writer’s feeling to her class teacher?
A. Nervous. B. Afraid. C. Thankful.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.Why is the woman worried?
A. There’s something wrong with her car.
B. The mechanic might try to overcharge her.
C. Good mechanics are not available.
2.What does the woman think of her mechanic?
A. He overcharges her. B. He takes advantage of her. C. He is reliable.
3.Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In a shop. B. In a school. C. In a park.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.What does the man probably do?
A. A manager. B. A salesman. C. A cleaner.
2.What is NOT needed for his job?
A. Copying machine. B. wax C. Floor-polishing machine.
3.What’s the possible relationship between them?
A. Workmates. B. Teacher and student. C. Employer and employee.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.What does the woman believe?
A. Mahjong is a beneficial hobby. B. Mahjong can become an addiction.
C. Mahjong is too boring to play.
2.What are they going to do now?
A. Teach their partners. B. Learn old card games. C. Play mahjong games.
3.What used to be the man’s hobbies?
A. Playing old card games. B. Stamp collecting and reading.
C. Playing old card games and Mahjong.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.When will the man go to see the doctor?
A. On Tuesday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Thursday.
2.What’s wrong with the man?
A. He hurt his foot. B. He broke his leg. C. He was hit by a ladder.
3.What do we know from the dialogue?
A. The man can’t go to the hospital. B. The appointment time is quite fit for the man.
C. The man would prefer to visit the doctor earlier.
