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BBC Learning English 

Words in the News  

18 July 2012 

In the picture 

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Transcript: 

Is this a pool party for children or perhaps your eyes are deceiving you? 

Twenty South Korean artists spent months working on this interactive 3D art 

exhibition.  

The 83 oil paintings are now on display in Hangzhou, China. 

Thousands have been flocking to the show, in which some of the works extend 

beyond their frames. 

Visitors are keen to impress their friends with a striking photo. 

Vocabulary: 

deceiving  

fooling or tricking someone 

interactive  

something you can take part in 

on display 

on show 

flocking to 

go in large numbers to see something 

frames 

border around a picture or painting 

Exercise: 

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from 

BBC news reports.  

Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence 

correctly. 

deceiving / interactive / on display / flocking to / frames 

1. The pot is _____________ at the castle until 29 July as part of the Festival of 

Archaeology.  

2. On stage were dozens of clowns, dancers, unicycles, acrobats, podiums, giant 

_____________, period furniture and, at the centre of it all, the mistress of 

ceremonies herself. 

3. Sounding like a piece of secret military hardware, edX will provide online 

_____________ courses which can be studied by anyone, anywhere, with no 

admission requirements and, at least at present, without charge. 

4. Tens of thousands of Peruvians __________ the country's Amazon region to 

join a chaotic gold rush. 

5. Opposition activists in Syria have accused the government of _________ Arab 

League monitors. Military vehicles have been replaced to make it look as though 

the army has left city centres as required by an Arab League peace plan, activists 

said. 

Answers: 

1. The pot is on display at the castle until 29 July as part of the Festival of 

Archaeology.  

Source:   Corfe Castle 'mystery pot' on display for Festival of Archaeology 

2. On stage were dozens of clowns, dancers, unicycles, acrobats, podiums, giant 

picture frames, period furniture and, at the centre of it all, the mistress of 

ceremonies herself.  

Source:   Roll up for Britney Spears's Circus  

3. Sounding like a piece of secret military hardware, edX will provide online 

interactive courses which can be studied by anyone, anywhere, with no 

admission requirements and, at least at present, without charge. 

Source:   Top US universities put their reputations online 

4. Tens of thousands of Peruvians have flocked to the country's Amazon region 

to join a chaotic gold rush. 

Source:   Peru's gold rush pits illegal miners against government 

5. Opposition activists in Syria have accused the government of deceiving Arab 

League monitors. Military vehicles have been replaced to make it look as though 

the army has left city centres as required by an Arab League peace plan, activists 

said.