The document provides information about two tourist attractions in Hong Kong: the Hong Kong Museum of History and the Giant Buddha. The Hong Kong Museum of History showcases over 400 million years of Hong Kong's history through permanent and thematic exhibitions totaling 7,000 square meters. It is open daily from 10am to 6pm, except on Tuesdays. The Giant Buddha is a 34-meter tall outdoor bronze statue located at the Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island. It took 12 years to construct using 202 bronze pieces weighing 250 tons. Visitors can climb 268 steps to reach the platform where it sits.

1. S3 English Language Appendix II
Listening Worksheet
Name: _________________ Class: _______________ Date: ________________
Listening for Keywords and Information
Before the recording begins, look at the questions first to find out what specific information
you have to listen for. Focus on listening for the keywords that will help you answer the
questions.
For example, if you are listening for location, the words located in/at and seated on are
keywords to listen for.
Can you think of any more examples?
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Listening for Numbers
Numbers can be read as separate numbers or as whole number.
For example, 123 can be read as ‘one-two-three’ or ‘one hundred and twenty-three’.
Let us do more practice.
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Adapted from Oxford English 3A
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2. S3 English Language
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Online travel guides
Read the following travel guides for brief information about two local tourist attractions.
1. Hong Kong Museum of History
This museum covering a total of 17,500 sq m showcases Hong Kong's broad and dynamic
history.
Great efforts have been made in collecting, conserving, processing,
studying and displaying cultural objects which are related to the
archaeology, history, ethnography and natural history of Hong
Kong and South China.
The permanent exhibition showcases 400 million years of Hong
Kong's history. It occupies an area of 7,000 sq m. Thematic
exhibitions are also held from time to time.
Opening hours:
Monday, Wednesday to Saturday : 10am - 6pm,
Sunday and Public Holiday : 10am - 7pm
Closed on Tuesdays (except Public Holidays) and the first two days of the Chinese New Year.
Closed at 5pm on Christmas Eve and Chinese New Year's Eve.
Adapted from http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/attractions/museum-hongkong-history.html
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2. Giant Buddha
No trip to Hong Kong would be complete without a visit to the Giant Buddha which sits serenely
atop Ngong Ping plateau amid the spectacular mountain scenery of Lantau Island.
The eyes, lips, incline of the head and even the right hand (raised to
deliver a blessing to all), combine to lend great depth of character and
dignity to this extraordinary statue.
The majestic figure of the seated Buddha was cast in China and took
12 years to complete. It was unveiled in December 1993 amid deeply
religious ceremonies.
Visitors can climb more than 200 steps to reach the platform where the Buddha is seated.
Besides attracting Buddhists from all over Asia, the magnificent figure with its compelling presence
almost instantly transformed the remote Po Lin Monastery with its devout monks into a must-visit
on tourist schedules.
The Po Lin Monastery is set amid spectacular mountain scenery on the Ngong Ping plateau.
Besides admiring the massive statue there is also much to see and do at the monastery itself with its
various figures of gods and other colourful manifestations of aspects of the Buddhist religion.
You can even enjoy a vegetarian lunch.
Adapted from http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/attractions/outlying-giant-buddha.html
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Name: _________________ Class: _______________ Date: ________________
Information Sheet
Listen to the recording and complete the two information sheets. Also use the travel guides
on P.2-3 to help you.
INFROMATION SHEET 1
Hong Kong Museum of History
(1) Opening Hours: Monday, Wednesday to Saturday: ___________ to ___________
Sunday and Public Holiday: 10am – 7pm
Closed on Tuesdays (except Public Holidays)
(2) Address: 100 _________________________, Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong
(3) Types of exhibition: Permanent and ___________________
(4) Showcases history of Hong Kong: from a small fishing village to dynamic centre of
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Permanent exhibition “Hong Kong Story”
(5) Total area: ________________ [(6) ______ galleries]
History in chronological order:
 Story of Hong Kong starts from the Devonian period
(7) ______________________________
 Hong Kong was a (8) _____________ 6000 years ago
 Chinese imperialism  The Opium War  Cession of Hong Kong
 Japanese Occupation during (9) ________________________
 Present day of city
 (10) ___________________ of Hong Kong with China in 1997
Other displays include:
 heritage and (11) ______________________
 (12) ______________________ and traditions of (13) __________________,
worship and leisure
(14) Duration of a typical tour: ________________
(15) FREE __________________________________ available on public holidays,
Saturdays, and Sundays
Adapted from Oxford English 3A
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INFROMATION SHEET 2
Giant Buddha
Location: Lantau Mountain Peak
(1) Opening year: ___________
(2) The tallest _____________________________________________ in the world
(3) Duration of construction: ________ years
Official name: Tian Tan Big Buddha
Structural details of the statue:
 its base is a model of Earthly mount of Tian Tan, the temple of Heaven in
(4) ______________
 People have to climb (5) ___________ steps to reach the base of the statue
 Made of (6) ___________ bronze pieces
 Weight: (7) _____________; Height: (8) ______________
 Can be seen from Macau and Zhuhai on clear days
Buddha statue meanings:
 right hand is raised to deliever a blessing to all and to
(9) _____________________________
 left hand (with palm upwards) rests on its thigh
 (10) _________________ point slightly downwards to signify its compassionate vow
of granting (11) _________________ to all men
3-storey exhibition hall:
 Features a relic of Gautama Buddha, consisting some of his alleged
 (12) ___________________________ (which is brought back to Hong Kong in 1992)
 Colour change of the relic: white  (13)_____________  _____________
Po Lin Monastery
 Built in (14) ____________
 Contains library of religious text and treasure scripture, white jade Buddha statue
 People pray and enjoy (15)_____________________________ there
Adapted from Oxford English 3A
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Name: _________________ Class: _______________ Date: ________________
Answer Key
Hong Kong Museum of History
(1) 10am; 6pm (2) Chatham (3) Thematic (4) world (5) 7000 sq. m
Road South commerce
and finance
(6) 8 (7) 400 million (8) jungle (9) World War (10) Reunification
years age II
(11) folk (12) local (13) celebrations (14) 2 hours (15) guided tours
culture customs in English
Giant Buddha
(1) 1993 (2) outdoor (3) 10 (4) Beijing (5) 268
bronze
seated
Buddha
statue
(6) 202 (7) 250 tons (8) 34 metres (9) remove (10) fingers
suffering
(11) happiness (12) cremated (13) yellow; red (14) 1924 (15) vegetarian
remains meal
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