Hugo and Sushma find out more about the Museum Futures traineeship and Francesca and Sian dig into the archives to tell us about the Museum’s most-visited exhibition of all time (over 1.6 million visitors)–the 1972 show on Tutankhamun.
Do you know where the word ‘quarantine’ comes from? Listen to the podcast to figure it out. Also, try to decide whether the following statements are true, false, or not stated.
1. Isolation and quarantine are two totally different concepts. T
2. North Brother Island has never been inhabited.
3. The building behind the stoep has vanished.
4. A nurse used to live in a cottage on the island, called Typhoid Mary.
5. She was believed to have infected 51 people out of which several died.
6. She was quarantined against her will for over three decades.
7. She rejected to give stool and urine samples and ran away from the inspector.
8. She was later arrested and banished to North Brother Island to quarantine.
9- The word ‘quarantine’ has existed for millennia.
10. Black death killed half the world’s population.
11. Both the dead and the dying were collected in Venice and dropped on nearby islands.
12. It’s still not sure why 40 days had to be passed in quarantine.
13- After the Black Death was over, wearing of black clothes in Venice was prohibited.
14. Mary was set free from her confinement on condition that she wouldn’t cook ever again.
15. Mary became a laundress after being released from North Brother Island,
16. She died on the island.
17. What are your small moments of joy in quarantine?
1) “I feel like when I speak a foreign language I become a different person.” – Do you feel like a different person when you speak English (or other languages)?
2) If you speak English well, you sometimes feel like you don’t have to learn new languages. – Are you motivated to learn new languages? Why (not)?
3) “For Tim, learning languages isn’t a hobby, it’s his way of life.” – Is this a good thing? Why (not)?
4) Watching TV shows and films is really helpful when you learn a new language. – What were the first films/TV shows that you watched entirely in English?
5) The internet helped Tim become a super-polyglot. – What websites, games, online communities helped you in developing your English skills?
6) Tim was interested in the Middle East and he started learning languages to understand it better. – Do you have an interest like this? What hobby/interest has helped you to be better at English (or other languages)?