Гроза, 9. Students book. Unit 8. Lesson 5-6. Exercise 2a

Neither of them liked the excursion.
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Interviewer: We all know that museums and galleries suffer from an image problem. Today we have two teenagers, Mark, aged 15 …
Mark: Hi!
Interviewer: … and Lucy, who is 14, …
Lucy: Hello!
Interviewer: … together with Barbara Hind, who is in charge of visitor relations at one of London’s top art galleries.
Barbara: Hello!
Lucy: We went on a school trip to London last month and we spent a whole afternoon in the National Gallery …
Mark: … and it was really boring!
Interviewer: In what way?
Mark: Well, first of all, there was just too much to take in. I know there are some famous paintings there, but they have no connection with me or what I am interested in …
Lucy: … and there was this guide who talked nonstop about the pictures. She didn’t know how to make it interesting and just switched off. By the end of the first hour I was so tired that 1 really wanted to escape. But our teacher made us stay together as a group.
Mark: … that’s right. If I could have gone round at my own speed and chosen my own pictures, I would have enjoyed it more.