Listening Practice 1. Listening Practice 2. Listening Practice 3

Unit 8

Listening Practice 1

Sebastian: Hey, Vivian. I heard your dad works for a museum. Is that true?

Vivian: Hey, Sebastian. Yeah, he goes around the world collecting art pieces for a modern art museum here in London.

Sebastian: What a cool job! I bet he gets to see a lot of famous and expensive pieces of art.

Vivian: Yeah, he definitely does. Just last week, a private art collector gave the museum a painting that costs 50 million US dollars!

Sebastian: 50 million US dollars? Who would pay 50 million dollars for a painting?

Vivian: A lot of people. My dad told me the most expensive painting ever sold was for 140 million dollars.

Sebastian: Wow, I didn’t know art was that expensive! No wonder you always hear stories of robberies at museums.

Vivian: Exactly! And that is why they all have so many security guards.

Listening Practice 2

1. The most expensive photograph ever sold was called 99 Cent II Diptychon. It was sold for 3.3 million US dollars in 2007.

2. The most expensive sculpture ever sold was called For the Love of God. It was sold for 100 million US dollars in 2007.

3. The most expensive painting ever sold was called Number Five. It was sold for 140 million US dollars in 2006.

4. The most expensive self-portrait ever sold was called Portrait of an Artist without a Beard. It was sold for 71.5 million US dollars in 1998.

Listening Practice 3

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Brinkley’s, the most famous art auction house in the world. Today, we are selling paintings by three famous artists: one by Claude Monet, another by Vincent Van Gogh, and the other by Andy Warhol. It is a very diverse collection. The first painting up for sale is Poppies Blooming by Claude Monet. It is a painting of Monet’s wife and son. The second painting up for sale is The Yellow House by Vincent Van Gogh. It is a painting of a French house that Van Gogh lived in. The third and final painting of today is Campbell’s Soup Cans by Andy Warhol. It is a painting of 32 soup cans. The bidding for today’s paintings will start at 5 million dollars. If you win an auction, please pay at the cashier before collecting your painting. As always, all sales are final, so no refunds. Good luck!

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