[00:01.080]--- Lesson 80 The Crystal Palace
[00:06.200]--- First listen and then answer the question.
[00:11.960]--- How many people visited the Great Exhibition of 1851?
[00:20.280]Perhaps the most extraordinary building of the nineteenth century was the Crystal Palace,^19
[00:27.440]which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851.
[00:34.560]The Crystal Palace was different from all other buildings in the world, for it was made of iron and glass.
[00:43.280]It was one of the biggest buildings of all time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it.
[00:52.360]A great many goods were sent to the exhibition from various parts of the world.
[00:59.120]There was also a great deal of machinery on display.
[01:03.680]The most wonderful piece of machinery on show was Nasmyth's steam hammer.
[01:11.000]Though in those days, travelling was not as easy as it is today, steam boats carried thousands of visitors across the Channel from Europe.
[01:22.360]On arriving in England, they were taken to the Crystal Palace by train.
[01:29.040]There were six million visitors in all, and the profits from the exhibition were used to build museums and colleges.
[01:38.680]Later, the Crystal Palace was moved to South London.
[01:43.360]It remained one of the most famous buildings in the world until it was burnt down in 1936.
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