Step by Step 3000 第3册 Unit11:Welcome to China(1)

Part 2. Welcome to China.
A. Keywords.

excessive visitors, Forbidden City, new system.
Vocabulary.

ritual, superfluous, relic.
You're going to hear a short report on the Palace Museum in Beijing, complete the following major points.
Troubled by excessive visitors, the Palace Museum or Forbidden City in Beijing will adopt an electronic ticket checking system and make control of the flow of tourists.
The new system will keep a real time record of the number of visitors inside the museum, and inform the ticket office to hold ticket sales once the number exceeds the museum's maximum reception capacity.
The Palace Museum, one of the most comprehensive Chinese museums, in terms of history and art, was established on the foundation of the palace that was the ritual ruling center during two dynasties, the Ming and the Qing and their collection of treasures.
It has topped the must-see list of almost every visitor to the capital city.
In recent years, the number of daily visitors to the Palace Museum averaged 50,000 during golden weeks, the week-long national holidays observed three times a year in China.
Superfluous tourists have caused damage to cultural relics in the museum.