The map below shows the plan of a museum in 1998 and after some changes were made in it in 2008. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The map below shows the plan of a museum in 1998 and after some changes were made in it in 2008. 

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
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The maps illustrate the significant transformation of a museum in a decade, from 1998 until 2008. In 1998, tickets were sold at the entrance located in the mid-southern part of the museum. On the left side of the entrance, there was a temporary
exhibition
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room.
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, on the right side, there was a shop. In the corner, there was a toilet
along with
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a room for bags and coats. In the centre of the hall, there was a garden, which was in between one permanent
exhibition
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place on the left and two permanent
exhibition
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rooms on the right. The cafe was located north of the nursery. After ten years, once you bought the tickets which were still at the same location, the temporary
exhibition
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area
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had been changed to shops and a larger bags and coats
area
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. The fixed
showroomroom
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showroom
on the left wing had changed to a temporary
exhibition
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place and a new restaurant in the corner.
In addition
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, to a Cafe, in spite of being smaller, Park was
also
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still at the same spot.
However
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, there was a sitting
area
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and fountains added there. Permanent
exhibition
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rooms became smaller in size yet were still the same in number though they were all on the west wing.
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, in a ten-year period, the building experienced substantial changes starting from the building of a restaurant and the addition of fountains plus a sitting
area
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in the garden; despite the smaller size of Permanent
Exhibition
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Rooms, the number remained unchanged.
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Basic structure: Change the second paragraph.
Vocabulary: Replace the words exhibition, area with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "changed" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • rectangular shape
  • central garden area
  • symmetrically arranged
  • expanded galleries
  • visitor flow management
  • temporary exhibition space
  • permanent gallery
  • visitor facilities
  • customer service focus
  • dedicated children's area
  • expanded restroom facilities
  • museum gardens
  • unoccupied outdoor space
  • shift towards long-term exhibits
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