This week we go to the Natural History Museum in central London. The museum is currently displaying the biggest ever exhibition of diamonds and jewellery and BBC Learning English reporter Helen Hu went to look around the exhibition with its curator Alan Hart.

You can download the script and try our quiz in the Extras section below to practise some of the language used in the programme.

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	Diamonds

Words and expressions from the programme

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diamonds
hard, bright, precious stones

a VIP lounge
a room reserved for very important people - VIPs

flawless
perfect

carat
a term used to describe the weight of diamonds

a carob seed
a small brown pod

a monk
a member of a male religious community

to put a curse on something or someone
to create trouble and unhappiness around something or someone

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Extras
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Programme script (pdf - 71k)