The London to Brighton Vintage Car Rally

“Vintage” cars have to be more than fifty years old and in very good condition. Lots of people keep or collect vintage cars. And on the first Sunday in November there’s a race or ”rally” for them. It starts in London and it finishes in Brighton, a town on the south coast of England. That’s a distance of seventy kilometres.

Before 1896 a man with a red flag had to walk in front of cars. In 1896 that changed. A group of happy drivers broke their flags and drove to Brighton. There they had a party. Now the rally is a sporting tradition. A lot of the people in the rally wear “vintage” clothes, too. In a 1910 car, for example, the driver and passengers wear 1910 hats and coats.

Finally some exercises to finish …

Exercise 1

Which countries have the currencies listed below? And what nationalities are most of the people who have that kind of money in their pockets?

1. Rial South Africa South African

2. Guilder Japan Japanese

3. Renmindi China Chinese

4. Drachma Ukraine Ukrainian

5. Rand Iran Iranian

6. Markka Finland Finish

7. Gryvnya Greece Greek

8. Bacht Thailand Thai

9. Yen Holland Dutch

Exercise 2

Don’t worry if you’re finding them difficult: the idea is not to get them all right. I had the advantage of an atlas and encyclopaedia. Which countries have these cities as the capital? And what nationality are most of the people living in them?

1. Caracas Venezuela Venezuelan

2. Harare Bulgaria Bulgarian

3. Lagos Kenya Kenyan

4. Montevideo South Korea South Korean

5. Addis Ababa Ukraine Ukrainian

6. Seoul Uruguay Uruguayan

7. Nairobi Nigeria Nigerian

8. Kyiv Ethiopia Ethiopian

9. Sofia Zimbabwe Zimbabwean

Exercise 3

In which countries do cars with these signs on them probably start their journeys? And what nationalities are their drivers likely to be?

1. NZ Canada Canadian

2. USA Mexico Mexican

3. F Luxembourg Luxembourger

4. E Spain Spanish

5. CZ Ukraine Ukrainian

6. L France French

7. MEX The USA American

8. CDN New Zealand New Zealander

9. UA Czech Republic Czech

Exercise 4

Where do they celebrate these holidays? Are they public or religious holidays?

Christmas Father’s Day Tanabata

Easter Pongal The Assumption of Mary

New Year’s Eve Nirvana Day Octoberfest

Boxing Day Lent St. Andrew’s Day

Exercise 5

Where do they eat these dishes?

Borsch Feijoada Pupusas

Dumplings Doro Wett Bobotie

Donuts Full Medames Lamb Khorma

Hamburgers Lumpia Texas Chili con Carne

Pancakes Masala Dosas Lamb and Eggplant Moussaka

Blood sausage Jerk Chicken Pasta Bolognese

Meat jelly Nasi Goreng Baklava

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