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B) Add 5-7 more new facts about this capital.

A typical working day | Make use of the words and word-combinations given above to write down 10 sentences of your own. | Match the words from the box with their definitions below. | Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. | B) Choose one of the underlined phrases and prepare a one minute report on it. | THE TOWER OF LONDON | Британський Музей | B) Explain the meaning of the words from the box above in English. | GRAMMAR FOCUS | THE HOUSE OF COMMONS |


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20. a/ Read Top 10 Amazing Facts about London. Then close the book and speak in turn with your partner to remember as much information as you can.

DO YOU KNOW TOP 10 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT LONDON?

1. London is the world's most diverse and multi-cultural city with 300 languages spoken among its 7.5 million residents. There are 90,000 international students in London, representing 200 nations.

2. London has over 200 museums, twice as many as Paris or New York, 120 historic buildings, 150 theatres, 8,000 acres of parkland, 33 sites of scientific interest, 37,000 listed buildings and four world heritage sites.

3. Visit the British Museum’s magnificent Reading Room, restored to its 1857 glory and housing a library with 25,000 books and catalogues.

4. The British Library is one of the world's largest and greatest libraries with 150 million items – growing by 3 million new items each year.

5. With over 2.5 miles of galleries the British Museum contains one of the most comprehensive collections of antiquities and books anywhere in the world. One of the students says: "What I like about this city is you can spend a whole lifetime here and you still haven't seen it all."

6. Dating back to the sixteenth century, Bethnal Green's Museum of Childhood houses a vast collection of objects made for children, from all over the world.

7. The Ragged School Museum in London's East End explores how the Victorians educated children from poor backgrounds.

8. London has 1,879 primary schools, 2,301 state schools, 410 private schools and 168 special schools.

9. London Schools educate more than 1 million children. It has more than 40 universities and higher education colleges teaching almost 400,000 students each year.

10. London has 359 public libraries, 55 colleges of further education teaching over 500,000 students each year.

 

b/ Prepare Top 10 Amazing Facts about Kyiv and present it to the class.

 

21. a/ Discuss London quiz questions in pairs.

1. What does Whitehall stand for?

2. Why does Trafalgar Square make a good place to meet sightseeing buses?

3. Buckingham Palace isn't the only main residence of the British monarchs in London, is it?

4. What are the advantages of seeing major sights of the city from an open top double-decker bus?

5. What places of interest can you see standing at Parliament Square?

6. What is Big Ben? Do you know the origin of the name?

7. Do you know the name of the Royal Church?

8. What was the Tower of London used for?

9. Are you fond of art and what art galleries are known to you
in London?

10. Why was Margaret Thatcher forced to resign?

 

? b/ Write 10 more quiz questions and ask them in class.

Projects

I. a/ Work in groups of three. Each group chooses two of the famous landmarks on pages 204 - 205.

b/ Then each group collects as mush tourist information as possible about this landmark and writes a short essay about it.

c/ One member of each group then acts as a guide and takes the other students around his/her groups landmark.

 

II. a/ Did you go to any of these landmarks on your first trip to London?

b/ If so, write a short essay about it and read it out in class.

 

III. a/ If you haven't been to London yet, find out as much as possible from your local tourist information bureau about the famous landmarks and make up a short "Tour of famous London landmarks".

b/ Compare notes in class and read out the various suggestions for the tours.


IV. a/ Explore London around the city's major attractions on the map. Discover accommodation, attractions, clubs, restaurants, entertainment, bars and shops in your chosen area. Select a starting point below.

 

 

 


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