London is Dr Samuel Johnson said

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Dr. Samuel Johnson said : «When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life: for there is in London all that life can afford» Originator of the big English dictionary (1777)

londoners new and old talk about britain’s capital Find out what they liked and disliked about their city Sum up the character of London and Londoners The best thing about The worst thing London about London John Anna Tom Pranas Sarah

JOHN 'I’ve lived in London for thirty years. I work as a lawyer in the City. The best thing about London is the international mix. It is very cosmopolitan, and increasingly so. The worst g thing is pigeons and congestion. ' The traffic is terrible! Londoners are very open-minded. ’

Writing home Imagine you arrive to live in London to start a new life. You go to the internet café to write home. Complete the e-mail with your own ideas. Dear …. . How are you? I arrived in London on Tuesday. I’m living in …(a flat/house/bed-sit) in …(area in London) The most difficult about living in London is … The best thing about London is … Hope you are all well. I will call you next week. Love….

St James's and St Giles's To the tourist of London who is curious in facts, I'll point out some things in the principal tracts, Two places there are where the poor and rich Live so like each other, there's no telling which. One parish, St James's, par excellence call'd, The West End of town and the fashionable world; The other St Giles's, if true rumour speaks. Is inhabited solely by Emigrant Greeks. So don't be astonished at what I shall say, St James and St Giles I have seen in my day,

In the former they live on the National Debt, In the latter they live on what they can get. . , In St James's they keep up their spirits with wine, In St Giles's they're drunk, on "blue ruin" by nine. In St James's they banquet on Silver in state, In St Giles's the same with a two penny plate. In St James's the officers mess at their club, In St Giles's they often have messes for grub. In St James's they feed on the highest of game, In St Giles's they live on foul air just the same.

Oyster is a plastic smartcard as a form of electronic ticketing (instead of paper tickets) used on public transport based in Greater London in England Oyster is the cheapest way to pay for single journeys on bus, Tube, tram, DLR, London Over ground and most National Rail services in London.

1. Which of the seesigtings did you see? 2. Which places of interest would you like to visit? Use: I’d like to visit … If I had a chance I would visit 3. What was the most interesting information you learnt in the video? What was the most surprising?

Which words you can use to describe London. Start the sentence…. In my opinion London is … It seems to me that… I may be wrong but. . . I think that… I’m sorry but… I can ‘t agree with you that… busy noisy sleepy fast cosmopolitan lively modern medieval centre tall skyscraper crowded dangerous safe dirty clean industrial unique wealthy poor cheap expensive slow interesting boring

What does this word mean? Match the words given below with a suitable description excursion sightseeing cathedral tour monument heritage memorial gallery voyage museum 1. A structure that is preserved because of its historical importance. 2. A position, possession or privilege which is inherited. 3. The act of seeing places and things of interest, especially as a tourist. 4. A building for storing and exhibiting objects of artistic, scientific or historical interest. 5. A room for displaying works of art. 6. A journey in which a number of places are visited. 7. A journey, especially on a ship. 8. A pleasure-trip made by a number of people. 9. An object or institution established in memory of an event or person. 10. The principal church of a bishop's see. 1 - monument 2 - heritage 3 - sightseeing 4 - museum 5 – gallery 6 – tour 7 – voyage 8 – excursion 9 – memorial 10 – cathedral

The Puzzle Match the beginnings and the ends of the sentences in the fact file 1. The City of London a. was built after the Great Fire of London. 2. Buckingham Palace b. is for Queen Elizabeth ' home where she often stays at Christmas and Easter. 3. Trafalgar Square 4. Royal Opera House 5. St Paul's Cathedral 6. Oxford Street 7. The National Gallery 8. Windsor Castle 9. Westminster Abbey 10. The Speaker's Corner 11. The Tower of London 12. Regent's Park 13. The Serpentine 14. The Queen's Gallery 15. The British Museum c. was a fortress, a palace, a prison, a zoo, and now it is a museum. d. is where the queen lives e. was built to remember the battle of Trafalgar. f. is London's biggest art museum. g. is the lake in the middle of Hyde Park. h. is one of the most famous libraries in the world. i. is Britain's main banking centre. j. is London's main shopping centre. k. is in Covent Garden l. is famous for its lake as well as for London Zoo. m. is the largest private collection in the world. n. is in Hyde Park where anyone can make a speech. o. is famous for the Poet's Corner.

The activity with the map of London. Find names of the streets in the map which end in the following ways … Road … Avenue … Gardens … Street … Way … Square … Terrace … Drive … Lane … Close … Place

Match up the clues on the left and the answer to the right. Name Two Squares: … 1. Two Squares 2. Two Crosses 3. Two Art Galleries 4. Two Railway Stations 5. Two Bridges 6. Two big shops 7. Two Museums 8. Two Roads 9. Two Parks 10. Two Underground Lines a. British b. Tate c. Circle d. Trafalgar e. Harrods f. Jubilee g. Kings h. V and A i. Bayswater j. Hyde k. Nottingham Court l. Tower m. Charring n. Regents o. Waterloo p. Leicester q. National r. Westminster s. Selfridges t. Paddington 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. d, p g, m b, q o, t r, l e, s a, h k, i j, n c, f 9. 10.

Underground lines of London

Use the map of the Tube to complete the following: If you want to go from Victoria to Oxford Circus, it’s best to take Victoria the ………………. line. The nearest station to the British Museum is . . . …. . Nottingham Court Central which is on both the. . . . line and the … …………. Northern line. Piccadilly The … ………. line goes all the way to Heathrow Airport. Westminster If you visit the House of Parliament, get off at …. Piccadilly Northern Piccadilly Circus is on both the ……… … line and … …. . line.

The activity in pairs Excuse me I’m wondering Do you happen to know Sorry to trouble you, but could you would you am I right for tell me the way to the …? tell me where the … is? … how can I get to …? where …? could you tell me the quickest way to the station? Well, I’ll try. It ‘s just round the corner. I think there is a bank down this road. Well, let me think… I’m sorry, I really don’t know. I don’t live in this area. I’m afraid I don’t. Try the Information Center. I can’t tell you, I’m afraid. I’m a tourist myself. It’s five minutes from here I’m afraid I can’t help you. I don’t work on foot/ by bus/by car here.

Fill in the gaps. Form the question and read the following sentences Excuse me, could you tell me the way … to Trafalgar Square? — Certainly. Go down Regent Street into Piccadilly Circus and then down the Haymarket. … Hyde Park is? — I really have no idea. Excuse me, sir, but would you tell me where I'm also a stranger here. You'd better ask the policeman over there. He'll give you all the information you want. Would you mind telling me how I can get from here to … the National Gallery? — Oh, that's quite a long way from here. Go as far as the next corner and take bus № 5. Excuse me, could you tell me the way to …Buckingham Palace? — It's about 15 minutes' run by bus № 9 from here. If you tell the conductor, he'll put you down there. One moment, sir. Can I get to …Hyde Park by the Underground? — Sure. Take the Underground from Mansion House. … St. James's Park? — No, madam. You are going the Excuse me; am I right for wrong way. In fact, in the opposite direction. You'll have to go back to the bottom of this road, take the first turning on your left and walk straight on as far as the third crossroad. You can't possibly miss it.

skim through the advertisement of a tour company and choose the tour you like best. answer the questions which follow. 3. London Highlights and Thames Cruise. Half Day Tour No. 1. London's West End. Half Day Tour No. 1 2. Discovering London. Full Day Tour No. 4 — Lunch included 29 London Highlights. Our tour takes us to the City of London — "The Royal Albert Hall. The tour begins with a visit inside the Royal Albert Square Mile of money". Here we see the Stock Exchange, the Bank Albert Hall, famous for its concerts and shows. We then drive on into town of England the Mansion House official residence of London's on to Westminster to see the Houses of Parliament, to see Trafalgar Square and the impressive Nelson's Column, drive Lord Mayor. Then onto the Royal Albert Hall, famous for its concerts Westminster Abbey, Whitehall and the entrance to Downing past Horse Guards Barracks and Downing Street, Parliament and shows and the impressive Natural History and Victoria & Albert Street. We next g: to Buckingham Palace for the Changing of Square and Westminster Abbey. Here we see the 19 th century Museums in South Kensington, St. Paul's Cathedral, Fleet Street and the Guard. Lively Shopping streets, peaceful parks. We drive Gothic building housing Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. finally Trafalgar Square with its impressive statue of Admiral Nelson. through lively shopping street: peaceful parks, through Buckingham Palace, famous shops and theatres. From Thames Cruise. Aboard our charted vessel, a Thames waterman will Piccadilly, Trafalgar Square, past the National Gallery and Westminster, we drive t Buckingham Palace where we will watch tell you fascinating stories about the famous river, pointing out see many of London's theatres. This tour is a must for those the colorful Changing of the Guard ceremony This part of the tour historical landmarks along the way including St. Paul's Cathedral, who want to understand more about London and its people. will also show you some of London's best and brightest spots for The Tower of London and of course, Tower Bridge. This tour ends at shopping and entertainments. Savoy Pier after Thames Cruise. Prices: £ 19. 50 Adults; £ 17. 00 Children (3 -16 yrs) Prices: £ 17. 00 Adults; £ 14. 50 Children (3 -16 yrs) Prices: £ 48. 50 Adults; £ 43. 50 Children (3 -16 yrs)

1. What places of interest do the four tours offer? 2. The riverboat tour lasts a whole day, doesn't it? 3. Which tour does not include Buckingham Palace? 4. All four tours take the visitors to the Royal Albert Hall, don't they? 5. Scan the text for details. Choose the tour you like best. Explain your choice.

Project work London on foot Two fellow students live and study in London at the University of Arts at the Faculty of Design and at London College of Fashion. Today their friends from the little Russian town Yelets arrive to London. Imagine that you are a guide. You are having an excursion though London. Use the following words and expressions. try to hold someone’s attention – заинтересовать кого-либо but its unreal to surround unsurroudable – нельзя объять необъятное combined dinner – комплексный обед repeated visit – повторное посещение the heart of the city – сердце города according to plan – согласно плану to lay down a route – наметить маршрут

Useful websites www. londontown. com This is a website for firsttime visitors to London. It has information on hotels, sights and restaurants. www. 24 hourmuseum. co. uk This is a website with information on every single museum in London. Here are some good websites with information on hotels, theatres, cinemas, pubs and bars: www. londonnet. co. uk www. viewlondon. co. uk www. timeout. com/london Here are some websites to help you find an address and plan your route: www. streetmap. co. uk

Imagine that you are a guide. Think a lot about your sightseeing trip by riverboat. Use the following proverbs in your tour. A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. He will never set Thames on fire Much water has flowed under the bridges since then A great ship asks deep waters Sink or swim Never cross a bridge till you come to it Still waters run deep To come out dry To draw water with a sieve

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