Episode 65 A Tube, A Bear, An Eye, Time & A Bridge

ENW Podcast | London Special!ENW...In London!

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• Look at the four words below - which word is different from the other three? • Write your reason in the box underneath - check your answer later.

• How many different words can you connect to the word in the box? • Can you think of at least 10 words?

• London is the capital city of the United Kingdom • Look at the list of countries from around the world. • What is each country's capital city!

a: Unimportant b: Common c: Usual d: Iconic

| LONDON |

1: Canada 4: Brazil 7: Jamaica

2: Vietnam 5: New Zealand 8: India

3: Sri Lanka 6: Russia 9: Egypt

| PART 1 | Warm Ups |

Warm Up 1 Odd One Out

Warm Up 2 Brainstorm

Warm Up 3 Quiz

•Read the headline from Part 1 of this week's special London podcast episode. •Look at the 3 statements about the topic. •Guess - Are they are True or False?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1: London is home to more then 18 million people. [T] [F] 2: The London Underground Subway system has 270 stations. [T] [F] 3: The cheapest subway ticket is £2. [T] [F] ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Gap Fill | Instructions • Listen / Read the paragraph below and check your understanding. • What is the correct missing word for each space? • If you don't know - Guess! (Don't worry about spelling!)

Questions & Answers

1. How many train lines does the Tube have? ____________________ 2. What year was the Tube first opened? ____________________ 3. What is the name of the pre-paid Tube card? ____________________ 4. Why is the London Underground called 'the Tube'? ____________________ *London Underground

PART 2 | Listening

Listening/Reading 1 Underground Tubes

Underground Tubes...

London is a big and bustling city. The English 1: ________ is home to just over 8 million people, but everyday millions more go there to work or visit on vacation. The underground train 2: ________ is called 'The Tube' because of the design of the London Underground Map.* Every year more than one billion people travel on its 11 train lines and get on or off at one its 270 3: ________. The Tube was the first underground train network in the world - built in 1863 and is still today the 4: ________ biggest metro system in the world, behind Shanghai in China. A single ticket will cost you about £2, but it is cheaper to buy an Oyster Card (5: ________ card). As ENW is not very rich that is what we are going to buy now...

• Read the headline from Part 2of this week's special London

podcast episode. • Look at the 3 statements about the topic. • Guess - Are they are True or False?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1: Winnie the Pooh is named after an American black bear. [T] [F] 2: The name 'Winnie' is named after Winnipeg, Canada. [T] [F] 3: Pooh Sticks used to be an Olympic sport. [T] [F] ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Wrong Word| Instructions • Listen / Read the paragraph below and check your understanding. • Circle the five incorrect words in the paragraph. Write the correct words below. • If you don't know - Guess! (Don't worry about spelling!)

Questions & Answers 1. What is the name of the royal park? ____________________ 2. How many royal parks are located in London? ____________________ 3. Who wrote the Winnie-the-Pooh books? ____________________ 4. How many years did Winnie live at London Zoo? ____________________

Listening/Reading 2 The Bear in the Park

The Bear in the Park

ENW has escaped from the funnels of the Tube and is now walking in one of London's five republican parks. Regent's Park is the second biggest park in London and was first opened in 1835. Perhaps the most famous bear in the world once lived at London Zoo which is also in Regent's Park. Winnie, a Canadian black bear that lived at Tokyo Zoo from 1915-1934 was the bear that Winnie-the-Pooh was based on. The writer of the Winnie-the-Pooh books, AA Milne used to visit the zoo with his son, who loved the bear so much he named his doll 'Winnie'! ENW is a little scared of lions - so we are going to head down to the River Thames to play a game of pooh-sticks...

Write the Correct Words

1: ________________ 2: _________________ 3: _________________ 4: _______________ 5: _______________

• Read the headline from Part 3 of this week's special London podcast episode. • Look at the 3 statements about the topic. • Guess - Are they are True or False?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1: The London Eye is 120 metres high. [T] [F] 2: The London Eye has 32 air-conditioned capsules. [T] [F] 3: A London Eye ticket costs £32. [T] [F] ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Jumbled Sentences| Instructions • Listen / Read the paragraph below and check your understanding. • The sentences in the paragraph have been mixed-up. What is the correct order?

Questions & Answers 1. How many people can travel in each capsule? ____________________ 2. What is the name of the cricket ground? ____________________ 3. What is the name of the tower? ____________________ 4. How high is the London Eye? ____________________

Listening/Reading 3 The Eye in the Sky

The Eye in the Sky

(a) The complete circuit of the journey from top to bottom will take around 30 minutes and costs £23. (b) ENW is getting slightly nervous now as are nearly at the top and will soon be looking down from 135 metres at an incredible view of London. (c) ENW has decided to forget our about our fear of heights and is currently travelling slowly to the top of the London Eye, a huge ferris wheel next to the River Thames. (d) ENW can see The Houses of Parliament, St Stephen's Tower, St Paul's Cathedral, the Shard, Buckingham Palace and even Lord's Cricket Ground in the distance. (e) It is a lovely later Summer day in London and so when ENW is back to the ground we plan to go for a walk along the River Thames. (f) ENW is travelling in comfort in one of 32 air-conditioned capsules that has space for up to 25 people at a time.

Correct Sentence Order 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6

•Read the headline from Part 4 of this week's special London podcast episode. •Look at the 3 statements about the topic. •Guess - Are they are True or False?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. London is home to the biggest watch in the world. [T] [F] 2. In the summer Japan is eight hours ahead of British time. [T] [F] 3. UTC = Universal Time Central. [T] [F] ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Three Answers| Instructions • Listen / Read the paragraph below and check your understanding. • Choose the best answers from the 3 choices. • Guess if you don't know!

Questions & Answers 1. How many timezones in the world are there? ____________________ 2. Which city would you find the Greenwich? ____________________ 3. How many hours is New York behind London? ____________________ 4. How many hours is Japan ahead of the U.K.? ____________________

Listening/Reading 4 What's the Time in London?

What's the Time in London?

ENW has a quick question for you - what is the time where you are 1: tomorrow/later/now? In London the time is approaching 2: midday/noon/12pm and ENW has crossed the River Thames and is standing in the place where all time around the world begins - Greenwich. In a small cobbled square there is placed on the floor a glass and steel 3: line/mark/clock that shows where the Prime Meridian lines divides the Earth 4: into/apart/together East and West. There are 24 official time lines in the world and they are calculated as being ahead or behind Universal Time Co-ordinated (UTC). So Japan is +8 hours ahead of UTC and New York is -5 hours behind UTC. All this talk about time has made ENW a bit thirsty and there is a quaint little pub called Harrison's 5: Watch/Clock/Line.....

• Read the headline from Part 5 of this week's special London podcast episode. • Look at the 3 statements about the topic. • Guess - Are they are True or False?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. ENW is about to leave London. [T] [F] 2. Tower Bridge has three towers. [T] [F] 3. Tower Bridge is built over the longest section of the River Thames. [T] [F] ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Three Answers| Instructions • Listen / Read the paragraph below and check your understanding. • Choose the correct word for each space. Each word can only be used once. • Guess if you don't know!

Questions & Answers 1. What year was Tower Bridge completed? ____________________ 2. How many meters high is Tower Bridge? ____________________ 3. What building is Tower Bridge is located next to? ____________________ 4. What two sporting events has London held in 2012? ____________________

A: Cheerio B: beheaded C: London D: iconic E: capital

Listening/Reading 5 Bridge over a River

Bridge over a River

As ENW has nearly reached the end of our stay in the English 1: _____ we have decided to take a stroll along the banks of the River Thames to perhaps the most recognisable bridge in the world. Tower Bridge is one of the most 2: _____ structures in London and has been since it was first opened in 1894. The bridge is built across the shortest part of the River Thames and each of its two towers is 65 meters high. The bridge is called 'Tower' because it is located next to another iconic London location - The Tower of 3: _____. The Tower of London has been a royal palace and national prison. Kings have lived there and Queens have been 4: _____ there too. ENW is sad to be leaving London - it is one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world, and this summer has been extra special has the city has been home to both the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 5: _____ London...

• Look at the list of words in the box below - do you understand their meanings? • Translate the words into your native language. • All the words are from the five paragraphs in PART 2. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5

Original Word Translation Original Word Translation

1: Underground 11: Incredible

2: Design 12: Cathederal

3: Tube 13: Approaching

4: Single 14: Cobbled

5: Escaped 15: Calculated

6: Tunnels 16: Quaint

7: Bear 17: Stroll

8: Sticks 18: Iconic

9: Nervous 19: Prison

10: Slightly 20: National

Vocabulary Extra | Translation

And Finally...Did You Know

That London really is one of the biggest multi-cultural metropolis in the world? Whilst

walking the streets of the x: ________ capital you could hear one of 300 different

languages! This is because that 25% of the z: _________ of London were born overseas!

So London is home to every type of food you could ever want to try!

!e End

Warm Up 1

D: Iconic. All the other words = Not special, the same.

Warm Up 3:

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Reading / Listening 1 - Part 1: Underground Tubes

1: False. 2: True. 3: True.

1: capital. 2: system 3: stations. 4: second. 5: Pre-paid

1: 11 train lines. 2: 1863 3: Oyster Card 4: Design of the map.

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Reading / Listening 1 - Part 2: The Bear in the Park

1: False. 2: True. 3: False

1: funnels - TUNNELS. 2: republican - ROYAL 3: Tokyo - LONDON.

4: doll - TEDDY BEAR. 5: lions - BEARS

1: Regent's Park 2: Five 3: AA Milne 4: 19 years.

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Reading / Listening 1 - Part 3: The Eye in the Sky

1: False. 2: True. 3: False

1: C 2: A 3: F 4: B 5: D 6: E

1: 25 people 2: Lord's Cricket Ground 3: St Stephen's Tower 4: 135 meters tall.

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1: Canada Ottawa 4: Brazil Brasila 7: Jamaica Kingston

2: Vietnam Hanoi 5: New Zealand Wellington 8: India New Delhi

3: Sri Lanka Colombo 6: Russia Moscow 9: Egypt Cairo

Answers

Reading / Listening 1 - Part 4: What's the Time in London?

1: False. 2: True. 3: False

1: now? 2: noon 3: line 4: into 5: Watch

1: 24 time official timezones. 2: London 3: 5 hours behind 4: 8 hours ahead

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Reading / Listening 1 - Part 5: Bridge Over a River

1: True 2: False. 3: False

1: E - capital. 2: D - iconic 3: C - London 4: B - beheaded 5: A - Cheerio

1: Tower Bridge was completed in 1894. 2: 65 meters high. 3: The Tower of London

4: Olympic & Paralympic Games

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And Finally...Did you Know..?

x: British / z: Population

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