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150 Years of The Tube

150 Years of The Tube
You are going to listen to a radio clip about the London Undergrounddo a comprehension activity Discuss Does your city have a metro or underground railway?How old is it?Have you ever been on the Tube in London?What do you know about it? Listen What was London like 150 years ago? Listen again and do the quiz below Alternative vocabulary gap fill exercise here Printable worksheets here Read Interesting Facts about the Tube Each year, every Tube train travels 114,500miles/184,269km.The average speed of a train is 33km/20.5 miles per hour.Only 45 per cent of the network is actually in tunnels.There are 426 escalators. MoreFacts London Tube map Click on the map to see an enlarged version Mind the gap! Related:  manueldc

Listening: A Tour of London Tower Bridge, London (Copyright: Getty) When you visit a city for the first time, a good way to explore it is to go on an organised sightseeing tour. The tour will give you an overview of what there is to see and also provide you with some historical background. A popular way of seeing London is to go in one of the red double deck buses. This tour will take you around London by bus. Activity Check how well you know London. a Madame Tussaud’s is a famous wax museum. b Bond Street is where the detective, Sherlock Holmes, once lived. c Marble Arch is a gate which was built in 1827. d Hyde Park used to be the royal hunting grounds. e Buckingham Palace is the London home of the Queen. f Piccadilly Circus is the largest circus in the world. g Fleet Street once housed the national newspapers. h St Paul’s Cathedral is a small but beautiful church. i The Tower of London is more than 900 years old. j The Globe is the world’s oldest restaurant.

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Why Is It Called "Big Ben"? What mental picture comes to mind when you think of London, England? If you’re like many people, you probably think of the iconic Clock Tower at the Palace of Westminster. Featured in many movies and pictures, the Clock Tower has become a well-known symbol of England and London. One of the world’s most famous tourist attractions, the Clock Tower features four huge clock faces. At one time, it was the largest four-faced clock in the world, an honor now claimed by the Allen-Bradley Clock Tower in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Many Londoners refer to the Clock Tower, the clocks and the Great Bell, collectively, as “Big Ben.” How did the Great Bell get the nickname Big Ben? Others believe the Great Bell was named after Sir Benjamin Hall, who oversaw the installation of the Great Bell. The Great Bell earns its Big Ben nickname. It first chimed in July 1859. The bell was then turned an eighth of a turn, so that it would no longer be struck where it was cracked.

English for Kids, Games, Videos, Worksheets, Songs, Apps, For ESL Kids Lessons Flippa London ~ Kilskrift På tisdag åker jag iväg till BETT i London på uppdrag av Barnverket. Det ska naturligtvis bli fantastiskt roligt och jag hoppas att jag kan få många nya inputs för digitalt lärande. Jag hoppas förstås kunna blogga från London så häng gärna på och läs mina blogginlägg nästa vecka. När det började närma sig BETT-vecka och avresa började jag fundera på hur jag skulle kunna låta det här bli till nytta även för mina elever. På tisdag kväll åker fröken K till London. Det ska bli väldigt spännande att se vad det blir av det här.

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The brand-new “Birmingham New Street” station | Articles about the UK These reading / listening comprehension exercises are based on a recent short BBC video news article which reports on the recent re-opening of Birmingham’s main train station, following the completion of a huge renovation project. a) Vocabulary to check slap bang in the middle / centre of [place] rotting (adj / participle) dingy (adj) the wow factor show-stopping stunning / stunningly debilitating (adj / participle) hoarding (n) b) Comprehension Questions Where is Birmingham? c) Transcript Ever feel like someone’s watching you? Let me show you what they’ve been doing for the past six years : I don’t know if you remember the old station, but where I’m walking now was this horrible dingy claustrophobic concrete corridor you had to walk through to catch the trains. They’ve transformed the whole station, but in some parts, they’ve just effectively put new clothes on an old body, and that includes all of this lovely stainless steel here. Like this: Like Loading...

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