Lesson 1
Vocabulary
1. Use the words in the box to complete the fact file about London.
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Visiting London? Here are ten interesting facts you might not know …
1. The most popular tourist attraction in London is the British Museum.
2. Notting Hill in London has some very picturesque streets with houses painted in pretty colours.
3. The clock called Big Ben is perhaps the most famous landmark in London and is known around the world!.
4. The Queen's House is one of many heritage sites in Greenwich, south London, which includes the Royal Observatory.
5. A statue of a famous sailor, Admiral Nelson, stands on a column in Trafalgar Square that is 52 metres high.
6. The London Mithraeum, an ancient Roman temple of the God Mithras, was discovered in 1954.
7. The Port of London on the River Thames is the third largest port in the UK.
8. A popular myth is that when the Union Flag is flying over Buckingham Palace, the Queen is at home. (This is not actually true; it means she is not at the Palace.)
9. The most impressive remains of London’s Roman city wall can be found just outside the entrance to Tower Hill Underground Station.
10. You can go up the 62-metre-high tower in Fish Street, which is a monument marking the place where the Great Fire of London started in 1666.
Reading
4. Discuss the questions in pairs.
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What can you guess from the photos?
1. Bibliotheca Alexandrina
2. Fort Qaitbey
3. El Sawari Column: "Pompey’s Pillar"
5. Read the webpage for tourists and check your answers to Exercise 4. Make notes in the table.
| Why is it important? | Why was it built? | How old? | |
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home to the Great Library, which was one of the most important libraries of the Ancient World, and today is an important contemporary landmark and the cultural heart to the city |
built to replace the Great Library | 20 years | Bibliotheca Alexandrina |
| one of the Seven Wonders of the World, and is a very popular and picturesque tourist attraction | built to protect the port of Alexandria | Around 540 years old | Fort of Qaitbey |
| one of the best-known ancient monuments still standing in Alexandria, in the Old Town | built to mark the site of the Temple of Serapeum | Around 1728 years old | Pompey’s Pillar |
6. Read the texts again and put the sites mentioned in the order they were built. Which of them can you still see today?
1. Great Library of Alexandrina (300 BCE).
2. Temple of Serapeum 246-221 BCE.
3. Lighthouse of Alexandrina 280 CE.
4. Pompey’s Pillar 292 CE.
5. Fort Qaitbey 1480.
6. Bibliotheca Alexandrina 2002.
You can still see Fort Qaitbey, Bibliotheca Alexandrina and El Sawari Column (Pompey’s Pillar).