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8/12/2019 Islcollective Worksheets Intermediate b1 Elementary School Reading Pr 2 Time Out in London Text 12624e634849…
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The “Speaker’s corner” in Hyde Park !
Josephine and Charlotte are on the Eurostar train to
London. They want to make as many things as possible !!
T he London Underground or Tube
is older ( 186 and deeper than
the "ew #ork $ubway or the %aris
&etro.
London is a shopper's paradise. n and around )*+ord
$treet, there is a lot o+ -hoi-e so it is always -rowded.
#ou -an +ind -hi- boutiues ( elegant and e*pensi/e, like
0--essori1e or 2orothy %erkins , ethni- shops ( ndian,
$outh 0meri-an,3 or giant musi- stores ( 4irgin or
Londoners lo/e their parks. hen the weather
is good, they play +risbee, +ly a kite, or roller7
blade in 5yde %ark or reen %ark. )pen7air
-on-erts and plays take pla-e in parks,
parti-ularly in the summer. angs o+ +riends or
+amilies bring a pi-ni- and en9oy the show.
)n $undays, it is possible to listen to an open
air debate at the $peaker's -orner in 5yde
%ark.
They talk about any sub9e-ts ( war, religion,
edu-ation,3 .
The Royal Wedding Dress
exhibition at Buckingham
Palace from July 2011 to
October 2011.
T here are spe-ial :sightseeing buses;. They
pro/ide a great way to tra/el around the -apital
and its most +amous sites like Tower <ridge,
the Tower o+ London, <ig <en, estminster
0bbey and o+ -ourse3 <u-kingham %ala-e !
irls are +ond o+ +airy tales, you know !
People in England like eatingnack and buy them at “cornershops”. ou can alo buyne"paper and maga#inethere.
There are lot of “souenirstalls” in $ondon !
English people really en9oy
musi-als. :&amma &ia !; is the top
musi-al at the %rin-e o+ ales
:<ed and <reak+asts; are typi-ally <ritish.
t is a system o+ a--ommodation in a hotel
or guest house. #ou pay +or a room +or the
night and +or break+ast the +ollowing
morning.
T he English break+ast =
baked beans, ba-on and
egg ! %er+e-t +or hungry
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%t& not a 'oke ( there are “souenir
stalls” e)ery"here in $ondon !
At the week7end, +lea7markets like Camden
&arket attra-t hundreds o+ people. They -ome
to buy or 9ust to look at trendy se-ond7hand
-lothes and original +ashion a--essories.
Families o+ten go to a pub +or their $unday
lun-h. n <ritain, -hildren and teenagers under
18 -an't go to a pub on their own or in the
e/ening.
They meet in +ast7+ood restaurants or they
ha/e take7awa meals at home or in the street.
T he weekly magaine Time )ut tells you what's on in
London ( +ilms, plays, -on-erts and other a-ti/ities .
T here are many -inemas near Lei-ester $uare,
so groups o+ +riends o+ten meet there and then
go to the pi-tures.
Punks in *amden +arket
T eenagers lo/e that pla-e ! The London2ungeon is a real museum o+ horror. There are
horri+i- s-enes +rom London's history, like >a-k
the ?ipper. t is /ery s-ary !
On the last weekend in 0ugust, o/er two million
people -ome to London's "otting 5ill Carni/al. t is
organied by the -ity's Carribean population. Today,
the -arni/al re+le-ts London's multi-ultural so-iety,
and is the se-ond largest -arni/al in the world !
roups -alled :&as; spend hundreds o+ hours and
thousands o+ pounds e/ery year to -reate the most
elaborate and -olour+ul -ostumes. 0t the -arni/al
you -an hear steel bands, Calypso $o-a and sound
systems.
Teenagers lo/e the sound systems 7 they're so
loud, they make your ears bu ! !erk chicken and coconut
"ater , Hey you&re in the -et
%ndie ! ot in $ondon !!
T eenagers -an't get into
dis-os. $o they take the bus
and go to the -inema in
Lei-ester $uare or take the
-ab to go to a -on-ert at the
<ri*ton 0-ademy ( ro-k,
reggae and rap musi- or
embley 0rena ( ro-k and
pop musi- .
Traditional “#ish $ chips”