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TRIP TO LONDON 2013. INS ISAAC ALBENIZ
Saturday 16 February
8.30 Group meeting at aeroport de Barcelona ( terminal 2 C, mostradors de
EASYJET) .10:35h Flight 8572 departs. Arrival at London Gatwick ( North Terminal)
and coach to Ealing London. Meeting families. And learning how to get from their
home to the tunderground station and back.
15.30 Teacher meets each group at their underground station to go to Acton town.
Shepperd’s Bush ( Bing family’s address and teachers and family’s phone numbers !)
19.00-19.30 Dinner with families ( at about this same time every evening)
Sunday 17th
9.00-9.15 Group meeting at Acton Town (always bring packed lunch, dossier and
teachers and family’s address and phone nyumbers with you )
Royal London: Horse Guards and Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace .St
James’s Park. Visit of National Gallery / National Portrait Gallery. Trafalgar Square. St
Martin in the Fields
Whitehall Horse Parade 10, Downing St. Westminster Abbey. St Margaret’s chursch.
Cloister. Parliament and Big Ben.
Monday 18th
9.00-9.15 Group meeting at Acton Town ( bring packed lunch, telephones and dossier)
Tower Hill. (group photo) Visit Tower of London .St.Paul’s Cathedral. The Globe. Tate
Modern Gallery (visit)
16.10 London Eye. The Southbank
Tuesday 19th
9.00-9.15 Group meeting at Acton Town (( bring packed lunch, telephones and dossier)
Covent Garden. Neal Street. Seven Dials. Leicester Square.
British Museum (visit) Oxford Street . Oxford Circus. Picadilly
Wednesday 20
9.00-9.15 Group meeting at Acton Town (( bring packed lunch, telephones and dossier)
Natural History Museum . Hyde Park.
(Wembley Stadium / Olympic Stadium /Greenwich)
Thursday 21st
9.00-9.15 Group meeting at Acton Town (( bring packed lunch, telephones and dossier)
Camden Town. Science Museum. Knightsbridge. Harrod’s
Friday 22nd
9.00-9.15 Group meeting at Acton Town (( bring packed lunch, telephones and dossier)
Notting Hill. Portobello Road..Primrose Hill/ Regent’s Park.
15.30 Madame Tussaud’s (visit)
Saturday 23rd
9.15 Coach departs from meeting point outside The Grange , opposite the park
(Warwick Road. Ealing W5 3XH) to go to WINDSOR
17.55 Departure of flight ( Easyjet 8579) Gatwick airport North terminal
21:00 Arrival at Aeroport El Prat de Barcelona. BACK HOME!
... and FAREWELL to you all, we really hope you have enjoyed your stay in
LONDON!!!
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INTRODUCTION TO LONDON.
ROYAL LONDON
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace is the official home of Queen Elizabeth II. It was rebuilt by
John Nash in the early 1800s, and was added to in Victorian times. It is a busy
royal office and state occasions are held there. The Queen and her husband
Prince Philip have rooms on the first floor of the north wing. There are about
600 rooms at the palace, on three main floors.
Changing of the guard
Ever since 1660 Household troops have guarded the Sovereign Palaces. The
Palace of Whitehall was the main residence until 1689 and was guarded by the
Household Cavalry. (They can still be seen here today; outside Horse Guards
Arch). The court moved to St James's Palace in 1689. When Queen Victoria
moved into Buckingham Palace (1837) the Queen's Guard remained at St
James's Palace and a detachment guarded Buckingham Palace, as it does
today.
The Tower of London
The Tower of London came into existence following the Norman conquest
(1066) and the need to colonize and defend England. It was built with imported
white stone from France. Since then it has been used as a prison, palace, place
of execution and a showcase for the Crown Jewels.
After King Henry VIII's break with the Catholic Church it housed religious
prisoners including two of Henry VIII's six wives - Anne Boleyn and Catherine
Howard, both of whom were beheaded on the scaffolds at Tower Green. In the
bloody tower Richard III allegedly murdered his nephews. Visitors can also see
the Crown Jewels which are still used by the Royal family today( here are the
two largest cut diamonds in the world ) , the Yeoman Warders ('Beefeaters')
who have been protecting the tower since the fourteenth-century and the
infamous ravens. Legend has it that Charles II was told that if the ravens left the
Tower then the monarchy would fall. The Tower is the best-preserved medieval
castle in Europe.
THE ROYAL PARKS
London has more parkland than almost any other world capital. The Royal
Parks were first used as private royal hunting forests. When they were open to
the public, they became fashionable areas to be seen. They were also popular
places to hold duels at dawn.
You may see lots of birds, different kinds of ducks, squirrels or hedgehogs.
St. James’s Park is the smallest of the royal parks. It is famous for the variety of
ducks, geese and other birds which live in the lake.
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Hyde Park is the largest. It was once part of a wild and ancient forest inhabited
by wolves, wild bulls and boar. It was fenced off as a royal deer park in Tudor
times. Speakers’ Corner is here. On Sunday mornings it is a busy place.
Kensington Gardens shares the serpentine Lake with Hyde Park. The part in
Kensington Gardens is called The Long Water. Next to it, there is a bronze
statue of Peter Pan . Around its base are fairies, fieldmice and rabbits.
THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT
Now more commonly known as the Houses of Parliament, the Palace of
Westminster began life as a royal residence in 1042 under Edward the
Confessor. The major structure to survive various fires, Westminster Hall, was
built between 1087-1100 and is one of the largest medieval halls in Europe with
an unsupported hammerbeam roof. During the fourteenth-century the hall
housed shops and stalls selling wigs, pens and other legal equipment and the
courts of law met there. Thomas More, Charles I and those accused of trying to
blow up parliament (1605) were all tried in Westminster Hall.
Following a fire in 1512, Henry VIII decided to abandon the palace and from this
moment onwards it became home to the two seats of parliament - the
Commons and the Lords. However, it was to suffer from another disastrous fire
in 1834 and everything was lost except Westminster Hall and the Jewel Tower.
A competition was launched to redevelop the whole site. Sir Charles Barry was
responsible for the mock gothic building that has become such a familiar
landmark today; including the Clock Tower that houses Big Ben, the bell that
chimes on the hour, and is home to the largest clock face in the country.
THE MUSEUMS
The National Gallery
It was built in 1833, in an attempt to outshine Paris’s Louvre. Its permanent
collection of over 2,000 paintings includes some of the world’s most important
paintings from 1260-1900 . Look at the works of great artists such as Titian, da
Vinci, Rembrandt, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, Raphael and Van Gogh.
The National Portrait Gallery
Where else in London could you hope to find The Beatles, Henry VIII, Fatboy
Slim and Joan Collins all hanging out together? The National Portrait Gallery
was founded in 1856 by the historian Philip Stanhope, who campaigned for 'a
gallery of original portraits [that] commemorated British history'. Its founding
principle was that the paintings on display would reflect the status of the sitter,
not the artist. As a result, the primary collection now consists of 10,000 portraits,
and over 250,000 archived images, of everyone from statesmen to showbiz
stars and media barons. The collection represents Britain from the late
fourteenth-century to the present day and is arranged thematically to include the
Tudors, politicians and pop stars, Victorian statesmen and the Civil War. The
recently opened Ondaajte Wing features the only surviving portrait of
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Shakespeare taken from life and the famous Hans Holbein cartoon of Henry
VIII. The Portrait Restaurant offers superb views of London.
Tate Modern
Tate Modern is London’s most visited and innovative gallery, housed in a former
power station the space itself is as much as an attraction as its collections and
exhibitions . The journey there is an adventure in itself, take the tube to
Blackfriars, cross the river on the Blade of Light Millennium Bridge, and admire
the startling contrast between historic St Paul's Cathedral and this superb
modern art gallery.
The interior is a glorious, unpretentious playground of modern art, as appealing
to children and amateurs as it is to adults and art experts. Permanent
collections include works by Bacon, Matisse, Rothko and Andy Warhol as well
as the best of contemporary British art.
British Tate
Overlooking the River Thames, Tate Britain was originally founded through the
philanthropy of the sugar magnate Sir Henry Tate. The Tate legacy now
encompasses three other galleries around the UK, including Tate Modern in
London.
Dedicated to showcasing Britain's artistic talent, Tate Britain is home to the
greatest collection of British art from 1500 to the present day. Since it opened in
1897, the collection has expanded to include works from Blake, Rossetti,
Spencer and Stubbs and hosts the contemporary art world's premier award, the
Turner Prize, which showcases the cream of modern British art. Visitors will be
treated to a visual feast in the Turner gallery, be mesmerized by the visionary
work of William Blake and enjoy the temporary return of Rodin's ever popular
Kiss this year. The works have recently been re-arranged according to six core
themes ranging from Literature and Fantasy to Public and Private. As a result,
historic and modern paintings now hang together.
British Museum
The British Museum, one of the greatest museums in the world, was founded in
1753 when Sir Hans Sloane left his collection of 71,000 objects of interest. It is
the oldest museum in the world and its contents catalogue over two million
years of world history and culture. There are over 94 galleries and around 7
million objects, some more than 10,000 years old. The most famous exhibits
include the Elgin Marbles - sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens, Egyptian
mummies and the Rosetta Stone. The Reading Room, which was recently
incorporated into the Great Court (an impressive covered courtyard) has
witnessed the figures of Karl Marx, Mahatma Ghandi and George Bernard
Shaw working under its awe-inspiring dome
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Natural History Museum
Originally designed as an offshoot of the British Museum, the Natural History
Museum is a fascinating and impressive place to visit. This beautiful gothic
building houses one of the world’s largest collection of dinosaur skeletons. As
well as these, the museum offers exhibitions and activities, a collection of over
78 million natural history specimens, some of which are kept on display to the
public, and the revamped geology museum, with its exciting interactive displays.
Science Museum
Home to the world's most magnificent collections of science, industry,
technology and medicine, the Science Museum is one of London's most hands-on
and interactive museums. It started life in the nineteenth-century, founded by
the profits of the Great Exhibition of 1851, as part of Prince Albert's grand
scheme to promote industrial technology. Today it occupies a purpose-built
gallery and contains some 300,000 objects. Visitors are invited to learn about
forces and motion in Launch Pad and discover how aircraft are built in Flight
Lab. The recently opened Wellcome Wing allows visitors to morph their faces to
look older or younger, manipulate their voices and create digital music or be
sucked into the 3-D world of the stunning IMAX cinema.
Victoria and Albert Museum
From puppet making to turban tying, there's always a huge range of activities
for children of all ages at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Embark upon an
adventure across the museum with the museum's Backpack Tours and Activity
Cart, both filled with exciting hands-on activities including jigsaws, stories,
puzzles and construction games. Backpack Tours take place every Saturday
afternoon and additional days during school holidays.
Theatre Museum
Five galleries illustrate the history of the performing arts in the UK. The
collection includes displays on theatre, ballet, dance, circus, puppetry, opera,
musicals, rock and pop. There's usually a daily workshop on performing arts
subjects, such as pantomime and making a play.
CHURCHES AND CATHEDRALS
St. Paul’s Cathedral
The cathedral you see now is the work of the architect Sir Christopher Wren,
who was commissioned to rebuild it after the Great Fire in 1666 destroyed the
previous building, a medieval cathedral which had been built on the site of a
former Anglo-Saxon church.
It is famous for its 111m high dome, actually two domes, one inside the other.
Running round the inside is a balcony called The Whispering Gallery. It gets its
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name because a whisper directed along the wall on one side of the dome can
be very clearly heard on the other side.
In the north side of the Nave you can see a monument to the Duke of
Wellington. In the crypt you can see many memorials to famous people and the
tomb of Lord Nelson. Wren is buried there too. Big Paul, the heaviest bell in the
country, is in the northern bell tower and rings everyweekday at 1pm.
Royal weddings and birthdays, the funerals of Britain’s leaders and services to
celebrate the ends of wars all take place beneath the famous dome. The
cathedral miraculously survived the Blitz in World War II as the surrounding
area was flattened by German bombing raids. It served as an inspirational
symbol of British strength in the nation's darkest hour. From the medieval relics
in the crypt to the gorgeous Victorian mosaics, up to the staggering views of
London from the top of the dome, St Paul’s is both a fascinating store of British
history and an architectural triumph.
Westminster Abbey
The setting for every coronation since 1066 and the burial ground for kings,
statesmen, scientists, musicians and poets, Westminster Abbey is a true
Medieval masterpiece. Stunning gothic architecture, the fascinating literary
history represented by poets corner, the artistic talent that went into the statues,
murals, paintings and tombs, and the fantastic stained glass, combine to make
Westminster Abbey the most enduringly stunning of London’s churches.
LONDON ATTRACTIONS
The London Eye
When the Millennium Commission announced their intention to build an
observation wheel that would stand 135 meters over the city of London, people
were initially cynical. But the British Airways London Eye has turned out to be
the finest and most popular new attraction in London since Queen Victoria’s
Great Exhibition. It is the tallest observation wheel in the world, allowing you to
see one of the world’s most exciting cities from a completely new perspective.
With amazing views to the edge and beyond the capital, it reveals parts of the
city, which are simply not visible from the ground. For Londoners and visitors
alike, it has become an essential port of call: relaxing, fascinating and inspiring,
the Eye has become a definitive part of the London experience.
The Globe Theatre
This building is a replica of the famous theatre where Shakespeare’s plays were
performed in Elizabethan London. As it was usual at the time, the stage is in the
centre and the public sat - or stood - around it.
South Bank Centre
The South Bank Centre is the capital’s cultural epicenter. A prime example of
1960's architecture, the centre offers three theatres, three concert halls, two art
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galleries, two cinemas, cafes, bars, shops, a Saturday book market, spaces for
skateboarding and stunning views of the river.
Listen to some of the world’s best live music at The Royal Festival Hall. Watch a
3-D movie or blockbuster at the London IMAX cinema, or catch a cinematic
classic at the National Film Theatre.
Enjoy first class theatre at the National Theatre and soak up the atmosphere as
live music and street theatre take place on the riverside. In winter the foyers and
restaurants of the Royal Festival Hall and the Royal National Theatre pack out
for free programs of live Jazz, World and Chamber music. Or you can ignore all
these, sit back, and just watch the river roll past.
HMS Belfast
HMS Belfast is a World War II cruiser, with nine decks to explore - everything
from the Captain's Bridge to the massive Boiler and Engine Rooms, well below
the ship's waterline.
London Dungeon
The London Dungeon is setting the streets on fire with a brand new 'hot'
attraction - The Great Fire of London. You can also take a barge trip down the
River Thames on the 'Judgement Day' ride ... to face a firing squad, after being
sentenced to death by a sombre 18th century judge! There's also a torture
chamber and the chance to unmask 'Jack the Ripper' - the infamous serial killer.
It's not suitable for very young children or those of a nervous disposition!
The London Planetarium
Experience a virtual reality trip through space - before the show wander
through the interactive Space Zones and learn about black holes and
search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence. The Planetarium is located next to
Madame Tussaud's
Madame Tussaud's
Madame Tussaud's Waxwork Museum is the world famous
collection of figures of the famous - and infamous. Recent
additions include a 'Superstars' area in a glamorous
Hollywood setting, where Marilyn Monroe rubs shoulders
with James Dean and Nicholas Cage.
SHOPPING IN LONDON
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Camden Market
Camden Market is actually several markets wrapped into one fun, funky
canalside shopping experience. On sale are crafts, bric-a-brac, clothes, health
foods and antiques. It is a place to pick up outrageous retro clothing, creative
clubwear and even silly souvenirs. There's Camden Lock Market, The Stables
Market and Camden Canal Market, where you can find a wide variety of goods
including clothes, crafts, antiques and jewellery. The best days to go are
Saturday and Sunday as long as you don't mind crowds; there is a smaller
number of shops and stalls open on weekdays.
Portobello Road
The famous Portobello Road antiques and flea market in Notting Hill takes
place every Saturday although there are stalls from Monday-Friday, too. On
Saturday, it's huge, with over 2,000 stalls, selling everything from books to bric-a-
brac and lace to Limoges - even fashion and exotic cooking ingredients are
on sale. (This is the place to shop-and-eat and then shop some more.) The
market runs from Chepstow Villas to just under the Westway.
Shopping areas
Other areas for shopping are Oxford Street, where you can find big department
stores and important music stores next to small shops selling souvenirs, T-shirts,
etc. Nearby is Regent’s Street where Hamley’s Toy Store , the largest
toy shop in the world, is. In Knitsbridge you can find the well-known Harrod’s,
this is an area for more selected shopping. In Covent Garden you have a large
tea store, a bead shop, another one selling all kinds of soap and also a big
covered market where you can find clothes, souvenirs and many other things.
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My host family
Ask your host family . Remember that the objective of this trip is both to get to
know London and the British way of life and to practice your English. So why don’t you
use these questions as ice-breakers to start a conversation with your host family? They
will surely be happy to help you.
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1. How many people are there in your host
family?
2. What are their names and ages?
3. Where are they from?
4. What are their jobs?
5. What are their hobbies?
6. What kind of music do they like?
7. Do they know any Spanish singers or groups?
Which ones?
8. How many TV channels are there on British
TV? Which is their favourite TV channel?
9. What is their favourite TV programme?
10. What newspapers do they read?
11. During your stay what programs have you
watched on TV? Are they on Spanish TV?
12. Do or did their children go to a private or a
state school?
13. Are they happy with the British education
system? Why?
14. Have they ever been to Spain? Where to?
13. Find out what they know about Catalonia.
15. Have they got any pets? What are they?
16. Describe the house
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The Tower of London
1) When we leave the tube to visit the Tower of London, we’ll go to Tower Hill
for a good view of the Tower. What Roman remains can you see nearby?
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.2) Look at the sundial in the centre. Which of the dates is the most interesting
or important to you? Write down what happened. ...............................................
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3) We will take a group picture before visiting the Tower of London. From this
point, have a look at the different towers, how is one of them diferent?
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4) The Tower of london was used as a prison . Before entering the Tower have
a look around. Look for the prisoners’ entry to the tower from the Thames River.
How is this gate called? ........................................................................................
5) The first tower to be built was the White Tower in the 11th century. Who built
it? Where was he from? Why did he build it?
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6) What can you see in The White Tower?
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7) What’s the name of the king famous for having six wives, some of whom
were executioned at the Tower of London? .........................................................
8) Where can you see The Crown Jewels? .........................................................
9) In which tower was Sir Walter Raleigh a prisoner with his wife?
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10) Where can you see torture tools? ...................................................................
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11) The bodies of two children were found dead under the stairs in one of the
towers. In which one? ..........................................................................................
There are diferent versions about what really happened, in your opinion, who
was the murderer and why?................................................................................
12) Legend says that if these birds disappear from the Tower the Crown will fall
and Britain with it. What’s the name of these birds?..............................................
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English Meals
1) What time do you usually have your different meals?
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2) What do you usually have for breakfast?
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3) What do you usually have for lunch?
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4) What do you usually have for dinner?
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5·Who cooks in your English family?
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6) Have you cooked any of your country's typical meals for them? Which one?
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7) Name some of the food or meals you have eaten so far?
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8) Have you had a typical English meal? Which one?
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Sports
1. What is the name of the best football league in England?
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2. How many times have the Olympic Games been celebrated in London?
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3. Which is the only team who plays at Aviva rugby league in London?
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4. How old is the English football Association?
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5. When did London host the Paralympics Games?
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6. What is the local stadium of England football team?
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7. What is the name of the stadium of Chelsea F.C?
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8. Who is the player who has won the Wimbledon tournament more times?
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9. What colour is the Arsenal t-shirt?
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10. Which English team won the Champions League in 2012?
a) Arsenal
b) Tottenham
c) Chelsea
d) Manchester
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The National Gallery
1 ) Fill in the gaps with the artist’s name, the year it was painted and the room
number of the museum where you can find the following paintings.
Then tick those you liked best.
PAINTING ARTIST YEAR ROOM Liked
it?
Bathers (Les Grandes Baigneuses)
Bathers at Asnières
Bathers at LaGrenouillère
Sunflowers
The Arnolfini Portrait
The FightingTemeraire
The Hay Wain
The Toilet of Venus('The Rokeby
Venus')
A Young Woman standing at a
Virginal
Bacchus and Ariadne
Samson and Delilah
The Madonna of thePinks ('La
Madonnadei Garofani'
2) What’s your favourite painting of all those you have seen?
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Name of painting artist year room
3) Explain why this is your favourite painting. What do you like about it?
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The Science Museum
1. Where in the museum can you see the historical gallery,Exploring Space?
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2. What’s the name of the street where the Science Museum is?
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3. When did the Science Museum open the Dana Centre?
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4. What holds the library called Britain's NationalLibrary for Science, Medicine
and Technology?
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5. What’s the name of the exhibition on the fourth floor?
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6. Which was the first name of the Science Museum?
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7. When was the Science museum founded?
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8. What’s the most recent addition in the Science Museum?
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9. What’s the most popular gallery in the museum?
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10. How many items does the museum hold?
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11. Which of the exhibits or galleries in the museum did you like the best? Why?
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The British Museum
ACTIVITY: First get a floor plan of the museum. Then follow the itinerary below
and you will see some of the most important exhibits in the museum.
1. Start your visit at the Assyrian Transept –
Here you will see the human-headed winged
lions that guarded the entrance to the palace of
an Assyrian king. What’s peculiar about their
legs?
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2. We’ll be returning to Assyria later. But now
go into the Egyptian gallery and have a look at
the Rosetta stone. How many different scripts
are used?
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3. Are the hieroglyphs on the Rosetta stone
written from right to left or from left to right?
How do you know?
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4. Why was the discovery of the Rosetta stone
so important?
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5. A little farther along, on the right, is the
entrance to Room 25 A. Don’t miss the tomb
painting from Thebes on the end wall. Who is
the hunting nobleman?
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6. Now return to the main room and walk along
the gallery. What’s the name of the king the
head of whose statue is nearly three metres
tall?
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7. What’s surprising about King Ramesses II’s
statue?
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8. We’ll see the mummies later. Now go back to
the Assyrian Transept by the narrow corridor
running parallel to the Egyptian Gallery. Go
through another pair of monsters, bulls this time,
into Room 19. In the centre of the room there is a
black Obelisk showing foreign rulers showing
tribute to a king. What’s the name of the king?
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9. Who is the king described hunting lions in Room
17?
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10. Look at the relief from Nineveh, 645 B.C. What
weapon is he using?
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11. Now go through rooms 16 and 15 and turn left
into the Duveen Gallery. Where do the Elgin
Marbles come from?
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12. When did Lord Elgin bring them to London?
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13. According to legend, where was Athena born
out of?
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14. Now got to rooms 26 and 27, The Americas. In
room 26 you can see a bonnet from the American
Indians (AD 1927). It is constructed from feathers
of a golden eagle over a cloth skull cap. The tips
are decorated with hair symbolizing scalp locks.
Such flared headdresses were originally
representative of war honours. Feathers were
valuable in the nineteenth century, a full series of
twelve being worth one pony. What Indian tribe did
it belong to?
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15. In Room 27 you can find an Aztec mask
which has a human skull as its base. It is
believed to represent the god Tezcatlipoca,
one of the Aztec creator gods. He was also the
god of rulers, warriors and sorcerers. What is
the translation for his name?
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16. Now go upstairs . The mummies are in
rooms 60-66 . Draw the sign for life which
appears on the body shaped coffins of the
mummies.
17. Before mummification was developed
around 2700 BC, bodies were placed in
shallow graves, in direct contact with the sand.
Ginger has been preserved in this way. He
died more than five thousand years ago, yet
his hair, and even his toe- and finger-nails
have been perfectly preserved. Where does he
get the nickname “Ginger” from?
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18. Now go to the “Europe Rooms” You will
see an Anglo-Saxon helmet from the ship
burial in Sutton Hoo in England. The helmet
has panels decorated with animal ornament
and heroic scenes, motifs that were common
in the Germanic world at this time. The face-mask
is the most remarkable feature of the
helmet: it has eye-sockets, eyebrows and a
nose, which has two small holes cut in it to
allow the wearer to breathe freely. What
century is it from?
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19. Look for a Byzantine painting from the late
14th century AD. It represents St. George on a
black horse, which is rare as he usually
appears on a white horse. How is this icon
popularly known?
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20. Look for the Lewis Chessmen. They are
made of walrus ivory and whales' teeth . By
the end of the eleventh century, chess was a
very popular game among the aristocracy
throughout Europe. Records state that when
found, some of the Lewis chessmen were stained
red. What does it imply?
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21.Now go down to the first floor again and walk
into the King’s Library. Here you can see two very
important books, one is Guttenberg’s Bible and
the other one is from 1623 and it has the
engraved portrait of his author on the title page.
What’s the title of the book and who is the author?
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22. During the tour you must have seen the tallest
exhibit in the Museum. What is it?
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23. Choose another room in the museum that
interests you and name two exhibits there. What
do you like about them?
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24. Can you find out the name of the building
where the British Museum began?
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25. And now go outside and see how many
columns are built along the front of the British
Museum building.
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26. What did you like the most? Why?
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The Natural History Museum
1) The Museum's grand entrance hall includes the skeleton of a dinosaur,
which one? How big is it? .......................................... ......................................
2) You can also see a giant sequoia tree here, how old is it? ...............................
3) At the entrance hall you can also see Darwin's statue . Why is he important?
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4) The coelacanth, also in the entrance hall , is a prehistoric fish still living. In
which ocean can we find it? ..................................................
5) In the Dinosaurs gallery read about why dinosaurs died out. Explain.
6) Go to the Mammals gallery. Which is the largest mammal ever which you
can see in this museum? .........................................................
7) Look for the Creepy Crawlies gallery. Which of them could you find in a
kitchen?
8) Go to The Vault Gallery and discover the stories behind some of nature's
most rare, unique and valuable treasures.Choose one and write about it
9) Go to Visions of Earth . Walk along an avenue of sculptures, and examine
beautiful specimens, including a piece of a planet . Which one ? ........................
10) Then take the escalator up through the giant Earth sculpture made from
iron, zinc and copper. What do you think about it?
11) Which of these other galleries do you prefer: The Cocoon, The
Attenborough Studio or Images of Nature? Why?
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London teenagers
INTERVIEW the TEENAGERS in your FAMILY
1. What's your name?
2. How old are you?
3. Are you studying?
4. Do you go to a private or state school?
5. What year are you doing?
6. What subjects do you do?
7. Do you have to wear a uniform? Do you like wearing a uniform? Why?
8. Would you like to study in the future? What and where?
9. Would you like to go to a public school like Oxford or Cambridge?
10. What do you do in your free time?
11. Have you got a part-time job? What do you do?
12. Do you study foreign languages? Which ones? Do you like it?
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EVALUATION OF YOUR TRIP TO LONDON
HOST FAMILY’s NAME __________________________________
Give a mark from 0 to 10 to :
Your room _______ The house ___________ Meals __________
Friendliness of family __________ Conversation with family _________
Any other comments about your family and accomodation in general?
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PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES
Which has been your favourite cultural activity or museum/-s ? Why?
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Ehich has been your favourite leisure activity? Say why.
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Have you found the worksheets helpful? Why?
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Suggestions. Which aspects of the trip would you improve? Why?
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In general , which mark would you give to your TRIP TO LONDON? ………
