Christmas in London PDF

SPEAKER PLACES by CONOR GLEESON DANIEL FRANCIS SCAN, READ & LISTEN 01B2 LOWER INTERMEDIATE B1 GLOSSARY 1 skating rinks: piste di pattinaggio sul ghiaccio 2 carol singing: cantare canti natalizi...

SPEAKER PLACES by CONOR GLEESON DANIEL FRANCIS SCAN, READ & LISTEN 01B2 LOWER INTERMEDIATE B1 GLOSSARY 1 skating rinks: piste di pattinaggio sul ghiaccio 2 carol singing: cantare canti natalizi 3 glittering: brillanti 4 bursting with: pieni di 5 crafts goods: articoli FESTIVE SEASON IN THE CAPITAL di artigianato 6 mulled wine: vin brulé 7 scheme: piano 8 bows: fiocchi 9 baubles: palle natalizie 10 spinning mirror balls: sfere specchiate rotanti 11 stalls: bancarelle 12 chalets: casette 13 overflowing: traboccanti 14 stocking fillers: regali da mettere nelle calze natalizie In occasione delle festività natalizie, Londra offre innumerevoli 15 former: precedente 16 observation wheel: attività alla portata di tutti, dai tradizionali mercatini di strada ai ruota panoramica famosi spettacoli teatrali del West End. 17 grotto: grotta 18 mass: messa 19 Christmas Eve: vigilia rom Christmas markets to festive A MILLION PLANTS di Natale 20 roast turkey: tacchino arrosto 21 trimmings: guarnizioni F shopping, from ice skating rinks1 to carol2 singing in the streets, London is packed with magical things to do and Visitors to the city’s most famous market will arrive to see hundreds of thousands of glittering3 lights illuminating the three daily see in the Yuletide season. Not surprisingly, markets which are bursting with4 clothes, 22 fun-packed: piene di divertimento Covent Garden is one of the most impor- antiques and arts and crafts goods5. The tant locations for festive activities. highlight is The Winter Warmer Festival, 8 eight  SPEAK UP Explains Yuletide season. Oggi la parola Yuletide è usata come sinonimo di Natale. Si tratta di una parola composta dal sostantivo yule, a sua volta derivato da geōl, un termine dell’antico inglese che si rife- riva a una festa pagana di metà inverno celebrata a dicembre. Il suffisso tide, invece, indica un periodo di tempo. EXERCISES IN overflowing13 with Christmas presents, stocking fillers14 and souvenirs. Two to look out for are in Trafalgar Square and Hyde Park. The former15 has one of the most famous trees in the world, an annual gift from Norway. Carol singers perform festive songs beside the twenty-me- tre-high tree. Hyde Park has its Winter Wonderland, with one hundred cabins selling all kinds of gifts. It is also home to Britain’s biggest outdoor ice rink, as well as a giant observation wheel16. CHRISTMAS TOURS For those interested in seeing the season- al sights of the city, there are numerous bus tours taking in the Xmas lights (most notably the festival in Kew Gardens), stop- ping for ice skating rinks and shops such as Harrods, Hamleys toy shop (complete with Santa’s Grotto 17), and Fortnum & Mason, and even offering the chance to go to Midnight Mass 18 in Trafalgar Square’s St. Martins-in-the-Fields Church on Christmas Eve19. There are also cruis- es on the Thames, with roast turkey20 and all the trimmings21 included. with warming food and mulled wine6. In 2023, the authorities launched a new dec- LONDON’S WEST END oration scheme7, which returns this year, Clockwise from top left: No trip to London at this time would be mulled wine, a beverage with forty gigantic balls with bows8, twelve made with red wine, spices complete without a visit to the theatre in giant baubles9, and eight spinning mirror and raisins and served hot, the West End. As well as ballets, dance balls10, all in the iconic Market Building. is a classic Christmas drink; shows and regular plays and musicals, seasonal decorations in The Christmas tree, twenty metres high, Covent Garden’s Market; there are also fun-packed22 pantomimes is decorated with thirty thousand lights. Santa and his elves give gifts — a British Xmas tradition — for children in Santa’s Grotto at Hamleys and adults alike, often starring TV and film OUTDOOR MARKETS CITY-WIDE toy shop; Trafalgar Square’s celebrities. With so much on offer, a visit famous Christmas tree; one of There are outdoor markets all over the the glasshouses at the Royal to London at Christmastime is always an city, filled with stalls 11 and chalets 12 Botanic Gardens, Kew. unforgettable experience! nine 9  SpeakUp 477 UNIT 1 Page 8 Christmas B2 LEVEL in London SOLUTIONS PAGE 74 1.1 VOCABULARY 1.2 VOCABULARY Match numbers (1-11) and letters (a-k) to obtain Insert the vowels to complete the following expressions used in the article. nouns used in the article. 1) glittering a) tour 1) vstr...................................................................................... 2) mulled b) singing 2) hghlght...................................................................................... 3) ice c) market 3) wndrlnd...................................................................................... 4) bus d) celebrity 4) shppng...................................................................................... 5) roast e) light 5) trmmng...................................................................................... 6) midnight f) skating 6) xprnc...................................................................................... 7) toy g) mass 7) thtr...................................................................................... 8) film h) wine 8) pntmm...................................................................................... 9) daily i) turkey 9) mrkt...................................................................................... 10) carol j) wheel 10) sngr...................................................................................... 11) observation k) shop 11) crs...................................................................................... 1.3 LISTENING COMPREHENSION Listen to the article and answer the following questions. 1) How many daily markets are there in Covent Garden? 5) Where does the Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square come from?........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2) When was the new decoration scheme in Covent Garden 6) Where is “Winter Wonderland” located? introduced?............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 7) Where is Britain’s largest outdoor ice rink? 3) How tall is the Christmas tree in Coven Garden?............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8) What event takes place at St. Martins-in-the-Fields 4) How many lights decorate the tree? 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