Visit THIS website to go back 350 years in time. Listen and read, then follow the instructions to help Tom and Jane through six dramatic days as they experience the fire. Follow the story of the fire and play games to battle and escape the flames.
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Watch this video about the Great Fire of London.
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Names, terms and dates from Chapter 7.
Liste to the audio recording of Chapter 7.
Chapter 7 – MORE MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES
British Museum, the the oldest museum in the world, visitors will see the works of man from prehistoric to modern times from around the world;
Most famous objects include: the Rosetta Stone, Parthenon sculptures, Egyptian mummies and the Portland VaseMuseum of London, the you can learn about London and its people from earliest times Natural History Museum, the you can learn about our planet, our world, the people, animals and plants in it Charles Dickens one of the most famous writers of England who wrote his novels in Victorian times; most famous Dickens characters are: Oliver Twist, David Copperfield and Nicholas Nickleby Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir English writer whose popular characters were Sherlock Holmes, the clever detective and his friend, Watson 10 Baker Street the house where Sherlock Holmes lived in Doyle’s novels; nowadays it hosts The Sherlock Holmes Museum Covent Garden once it was the place for the largest English market; nowadays there are shops, market stalls and street artists there; Covent Garden is home for The London Transport Museum and The Royal Opera House Tate Britain the home of British art from 1500 to present dungeon, a a dark cellar room in a castle used as a prison in the past chamber, a a large room in a building used for meetings; old word for a private room (or bedroom) -
Names, terms and dates from CHAPTER 1
Listen to the audio recording of Chapter 1.
Chapter 1 – A GREAT CITY
Queen Elizabeth the Second current British monarch Londinium London’s Roman name AD 43 the year the Romans came to England Angles, Saxons, Jutes people who came to Britain from Germany, Holland and Denmark October 14th, 1066 the Battle of Hastings won by William the Conqueror of Normandy William the Conqueror of Normandy (King William I; The Norman; 1066-1087) defeated Danish King Harold at the battle of Hastings in 1066 Henry VIII (The Tudors; 1509-1547) the second Tudor Monarch, on throne from 1509 to 1547; had 6 wives Elizabeth I (The Tudors; 1558-1603) King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn’s daughter; during her reign great explorers discovered a lot of new lands and Shakespeare wrote many of his plays Plague, the and epidemic that killed lots of people around Europe from the 14th to the 17th century 1665 the Year of the Great Plague 1666 the Great fire of London Pudding Lane the Great Fire of London started here in a bakery St Paul’s Cathedral the most important cathedral in London, a new St Paul’s was built after the Great Fire of London Queen Victoria (Hanoverian, 1837-1901) had nine children; she ordered to build the Royal Albert Hall in the remembrance of her husband Albert who died 1851 the year of the Great Exhibition in London Hyde Park the largest park in London Tube, the London’s underground network, the first line was opened in 1863 (the Metropolitan line) 1939-1945 the Second World War -
Watch this video report to know more about famous museums of Europe’s largest capital city. (Enable subtitles.)
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There are more than 300 museums in the British capital city. Here’s a list of the most popular ones. Look at the chart and visit the websites of the museums by clicking their names.
NAME ADMISSION OPENING TIMES WHAT TO SEE AND DO? ADDRESS; GETTING THERE Museum of London free MON-SUN; 10.00-6.00 closed at X-Mas
see the history of London from 1666 till now 150 London Wall getting off the Tube at Barbican / St Paul’s / Moorgate
National Gallery free; tickets for special exhibitions
MON-SUN; 10.00-6.00; FRI 10.00-9.00 closed at X-Mas and New Year’s Day
see the greatest collection of European paintings in the world Trafalgar Square
getting off the Tube at Charing Cross / Leicester SquareShakespeare’s Globe Theatre a child’s ticket costs 11,50 GBP MON-SUN; 9.00-5.00 closed on 24th and 25th December
learn about the works of William Shakespeare and the original Globe Theatre at a special lesson getting off the Tube at London Bridge
British Museum free; tickets for special exhibitions
MON-SUN; 10.00-5.30; FRI 10.00-8.30 closed at X-Mas and New Year’s Day
the works of man from prehistoric to modern times from around the world;
Famous objects include: the Rosetta Stone, Parthenon sculptures, Egyptian mummies and the Portland VaseGreat Russel Street getting off the Tube at Holborn
Natural History Museum free; tickets for special exhibitions MON-SUN; 10.00-5.50; closed at X-Mas
the flora and fauna of the world; Most popular attractions: the earthquake imitation and the T-Rex Cromwell Road getting off the Tube at South Kensington
Science Museum free; tickets for IMAX cinema and flight simulators
MON-SUN; 10.00-6.00; closed at X-Mas the major man-made stuff and inventions from the wheel to hybrid cars Exhibition Road getting off the Tube at South Kensington
Victoria and Albert Museum free; tickets for special exhibitions
MON-SUN; 10.00-5.45; FRI 10.00-10.00 large collections of arts and crafts including furniture, jewellery, ceramics and textiles Cromwell Road getting off the Tube at South Kensington
Madame Tussauds London a standard child ticket costs 24 GBP MON-FRI 9.30-5.30;
SAT-SUN 8.00-6.00a large collection of wax figures of celebrities, politicians, famous people; 4D cinema and other attractions Marylebone Road
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London was not always the capital city of England and Great Britain. Here are some other towns or cities:
- Colchester (named Camulodunum in Roman times)
- Tamworth (in the 8th century under the reign of King Offa of Mercia)
- Winchester (in the late 9th century under the eign of Alfred the Great)
- Gainsborough (in 1013 for 5 weeks, under King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark)
- Oxford (during the Civil War, under Charles I in 1642)
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There was a huge wall around the city centre to keep the intruders away. Inside the walls of Londinium, there were houses, temples, shops and markets. (Nowadays this is the business area called the City. There are no houses to live, just office buildings, skyscrapers and historical sights.)
The City of London today The business area of Roman London were the Basilica and Forum, they stood where Gracechurch St is today in the City.
You can read more about Roman times in England here.
The centre of Roman London GLOSSARY
an intruder (n.) – someone who enters a place where he can’t go, especially to steal or rob
City, the – London’s business area
skyscraper, a – a really high dwelling (= building), the tallest ones in London are The Shard and The Gherkin
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London’s underground network (The Tube) is the oldest in the world. The first line – called The Metropolitan – was opened in 1863.
All the lines – the actual number is 11 – are marked with a colour. It is weird that 55% of the underground network is not under the ground.
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