When I was young, girls never (1) ________ go out on their own. You always went out with friends, because you werent allowed to be alone with a young man. Oh, no, that never (2) ________ be allowed. Before I went out anywhere my father always (3) ________ ask where I was going and who I was going with, and when I would be back. And make-up that was forbidden. Of course, as soon as I got out of the house I (4) ________ go behind the house and put it on and then take it off before I went home again. I (5) ________ disobey my father except when it came to make-up. My mother (6) ________ wear it so I didnt see why I wasnt allowed to as well.
Oh, but life was hard in those days. When I think of when we (7) ________ get up in the morning. We (8) ________ be up and washed by 6.30! Modern girls just wouldnt do it, would they? And quite right too!
And all the housework we (9) ________ clean out all the fires before 8 oclock. In fact, we (10) ________ have to do all the cleaning by lunchtime.
C. Write some true things about yourself.
1. When I was young I used to love ________ but now I never ________ it any more.
2. My mother always used to say how important it was to ________.
3. I never used to eat ________ but now I love it!
4. I used to think people who ________ were very strange, but now they seem quite normal!
5. When I was young nobody used to ________, but now everybody does.
Speaking Practice
A.
WORD LIST: be a long way down under street
be built of marble/granite/modern building materials
buy a token
get in the train
get out at the station
get to the street
get/step off the escalator
go down/up the escalator
go out into the street
see the notice TO THE TRAINS
shut automatically
underground line
Using the words given below try to describe how you use the Underground.
B. Fares on the London Underground (the Tube) are not fixed, but are proportional to the distance travelled. There are ten lines in the system: the Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Jubilee, Metropolitan, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria and Waterloo and City lines.
Read the dialogues about how to use the London Underground.
Dialogue 1
A: Which way do I go for Queensway, please?
B: Take the Bakerloo to Paddington; the District to Notting Hill and then get the Central.
A: Where do I go now?
B: Take the escalator on your right.
Dialogue 2
A: How do I get to Lancaster Gate, please?
B: Catch the Metropolitan to Liverpool Street and then change to the Central Line.
A: Which platform do I want?
B: Follow those signs. You cant go wrong.
Dialogue 3
A: Which line do I take for Marble Arch, please?
B: Thats easy; its the next station down the Central Line.
A: How do I get down to the trains?
B: Get that lift over there.
Dialogue 4
A: Can you tell me the best way to get to Bond Street, please?
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B: You want the Victoria to Oxford Circus and then you change on to the Central.
A: Which way do I go first?
B: Go straight down the stairs, and turn left at the bottom.
C. Now practise the following:
Practice 1
Example: Student A: Excuse me, but is this the right train for St. Pauls?
Student B: Yes, its three stops down the line.
1. A: ________ platform ________ Leicester Square?
B: ________ two stops ________.
2. A: ________ side ________ Marble Arch?
B: ________ the next stop ________.
3. A: ________ line ________Holland Park?
B: ________ four stops ________.
4. A: ________ direction ________ Swiss Cottage?
B: ________ the stop after next ________.
Practice 2
Example: Student A: Can you tell me the best way to get to Holborn, please?
Student B: Take the Bakerloo to Oxford Circus and change to the Central.
1. A: ________ Earls Court ________?
B: ________ Metropolitan ________ Hammersmith ________ District.
2. A: ________ Knightsbridge ________?
B: ________ Circle ________ South Kensington ________ Piccadilly.
3. A: ________ Regents Park ________?
B: ________ Victoria ________ Oxford Circus ________ Bakerloo.
4. A: ________ Baker Street ________?
B: ________ Northern ________ Aldersgate ________ Metropolitan.
5. A: ________ Liverpool Street ________?
B: ________ Waterloo and City ________ the Bank ________ Central.
Practice 3
Example: Student A: Excuse me, please. Which way do I go for Notting Hill?
Student B: Notting Hill? Take the lift down to the Central Line.
1. A: ________ Piccadilly Circus?
B: ________ escalator ________ Bakerloo ________.
2. A: ________ Tower Hill?
B: ________ stairs ________ Circle ________.
3. A: ________ Bayswater?
B: ________ lift ________ District ________.
4. A: ________ Waterloo?
B: ________ stairs ________ Northern ________.
5. A: ________ Arsenal?
B: ________ escalator ________ Piccadilly ________.
D. Choose some other useful phrases from B and C to add to the list in A.
UNIT NINE. HEATHROW
Pre-reading Activity
ü How do you get to the airport from your home city centre?
ü What common questions do people ask in a Tourist Information Centre if they want to travel by air?
ü What do you know about the largest and best known airport in Great Britain?
Make sure you know these words:
crumble away
retreat ,
remnants ,
joy ride ( , )
heath , ,
shack ,
1. Read the text and answer the following questions ***
Part 1. Heathrow Airport
Heathrows history goes back 25 million years. As the chalk foundations of south-east England crumbled away, the advances and retreats of the sea formed a flat deposit of gravel. This flatness and the excellent drainage provided by the gravel made it a perfect site for an airport.
During the construction of the airport, archaeologists uncovered Stone Age tools, Bronze Age remains and the remnants of a Roman road. In the 13th century King Henry II cleared the forest and created Hounslow Heath.
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During the First World War (1914-18), the army used Hounslow Heath as a training aerodrome for the Royal Flying Corps. After the war, people would visit the aerodrome and take a joy ride. One gentleman paid to fly through Londons Tower Bridge. In 1929, the aerodromes tin shacks burnt down and the heath became a place for walks and playing golf.
That same year an aircraft enthusiast Richard Fairey set up an aeroplane company in nearby Hayes. He bought heathland at Heathrow to build the Great West Aerodrome to test his planes. By the 1940s the government wanted a new airport near to the centre of London. They decided to develop the Great West Aerodrome and call it Heathrow.
Heathrow was officially opened on 31 May 1946. The first aircraft to land was a BOAC Avro-Lancastrian from Australia that had taken 63 hours to get there (two hours ahead of schedule). The aircraft could carry 13 people, but this had been reduced to six to accommodate beds, tables and chairs.
But in these early days comfort was not a priority. Tents and caravans were set up on the north side of the airport with a row of red telephone boxes and a post box beside them. There was no heating and most of the time the area was a sea of mud. These were small beginnings, but by the end of its first year Heathrow had already handled some 60,000 passengers.
1. How long does Heathrows history go back?
2. What is Hounslow Heath?
3. What for was Hounslow Heath used after the First World War?
4. What was Heathrow developed from?
5. How did Heathrow look like in those early days?
Make sure you know these words:
cater for
blend in ,
satellite building -
dock at stands
2. Read the text and answer the following questions ***
Part 2. Heathrow Terminal 5
While rail travel in the UK has grown in recent years, travel by air, especially on international flights, has generally been growing at an even faster rate.
Forecasts show that demand for air travel at UK airports will increase substantially in the decades to come. With this in mind, a new terminal is planned for London Heathrow, the UKs leading airport.
Terminal 5 will cater for some 30 million passengers a year, arriving, departing or transferring between flights. It will incorporate the very latest in passenger service and baggage system, together with an integral public transport interchange.
The new terminal has been designed by the internationally acclaimed architect, Richard Rogers to blend in with the surrounding landscape. Its wave-shaped roof and glazed sides will create a feeling of light and spaciousness and will allow passengers to move easily around the building. Aircraft will dock at stands at the main terminal or one of the satellite buildings, and passengers will be carried to these by an underground transit system. Terminal 5 will be able to cater for the newest and quietest aircraft of the future.
1. What is planned to build for London Heathrow in the nearest future?
2. What will Terminal 5 incorporate to cater for so many passengers?
3. What do you know about Richard Rogers?
Vocabulary Focus
