London up and down

Pon-DidetecCorsista: Prof.essa Giuseppina BernaudoClasse: III A

Descrizione del caso :London up and down ,

Selezione di testi utilizzati e attivit svoltePresentazione di Londra: TEXT: London the compendium of the world

London the compendium of the world It is difficult to speak adequately or justly of London. It is not a pleasant place, it is not agreeable , or cheerful ,or easy ,or exempt from reproach. It is only magnificent . You can draw up a tremendous list of reasons why it should be insupportable . The fog ,the smoke ,the dirt , the darkness ,the distances,the brutal size of the place ,the horrible numerosity of society ,the manner in which this senseless bigness is fatal to amenity ,to convenience ,to good manners , all this and much more you many espatiate upon . You many call it dreary ,heavy , stupid, dull, inhuman, vulgar at heart,and tiresome in form.I have said all these things at time so strongly that I have said Ah London ,you too are impossible! . But these are occasional moods ; and for one who takes it ,as I take it , London as a whole is the most possible form of life, I take it as an artist and a bachelor ; as one who has the passion of observation and whose business is the study of human life . It is the biggest aggregation of human life the most complete compendium of the world .

Activities 1)Fill in: a)It is difficult ... It is difficult to speak justly or adequately of London. b)It is not a pleasant........... c)It is only . d) The fog , the smoke ............ e)You many call it dreary ....and tiresome in form . f) So strongly that I have . g)London is the most h)I take it as i)It is the biggest l) The most complete .2)Conversation: Q. How can you define London? A. Well, London is defined as a compendium of the world ,that is the hearth of Britain and one of the greatest centres in the world . In London you can see representatives of all peoples of any race and language. Q. Differently from any other big town what is the peculiarity of London? A. New York ,for instance is a big concentration of peoples from every part of world, but is different. London familiarizes the present with the past . In it you can see ancient buildings, Roman ruins and modern skyscrapers. Q. Whic are the places that most attract foreigner? A. St. Pauls Cathedral , Piccadilly, Circus, The Tower of London , Buckingham, Palace,Trafalgar Square, Westminster Palace , and so on.

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London up and down Realizzazione di un video in Power Point.Big Ben Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London ,and often extended to refer to the clock and the clock tower. The tower is now officially called the Elizabeth Tower, after being renamed in 2012 (from "Clock Tower") to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The tower holds the largest four-faced chiming clock in the world and is the third-tallest free-standing clock tower. The tower was completed in 1858 and had its 150th anniversary on 31 May 2009, during which celebratory events took place. The tower has become one of the most prominent symbols of both London and England and is often in the establishing shot of films set in the city.

Tower BridgeTower Bridge (built 18861894) is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London which crosses the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, from which it takes its name, and has become an iconic symbol of London.

Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace is the official London residence and principal workplace of the British monarch. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal hospitality. It has been a focus for the British people at times of national rejoicing.

OXFORD STREETOxford Street is a major road in the City of Westminster in the West End of London. It is Europe's busiest shopping street, and as of 2011 had approximately 300 shops.The street was formerly part of the London-Oxford road which began at Newgate, City of London, and was known as the Oxford Road. Today it forms part of the A40 trunk road, although like many roads in central London which are no longer through routes it is not signposted with the road number.Piccadilly Circus Piccadilly Circus is a road junction and public space of London's West End in the City of Westminster, built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with the major shopping street of Piccadilly. In this context, a circus, from the Latin word meaning "circle", is a round open space at a street junction.

The Globe TheatreThe Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, on land owned by Thomas Brend and inherited by his son, Nicholas Brend and grandson Sir Matthew Brend, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613.A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site by June 1614 and closed in 1642. A modern reconstruction of the Globe, named "Shakespeare's Globe", opened in 1997 approximately 750 feet (230 m) from the site of the original theatre.

Examination of old property records has identified the plot of land occupied by the Globe as extending from the west side of modern-day Southwark Bridge Road eastwards as far as Porter Street and from Park Street southwards as far as the back of Gatehouse Square. However, the precise location of the building remained unknown until a small part of the foundations, including one original pier base, was discovered in 1989 beneath the car park at the rear of Anchor Terrace on Park Street. The shape of the foundations is now replicated on the surface. As the majority of the foundations lies beneath 67-70 Anchor Terrace, a listed building, no further excavations have been permitted.

Second Globe Theatre, detail from Hollar's View of London, 1647. Hollar sketched the building from life (see top), but only later assembled the drawings into this View; he mislabelled his images of The Globe and the nearby bear-baiting enclosure. Here the correct label has been restored. The small building to the left supplied food- and ale-sellers at the theatre.The Globe Theatre is shown at the bottom centre of this London street mapPosition on modern street planSite of the Globe Theatre, from Park Street; the dark line in the centre marks the foundation line. The white wall beyond is the rear of Anchor Terrace.

A modern reconstruction of the theatre, named "Shakespeare's Globe", opened in 1997, with a production of Henry V. It is an academic approximation of the original design, based on available evidence of the 1599 and 1614 buildings, and is located approximately 750 feet (230 m) from the site of the original theatre.

The new theatre was larger than the building it replaced, with the older timbers being reused as part of the new structure; the Globe was not merely the old Theatre newly set up at Bankside. It was probably completed by the summer of 1599, possibly in time for the opening production of Henry V and its famous reference to the performance crammed within a "wooden O". Dover Wilson, however, defers the opening date until September 1599, taking the "wooden O" reference to be disparaging and thus unlikely to be used in the Globe's inaugural staging. He suggests that a Swiss tourist's account of a performance of Julius Caesar witnessed on 21 September 1599 describes the more likely first production. The first performance for which a firm record remains was Jonson's Every Man out of His Humourwith its first scene welcoming the "gracious and kind spectators-at the end of the year.

Who is William Shakespeare?He is the greatest English dramatist . He wrote a lot of plays which have been represented everywhere in the world. William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 23 April 1616)was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, the authorship of some of which is uncertain. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613 at age 49, where he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive, and there has been considerable speculation about such matters as his physical appearance, sexuality, religious beliefs, and whether the works attributed to him were written by others.Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613.His early plays were mainly comedies and histories, genres he raised to the peak of sophistication and artistry by the end of the 16th century. He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, including Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest works in the English language. In his last phase, he wrote tragicomedies, also known as romances, and collaborated with other playwrights.

Activities 1)Answer the following questions : a)What do the Scots and the Welsh think of the theatre? b)What is the Irish opinion on the theatre? c)How many theatres are there in London ? d)On what occasion does a Londoner go to the theatre? e)What do people from the provinces do when visiting London? f)What can you see if you walk through West End? g)Why are they waiting? h) How long do people sometimes stand to buy a ticket? i)What have you got to do when the theatres are booked up so far abead?

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