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Extensive Reading: Sightseeing in London 陕西府谷中学 外语组 张娜 Quiz 1. Where were the 29th Olympic Games held? 2. How many gold medals did Chinese athletes receive in 2008? 3. Where will the 30th Olympics be held in 2012? A. Beijing B. London A. 36 B.51 A. London B. Japan Fast reading Read the passage quickly and then answer these two questions 1. How many days did Zhang Pingyu spend in London? 2.Where did she visit every day? The first day The Tower of London St. Paul’s Cathedral Westminster Abbey Big Ben Buckingham Palace The second day Greenwich The third day Highgate Cemetery The Library of the British Museum Careful reading Answer the following questions according to each paragraph and Make a comment on each place she visited. Para.1 1. Who built the Tower of London? When was it built? 2.What kind of tower was it? 3. Who guarded the Queen’s jewels? What kind of clothes did they wear? It was built long ago by the Norman invaders of AD 1066. It was solid, stone, square. Special royal soldiers; they wore the four-hundred-year-old uniform of the time of Queen Elizabeth Ⅰ Day 1 1 Tower of London 1 delighted Para.2 1. When was St Paul’s Cathedral built? 2. What did Westminster Abbey contain? It was built after the terrible fire of London in 1666. It contained statues in memory of dead poets and writers. St.Paul Cathedral splendid and interesting 威斯敏斯特教堂 (Westminster Abbey) interesting , full of statues of poets and writers Big Ben 英国伦敦议会大厦顶的大钟, 美国得州西南部的国立大本德公园(Big Bend National Park) famous and very loud Buckingham Palace has so much to tell Para.3 1. What did she see when visiting Greenwich? 2. What is the longitude line? She saw its old ships and famous clock that sets the world time. It is an imaginary line dividing the eastern and western halves of the world and is very useful for navigation. Greenwich 格林威治(位于英国伦敦东南部,为本初子午线所经之地,原设有英国皇家格林威治天文台), 格林威治镇(位于美国康涅狄格州) Interested in the longitude line. Greenwich astronomical observator