Vocabulary

And Tourist Attractions

River Thames
Tower Bridge
Changing of the Guard
St. Paul’s Cathedral
British Museum
Trafalgar Square
Regent’s Park
Palace of Westminster
Big Ben
London Eye
Some monumental facts
The London Eye was built in 1999. It is
443ft (135m) tall.

The London Eye has 32 capsules,

numbered 1 to 12 and 14 to 33

It’s very popular with more than 3.75m

visitors annually, The London Eye is the
most popular paid tourist attraction in
the UK.

The London Eye is also known as the

Millennium Wheel and was only meant
to be temporary
More Monumental Facts
Its official name is actually “30 St Mary Axe” and the Gherkin is
basically its nickname, mainly due to its shape resembling the
plant related to the cucumber

It is about 180 metres (591 ft) tall and has a total of 41 floors..

The Gherkin consists of a total of 745 windows. The windows are

designed to be opened by a refined computer program that
responds to signals from a mini weather station. This station
transmits information regarding wind speed, sunlight, and
temperature.

There is also a restaurant on the 39th floor and private dining

areas for the companies renting office space on the 38th floor.
 What?! More monumental
facts?!
It’s Actually Called Elizabeth Tower and it’s the huge bell inside
that’s called Big Ben.

Why Big Ben? Well, it’s really big! In fact, the bell of Big Ben weighs
over 13 tonnes.

Big Ben is accurate to within two seconds every two weeks.

In order to keep Big Ben’s chimes sounding at just the right moment
the clock has to be adjusted and wound.

Winding takes over an hour, and someone has to wind the clock
three times a week. On top of that, the pendulum is adjusted by
adding old pennies (from before decimalisation). Each penny causes
Big Ben to gain 0.4 seconds.

The clock began ticking in 1859

 Finding your way around London

LES FORMULES INTERROGATIVES

Pour une demande d’information, on commence la question par

WHAT ?

Pour une question sur la cause, on commence par WHY ?

Pour une question sur le moment, on commence par WHEN ?

Pour une question sur l’âge, on commence par HOW OLD ?

Pour une question sur un lieu on commence par WHERE ?

Finding your way around London
Turn left / right
Take the second right/left…
…on to King’s Street
Go past = passer devant
Opposite = en face de
Next to = à côté de
On the right/left = à droite/gauche
On your right/left = à votre droite/gauche
Go straight on = aller tout droit
Could you tell me = pourriez vous me dire
Where is… = où est/se trouve
How do I get to...
How do I go to…
Where do I find…
I’m looking for…
Roundabout = rondpoint
Traffic lights = feux tricolores