7 metodika indd

Activity 1a Work in pairs. Answer the question. 5 min

Objective: to stimulate pupils’ interest and ideas about the topic

STEP 1: The pupils in pairs answer the question.

STEP 2: Ask several pairs to tell the class what famous places in the world they know.

Activity 1b Listen and match the texts and pictures. 7 min

Objective: to develop listening skills

STEP 1: Ask the pupils to listen to the DVD attentively and match the texts and pictures.

STEP 2: Play the DVD, the pupils match. Answer key: 1e, 2a, 3f, 4d, 5b, 6c DVD script:

temperatures are higher than in winter and the animals are near the water. It’s the best time to take photos and make videos. The Statue of Liberty is one of the most famous monuments of the USA. The people of France gave the Statue to the people of the USA in 1886 to show their friendship. The statue is situated on the Liberty Island in New York. It’s the statue of a woman with a torch. Her crown has seven parts. They symbolize the seven continents. The Statue of Liberty is 93 meters high. The statue stands on the platform inside which there’s a museum of the history of people who came to the USA. Mount Fuji is a symbol of Japan. It’s the highest mountain in Japan, standing at 3,776 meters. It’s an active volcano. It’s only 100 kilometers from Tokyo. The last time Mount Fuji was active in 1707. Mount Fuji is loved by Japanese people and foreign tourists. More than 200,000 people climb the mountain every year during the warmer summer months. Many people start climbing Mount Fuji at night because they want to see the sunrise from the top of the mountain. Japan’s called “the Land of the Rising Sun”. The sunrise from Mount Fuji has a special name, Goraiko. The Sydney Opera House is Sydney’s most popular tourist attraction, as well as one of the world’s busiest art centres. It’s known as the ‘Opera House’. But it has several halls. In the biggest concert hall there are 2,690 seats. People of Australia built it in 1973. Sydney Opera House looks like no other building on the earth. The Eiffel Tower is a tower in Paris, near the River Seine. It’s made of iron. The Eiffel Tower is the tallest tower in Paris and it’s a symbol of Paris in the world. The engineer Gustave Eiffel built the tower in 1889. Eiffel Tower is 324 metres tall. There’s a lift for people. The tower has two restaurants on the first and on the second level. There’s a cafe on top of the tower. Big Ben is the name of the Great Bell inside the clock of the Elizabeth Tower which is in London. The big clock appeared in May 1859. The people of London called the clock and the tower ‘Big Ben’, it was named after the engineer Sir Benjamin Hall, who designed it. Before 2012 the tower was officially called the ‘Clock Tower’. In 2012 it was re-named the ‘Elizabeth Tower’ to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday. Big Ben is a national symbol of Britain for tourists.