Travel to Europe 1



Comprehension questions by Ruth Monfort Juanes, CP2



QUESTIONS:
1. What are the things that Prague exports?
2. What is the name of the most important theatre?
3. How is also known the city of Prague?
4. How did is the Castle Town?
5. The old town with his magnificate ____ square.
6. What famous square is there in the new town?
7. What is the name given to the famous freedom building?
8. What is flouring Prague?
9. Everytime I come to Prague, my ____ friend Lida tries to teach me a little more.

VIDEOSCRIPT
Hi, I’m Rick Steves. Back with more of the best of Europe. This time we return to the Czech Republic for a close up look at Prague, the hottest city in Eastern Europe.It is amazing what a few years of freedom can do.Prague is always been beautiful now it’s fun too. The streets are filled with young people who seem which determined to make up for their parents stolen their childhoods. We’ll explore Prague. Slinky with art nouveau facades. Perpetually playing Mozart and Vivaldi and brewing the best beer in Europe.We will see Europe’s most interesting jewish quarter. Prague’s in love with life, Light Charles Bridge and it’s unique clack light theatre after the classy street music.We’ll venture into the Czech countryside to tour a Silver mine and check out some bony decor.The Czech Republic, a quick and easy side trip from western Europe, is the western half of what was Czechoslovakia. It’s about the size of Mariland. From Prague we side trip to ‘’Kutna Hora’’.Prague is the capital of Czech Republic. Since it scaped the bombs of last century’s war, it’s one of Europe’s best preserved cities. It’s nickname: the golden city of a hundred spires.Until about 1800, Prague was four separate and hortified towns, each straddling the ‘’Ultava River’’.The castle town, for a thousand years the home of the Czech ruler.The Little town, where nobles would live to be close to the king.The old town, with it’s magnificent market square.And the new town, with the grand Wenceslas Square providing a stage for this country’s tumultuous 20th century history.After a generation under communist control the city is bursting with pent up entrepreneurial energy, even the buildings like this one ‘’the dancing house’’ seems to celebrate Czech freedom. Under capitalism, Prague is flouring with inviting restaurants and vibrant markets. Today, as it has since medieval times, Prague’s central market keeps both hungry locals and vagabonds well fed.-‘’ Every time I come to Prague my tour guide friend Lida tries to teach me a little more Czech.’’-You have known me fourteen years and you still speak no Czech (not a word). I will show you some words. Remember just five key words in Czech.Good day, please, good, thank you and the last one, good bye… but we are friends and so we can say good bye and hello...Prague’s old town square, now the heart of the city, was once a similar market, but today the commerce is tourism..

Gandhi's non-violence speech





Estefania Ferrer Lopez, CP2

Kilkenny, Ireland Travel Video Guide




Comprehension test and script by Sandra Lozano Gonzalez, AP2

I'm next heading to the _______ _______ city of Kilkenny.
Kilkenny is an interesting ________ study for how a _______ can establish establish itself on the ________ ________.
In the middle _____ Kilkenny became _______ by the Kilkenny design ____________...in the _______ Kilkenny castle.
The semi _____ ______ bought about the _______ good craft design inIreland.
I worked for the _______ company Kilkenny ______ at ____ ______ and ...I was just an ______, I didn't any _____ but I had a friendly ____________
..... I took a _____ When I took over in the _____'s,we had had maybe ______ or ______staff.....a fantastic _____ over looking the castle _______
It's something very ____ that we have in Ireland and the _______ is going to came full _______ and people are going to come back to thing ____ with ________.

1.Why is so special to buy Irish hand-made products?
2.Do you think Kilkenny is a traditional city? Explain why.

VIDEOSCRIPT

I'm next heading to the quaint historic city of Kilkenny. Now Kilkenny is an interesting case study for how a location can establish itself on a tourism map. In the mid 1960's Kilkenny became based by the Kilkenny Design workshops. The semi state body brought about to proper the good craft design in Ireland. The workshops were set up in the stables and coach houses of the impressive Kilkenny castle. In the mid 1980 s the design workshops were privatised and in an interesting twist of fate was taken over by former employee Kathleen Moran. Kathleen Moran 'I worked for the original company Kilkenny Design at workshops and that was a great experience and it was privatised I saw the opportunity to maybe to put in a bin to become and have my own business. I was just an employee so I didn't have any money but I had a friendly bank manager and I worked on him and I was very fortunate that he gave me the funds and I took a risk but I had a great fate in the product and the place. When I took over in the mid 1980's we would have had 5 or 6 staff. We now have over 30 staff, we would have had 14 or 15 pottery companies we now have up to 200 suppliers all over Ireland. We have extended the square footage of the shops maybe twice the amount and put in a fantastic restaurant upstairs overlooking the castle with beautiful old beams. So, we have put a lot of investment in but we have done it very much true to the integrity of the building'. NarratorKilkenny is now well established as Ireland's craft capital. This has a flow on effect to other local business; the constant influx of tourists means Kilkenny boasts some of Ireland's finest restaurants and an accommodation. Kathleen believes a lot of Kilkenny's charm also comes from the fact the city has maintained its historic link to the days when it was a medieval merchant town.Kathleen We, the rest of Ireland were pulling down there lovely old shops fronts and putting up very modern plastic ones. Kilkenny were retaining all of theirs and they were retaining and making sure that the locals retained things that linked us to our past and heritage and that was something we should be proud of, where the bigger cities is were modernising. Kilkenny has modernised but has managed to retain wonderful shop fronts, the old lane ways so that has been very good for Kilkenny. There is something wonderful about hand made product, a product that's seen through right from the beginning to the end by the same person. I think people are kind of going to suffer from chain store fatigue or fatigue from seeing the same thing. No matter what country you go to now you see the same product. What's wonderful about Irish craft is how unique and how different it is and how beautifully made it is and we have a very high standard of craft in Ireland across of different areas and I think that is something very special that we have in Ireland. It is something, that I think the wheel will come full circle and people are going to come back to things that are made with tradition ..

Paul McCartney: 1968 Interview - BBC Documentary




Questions and videoscript by Salvador Frasquet Portes, AP2

1. why didn´t he want to listen to classical music?


2. what did the taxi driver said to him?why?


3. what did Paul use to think about classical music?


4. what did he realise?


5. who are the last people to know about their songs?


6. how do they see themselves?


7. what´s the desire they don´t have in their heads?


8. who had that desire?


9. what´s the right thing to do with power?


10. what has to be the whole world movement?


11. where did John and George have a nice holiday?


12. how long did they stay there?


13. what colour is the submarine he names at the end?

VIDEOSCRIPT

Paul: I was always frightened of classical music, and I never wanted to listen to it because it was Beethoven and Tchaikovsky and some big words like that, Schoenberg...You know, I always thought...I mean someone like a taxi driver the other day had some sheet music of a Mozart thing and I said What´s that you know, and he said: Oh, I would say that´s the high class stuff, you won´t like that. He said: no, no, you won´t like that . I said: but what is it? you know, he said: oh no, you won´t like it . You know, it´s high class there, it´s very high class, high brand. And that kind of way I always used to think of it, I used to think: well, you know, that is, that´s very clever all that stuff, and it isn´t, you know, it´s just exactly what´s going on in Pop at the moment. Pop music is the classical music of now.People just take our music and, you know, in a line and we just sort of say yeah . She was just seventeen , and they just...they read everything into that, you know, she was a seventeen year old nymphomaniac working on the streets of Broadway, but you know, all we meant is she´s just seventeen, but it might mean all the other as well, I don´t know, you know, I have no idea if there´s any Aeolian cadences and, you know, Miasmic climaxes and all of that. And we were the last people to know about our songs, because the Pop world never heard the Pop world as such, ´cause we can´t, you know, it´s like if you look at a snapshot of yourself and you´re looking at what tie you were wearing or whether you are looking nice in the snapshot, but anyone else would just take the snapshot and say: oh, that´s good, that´s a snapshot, it´s only, you know, it´s alright .We really just always think of ourselves as just happy little songwriters, just little rockers, you know, just playing in a rock group, but it gets more important than that after you´ve been over to America and you´ve...got knighted.And when we were touring, when it was at the sort of peak of hysteria, instead of just thinking oh , you know, that´s nice, we could have just thought: aha! , click! , you know, let´s use this, and for evil...you know. There´s no desire in any of our heads to sort of take over the world, you know, that was Hitler, that´s what he wanted to do. There is, however, a desire to get power in order to use it for good.Indian: The whole world movement has to be a cooperative enterprise ahahaha...John: I don´t know what level he´s on, but we had a nice holiday in India and came back rested to play Business-man . We were there for a month or so, George and I were, we lost 13 pounds and we looked a day older.Indian: In the midst of this activity and the world´s attention and interest for intel meditation, I don´t get a moment to think of silence ahahaha...Paul: If you got power, you gotta use it for the good. Because like everyone else, we read the papers, we go through all the things that most people go through, so if everyone wants to say a thing at a certain time, it´s handy being a songwriter, you know, you can put your finger on it, like The yellow submarine , you know that.

Experts : "Tigers are Largest, Heaviest, Strongest, Uncontested Super Cat, Top Predator"






Comprehension Test by María Cuenca López, CP1

Fifty kilos heavier and the whole head longer, the tiger is the world's uncontested supercat.A cerature of fearful power and a stunning beauty, it is the biggest cat on earth, the Siberian tiger.Tigers are the largest and heaviest cats in the world, the ________ power, India's king cats, the main bengal tiger can weight a colosul 250 kilograms.Huge force _____________, powerful _________ are in the normals____________, make this tiger one of the biggest one of this planet.The only agent? Killer larger than a Bengal tiger is its Siberian cousin. It weights 300 kilograms and conviniously long is a family cat.This huge cat is the largest land canival of life today.I'm in a frozen north? And this is the tail? Of the biggest of the cats, the tiger, and the biggest of the tigers, a Siberian tiger.Shortly, the most formally hunter of the world.The tiger is the biggest and strongest about the world cats, 10 feet long and 3 feet high the shoulder. It's packed with solid muscles. On the Siberian tiger can a 100 pounds to 160 pounds and the big male alive.For the first time in five centuries the world 'supercats which have attached.With its fifty kilos weight of poundage a tiger could kill a long line.Cats come a remarkable range of sizes.
From the huge 13 for Siberian tiger weights 900 pounds to the tinny black footed cat. ________ in weight.Until human beings device_______ this was the most powerful killer on earth, the top predator-Huge creatures_________, nothing __________.This is what I travelled________ whole the world, to see the Siberian tiger in the snow. This is the _________ a long cats, the third_______ on the planet.

Visit Britain Podcast - London




Videoscript by Lucia Huidobro Taengua, AP2

London, British’s capital city and home to some of the world most famous tourist attraction. The houses of Parlament, in Westmister. It’d been the home of governament since medieval times. BigBen is probably the best known clock tower in the world. But the name “BigBen” actually refers to the massive bell it has to inside. Next door to the houses of Parlament is to the Westminster Abbey, sight of every royal coronation since 1066. Much of the current building is over 700 years old. Just across the river from Westminster is one of the cities most modern estructures, the London Eye. Standing it 135 metres tall lis the world’s largest observation view. Since the dawnof New Millenium, it’s become britains most pupilar paid for visitor attraction, with views across London stretching for miles. Nearby is the west end famous for its Shopping and night life. Regent Street, Bond Street are home to leading fashion names as well as some very exclusives stores. There are plenty of great photo opportunities. Covent Garden used to be a fruit and vegetalbes market. Now it’s an open X with bistros, boutiques and bars, a great place to rest your feet from all that shopping. The west end comes alive at night though more so in theatre land around X avenue. Here there are nearly 50 theatres and the widest Choice of stage productions anywhere in the world. Over in the east end colomia road is famous for its morning flower market, and boutiques while X fields market is great if you are looking for fresh food and some clothes bargains. And X is the home of the great british curry. And at X is the city, the oldest area of London, but also it’s comercial part with some stunning modern architecture. The swiss re bulding of Gherkin is one of the cities newest landmarks, and has allready become popular film location. Here there are also some of the best views of River Thames. From the classic landmark Tower Bridge, to one of its newest. The millenium bridge which leads from St Paul’s catedral on one side to the Tate Modern gallery on the other. It all makes London one of the most varied tourist destinations in the wold.

Coral reef fish danger - Blue Planet - BBC Environment





Comprehension questions and videoscript by Yolanda García Jordán, group AP2

1.Coral reefs are having a ____ ____ __
2.Part of the problem is the ____ ____ in reef fish
3... the ____ ____ __ is an alarming rate
4.Fish on coral reefs [...] are hide among as a ____ for people __ ____ ____ arround the world
5.Cities like Hong Kong is a ____ ____
6.People like the fish ____
7."This beautiful animal is called ____ ____"
8.Humped rash should be able to live for more than __ ____ but they ____ ____ that age this days.

QUESTIONS:

• How many tones of fish go into Hong Kong each year?


• What is the woman who appears at the video worried about?


• What happens if you have fisherers which take large numbers of juveniles?

VIDEOSCRIPT

It's not just a deep that's in danger, shallow would a xxx xxx like coral reefs are having a hard time too.Part of the problem is the green trade in reef fish and is often the market to xxx for luxury fish like xxx called tauten rash that's behind the problem. They're being fished out at an alarming rate.Fish on coral reefs double ones a staple food for local people are now in hide among as a delicacy for people in much cities around the world.The majority goes to main than China and cities like Hong Kong, it's a huge market and some 30000 tones of reef fish come into Hong Kong every year.But the fisherman are having to go to coral reefs further and further a field a stocks dry up. Some now travel 3000 miles on a single fishing trip to find reef with fish.People like the fish fresh, very fresh. So much too but the cost of live fish is ten times the cost of fresh dead fish and the fish on the market place are getting smaller and smaller.Dr. Evoncy Dovy is worried about the amount of juveniles being sold here.-” This beautiful animal is a humped rash and is called humped rash because on his hump on his head and the other oner is the join grouper, this is the join grouper, the several xxx and this juveniles... this one is probably a late teenager but still not particularly old or well develop fish and the majority that we see of this species are young juvenile fish”-Humped rash should be able to live for more than 20 years but they rarely reach that age this days. They take an out far too young.-” If you have fishers which take large numbers of juveniles, this animals have not have a chance to reproduce, so you start to wonder where's the next generation going they come from.If you take too many juveniles slowly what happens is you don't get enough adults in the next generation and slowly the populations are stacks declining numbers so that's what my concerning is that this is part of a trend that we see more and more juveniles being taking in the street that's not xxx well for this particularly species”-But much more serious in the possible lost of the few species is the lost of an entire habitat specially one which deports thousands upon thousands species.Coral reefs are the most diverse communities in our oceans. Many of them have grown up over hundreds sometimes thousands of years and over that time a fantastic number of animals and plants had involved with them. The intricate sculpture built by the corals himself provide animals with protection from xxx important breathing sides and endless feeling opportunities.

UNICEF: Climate change and children




Test and videoscript contributed by Zenaida Gascó Rodrigañez, group AP2

Climate change is_______. (&) on the earth and each people, well limited access on ______, _____ and _________.
Who are the most harmed in climate change?
Where does climate change have a disproportional impact?
(&) it's just a part of the story.
A ______ family may not be able to send their _________ at _______ or for ______ care.
Who is more likely to die in natural disasters?
The power of ________ _________ to effect ________ and _______ our covert _________.
What does UNICEF programme promote?
By _______ children, we help _________ _________ and our ______ _________.


VIDEOSCRIPT

Climate change is real. A change in global enviorement (xxx) the basic necessities of human survivol. Inflecting damage on the earth and each people, well limited access on water, food and education. But each children who are most folder able, they will suffer first, they will be impacted most traumatically, but they are also the world best hope to adress this challenges in the warm communities.
Well, we still learning about the implications of climate change, it's clear that economic and social developement will be undermined without immediate action.The effects of climate change have a disproportional list of impact on the poorest and most vulnerable. Pretentiully run-rain everyone of the millenium developement goals less achievelable.Drops desemate of village's food and water supply creating eating hunger. But hunger alone; it's just a part of the story. A hungry family may not be able to send their children to school or for health care.Climate change has above for an environmental issue in to one the requires collective expertise insostenable development, energy security and the well being of children. Children are more likely than adults to die in natural desasters, also come to malnutrition, injuries what dieses in the after mark. Protecting the enviorment well providing for the health and developement of children and mitully inclusive their goals, almost any action taken to in hundreds environmental quality, also helps the basic needs and right of children.Well, many of the earth resources are frighten by climate change, one resorce remains untaped. The power of young people to effect changes and reduce our covert footprint.To this end UNICEF, the UN eviorment programme, and other partners at developing in the education resource pack, which support gavements and prommotes children participation local enviormental initiatives, such as tree planting, watershit restauration, recycling, reducing consumtion, as well as rescudaction disaster properness activities. Reducing pollution, save garding education and health, preserving enviormental diversity, protecting water supplice, increassing acces the proper sanitation, what is good for children is also good for the planet. By helping children, we help ourselves today and our world tomorrow.

Travel Activity

Travel Documentaries




Questions by Pilar Ricart Paredes, AP2

1.This big monument, built in ______, and inspired by_________________, ________, was erected with American funds which were given to the city to build an airport.
2. Only a few hours drive from Hanoi, it is one of the _________ ________ ___________ of the country.
3. To the eye of the stranger these pictures could look like __________ _________. In fact, it is a restaurant __________ __________ is __________.
4. What didn’t the Vietnamese government release? What was it needed for?

Comprehension test by Patricia Bou:

Watch this video and fill in the blank spaces below with ONE suitable word:

... and in ____ _____ with its lively neighbour Thailand, which spreads down the _____ _____ ...
... the heart and _____ of the nation is ...
The country is soon dominated by _____ _____ with _____ that ...
The town lies in a beautiful valley _____ with _____ and _____ and surrounded by _____ _____ mountains.

As a result of their _____ _____ these people have preserved their _____ _____

Hannoi ... still conveys a _____ _____ _____

The most _____ and ____-______ _____ of Vietnam is the ...

Here, rock _____ rise from the _____ _____ instead of emerging from the _____ thus giving life to an _____ _____ atmosphere

_____ _____ to sites of particular _____ _____ take place on a _____ _____

VIDEOSCRIPT BY PILAR RICART PAREDES (AP2)

Lying lazily on a bend of the Macon river, and in great contrast with its lively neighbor Thailand, which spreads beyond the opposite shore, the city of Vientiane is the peaceful capital of sleepy Laos. This big monument, built in 1960, and inspired by the arch of triumph, in Paris, was erected with American funds which were given to the city to build an airport. But the heart and core of the nation is That Luan, the great golden stupa. Moving north from the capital city the country is soon dominated by mountain chains, with peaks that reach a height of 2800m. Before completely entering the maze of rugged mountains, lies the peaceful town of Van Vieng, one of the main tourist destinations of Laos. Its fame among travelers is not undeserved, since the town lies in a beautiful valley, cultivated with rice and vegetables, and surrounded by impressive and mighty limestone mountains. A little north of Van Vieng, the countryside becomes even more spectacular, with huge limestone peaks rising from the valleys, almost as if they are warning the visitors of the inhospitable mountains lying ahead. Over the centuries, these mountainous regions have become the home of nomadic tribes migrating from Tibet to China. As a result of their geographical isolation, these people have preserved their ancient traditions. Hanoi, the peaceful capital city of the socialist republic of Vietnam. Still conveys a small town feeling, despite of its population of 3.5 million. The most impressive and well known natural marvel of Vietnam, is the immense Ha Long Bay. Only a few hours drive from Hanoi, it is one of the main tourist attractions of the country. Ha Long is also the location of one of the James Bond movies, but as the Vietnamese government didn't release the necessary permits, the shooting was done in Southern Thailand. The hills of Tam Cock, situated south of Hanoi, have similar origins to Ha Long's islands. Here, rock formations rise from the rice fields instead of emerging from the sea, thus giving life to an enchanting mystical atmosphere. To the eye of the stranger these pictures could look like a reptile show. In fact, it is a restaurant whose specialty is snake. Buddhism has molded the culture of the peoples of Vietnam for thousands of years. Mass pilgrimages, to sites of particular religious importance, take place on a regular basis. .

Food - pancakes

Man v. Food - Mac Daddy Pancakes




Mathilde Boutard

Orangutan - BBC Wildlife

Orangutan orphan stories - Apes in Danger - BBC wildlife






Nuria Vives Codina, AP2

Watch the video Orangutan orphan stories - Apes in Danger - BBC wildlife and answer the following questions:

What do companies do when they fin dan orangután?
Does the rescue team save the mother? Why (not)?
How many orangutans are there in the rescue centre? How old are they?
What happens to mothers? Why?
Casey is _____ __________ old
What happened to her mum?
Casey lost her _________ _____________ and nearly her ________
Her muscles haven’t ________ properly
Lona says orangutans are adaptable because ...
There’s a big market for ________ ________
They sell for ________ dollars in the States
It’s the big ________ it’s the international ________ who still get away with it

Pilots and stewardesses are involved in ..... so that they can .....
For every orangutan that gets to the rescue centre or that makes it to the black market, there are ________ ________ and ________ ________ that are killed in the process
Lona and her team ________ up the ________ Infants that have been ________ or _________

Patricia Bou Franch

Environment

GLOBAL WARMING

Discuss these questions:
What is Global Warming?
What are the causes of global warming? Be specific, make a list of damaging products & actions
What are the consequences of global warming?

Speaking about the Environment

HOW GREEN ARE YOU?

1. What do you do with the rubbish in your household?
2. Are you economical about using water and electricity? Why/Why not?
3. How would you feel if you had to walk or cycle everywhere?
4. What do you think about being a vegetarian?
5. What's your opinion of people who wear real fur coats?

Cambridge Objective First Certificate, p. 97.

Conversation Questions : Environment & Pollution

What are some things that can be recycled?
What are some things which you recycle?

Does your local government make it easy or hard for citizens to recycle?
What are some types of pollution?
What are some ways that you can reduce pollution in this country?

Do you think cars should be banned from city centers?

How often is garbage collected in your neighborhood?
Do you think people should recycle newspapers? Why or why not?
Do you think there are lessons to learn from nature?
How has the world changed since you were a child? (technology, values, environment, health)
What do you think of people who smoke cigarettes indoors?
Who do you think is more responsible for pollution, individual people or the government?
What is the most important issue facing the environment today?
If you could choose one alternative energy source to develop which one would you choose?Why?
Who should pay for the costs associated with renewable energy?
Should we make the development of renewable energy sources an economic priority?
What are some ways energy is wasted?
What types of energy are popular in your country?
What is the main problem with renewable energy sources?
What can large cities do to improve their air quality?
How can we protect the environment and at the same time improve people's standard of living?
Do think global warming is real?
Do you think this is an effect of pollution?
Are you worried about global warming?
What's happening to forests in the world? What happens when we remove forests?

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