Mark and Sarah Visit the London Twentytwelve Olympics

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Author: Dirk Reischauer Diercke 360° 1/2012

Mark and Sarah Visit the London Twentytwelve Olympics

Source: http://travel.london2012.com/SJPWeb/Pages/JourneyPlannerInput.aspx

Mark from Manchester and Sarah from Berlin are penpals1. They have arranged to meet2 in London with their parents to visit the Olympics. Both families stay in a hotel on Piccadilly Circus. The parents want to go to Wimbledon to watch the tennis, but Mark and Sarah have tickets to see the BMX bikers in the Olympic Park.

Individual Work1. On the evening before, Mark inquires3 on his smartphone on http://travel.london2012.com/SJPWeb/Pages/JourneyPlannerInput.

aspx how to get to the BMX track. After that he describes the route to Sarah. Compare the directions from the Internet (M1) with Mark’s directions10 (M2).

a) Spot the small mistake in Mark’s description.b) Find Mark’s route on M3.

M 1 Excerpt11 from the „Spectator Journey Planner“ M 2 Mark’s directions

“We shall take the Piccadilly Line, eastbound. The first stop will be Leicester Square. There we have to change trains4 to the Northern Line, northbound. The next stop will be Tottenham Court Road already. There we have to alight5 and catch the eastbound Central Line train6. The eighth stop will be Stratford, which is our destination7. The Tube journey will last about half an hour. After a short walk we will arrive at the Eastern Spectator Gate. But it will then take nearly an hour until we finally arrive at the BMX track. But that does not mean we are inside the venue8 yet. So we should leave early. I want to be on time9.

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On the London Underground (“Tube”) there are four general directions in which the trains travel: “northbound“ (to the north), “southbound“, “eastbound“ und “westbound“.

Vocabulary

1penpal – Brieffreund/in; 2to arrange to meet – sich verabre-den; 3to inquire – sich erkundigen; 4to change trains – umstei-gen; 5to alight – aussteigen; 6to catch a train – einen Zug nehmen/erreichen; 7destination – Ziel, Endstation; 8venue – Veranstaltungsort; 9on time – pünktlich; 10directions – Weg-beschreibung; 11excerpt – Auszug; 12to meet up with somebo-dy – sich mit jemandem treffen; 13to suggest – vorschlagen

Individual work, to be discussed in class 2. On their way to the Olympic Park, Sarah and Mark want to

meet up with12 Patrick from Dublin who arrived at Stansted Airport. Use the London rail traffic map (M3) to suggest13 a meeting point.

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Individual and group work (groups of four)3. With the help of M3, solve the following difficulties Sarah and Mark might encounter14 on their journey to the venue. Each group

member gets one task (a–d) and presents his/her solution to the group. The other group members comment. Words and phrases from M2 and the box on the right might help you with your presentation.

You want to go from Piccadilly Circus to the Olympic Park but … a) … due to an accident, there are no trains on the Central

Line eastbound. b) … Mark and Sarah have, by mistake, boarded the Northern

Line southbound at Leicester Square station. c) … because of a bomb scare15 no trains are allowed to go

through Liverpool Street Station. d) … Sarah would love to go on the Southeastern

Javelin train to the Olympic Park.

Individual work (for experts)4. Give reasons why it takes more than one hour to reach the

BMX track from the entrance of the Olympic Park.5. Find reasons why sports venues are very often quite far

away from the next rail station.

Individual work (or homework)6. Use M4 and M5b to choose three different venues in London where you want to watch the Games. Arrange a table (see below)

to show the best train connections from Piccadilly Circus. Share your results with the class in a short presentation.

Sport Venue Way from Piccadilly Circus

M 4 List of venues of the Olympic Games in London’s Central Zone and River Zone

Venue Sport Stations

Earls Court Volleyball Earls Court

Horse Guard’s Parade Beach Volleyball Charing Cross, Piccadilly Circus, Victoria, Green Park

Hyde Park Swimming, Triathlon Marble Arch, Paddington, Hyde Park Corner, Knightsbridge

Lord’s Cricket Ground Archery St. John’s Wood

The Mall Race Walking, Road Bicycle Racing, Marathon Running

Charing Cross, Piccadilly Circus, Victoria, Green Park

ExCel Boxing, Fencing, Weightlifting, Judo, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Wrestling

Custom House, Prince Regent, Pontoon Dock, West Silvertown

Greenwich Park Show jumping, Eventing, Dressage, Pentathlon

Greenwich, Blackheath

North Greenwich Arena Gymnastics, Basketball, Trampolining North Greenwich

Royal Artillery Barracks Shooting Woolwich Arsenal

Usefull words and phrases

to alight – aussteigento board a train – in einen Zug einsteigento catch a train – einen Zug nehmen/erreichendestination – Reisezielto get off a train – aus einem Zug steigento change at – umsteigen into change for – umsteigen nachdirect – ohne Umsteigento depart – abfahrento arrive – ankommendelay – Verspätungdelayed train – verspäteter Zugto go by train – mit dem Zug fahren

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Individual work7. Remember that Sarah and Mark arrived at Stratford station to go from there to the BMX track.

a) Draw Sarah’s and Mark’s way from the station to the venue into M5c. b) Work out the length of this walk as precisely as possible. Please note: The scale bar on map M5c is 2.8 cm long, which means that 1 cm on the map are 180 m in reality. You say: “The scale is one to eighteen thousand“ or, more frequently, “The scale is one centimetre to one hundred and eighty metres.”

Work in pairs8. After they have watched the competition16, Sarah and Mark want to take a stroll17 around the Olympic Park. Design an interesting

walk through the Olympic Park from the BMX track to the Tube. It should be 4 to 5 kilometres long (around 25 cm on the map). Present your choice to a neighbouring group and compare your walks.

Individual work (homework)9. Write a letter to a friend back home about your day in the Olympic Park.

Vocabulary

14to encounter difficulties – auf Schwierigkeiten stoßen; 15bomb scare – Bombendrohung; 16competition – Wettkampf; 17to take a stroll – einen Bummel machen/spazieren gehen

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