Listen to Paula and Michael talking about a tour of the London underground Decide if these sentences below are true (T) or false (F) Correct the false ones Michael had been on a tour of the London Underground …… …… Michael and Paula are doing a school project together …… …… The underground in Paris is older than the London Underground …… …… A return ticket on the first London Underground cost three pennies Michael bought some souvenirs of the underground …… …… …… …… Listen to Paula and Michael talking about a tour of the London Underground Then answer the questions Write complete sentences Where is Michael? When did the London Underground open? How long was the first route on the London Underground? How many kilometres of routes are there on the London Underground today? What is Michael going to later? Each city’s metro system has a “common name” that developed historically London - “The Tube”, from the tube-shaped deep level bored tunnels Paris - metro, full name “Métropolitain” New York City - subway, because the main lines have significant underground sections Chicago - “The L” - from el, because it is mostly elevated Boston - “The T” - from MBTA, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Washington, D.C - metro San Francisco - BART, Bay Area Rapid Transit Read the conversation of Paula and Michael talking about a tour of the London underground Decide if these sentences below are true (T) or false (F) Correct the false ones Michael: Paula: Michael: Paula: Michael: Paula: Michael: Paula: Michael: Paula: Michael: Paula: Michael: Paula: Michael: Paula: Michael: Hey Paula, it’s me Michael – I can’t believe you’re calling me from London Yeah – I thought you’d be surprised Isn’t London fantastic? What have you done so far? Well, we’ve only been here two days, so we haven’t seen much, but yesterday we took a tour of the London Underground That’s an unusual thing to on your first day, but I’m glad you did it It’ll help us with the project we’re doing on Transport in Big Cities Actually, it was really interesting Did you know that it’s the oldest underground in the world? It opened in 1863 Wow! That’s a long time ago I thought the Paris Underground was the oldest, but it was completed in 1900 Why did they decide to build an underground? They built it because there was a lot of traffic in the city centre and they wanted to help people get to work more quickly It started out with only one line that was around six kilometres long, and two stations in the centre of the city That’s amazing I can’t believe it was only six kilometres long When I was in London, I got lost I thought the underground was enormous I got lost all the time! Well, it’s very different today Now, there are more than 400 kilometres of routes on the underground It was also expensive to ride on the underground when I was in London You’re right It isn’t cheap, but it was much cheaper when it first opened You could get a single ticket for about three pennies and a return ticket was just a few pennies more That’s a lot cheaper I hope you took some photographs of the underground, so we can use them in our project Of course I did I have to go now – we’re going on a boat ride on the River Thames today Have a great time And call me when you get home I will Bye Michael had been on a tour of the London Underground …… …… Michael and Paula are doing a school project together …… …… The underground in Paris is older than the London Underground …… …… A return ticket on the first London Underground cost three pennies Michael bought some souvenirs of the underground …… …… …… …… Read the conversation of Paula and Michael talking about a tour of the London Underground Then answer the questions Write complete sentences Where is Michael? When did the London Underground open? How long was the first route on the London Underground? How many kilometres of routes are there on the London Underground today? What is Michael going to later? Audio file link: http://filecloud.io/zc2q3uvig Listen to Paula and Michael talking about a tour of the London underground Decide if these sentences below are true (T) or false (F) Correct the false ones Michael had been on a tour of the London Underground …… …… Michael and Paula are doing a school project together …… …… The underground in Paris is older than the London Underground …… …… A return ticket on the first London Underground cost three pennies Michael bought some souvenirs of the underground …… …… …… …… Listen to Paula and Michael talking about a tour of the London Underground Then answer the questions Write complete sentences Where is Michael? When did the London Underground open? How long was the first route on the London Underground? How many kilometres of routes are there on the London Underground today? What is Michael going to later? Each city’s metro system has a “common name” that developed historically London - “The Tube”, from the tube-shaped deep level bored tunnels Paris - metro, full name “Métropolitain” New York City - subway, because the main lines have significant underground sections Chicago - “The L” - from el, because it is mostly elevated Boston - “The T” - from MBTA, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Washington, D.C - metro San Francisco - BART, Bay Area Rapid Transit