The Tower of London - English Center

1 TIMESAVER READ & REACT beginnersTIMESAVER READ & REACT MARY GLASGOW MAGAZINES, AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC Tower of London WHERE IS IT?The Tower of London is on the River Thames,near Tower CAN YOU GET THERE?By bus, by car, by underground( the Tube ) andby S THE NAME OF THE TUBESTATION?It s called Tower OLD IS THE Tower OF London ?It s 900 years old. It s very strong. The walls are4 metres thick! It s called The Tower of London but there are 21 towers . WHY IS IT FAMOUS?It s got Beefeaters, ravens, the CrownJewelsand ARE BEEFEATERS?They are specialguards. There are 40 Beefeatersin the Tower . They live in the Tower . They wearblue and red clothes every day but on specialdays they wear red and ARE RAVENS?

2 Ravens are big black birds. They eat meat. Everyday they eat 150 grams of meat, eggs, andbiscuitswith blood. There are six ravens at theTower. The Beefeaters give meat to the ravensevery YOU AFRAID OFGHOSTS?People say the Salt Tower has got ghosts. TheBeefeaters don t go there when it s dark!WHAT ARE THE CROWN JEWELS?They are the Queen s special jewels. She wearsthem oncea MANY JEWELS ARE ON THEQUEEN S CROWN?There are 2,868 jewels on the THE QUEEN LIVE IN THE TOWEROF London ?No, she lives in Buckingham WORD CHECKWhat is it in your language? Find out!underground = strong = thick =famous =crown =jewel = ghost =special =guard = gold = biscuit =blood = afraid of = dark =once =TIMESAVER READ & REACT beginnersTIMESAVER READ & REACT MARY GLASGOW MAGAZINES, AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC Football THE PREMIERSHIPT here are a lot of famous football teams inEngland.

3 There are twenty teams in thePremiership. This means they are the topteamsin England. In May, the team in the Premiershipwith the most pointsare the champions. Theywin a big prizecalled the Premiership Trophy. WHO ARE THE PLAYERS?There are players from other countries inEnglish teams. Mario Melchiot comes fromAmsterdam in Holland but he plays for Henry comes from Paris but he plays forArsenal. English players like David Beckham andMichael Owen play in the comes from London and he plays forManchester United. Michael Owen lives inNorth Wales but he plays for Liverpool. MICHAEL OWENM ichael Owen was born on the 14th December,1979. He lives with his family in North earnsa lot of money because he is atop football player.

4 He likes to buy houses forhis family. He owns three houses in the samestreet! He is famous because he scoreslots ofgoals. He is a striker. He plays in a Number 10shirt for England. He was European Footballerof the Year in 2001. He is rich and famous buthe likes to live an ordinarylife. He signsautographs and talks to journalistsand is politeto his fans, but theimportant thing for Michael is to playgood football. He trains almost every daywith the other players in theLiverpool team, and in his freetime he likes playing golf,snookeror table tennis. Heloves horse-racingtoo. TALK TO MOJOHe owns a race-horse calledTalk to Mojo. The name hasMichael s initials(M.)

5 O.) andthe firstletters of all hisfamily s names: His sisters arecalled Lesley and s father and motherare called Terry and Janette;Michael s brothers are called Terry and you make a name for a horse from yourfamily s names?Find out more on English football and the career of Michael Owen on theInternet on CHECKWhat is it in your language? Find out!top =point =prize = trophy = to earn = same = to score =goal = striker =ordinary =to sign = polite =snooker =horse-racing =initial = first = TIMESAVER READ & REACT MARY GLASGOW MAGAZINES, AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC READ & REACT introductions/feelings/going toHelp Michael Owen Score a Goal!Read about Michael Owen.

6 Draw a line to the ball with the correct word in it. Draw the goal that Michael name _____ Michael Owen. _____ younger than David Beckham. I ve _____ two brothersand two sisters. I m _____ Chester in England. I _____ scoring FansLook at these fans. They are watching a football match. How do they feel? Match the feeling to the s s re s s s going to happen next?He s going to buy a s not going to watch football team is going to win!Their team is going to favourite player is going to get a red READ & REACT MARY GLASGOW MAGAZINES, AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC READ & REACT numbers + oppositesSteal the Crown Jewels!You want to steal the jewels but you need the password.

7 Here is the code for the password. The password opens the safe. seventeen, fifteen =do twenty-five, fifteen, twenty-one = twenty-five, twenty-two, twenty-four, eighteen = fifteen, eighteen, eighteen, nineteen, thirteen = KEY TO CODE?ABCDEFGH I JKLM 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 ! N O P Q R S T U VWX Y ZEXAMPLE fourteen = afourteen = n The Oldest TowerWhat is it called?Write the opposites of the 7father8open9dry10yes11old12no13sisterN I G HT