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Culture Brighton5Warm-up

1 a In pairs. Describe the photos (A–C).

b Answer the questions.

1 What is a blog?

2 When you go on holiday how do you contact your family and friends: postcard, email, text or phone call? Which is best and why?

Reading 2 Read Joe’s travel blog and write the

names of the places under the photos.

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Joe’s travel blog*

posted 23.07.2008*Day 23 Brighton

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Hi guys … it’s day 23 and here I am in Brighton, a really trendy city on the south coast of England. My legs are tired, but I’m OK and having a good time. There’s a university here and loads of English language schools so the city is full of young people. There are thousands of tourists too. It looks like everybody is in Brighton this summer!

I’m staying with Pete’s sister, Tania. Do you remember her? She’s studying architecture here at Uni and she lives in a house with two Italian students and a girl from Japan. Tonight we’re all going out to a Spanish tapas bar and then we’re going clubbing.

Let me tell you about the city. Well, Brighton is famous for two things in particular. First, Brighton Pier where you can try British fish and chips. There’s a funfair, lots of pubs and some amusement arcades too. Some people love jumping off the pier into the sea! I’d like to go for a swim, but the sea is too cold.

The other really famous sight in Brighton is the Royal Pavilion. It was the seaside home of King George IV (he was King of England from 1820–1830).

It’s a strange but beautiful building and it doesn’t look English at all. Outside it looks like an Indian palace and inside it’s decorated in a strange mix of Chinese, English and Indian styles. Mum, you’d love it. You could find some really good ideas for decorating the dining room!

Then there are lots of shops, discos and bars, and places to meet. The best part of the city for shopping is an area called North Laines. It’s full of trendy, unusual shops. You can buy anything from original 1970’s clothes to handmade jewellery, from African drums to antique violins. There are second-hand record shops, shoe shops, arts and crafts shops, cool cafés and all sorts of restaurants. It’s my favourite part of the city.

Well, I’m going to have a look at the shops now. There are lots of things I’d like to buy, but unfortunately there’s no space on the bike to bring them back with me!

‘Speak’ to you soon.

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Joe’s from Canada and this year he’s cycling round Britain during his summer holiday. He writes a ‘travel blog’ every day to tell his friends and family about his adventures and experiences.

At the moment he’s in Brighton.

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Vocabulary 3 Find the English translation for these words

in the travel blog.

1 di moda (L.02) 2 conosciuto (L.14) 3 molo (L.15) 4 luna park (L.16) 5 sala giochi (L.16) 6 arredare (L.27) 7 fatto a mano (L.32)

8 usato (L.33) 9 botteghe di artigianato (L.34)

10 purtoppo (L.39)

Check 4 Answer the questions.

1 Why is Joe tired?

2 Who is Tania? Why is she in Brighton?

3 Who is going to the tapas bar with Joe?

4 What are the two most famous places for tourists in Brighton?

5 What can you do on the pier at Brighton?

6 Why is the Royal Pavilion an unusual building?

7 Why does Joe love North Laines?

8 Why isn’t he going to buy many things in Brighton?

Listening 5 T5 04 Listen to a radio interview with Anne

West, an expert on Brighton and its history. Choose the correct alternative.

1 The Pavilion was originally a farmhouse/ temple.

2 The Prince of Wales used the building for his Christmas/summer holidays.

3 In 1778/1787 Henry Holland transformed the building into a neo-classical villa.

4 Queen Victoria didn’t like Brighton because there were too many people/buildings.

5 In 1815/1850 she sold the Pavilion to the city of Brighton.

6 During the First World War the Pavilion was used as a hospital/school for soldiers.

Speaking T

6 In pairs. Choose a popular seaside town in Italy. Ask and answer the questions and make notes of your answers.

1 Where? / Name?

2 What / like?

3 What / best things to do?

4 What / best places to go?

A Where is your seaside town?

B It’s near Ancona. It’s called...

Writing Portfolio

7 Imagine you are on holiday at the seaside town in exercise 6. Use your notes to write a short blog entry (75–100 words) about your holiday.

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