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LONDON A wide river, a small village, a new country … ‘We can make a town here,’ said the Romans, and so Londinium began Two thousand years later, that village is London, the biggest city in Britain, and millions of people visit it every year What brings them here? Some come to see the beautiful buildings and the great parades of Britain’s royal family Others like to walk along the River Thames, and through the green parks and gardens of this great city And London is full of wonderful buildings, old and new, each with its own story People come in their thousands for the sport – to watch tennis at Wimbledon, football at Wembley, cricket at Lords, or to run in the London Marathon Then there’s shopping in Oxford Street, and the theatres of London’s West End, and concerts – oh, there are hundreds of reasons to visit London Can’t wait? Then come with us now, and get to know this wonderful city … OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY Fact les London Stage (400 headwords) Fact les Series Editor: Christine Lindop JOHN ESCOTT London Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With o ces in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam OXFORD and OXFORD ENGLISH are registered trade marks of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries © Oxford University Press 2008 The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) 15 No unauthorized photocopying All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the ELT Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer Any websites referred to in this publication are in the public domain and their addresses are provided by Oxford University Press for information only Oxford University Press disclaims any responsibility for the content ISBN: 978 19 423374 A complete recording of this Bookworms edition of London is available on CD pack isbn 978 19 423580 Printed in China Word count (main text): 4,810 For more information about the Oxford Bookworms Library, visit www.oup.com/elt/gradedreaders The publishers would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce images: Alamy Images ppviii (Southbank, London/nobleIMAGES), (portrait King Henry VIII/GL Archive), (The Great Fire of London/GL Archive), (portrait of Queen Victoria/Lordprice Collection), (Windsor Castle/Derek Croucher), (Hampton Court Palace/Angelo Hornak), (Canary Wharf/Lourens Smak), 11 (Tower of London guards/Blaine Harrington III), 12 (The Monument, London/Martin Beddall), 13 (10 Downing Street/Tony Watson), 16 ( reworks display/Steve Lindridge), 17 (bridges over the River Thames/Robert Harding Picture Library Ltd), 18 (Tate Modern Art Gallery/Loop Images Ltd), 23 (Little Venice, London/Patrick Ward), 25 (Natural History Museum T-Rex dinosaur model/Steve Vidler), 26 (Sherlock Holmes Museum/Simon Reddy), 27 (London Transport Museum/tony french), 28 (Madame Tussauds Kate and William models/WENN Ltd), 31 ( lm premier, Leicester Square/Ian Shaw), 32 (Andy Murray at Wimbledon/Clickpics), 33 (London Marathon nish line/epa european pressphoto agency b.v.), 34 (Harrods shop entrance/Hemis), 35 (Portobello Road market/Peter Phipp/Travelshots.com), 36 (Covent Garden/David Wall), 37 (tea at the Ritz/Robert Harding Picture Library Ltd), 38 (London Underground escalators/david pearson), 39 (London black taxi/Alex Segre), 50 (view from London Eye/John Warburton-Lee Photography); Corbis pp14 (Coronation of Elizabeth II/HultonDeutsch Collection), 21 (couple in rowing boat/Andy Rain/epa); Getty Images pp6 (Buckingham Palace guards/Pawel Libera), 19 (Millennium Wheel and cityscape/Marvin E Newman), 22 (London Zoo penguins/John Phillips), 40 (aerial view of The Shard and River Thames/Jason Hawkes); iStockphoto p5 (Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace/Hulton Archive/Getty Images); OUP pp10 (Tower of London/Image Source), 30 (Shaftsbury Avenue, London/Digital Vision), 44 (Parthenon, Athens/Photodisc), 44 (Houses Of Parliament/Digital Vision), 44 (Buckingham Palace/Digital Vision); Shutterstock pp15 (Houses of Parliament, London/r.nagy), 20 (Thames barrier/Bikeworldtravel), 24 (The British Museum/Dan Breckwoldt), 26 (National Gallery of Art/allylondon), 44 (Ei el Tower, Paris/WDG Photo), 44 (The White House, Washington D.C./Andrea Izzotti), 44 (Moscow Kremlin, Russia/OlegDoroshin) This book is printed on paper from certi ed and well-managed sources e-Book ISBN 978 19 463074 e-Book rst published 2015 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION A great city Royal London The City and the Tower of London Whitehall and Westminster By the river Parks and gardens More museums and galleries Theatres, music, and sport Shopping and eating 10 Travelling GLOSSARY ACTIVITIES: Before Reading ACTIVITIES: While Reading ACTIVITIES: After Reading ABOUT THE AUTHOR ABOUT THE BOOKWORMS LIBRARY London today art, bar, capital, century, church, club, concert, coronation, destroy, docks, ood, food, gallery, government, king, museum, music, painting, prison, royal, view Now write down all the letters that not have lines through them, beginning with the rst line and going across each line to the end You now have 24 letters, which make the name of a place What is the name, and where is this place? What can you see there? When did it open? Here is a new photo for the book Find the best place in the book to put the picture, and answer these questions The picture goes on page Where was the photographer? Would you like to go there? What can you see in the photo? Now write a caption for the photo Caption: It is the year 2100 What is London like? Tick the sentences you agree with Yes No Everybody speaks English Nobody lives near the river because of the oods There are no cars in the centre of London Buckingham Palace is now a hotel Fish is very expensive, so only rich people eat sh and chips Now write two sentences of your own Would you like to visit London? Why / Why not? What ve things would you like to see and in London? What would you like to see rst? What is the most interesting thing about the city for you? Compare London and your city or town You can use the information in this book These websites can help you too: www.visitlondon.com, www.visitbritain.com, www.enjoyengland.com You can begin like this: There are million people in London, but in (my city) there are In London, people speak English and about 300 more languages; in (my city) they speak … ABOUT THE AUTHOR John Escott worked in business before becoming a writer Since then he has written many books for readers of all ages He was born in Somerset, in the west of England, but now lives in Bournemouth on the south coast When he is not working, he likes looking for long-forgotten books in small backstreet bookshops, watching old Hollywood lms on video, and walking for miles along empty beaches He also enjoys visiting London and going to the art galleries and museums John has written or retold many stories for both Oxford Dominoes and Oxford Bookworms His other Fact les titles are New York and England (both at Stage 1) and Great Crimes (at Stage 4) OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY Classics • Crime & Mystery • Fact les • Fantasy & Horror Human Interest • Playscripts • Thriller & Adventure True Stories • World Stories The OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY provides enjoyable reading in English, with a wide range of classic and modern ction, non- ction, and plays It includes original and adapted texts in seven carefully graded language stages, which take learners from beginner to advanced level An overview is given on the next pages All Stage titles are available as audio recordings, as well as over eighty other titles from Starter to Stage All Starters and many titles at Stages to are specially recommended for younger learners Every Bookworm is illustrated, and Starters and Fact les have full-colour illustrations The OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY also o ers extensive support Each book contains an introduction to the story, notes about the author, a glossary, and activities Additional resources include tests and worksheets, and answers for these and for the activities in the books There is advice on running a class library, using audio recordings, and the many ways of using Oxford Bookworms in reading programmes Resource materials are available on the website The Oxford Bookworms Collection is a series for advanced learners It consists of volumes of short stories by well-known authors, both classic and modern Texts are not abridged or adapted in any way, but carefully selected to be accessible to the advanced student You can nd details and a full list of titles in the Oxford Bookworms Library Catalogue Catalogues, and and Oxford English on Language the Teaching website THE OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY GRADING AND SAMPLE EXTRACTS STARTER • 250 HEADWORDS present simple – present continuous – imperative – can/cannot, must – going to (future) – simple gerunds … Her phone is ringing – but where is it? Sally gets out of bed and looks in her bag No phone She looks under the bed No phone Then she looks behind the door There is her phone Sally picks up her phone and answers it Sally’s Phone STAGE • 400 HEADWORDS … past simple – coordination with and, but, or – subordination with before, after, when, because, so … I knew him in Persia He was a famous builder and I worked with him there For a time I was his friend, but not for long When he came to Paris, I came after him – I wanted to watch him He was a very clever, very dangerous man The Phantom of the Opera STAGE • 700 HEADWORDS … present perfect – will (future) – (don’t) have to, must not, could – comparison of adjectives – simple if clauses – past continuous – tag questions – ask/tell + in nitive … While I was writing these words in my diary, I decided what to I must try to escape I shall try to get down the wall outside The window is high above the ground, but I have to try I shall take some of the gold with me – if I escape, perhaps it will be helpful later Dracula STAGE • 1000 HEADWORDS … should, may – present perfect continuous – used to – past perfect – causative – relative clauses – indirect statements … Of course, it was most important that no one should see Colin, Mary, or Dickon entering the secret garden So Colin gave orders to the gardeners that they must all keep away from that part of the garden in future The Secret Garden STAGE • 1400 HEADWORDS … past perfect continuous – passive (simple forms) – would conditional clauses – indirect questions – relatives with where/when – gerunds after prepositions/phrases … I was glad Now Hyde could not show his face to the world again If he did, every honest man in London would be proud to report him to the police Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde STAGE • 1800 HEADWORDS … future continuous – future perfect – passive (modals, continuous forms) – would have conditional clauses – modals + perfect in nitive … If he had spoken Estella’s name, I would have hit him I was so angry with him, and so depressed about my future, that I could not eat the breakfast Instead I went straight to the old house Great Expectations STAGE • 2500 HEADWORDS … passive (in nitives, gerunds) – advanced modal meanings – clauses of concession, condition When I stepped up to the piano, I was dent It was as if I knew that the prodigy side of me really did exist And when I started to play, I was so caught up in how lovely I looked that I didn’t worry how I would sound The Joy Luck Club BOOKWORMS · FACTFILES · STAGE England JOHN ESCOTT Twenty- ve million people come to England every year, and some never go out of London But England too is full of interesting places to visit and things to There are big noisy cities with great shops and theatres, and quiet little villages You can visit old castles and beautiful churches – or go to festivals with music twenty-four hours a day You can have an English afternoon tea, walk on long white beaches, watch a great game of football, or visit a country house Yes, England has something for everybody – what has it got for you? BOOKWORMS · FACTFILES · STAGE New York JOHN ESCOTT What can you in New York? Everything! You can go to some of the world’s most famous shops, watch a baseball game, go to the top of a skyscraper, see a concert in Central Park, eat a sandwich in a New York deli, see a show in a Broadway theatre New York is big, noisy, and exciting, and it’s waiting for you Open the book and come with us to this wonderful city ... Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam OXFORD and OXFORD ENGLISH are registered trade marks of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries © Oxford University Press 2008 The moral... Series Editor: Christine Lindop JOHN ESCOTT London Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP Oxford University Press is a... to visit London Can’t wait? Then come with us now, and get to know this wonderful city … OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY Fact les
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