Author: Dirk Reischauer Diercke 360° 1/2012 COPY

Mark and Sarah Visit the Twentytwelve Olympics

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 , but Mark and Sarah have tickets to see the BMX bikers in the Olympic Park. Individual Work 1. 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.

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

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.

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

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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 … Usefull words and phrases

a) … due to an accident, there are no trains on the Central to alight – aussteigen Line eastbound. to board a train – in einen Zug einsteigen b) … Mark and Sarah have, by mistake, boarded the Northern to catch a train – einen Zug nehmen/erreichen destination – Reiseziel Line southbound at Leicester Square station. to get off a train – aus einem Zug steigen 15 c) … because of a bomb scare no trains are allowed to go to change at – umsteigen in through Liverpool Street Station. to change for – umsteigen nach d) … Sarah would love to go on the Southeastern direct – ohne Umsteigen to depart – abfahren Javelin train to the Olympic Park. to arrive – ankommen delay – Verspätung Individual work (for experts) delayed train – verspäteter Zug 4. Give reasons why it takes more than one hour to reach the to go by train – mit dem Zug fahren 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 in London’s Central Zone and River Zone Venue Sport Stations Earls Court Earls Court Horse Guard’s Parade Charing Cross, Piccadilly Circus, Victoria, Green Park Hyde Park , Marble Arch, Paddington, Hyde Park Corner, Knightsbridge Lord’s Cricket Ground St. John’s Wood The Mall Race Walking, Road , Charing Cross, Piccadilly Circus, Victoria, Green Park ExCel , , Weightlifting, , Custom House, Prince Regent, Pontoon Dock, West , , Silvertown Greenwich Park , , , Greenwich, Blackheath Pentathlon North Greenwich Arena , , North Greenwich Royal Artillery Barracks Shooting Woolwich Arsenal

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Individual work 7. 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 pairs 8. 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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