Weekends 6C. Culture Corner 6D (Spotlight 5)

1.

Weekends 6C
Culture Corner 6D
Landmarks
(Spotlight 5)
.

2.

BIG BEN

3.

Word list:
Tower
башня
belfry
колокольня
clock face
циферблат
short (hour) hand
часовая стрелка
long (minute) hand
минутная стрелка
huge
огромный
bell
колокол
tower
башня
bell's commissioner of works колокольный комиссар
perhaps
возможно
tourist attraction
место, привлекающее
туристов

4.

Big
Ben
Bell
What’s this?

5.

Every year, millions of
tourists come to see
London to see Big
Ben, what exactly is
Big Ben?
Most people think that
Big Ben is the tall clock
tower that stands above
the Houses of
Parliament. Well, no!

6.

Big Ben is not the clock
tower. It is one of the
four huge bells inside
the tower.
Its name comes from
the bell’s commissioner
of works, Sir Benjamin
Hall, or Ben.

7.

Each of the four clock
faces is 7 metres wide.
The hour hands are
about 3 metres long.
The tower is 98
meters high. The bell
inside the tower is 14
tons. The clock on the
tower is also huge.

8.

Perhaps one day you can go to London and see
this amazing tourist attraction.