1. English
Learning
A trip to
london Lezione 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
La partenza 1 The departure luggage
Decidere dove 1-3
dormire Prepare your luggage now… we are going to London!!!
Arrivati 4
all’aeroporto We are going to fly with Ryanair. It is a low-cost airline that flies from Perugia S. Egi-
Cercando un mez- 5-6
dio to London Stansted airport. These are the timetables from Perugia to London:
zo di trasporto
La metropolitana 7 Day Flight Nr Departure Arrival Note:
I biglietti per la 8 Monday FR4953 11.20 12.45 from 25/3 to 26/10
metro Tuesday FR4953 10.50 12.15 from 3/7 to 28/8
Wednesday FR4953 11.20 12.45 from 25/3 to 26/10
Thursday FR4953 11.20 12.45 from 25/3 to 26/10
Friday FR4953 11.20 12.45 from 25/3 to 26/10
Saturday FR4953 17.20 18.45 from 4/8 to 25/8
Sunday FR4953 15.10 16.35 from 25/3 to 26/10
Which day would you like to go? On ____________ On si usa con _________
What time is the flight? At ______________ At si usa con __________
What time is the arrival? At _____________
Deciding where to sleep
These are four nice hotels in London:
1. The Nayland 132-134 Sussex Gardens, Paddington, London W2 1UB
General Bar, 24-Hour Front Desk, Non-
€ 278,00 Smoking Rooms, Family Rooms, Eleva-
for three nights tor, Safety Deposit Box, Heating, Lug-
gage Storage, All Public and Private
spaces non-smoking
ly
nd love
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, well p elco Fax/Photocopying, Ticket Service
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m. S ffee a Wi-fi is available in the entire hotel
and war ho served co ce to stay and Internet
w la and costs GBP 5 per hour.
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Check-out Until 10:30 hours
3. Admiral Hotel 143 Boston Place, London W2 2RX
Bar, 24-Hour Front Desk, Non-Smoking Ro-
€ 340,00 for
General
oms, Family Rooms, Heating, Luggage Storage, three nights
All Public and Private spaces non-smoking
Services Ironing Service, Fax/Photocopying
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Internet Free! Wi-fi is available in the hotel rooms and iral are
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4. So Paddington Hotel 6-8 Broadley Street , London W21RS
€ 350,00 for General 24-Hour Front Desk, Non-Smoking
Rooms, Express Check-In/Check-Out,
three nights Heating, Luggage Storage, All Public and
Private spaces non-smoking
Services Babysitting/Child Services, Laundry,
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3. 1. You and your family or friends are going to London for 3 days. In which hotel would you like to stay?
Read the 4 hotel descriptions, then have a look at the city map and see near which Tube station they are.
Make some notes in the chart below about the thing you like or you don’t like, for each hotel.
Location Services Internet Other Some i
deas..
The Nayland It is..
(not) ch
eap/nea
station/ rt
Abbey Court Hotel near a p he tube
It has . ark …
..
internet
Admiral Hotel (not) fo
free/par r
king po
The ro ssibilitie
om ha s ...
So Paddington Hotel a kitche s
net
facilities te/coffe-making
/a balco
ny …
2. Now ask your mates about his/her favourite hotel. The best hotel for me is
Which hotel do you like? ___________________
The Admiral.
Why?
it is ...
Because it has ... I think the best hotel is … 
the room has ... I like it because...
It is (very/not very) cheap/near the tube
station/near a park ...
I don’t think the best hotel is …  It has internet for free/babysitting ...
I don’t like it because... The room has a kitchenette/a balcony …
It is (very / not very) expensive/far from
the tube station ...
It doesn’t have internet for free/babysitting ...
4. Find the opposites:
The room doesn’t have a kitchenette/a balcony ... ___ I don’t like
1. Expensive
2. Near ___ Cheap
3. We are going to London for 3 days. In which hotel 3. There aren’t ___ There isn’t
would you like to stay? ___ I think
4. It has
5. I don’t think ___ There are
The Nayland
6. I like ___ It doesn’t have
Abbey Court Hotel
7. There is ___ Far
Admiral Hotel
So Paddington Hotel 5. Describe our favourite hotel
We think that the best hotel is _________________ because
is
el for us it is ___________________________________________.
The best hot
______ It has _________________________________________
_ ______
______ ______________________________________________.
near the
and it is __ In the room there are _____________________________
______
_____ ______ ______________________________________________
tion
tube sta
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Arrival - at the airport 6. Match with the correct sign:
At the UK airports there are two 1. Arrivals ____
separate queues: 2. Departures ____
European Union, European Econo- 3. Baggage claim ____
mic Area, British and Swiss. 4. Passport control ____
All other nationalities.
5. Check-in ____
B 6. Shops ____
C
A D
E
F
Silvia arrives at the airport. Marco arrives at the airport.
Passport, please! Can I see your passport, please?
Here it is. Yes, here it is.
Thank you. Have a nice day! Thank you. Can you wait here,
please?
You too. Bye!
Sure. Is there a problem?
7. Who speaks? You are at the passport control: who
says these words? 8. What happens? Put the correct letter(s)
Police officer You near the situations:
A) Passport please!   - Mi chiedono il passaporto __ __
- Mi ringraziano __
B) Have a nice day!  
- Mi salutano __ __
C) Thank you.   - Mi chiedono di aspettare __
D) Can I see your passport, please?  
E) Here it is.   - Ringrazio __
F) Bye!   - Mostro/do qualcosa a qualcuno __
- Saluto qualcuno __ __
G) Can you wait here, please?  
Other ways to greet someone
9. You know many greetings in English, but are they appropriate to the situation?
ean?
arriving going away to a friend formal does it m
10. What _
1. Good morning!     mo dopo! _
a. Ci vedia
2. Hi!     era! __
b. Buona s
3. See you!     mo! __
c. Ci vedia __
o domani!
4. Good evening!    
d . Ci vediam
5. See you tomorrow! ormale) __
    e. Salve! (f _
nformale) _
6. How are you doing?     f. Salve! (i _
meriggio! _
7. How do you do?     g. Buon po
otte! __
8. Good afternoon!     h. Buona n
_
9. See you later!     i. Ciao! _
10. Good night!     j. Buon
giorno! __

5. Looking for a transport
We need to go to our hotel. We have two options:
1. go by train Stansted Express
Fast, frequent and convenient trains run between the airport and Lon-
don Liverpool Street from early until late.
Trains depart every 15 minutes.
Average journey time 46 minutes to Liverpool Street and 35 minutes
to Tottenham Hale.
Express class single fare £22.50 (£21.50 online booking).
Also calls at Bishop's Stortford, Harlow Town and Tottenham Hale.
For London Underground services, change at Tottenham Hale
(Victoria Line) or Liverpool Street (Circle, Metropolitan and Ham-
mersmith & City lines).
Numbers!!
E allora … one
Stansted - London Liverpool Street - timetables 21 twenty
11 eleven two
1 one 22 twenty
From Until Minutes past 12 twelve
2 two 30 thirty
each hour 13 thirteen
3 three 40 fourty
Monday to n
(05.30MF) 06.00 06.15 23.45 23.59* 00.30* 00 - 15 - 30 - 45 14 fourtee
Friday 4 four 50 fifty
06.30 06.45^ 07.00 (01.00*FS) (01.30*FS) 15 fifteen
5 five 60 sixty
16 sixteen
Saturday 05.30 06.00 23.45 23.59* 00.30* 00 - 15 - 30 - 45 6 six
en 70 seventy
17 sevente
Sunday 05.30 06.00 06.30 07.00 23.45 23.59* 00.30* 00 - 15 - 30 - 45 7 seven 80 eighty
n
18 eightee
01.00* 01.30* 8 eight 90 ninety
n
19 ninetee d
9 nine 100 hundre
MF Monday & Friday only ^ 07.45 leave 2 minutes early (i.e. 07.43) 20 twenty ousand
10 ten 000 one th
hundred 1
FS Friday & Saturday early mornings only * Trains from 23.59 not via Tottenham Hale
200 two
11. Complete the sentences with the right information:
a. There are ______ minutes between London Stansted and London Liverpool street.
b. A single fare costs ______, but if you book it online, it costs ______.
c. The first train is at ____________ , the last one is at _________.
d. There is a train every ______ minutes.
e. You can change for Victoria Line (underground or Tube) at _________________ .
f. You can change for Circle line at ________________.
g. The Stansted Express stops at the following stations:
1. _________________________ 2. _________________________
3. _________________________ 4. _________________________ (last station)
12. Answer these questions according to your needs
a. If your flight arrives at _______, and you need 30 minutes to arrive at the train station, what
time do you take the train?
b. What time do you arrive in Tottenham Hale ? And in London Liverpool Street?
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Looking for a transport
2. go by bus Stansted Airport's bus and coach station is opposite the main terminal entrance.
Coach tickets can be bought at the ticket desk in arrivals (open 06:00 to 01:00),
in the coach station (24 hours, seven days a week) or on board.
Service Destination Frequency Journey
time/fare
easyBus EB2 Baker Street, London Up to every 20 min 75 min/ From £9
National Express A6 London Victoria Up to every 10 min 85-100min/ £10.50
National Express A9 Stratford and London 45-60min/ £8.50
Up to every 30 min
Liverpool Street
Terravision A50 London Victoria Up to every 30 min 75 min/ £9
Terravision A51 London Liverpool Street Up to every 30min 55 min/ £9
Terravision A52 London Stratford Up to every 30 min 40 min/ From £6
13. You need to go to your hotel. What do you do?
Have a look at the Tube map and according to the position of your hotel, find the best way!
a) Fill with the missing words the following sentence:
I. My hotel is near ________________ tube station, which is on the __________ line.
a. After ____ stops I have
b) Fill with the missing words the following sentences and use the sentence to change again at
on the right to complete your description. ____________ station.
II. If I take the train, I will arrive at Liverpool Street station.
I have to take the ____________ line direction _______________.
b. Then after ____ stops,
III. If I take the bus, I will arrive at _____________ station.
I will arrive at destination.
I have to take the ____________ line direction _______________.
c. After ____ stops
I will arrive at
destination

7. The Tube
The London Underground (also colloquially called the Tube) is a rapid transit system that
serves a large part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshi-
re, Hertfordshire and Essex.
It incorporates the oldest section of underground railway in the world, which opened in
1863 and now forms part of the Circle,Hammersmith & City, and Metropolitan lines; and
the first line to operate electric trains, in 1890, now part of the Northern line.
The Underground serves 270 stations and has 402 kilometres of track, 45 per
cent of which is underground.
It is the second largest metro system in the world in terms of route miles,
after the Shanghai Metro.
In 2007, more than one billion passenger journeys were recorded, making it
the third busiest metro system in Europe, after Moscow and Paris. The tube is
an international icon for London, with the tube map, considered a design clas-
sic, having influenced many other transport maps worldwide.
How to get the right tube.
The names of the ending stations are very useful to understand in which direction you have to go.
For instance, if you are in the Central Line (the red one), at Liverpool Street Station and you would like to go:
to Notthing Hill Gate, you have to take the tube that goes direction West Ruislip or Ealing Brodway
to Stratford, you have to take the tube that goes direction Woodford or Epping
At Liverpool Street station you can change to the
The Circle line.
yellow, pink or purple line
Very useful, in London is the
Circle line, coloured yellow on
the tube map.
It has a circular route around
the centre of London on the
north side of the River Tha-
mes linking the main line railway
terminii.
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The fare system
The Underground uses a zonal fare system: London is divided into 6 zones; Zone 1 is the most central, with a boun-
dary just beyond the Circle line, and Zone 6 is the outermost and includes London Heathrow Airport.
Some ticket machines accept coins, notes and credit cards, some accept coins only, and some accept cards only.
Since 2003 you can use the Oyster card, a smartcard with a contactless chip, which you can charge up with credit
and use to pay for travel. It can also be loaded with Travelcards.
It can be used on the Underground, the Overground, buses, trams, the Docklands Light Railway, and National
Rail services within London. As a visitor you have the possibility to buy one online at:
http://visitorshop.tfl.gov.uk/oystercard/product/oyster-card.html
Visitor Oyster card
Select a type Price
You mus
t touch y £10 card + Activation fee £13.00
Oyster our
card on Delivery countr
the y: Italy
yellow ca - Estimated 8 to £15 card + Activation fee £18.00
rd reade 12 days
when tra rs
velling. £20 card + Activation fee £23.00
£30 card + Activation fee £33.00
How much credit do I need? Sample Tube fares: £40 card + Activation fee £43.00
£50 card + Activation fee £53.00
Zones 1 to 2 Unlimited journeys in one day in
zones 1 and 2 *Peak Oyste
Oyster £2.70 peak*, £2.00 off-peak r si
06:30-09:30 an ngle fares apply from
Zones 1 to 6 £8.40 peak, £7.00 off-peak d from 16.00-
day to Friday 19-00 Mon-
Oyster £4.80 peak*, £2.90 off-peak Single bus journey £1.35 (except public
holidays).
Travelcards
Which Travelcard? You can always buy a normal paper Travelcard… but you need to know which
one! In fact there are many Travelcards. Some of them are only for a day, others for 7 days:
Day Anytime Price Day Anytime - Can be used at any
Adult Zones 1-2 £8.40 time on the day of validity and for any
Adult Zones 1-4 £10.60 journey that starts before 04:30 the
following day.
Adult Zones 1-6 £15.80
Day Off-Peak Price
Adult Zones 1-2 £7.00 Day Off-Peak - Can be used from 09:30 Mondays to Fridays, all day
Adult Zones 1-4 £7.70 Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, on the day(s) of validity and
Adult Zones 1-6 £ 8.50 for any journey that starts before 04:30 the following day.
7 Day - Can be used for 7 days during the period 7 Day Price
of validity and for any journey that starts before Adult Zones 1-2 £29.20
04:30 on the day following the expiry date.
Adult Zones 1-3 £34.20
Which card will you buy? Adult Zones 1-4 £41.80
I think that a/an ___________ is the best for us, because we Adult Zones 1-5 £49.80
will stay in London for ____ days. It is the cheapest solution Adult Zones 1-6 £53.40

9. London Map
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London Tube Map