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,ffiflSLfiHi,ffif{ Worl< in pairs. What do you l<now about these What nouns do these adjectives qualify in the text? Thinl< of
famous streets? other nouns that they could be used with. Use a dictionary to
help you.
1 Downing Street 2 Oxford Street 3 Carnaby Street
l ceremonial 4 iconic 7 refined
(b fnCO Listen to the radio advertisement for a sightseeing
2 edgy 5 prestigious 8 upmarl<et
tour and checl< your ideas.
3 fashionabte 6 principal 9 wortd-renowned
Find these words and phrases in the texts below. Explain
S ktti#iliflijl Worl< in pairs. Discuss these questions.
them.
1 Which of the ptaces mentioned in the text woutd you like
1 draw a big crowd 5 bring into the mainstream
to visit? Which not? Why?
2 blockbuster shows 5 fashion house 2 Have you ever seen a play or a musical? lf so, tet[ your
3 flagship stores 7 residence partner about it. lf not, would you like to see one? Why?/
4 independent boutiques 8 accession Why not?
3 Describe
a the most important shopping streets in your town
/capita t city/country.
b the main residence of your country's president or
m o na rch.
'Theatretand' is London's
principat theatre district.
Situated in the heart of the West
End, it contains approximately
Chelsea became centres ofyouth
40 theatres. The first, The
cutture. Fashion designers Mary
Theatre Royat, was established Quant, who invented the mini-
in 7663 in Drury Lane and is stil[
skirt and hotpants, and Vivienne
open, atthough the buitding itself has been demolished and
Westwood, who brought punk
rebuilt severattimes. The works staged at West End theatres
fashion into the mainstream,
are predominantly classics, comedies and musicals, often
both opened boutiques there.
starring world-renowned fitm actors like Nicole Kidman
ln recent years, edgy young
and Orlando Bloom, who draw big crowds. The success of
London designers such as John
blockbuster shows like Cofs, Phantom of the Opera and les
Galliano, Atexander McQueen
Misdrables has helped the West End overtake New York's
and Stelta McCartney, daughter of Beatte PauI McCartney,
Broadway as the world capita[ of
have landed top lobs at the most famous fashion houses,
musicattheatre.
such as Givenchy and Christian Dior, and become some of
the industry's most revered and fashionabte figures. White
Mitan and Paris are famous for haute-couture and refined
elegance, London-based designs have gained a reputation
Stretching two and a half for quirkiness and extravagance,
kilometres through the West
End, Oxford Street is Europe's
longest and busiest shopping
street, with about 300 shops,
The British Prime Minister
in cludin g malor departm ent
resides at Britain's most
stores and prestigious ftagship
famous address: 10 Downing
stores. Nearby Bond Street is home to many high-price
Street. Nearby, the Palace of
upmarket stores, especiatly jewellers. Small independent
Westminster, on the north bank
boutiques can be found in another famous West End
of the Thames, contains the
shopping area, Covent Garden, formerly home to Britain's
two Houses of Parliament (the
largest fruit and vegetab[e market.
Commons and the Lords), Big Ben - probabty London's
most iconic [andmark - and Westminster Hal[, which has
been used for trials, coronations and ceremonial banquets
for over 900 years. Not far away stands another world-
London is one of the four big fashion capitals of the wortd, renowned buitding: Buckingham Palace, the principal
the others being Paris, Milan and New Yorl<. London is a
residence of British monarchs since the accession of Queen
retative newcomer, onty rising to prominence in the 1960s Victoria in 1,837.
when Carnaby Street in the West End and the King's Road in
,.
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