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3 Choose the correct word to complete the sentences about
the Great Firе of London.

1 Look at the photos. 1 London is bigger l smol1er today than it was in the
17th century.
What do you know about London today? 2 The fire started iп а Ьrеаd shop еаr[у ап Saturdoy mоrпiпg l
How was it different in the 17th century? Suпdау mоrпiпg.
Discuss уоur ideas with уоur раrtпеr. 3 А lot of people lived in houses made of wood l stone,
4 The houses Ьчrпеd quickly slowly.
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2 Read the article and check your ideas from 5 5th SерtеmЬеr was the firsf / /osf day of the fire.
, Exercise 1. Match the four photos A-D to 6 The Tower of London is mоrе thоп l less thon З50 уеаrs o[d
paragraphs 1-4. 7 St Pau['s Cathedra[ is а(п) леиz / o/d stone buitding.

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* t Sоturdоу lst ýерtеmЬеr l*66 Waý fi погmоl doy iп Lопdоп,
i The city wcs smоllег thgп ii is todoy, brrt the liftle shops wеrе
busy ond thеrе rvеrе lots of people iп the siге*ls.

s Jusi оftеr midnight thot night, something hаррепеd in о Ьrеоd
,ý* shop in Pudding Lone to change еvеrуthiпg. А smgli firе
storied iп thе building" Most people lir,*d in smgll houses iп thоsе
doys, These hоusеs wеrе чеrу close to e*ch оthег. Тh* flоогs gt
the bottom of the houseý wеге mgde oi sione, bui the rеst of the
houses wеrе mcde of wood, The fir* mсчеd iiгsttо the hguses апd
shops on еосh side of the Ьrеаd shор, iumping fгоm rооf to rооf.
Тhе buiidings sicried tc Ьuгп, апd th* {ii-e trпуеl]еd quickly frоm
house io house, frоm shор to shop ond frоm sirееt to strееf, The f,iге
moved чеrу fcst thrоugh the bui|dings апd Ьuггrеd lоr thгее days,
fгоm Suпdау 2nd until Wednesdoy Sth ýерtеmЬеr,

ffi After the fire, th* buildings mode of wood иrеrе поt thеrе
*# опуmоrе, but mспlп сhurсhеs *nd the fпmоus cqstle, ihe
Ъwеr of Lопdоп, wеrе sliil thеrе Ьесgusе the;l wеrе mпdе of siоп*.
ý Su the peopie of Lопdеп decided to m*ka п*w buildings о|

"ý stone. You сgп siill see mппу of those stone buildings frоm
оftеr the firе iп Lопdоп todcy. Опе of the п.эоst {omous is о сhurсh"
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