Be a London tourguide! Lesson 1

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Tourguide? In London during lockdown?  Lesson 1

Today

Reading

Introduction project

Follow the link, read the text and find out: 

• what the diffucult words mean (write them down in your notebook with their meaning) 
•  what  the general idea of the text is.
• After 20 minutes, you get questions about it.

https://elephant.art/google-street-view-lockdown-travel-10042020/ 

(copy this link to your browser)

What does "Procrastination" mean?
Google Street View is a fruitful agent of procrastination

1. zwaar werk
2. uitstelgedrag
3. leuke tijd
4. versneld werken

What does "vacarious" mean?
These vicarious journeys were all made through Google Street View

1. prachtig
2. makkelijk
3. grappig
4. plaatsvervangend

What does "abuts" mean?
I wanted to provide some context as to what, say, an artist’s studio looks like, what it abuts....

1. grenst aan
2. bevat
3. omringd is door
4. kleuren het heeft

What does "translucent" mean?
I wonder at the strange glitches, where people become translucent or a building appears twice its actual height.

1. wit
2. vervormd
3. zwart vlak
4. doorzichtig

What does "aimlessly" mean?
I aimlessly strolled around the central French city of Blois

1. langzaam
2. op internet
3. doelloos
4. als een idioot

What does "elusive" mean?
the built environment of even global capitals from Mexico City and Mumbai is often elusive to those have not lived in or visited them.

1. lelijk
2. niet belangrijk
3. ongrijpbaar
4. onverwoestbaar

What does "ruptures" mean?
I love Street View not for its exceptional ruptures but for its seeming mundanity.

1. breuken
2. gekkigheden
3. beelden
4. vervormingen

What does "mundanity" mean?
I love Street View not for its exceptional ruptures but for its seeming mundanity.

1. gekkigheid
2. alledaagsheid
3. technische bijzonderheid
4. artistieke mogelijkheden

How does John use street view most?

1. for holidays
2. for work
3. for fun
4. for school

What does John like most of Street view?

1. beautiful images
2. perfect scrolling without missing things
3. the technical options
4. realness

I love Street View not for its exceptional ruptures but for its seeming mundanity

Which of the statements is TRUE?

1. now John wants to travel even more in real life
2. John doesn't need to travel in real life anymore
3. Street view helped John find his new job
4. normal travel is too slow for John now

Working on your reading and vocab

Choose a text or book and find the meaning of difficult words.

step 2 = using the words

Your assignment

You are to be a virtual tourguide. You choose a theme/area, you will research that and then make a walk. You show the walk in a video with google maps (street view), photo's en facts. 

Next lesson is for inspiration (examples of possibilities)!

Lessons will take you here in smaller steps.