English creativity: ARMCHAIR TRAVELLING:"NEW" COUNTRIES OLD CAPITAL CITIES

Time was when students had to learn all the world capitals by heart. For instance, Belgrade was the capital of Yugoslavia and now it is the capital of Serbia. In fact, there have been so many social and political changes recently that we have to make a constant effort to update our knowledge.
Will you please join the"new" countries with their capital cities?

A)CROATIA MINSK

BELARUS RIGA

SLOVENIA SKOPJE

SLOVAKIA ZAGREB

MOLDOVA LJUBLJANA

ESTONIA BRATISLAVA

ARMENIA TALLIN

LATVIA CHISINAU

LITHUANIA BAKU

AZERBAIJAN SARAJEVO

MONTENEGRO VILNIUS

MACEDONIA YEREVAN

BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA PODGORICA

GEORGIA TBILISSI

B) RESEARCH PROJECT: Oral presentation in class. Fact file about each country and capital.

C)UNSCRAMBLE THESE ANAGRAM CITIES IN SPAIN:

REAL BACON

LOOTED

CALIENTA

ENVIALEC

SERENO

BASTAS NI SE NA

ALLI VES

NEJA

NOL CASTLE

LA GRISACE

D) WHAT IS THE PRESENT-DAY NAME OF THESE ANCIENT TOWNS:?

RAGUSA

CAESARAUGUSTA

CONSTANTINOPLE/ BYZANTIUM

PORTUS CALE

OLISIPO

ACCI

COMPLUTUM

LEGIO

SEXI

TULAYTULA

GADES

MAINAKE

E) Name TEN towns, villages or cities which have changed their names for political reasons:i.e. Stalingrad,El Ferrol del Caudillo,Leningrad,Leopoldville,etc..

AWFUL PLACE NAMES TO LIVE IN:

FUCKING (AUSTRIA)

HELL (MICHIGAN)

BORING (OREGON)

BASTARD(NORWAY)

BOLLOCK(PHILIPPINES)

CONDOM(FRANCE)

CRAP(ALBANIA)

CUNT (TURKEY)

HOOKER(ARKANSAS)

POO(INDIA)

SEMEN(BULGARIA)

SHIT(IRAN)

FLEATOWN(OHIO)

GUARROMÁN(SPAIN)

GRAVESEND (KENT, ENGLAND) HAPPY BOTTOM, UPPER THONG, WILLEY

KAGAR & REPENTE (GERMANY)(Thanks, Platero..)

......

F) WHAT´S THE PRESENT-DAY NAME FOR THE COUNTRY IN AFRICA ONCE CALLED ALTO VOLTA?

G) NAME THE TEN MOST POPULOUS CITIES IN THE WORLD

H) WHERE DO THE WORDS CITY AND STREET COME FROM?

I ) PROJECT: THE IMPACT OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ON TOWNS AND CITIES. ONGOING MIGRATIONS.

J) SICK CITIES: TOKYO, SEOUL, MEXICO CITY, SAO PAULO,....

K) PURPOSE-BUILT CITIES.i.e.: BRASILIA, ST. PETERSBURG,etc,...

L) FROM THE EARLY VILLAGES TO THE NEW MEGACITIES or MEGALOPOLIS: GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.

M) which CITIES ARE HOME TO OVER 20 MILLION PEOPLE NOWADAYS?

N) which FAMOUS CITY WAS THE FIRST TO HAVE ONE MILLION INHABITANTS in 27 A.D.?

Ñ) RESEARCH PROJECT: FIND OUT THE MEANING OF THE FOLLOWING PLACE NAMES:

MONTEVIDEO

GUADALAJARA

DUBLIN

ACAPULCO

ADDIS ABABA

BANGKOK

BEIJING

COPENHAGEN

JAKARTA(formerly known as Batavia)

BRUSSELS

A little bit of magic. Telepathy. Think of a capital city.Write its name on a piece of paper Put it in an envelope and I will guess the name of the city 100% sure....A capital prediction: Effect: A capital city is chosen. Inside an envelope that has been in full view, is a paper naming the city selected. The secret for this trick to work you will need some paper and some envelopes...(an idea from MARVIN´S MINDBLOWING MAGIC)

O)CAN YOU DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING PLACE-NAMES?:

LUANDA & RUANDA

LEON & LYON

UBRIQUE & JUBRIQUE

ARCHITE & PARCHITE

P) THINK about the places in America(North, South and Central) which bear names exactly the same as in Europe; for instance: Córdoba, Granada, Alburquerque,York,...

Name at least TEN

Q) NAME ten car makes which bear the name of some famous places, towns or cities;i.e.: SEAT IBIZA,MARBELLA,CÓRDOBA,TOLEDO,ALHAMBRA, FORD GRANADA...

R) Name TEN BOYS´NAMES AND TEN GIRLS´NAMES WHICH REFER TO PLACES.i.e.: WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON, SHERWOOD.....

PETRA, PALMIRA DAKOTA,VIRGINIA,...

S) Why do you think many Spanish SURNAMES are place names: MADRID, BARCELONA, MURCIA, VALENCIA, CÁDIZ, ÚBEDA, BAEZA, JAÉN,etc..?

T) English SURNAMES behave similarly: LONDON, LINCOLN,HAMILTON, CARLISLE, KIMBERLEY,LENNOX,DERBY,etc..WHY?Where on a map would you situate each one of these places?

U) PLACE NAMES AFTER FAMOUS PEOPLE: BOLIVIA after SIMÓN BOLÍVAR;COLOMBIA or COLUMBIA after COLÓN...NAME TEN OTHERS ....

V) DRAW a comparison between between HO CHI MINH CITY (Saigón)& VATICAN CITY

W) Which TEN famous cities whose names contain the word "city" do you know? For instance: Panama city,NYC...

X)Name TEN famous songs which refer to a place,town or city, for example:Blue Bayou, San Francisco, California, Massachusetts,Sevilla,...

Y)Name TEN GHOST TOWNS; i.e.: Belchite, Peñarrubia,etc..

FACES & PLACES PROJECTS:

Z) WHICH FAMOUS PERSONALITY -(IES)WOULD YOU ASSOCIATE WITH EACH ONE OF THE TOWNS or CITIES ABOVE? i.e.: Granada= Lorca; Sevilla=A. Machado;Barcelona= Gaudí;etc...

`^)In which country are we ? We´ve visited :Timisoara,Dobruja,Maramures,Iasi,Constanza,Galati,Botosani,Bisirita, Deva,Petrosani, Alexandria ( I won´t tell you the capital city)

&)Final Tasks: Write a composition about the places you visited on your end of term school trip.Give as many facts and details as possible or

Advantages and disadvantages of city life versus country life .

Make up your own advertising slogan for your town or city as in the examples below:

So Special, so Attractive, So Soul stirring, So Sotogrande

Magic, Marvellous, Magnificent, Málaga

Near, Exciting, Romantic, Joyful, Amorous= Nerja

NAME at least five countries which end with -STAN, such as Afghanistan,..

To sum up, kindly find the present-day name for these Roman towns in Britain:

VINDOLANDA

LONDINIUM

GARRIANONUM

CLAUSENTUM

MAMUCIUM

DEVA

DUROLIPONS

DUBRIS

VERULAMIUM

VINOVIA

GARMENTS AND ACCESSORIES derived from NAMES of PLACES: (where are they situated?)

sábado, 26 de julio de 2014

ARMCHAIR TRAVELLING:"NEW" COUNTRIES OLD CAPITAL CITIES