1.en.4 Let’s take and orbital tour of cities at night

Last week many of you asked us to project a world map on the board. You were getting ready to set off on a journey with your group and wanted to discuss possible destinations. Thanks to technological advances, you can now have an unusual vantage point and orbit the earth on a satellite. Enjoy!

 

The narrator tells us the name of the city, the country and makes some comments on the pattern of lights and the colours. We do not want you to do any difficult homework, it is a long video, just concentrate on the beauty of the images and get used to how cities are pronounced in English.

We have included a list of the cities and places that appear in the video and  grouped them by continents. You have also a map, to give you the opportunity to situate the cities .

 

1. Zurich, Switzerland
2. Milan, Italy
3. Athens, Greece
4. Antwerp, Belgium
5. Madrid, Spain
6. London, England
7. Cairo Egypt
8. the pyramids
9. the Nile
10. Tel Aviv Israel
11. Jerusalem
12. Riyahd, Saudi Arabia
13. Jedda, Saudi Arabia
14. Mecca, Saudi Arabia
15. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
16. oil field  fires near Kuwait city
17. North west coast of India
18. Karachi, Pakistan
19. Manila, Philippines
20. Yangon, Myanmar
21. Hong Kong, China
22. Busan, South Korea
23. Fukuoka, Japan
24. a fleet of fishing boats in the Korea Strait
25. Tokio, Japan
26. Nagoya, Japan
27. Brisbane, Australia
28. Sao Paolo, Brazil
29. Mexico City, Mexico
30. El Paso, Texas
31. Phoenix, Arizona
32. San Francisco Bay area, USA
33. Miami, Florida
34. Huston, Texas
35. Los Angeles and San Diego, USA
36. Wahshington DC, USA
37. Las Vegas, USA

Here follows some of the sentnces you will hear in the video:

the cities of the Middle East are multicoloured and strikingly beautiful

Cities in Europe display a network of roads that radiate outwards like glowing spider webs

Some north American cities display a clear North,South, East,West grid pattern

We now have a database of 400.000 images of cities at night

Homework: Thursday 25th of November

1. Choose a couple of cities you had not heard of and try to locate them in the map.
2. Practice the pronunciation .
3. Send a post to the blog with the 2 cities you have learnt to situate on the map.
4. Which cities, if any, did you miss in the list?
5. Any other comments?
6. Did you like the images?
7. Did you learn any geography?
8. Are all the cities that appear on the video reflected in the map that opens this post?
9. Which continent/continents are less represented?