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1 SPECIAL EDITION TRAVEL PODCAST ENW...in Sydney! ENW Episode 357 November

[1] Part 1 Topic Warm Ups ENW 357 Warm Up 1 Odd One Out Warm

[Think this city vs state ] Because A C B D Brainstorm Read

How many different words can you connect to that word?

Warm Up 3 Australian States & Territories Read the list of

Then put them into the correct order by size!

Australian States & Territories A: Australian Capital

2 [1] Part 1 Topic Warm Ups ENW 357 Warm Up 1 Odd One Out Warm Up 2 Look at these 4 sporting teams. Which 1 is different from the other 3? Write your reason on the line below! If you don t know - GUESS! [Think this city vs state ] Because A C B D Brainstorm Read the word in the box. How many different words can you connect to that word? Write as many different words / phrases as you can! Warm Up 3 Australian States & Territories Read the list of Australian states & territories below. Then put them into the correct order by size! Number One should be fairly easy. Australian States & Territories A: Australian Capital Territory B: New South Wales C: Northern Territory D: Queensland E: South Australia F: Tasmania G: Victoria H: Western Australia H: Terrassa Order of Percentage of Australia 1: 32.99% 2: 22.50% 3: 17.44% 4: 12.78% 5: 10.45% 6: 02.96% 7: 00.84% 8: 00.03%

[2] Part 2 Pre-Listening / Reading ENW 357 Pre-Listening

Sydney is one of the most picturesque in the world!

A B C D E F 1: Toranga Zoo 3: Opera House 5: Harbour

G 4: The Rocks 6: Bondi Beach Pre-Listening /

SYDNEY. Can you choose the correct answers?

GUESS! 1 What is the population of Sydney? a: 4.6m b: 6.

a: 1688 b: 1788 c: 1888 3 What percentage of

7% 5 Cadman s Cottage is the oldest house, when was it

a: 1789 b: 1816 c: 1832 4 How long is Sydney from north

a: 158km b: 180km c: 280km 6 How many litres of paint is

3 [2] Part 2 Pre-Listening / Reading ENW 357 Pre-Listening / Pre-Reading 1 Famous Sydney Locations The city of Sydney is one of the most picturesque in the world! The city is a historical and cultural melting pot and centre of New South Wales. But, can you name some of the famous Sydney locations? A B C D E F 1: Toranga Zoo 3: Opera House 5: Harbour Bridge 2: S.C.G 4: The Rocks 6: Bondi Beach Pre-Listening / Pre-Reading 2 Sydney Quiz Read the sight questions about SYDNEY. Can you choose the correct answers? If you don't know - use the Internet, ask a partner or GUESS! 1 What is the population of Sydney? a: 4.6m b: 6.6m c: 8.6m 2 What year was Sydney founded? a: 1688 b: 1788 c: What percentage of Sydneysiders were born overseas? a: 22.8% b: 28.4% c: 31.7% 5 Cadman s Cottage is the oldest house, when was it built? a: 1789 b: 1816 c: How long is Sydney from north to south? a: 158km b: 180km c: 280km 6 How many litres of paint is required to paint the Harbour Bridge? a: 172,000 b: 272,000 c: 372,000 7 How many different languages can be heard spoken in Syndey? a: 150+ b: 200+ c: : Which AFL team is NOT based in Sydney? 8 How many square metres of glass are used in the Opera House building? a: 6,225 b: 7,225 c: 8,225

4 [3] Part 3 Reading & Listening 1 ENW 357 Location 1 A Wildlife Breakfast Read the title for the 1st part of this special Sydney podcast! Next read the three statements below. What do you think is the answer? If you are not sure - GUESS! Choose YES' or NO! A: Taronga Zoo is located in the Melbourne Harbour National Park. B: ENW is going to eat some kangaroo for breakfast. C: This is ENWs first podcast in the Southern Hemisphere. Location 1 GAP FILL Read / Listen to Location 1. What is the correct answer for each space? Write one word in each space. Some Unusual Breakfast Guests Hello and welcome to ENWs first travel podcast from the Southern Hemisphere! It is a bright, sunny and 1: morning as we are in the Sydney Harbour National Park for a breakfast date - but with some unusual companions. Why? Well, ENW is heading to Taronga Zoo for an 8:30am breakfast date with some koalas and 2:! Don t worry we are not going to eat a koala or kangaroo for breakfast! Although if ENW is being totally honest, when we were last in Australia in 1997 we did eat 3: kangaroo at the bottom of Uluru. It was delicious too! But this morning we will be sticking to a more normal breakfast fare of fruit, juice and some toast. OK well we will check in with you after we are done! The special breakfast was absolutely brilliant, there were a group of 12 humans, four kolas, two kangaroos, two wallabies a wombat, a cockatoo and even an 4:! Thankfully the alligator was a baby one so didn t seem too interested in munching on anything but small snacks! The breakfast cost A$56 and lasted for 90 minutes, with a 5: panoramic vista of Darling Harbour with the Opera House and Harbour Bridge on the horizon. The wallabies were the friendliest of the animals but the koalas gave off an air of 6: towards their human guests. It has been a great to start to our trip to Sydney, but now we must head off to the beach! 1 How much was the wildlife breakfast? 2 How many animal guests were at the breakfast date? 3 When was ENW last in Australia? 4 How long did the breakfast last for? 5 What did ENW eat for breakfast?

5 [4] Location 2 Part 3 Reading & Listening 2 ENW 357 Bondi Beach Read the title for the 2nd part of this special Sydney podcast! Next read the three statements below. What do you think is the answer? If you are not sure - GUESS! Choose YES' or NO! A: Sydney is home to more than 200 beaches. B: Sydney is building more than 200km of cycle paths. C: Many 19th Century settlers to Bondi came from France. Location 2 Wrong Word! Read / Listen to Location 2. Circle the six mistakes in the text. Then write the correct words below. A Stroll Around an Iconic Beach Sydney has more than 100 beaches, but oddly the city s most famous is a few kilometres south of the harbour. This is where ENW has come for our 2nd stop on our two-day trip to the city - Bondi Beach! We have arrived here via a ferry from Toranga Zoo to Circular Quay before diving the 18km to Sydney s most famous beach. Sydney is a city that has really started to embrace cycling and is currently building a 200km bike track of dedicated bike paths that offers safe cycling away from traffic. ENW, as usual, got a little lost on our ride over to Bondi but we finally made it, have locked up our rainbow stolen bike and are waiting for our dedicated walking tour of Bondi Beach to begin. The beach was first opened to the public in 1882 and many of the first inhabitants in the area came from Vatican City. The A$60 walking tour ENW has booked includes Aboriginal rock art sites, meet up with lifesavers, a tour of the Aquabumps Gallery and Bondi Pavilion. ENW hopes the walk will be tiring, as tomorrow morning we a climbing an iconic Sydney site! Write the Correct Words! 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 1 How much is the walking tour? 2 What year did the beach first open to the public? 3 What is the name of the place ENW took the ferry to? 4 How far did ENW cycle? 5 What colour is ENWs rental bike?

[5] Location 3 Part 3 Reading & Listening 3 ENW 357 Harbour Bridge Read the title for the 3rd part of this special Sydney podcast! Next read the three statements below.

6 [5] Location 3 Part 3 Reading & Listening 3 ENW 357 Harbour Bridge Read the title for the 3rd part of this special Sydney podcast! Next read the three statements below. What do you think is the answer? If you are not sure - GUESS! Choose YES' or NO! A: The Sydney Harbour Bridge was built by a British company. B: The bridge is 1.142km across. C: Walking to the top of the bridge is a popular tourist attraction. Location 3 Jumbled Paragraphs Read / Listen to Location 3. What is the correct order for the sentences in each paragraph. The Coathanger (a) Yes you are not dreaming, ENW did say that we are going to walk over the Harbour Bridge, well at least, we hope we can as we are not that good at heights! (b) We have wandered down to The Rocks on the southern shore of the harbour as we are going to walk over one of the most famous bridges in the world - the Sydney Harbour Bridge!(c) Good morning and welcome to ENWs second, and sadly, final day in Sydney, but this morning we are going to start off the day in style! (a) The Sydney Harbour Bridge was first opened on 9th March 1932 and is 1,142 metres long, took 8 years to build and in 2018 costs A$3.30 to drive across it. (b) Although, ENW has to declare that the original Tyne Bridge is still the better bridge!(c) Called the Coathanger, it was built by the same British company that constructed the similar Tyne Bridge in ENWs hometown of Newcastle! (a) The company offers three tours; a 3hr 30min tour, a 2h 15 min tour and a a quicker 90 minute tour that stops halfway up the bridge.(b) Climbing to the top of the Harbour Bridge has become a popular tourist attraction with the company Bridge Climb offering willing participants the opportunity to scale the 134 metres to the bridge s highest point. (c) ENW has paid A$265 to participate in the 2hr 15min tour, and so here we go as we ready ourselves to climb the 1,332 steps to the top! P 1: P 2: P 3: 1 What date was the Sydney Harbour Bridge first opened? 2 How much does it take to cross the bridge today in a car? 3 Which climbing tour did ENW select? 4 What is the nickname of the Sydney Harbour Bridge? 5 How much did the ticket cost to climb the bridge?

7 [6] Part 3 Reading & Listening 4 ENW 357 Location 4 S.O.H. Read the title for the 4th part of this special Sydney podcast! Next read the three statements below. What do you think is the answer? If you are not sure - GUESS! Choose YES' or NO! A: The Sydney Opera House was designed by a Swedish architect. B: The Opera House took 17 years to complete. C: Jørn Utzon, the architect, was paid just 5,000 for his design. Location 4 Which Word? Read / Listen to Location 4 Read the 7 words in the box and then put them in the correct place. 1 performance 2 orange 3 podcasters 4 recognisable 5 costing 6 controversial 7 ascent Denmark, Rome, Stratford & Sydney! Well ENW survived our 1: to the top of the Harbour Bridge and also happily managed to avoid any vertigo attacks on the way up! For our final location on our trip to Sydney we have travelled the short distance around the harbour to one of the most 2: building designs in the world - the Sydney Opera House. Unfortunately we can t make any tours to the top of the famous parabolas, but ENW is lucky enough to be able to attend a theatre 3: inside one of the opera house s halls. Before that, we are going to have a wander around the outside of the famous building whilst we are waiting for the show to begin at 7:30pm. The Opera House was a 4: design when first unveiled by Danish architect Jørn Utzon who based the unique 14 shells of the exterior on the peeling of an 5:! His design was chosen from a total of 233 submitted, and he was paid just 5,000 or 90,000 in The building took 14 years to complete and ended up 6: A$102m or A$927m in 2018 prices. So, friends, countrymen, 7: lend me your ears as ENW goes off to find the 398 seat Playhouse Theatre to get ready for a performance of Shakespeare s Julius Caeser. Et tu, podcasters? 1 What was the name of the architect? 2 How many shells are on the outside of the Opera House? 3 What performance is ENW going to watch? 4 What time does the show begin? 5 How many seats are in the Playhouse Theatre?

.? (U) The name Sydney was chosen by the settlement s first commander, Captain Arthur Phillip after rejecting the original name of New Albion.

8 [7] Part 4 Post Listening / Reading ENW 357 Writing Which One? Writing Which as your favourite Sydney location? Write as many reasons! Research the city and find TWO more locations you would like to visit. Write about your choices and explain why you chose them! And finally Did you Know..? (U) The name Sydney was chosen by the settlement s first commander, Captain Arthur Phillip after rejecting the original name of New Albion. (V) That the first inhabitants in what became Sydney moved to area around 50,000 years ago! (W) Unfortunately the name has no exotic connections, it was simply the title of the then British Home Secretary - Thomas Townsend, Viscount Sydney. (X) The British naval officer is believed to have encounter the Gweagal Tribe, who sadly are now extinct. (Y) The first meeting between the native people and European explorers occurred on 29th April 1779 when Captain James Cook landed at Botany Bay. (Z) The first British people to live in the settlement of Sydney were 778 convicts, naval officers and ordinary sailors.

9 [8] ENW 357 Extra Video Links Sydney Locations Video 1 Taronga Zoo [08:41] A Day at the Zoo in Sydney 2 Bondi Beach [02:02] A Drone Over Bondi 3 Sydney Harbour Bridge [03:50] Bridge Climbing! 4 Sydney Opera House [0:33] The Unseen House Sydney Extra 1 [02:42] Food in Sydney Sydney Extra 2 [06:52] History of Memorial Events at the SCG Sydney Extra 3 [08:36] A Student Made History of Sydney Sydney Extra 4 [02:26] History of the Sydney Opera House

10 [9] ENW 357 ANSWERS [C] Warm Up 1 A B & D are all sports teams with SYNDEY in their name! C = New South Wales (state) Warm Up 3 Australian States & Territories by Size 1: Western Australia / 2: Queensland / 3: Northern Territory / 4: South Australia / 5: New South Wales / 6: Victoria / 7: Tasmania / 8: Australian Capital Territory Pre - Listening 1 1: D / 2: E / 3: A / 4: F / 5: C / 6: B Pre - Listening 2 Quiz 1: A / 2: B / 3: C / 4: A / 5: B / 6: B / 7: C / 8: A / 9: C Location 1 A Wildlife Breakfast Yes or No? A: NO B: NO C: YES 1: A$56 2: 11 animals 3: : 90 minutes 5: Fruit and toast Some Unusual Breakfast Guests Hello and welcome to ENWs first travel podcast from the Southern Hemisphere! It is a bright, sunny and cloudless morning as we are in the Sydney Harbour National Park for a breakfast date - but with some unusual companions. Why? Well, ENW is heading to Taronga Zoo for an 8:30am breakfast date with some koalas and kangaroos! Don t worry we are not going to eat a koala or kangaroo for breakfast! Although if ENW is being totally honest, when we were last in Australia in 1997 we did eat barbecued kangaroo at the bottom of Uluru. It was delicious too! But this morning we will be sticking to a more normal breakfast fare of fruit, juice and some toast. OK well we will check in with you after we are done! The special breakfast was absolutely brilliant, there were a group of 12 humans, four kolas, two kangaroos, two wallabies a wombat, a cockatoo and even an alligator! Thankfully the alligator was a baby one so didn t seem too interested in munching on anything but small snacks! The breakfast cost A$56 and lasted for 90 minutes, with a beautiful panoramic vista of Darling Harbour with the Opera House and Harbour Bridge on the horizon. The wallabies were the friendliest of the animals but the koalas gave off an air of indifference towards their human guests. It has been a great to start to our trip to Sydney, but now we must head off to the beach! Location 2 Bondi Beach Yes or No? A: NO B: YES C: NO 1: A$60 2: : Circular Quay 4: 18km 5: Rainbow A Stroll Around an Iconic Beach Sydney has more than 100 beaches, but undoubtedly the city s most famous is a few kilometres south of the harbour. This is where ENW has come for our 2nd stop on our two-day trip to the city - Bondi Beach! We have arrived here via a ferry from Toranga Zoo to Circular Quay before cycling the 18km to Sydney s most famous beach. Sydney is a city that has really started to embrace cycling and is currently building a 200km bike network of dedicated bike paths that offers safe cycling away from traffic. ENW, as usual, got a little lost on our ride over to Bondi but we finally made it, have locked up our rainbow rental bike and are waiting for our deducted walking tour of Bondi Beach to begin. The beach was first opened to the public in 1882 and many of the first inhabitants in the area came from New Zealand. The A$60 walking tour ENW has booked includes Aboriginal rock art sites, meet up with lifesavers, a tour of the Aquabumps Gallery and Bondi Pavilion. ENW hopes the walk will be sedate, as tomorrow morning we a climbing an iconic Sydney site!

Location 3 Sydney Harbour Bridge Yes or No? A: YES B: YES C: YES 1: March 9th 1932 2: A$3.

(b) We have wandered down to The Rocks on the southern shore of the harbour as we are going to walk over one of the most famous bridges in the world - the Sydney Harbour Bridge!

11 Location 3 Sydney Harbour Bridge Yes or No? A: YES B: YES C: YES 1: March 9th : A$3.30 3: 2hr 15min 4: The Coathanger 5: A$265 The Coathanger (c) Good morning and welcome to ENWs second, and sadly, final day in Sydney, but this morning we are going to start off the day in style! (b) We have wandered down to The Rocks on the southern shore of the harbour as we are going to walk over one of the most famous bridges in the world - the Sydney Harbour Bridge! (a) Yes you are not dreaming, ENW did say that we are going to walk over the Harbour Bridge, well at least, we hope we can as we are not that good at heights! (a) The Sydney Harbour Bridge was first opened on 9th March 1932 and is 1,142 metres long, took 8 years to build and in 2018 costs A$3.30 to drive across it. (c) Called the Coathanger, it was built by the same British company that constructed the similar Tyne Bridge in ENWs hometown of Newcastle! (b) Although, ENW has to declare that the original Tyne Bridge is still the better bridge! (b) Climbing to the top of the Harbour Bridge has become a popular tourist attraction with the company Bridge Climb offering willing participants the opportunity to scale the 134 metres to the bridge s highest point. (a) The company offers three tours; a 3hr 30min tour, a 2h 15 min tour and a quicker 90 minute tour that stops halfway up the bridge. (c) ENW has paid A$265 to participate in the 2hr 15min tour, and so here we go as we ready ourselves to climb the 1,332 steps to the top! Location 4 Sydney Opera House Yes or No? A: NO B: NO C: YES 1: Jørn Utzon 2: 14 shells 3: Julius Caeser 4: 19:30 5: 398 seats Denmark, Rome, Stratford & Sydney! Well ENW survived our ascent to the top of the Harbour Bridge and also happily managed to avoid any vertigo attacks on the way up! For our final location on our trip to Sydney we have travelled the short distance around the harbour to one of the most recognisable building designs in the world - the Sydney Opera House. Unfortunately we can t make any tours to the top of the famous parabolas, but ENW is lucky enough to be able to attend a theatre performance inside one of the opera house s halls. Before that, we are going to have a wander around the outside of the famous building whilst we are waiting for the show to begin at 7:30pm. The Opera House was a controversial design when first unveiled by Danish architect Jørn Utzon who based the unique 14 shells of the exterior on the peeling of an orange! His design was chosen from a total of 233 submitted, and he was paid just 5,000 or 90,000 in The building took 14 years to complete and ended up costing A$102m or A$927m in 2018 prices. So, friends, countrymen, podcasters lend me your ears as ENW goes off to find the 398 seat Playhouse Theatre to get ready for a performance of Shakespeare s Julius Caeser. Et tu, podcasters? And Finally V / Y / X / Z / U / W The End of English New Weekly Podcast

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