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2 Special Venice Episode! English News Weekly in Venice! This is the first special summer edition of Hiroshima University s English News Weekly Podcast. ENW has travelled to the famous Italian island city of Venice. This is the first time ENW has visited the city of canals and we are looking forward to wandering around and discovering new and exciting places. ENW will start with visiting the heart of Venice St Mark s Square home of the Doge s Palace. Next we will stroll over to the iconic Rialto Bridge the symbol of Venice. Third we hop on to a water taxi for the short trip to the nearby island of Murano and the famous Glass Museum. Our final stop is one of the greatest food and drink shops in the world who will deliver anything you buy to your home! Some Hints about In Venice!

3 [ ] In Venice August 28 th 2015 PART 1 Warm Ups Warm Up 1 Odd 1 Out Look at the four words below, which word is different from the other three? Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later. a) Lindau b) Gibraltar c) Mexcaltitan d) Malé My Reason Warm Up 2 Brainstorm How many different words can you connect to the words in the box? Can you think of at least 10 words? Why do you think this? Island Warm Up 3 Venice Trivia Read the facts about Venice some are true and some are false! Read the seven statements below and decide if you think they are correct! HINT Four sentences are TRUE & three sentences are FALSE! 1 Venice was an independent state until [T] [F] 2 In the city of Venice there are 1,350 gondolas. [T] [F] 3 As Venice is divided into quarters there are four Venice areas. [T] [F] 4 Venice is made up of 118 islands. [T] [F] 5 Everyday Venice has around 25,000 tourist visitors. [T] [F] 6 Venice has 177 canals [T] [F] 7 There are 400 bridges. [T] [F]

4 PART 2 Listening Listening / Reading 1 Listening Venice 1 The Capital Square Read / Listen the headline from this special edition of ENW podcast. Read / Listen to the 3 statements about the topic answer YES or NO! If you don t know use the Internet or GUESS! L1 ~ Yes or No? A St Mark s Square is the smallest square in Venice. [Y] [N] B Napoleon called St Mark s Square The Drawing Room of Europe. [Y] [N] C San Marco = Saint Mark in English. [Y] [N] L1 ~ Gap Fill Listen / Read the news story below and write the correct word in the spaces. Listen / Read the rest of the sentence to help with your understanding. 209 The Drawing Room of Europe 1 It is ENW first day in Venice and so we have decided to start at the very 1: of this ancient island city St Mark s Square. This is the main public square in Venice and is the social, religious and 2: capital of the city. The square is amazing and many visitors sit outside cafes sipping on a morning coffee or supping on a glass of wine in the evening. ENW has walked up from the 3: clear lagoon at the bottom of the square and is heading to the stunning Basilica San Marco. The cathedral is the most famous 4: in the city and the building can be seen from the sea. Also in the square is the Pallazzo Ducale or Doge s Palace the home of the former rulers of 5:. Well it is 08:17am, a sunny but humid morning and ENW needs to get moving quickly as the queue of people outside the 6: is starting to get busy and we don t want to wait for hours! Post-Listening / Reading 1 Q & A Read / Listen to the questions again what are the correct answers? 1 What is the name of the square ENW is visiting? 2 What do people like to drink in the evening in cafes? 3 What time did ENW arrive in the square? 4 What is the name of the cathedral? 5 Who were the doges?

5 Listening / Reading 2 Listening Venice 2 Rialto Bridge Read / Listen the headline from this special edition of ENW podcast. Read / Listen to the 3 statements about the topic answer YES or NO! If you don t know use the Internet or GUESS! L2 ~ Yes or No? A The Rialto Bridge is stone, arch bridge in Venice. [Y] [N] B The Rialto Bridge took nearly 100 years to build. [Y] [N] C The Rialto Bridge is the oldest bridge in Venice. [Y] [N] L2 ~ Mistakes! Listen / Read the news story below and circle the SIX words that are wrong. Then listen / read again and write the correct SIX words in the boxes below. 209 The Oldest Bridge in Venice 2 After an enjoyable lunch of Baccalà Mantecato crab fish on fresh bread, ENW has left St Mark s Square and moved onto the Rialto district of Venice. The Rialto has a fantastic market selling everything from fresh foods to luxury goods and gifts for visitors. Perhaps the most famous landmark in the Rialto area is the Ponte di Rialto the Rialto Bridge. The wooden bridge spans the Grand Canal and connects the San Marco and San Polo districts. The bridge is designed in an arch shape and it was built between 1588 and Today the bridge is 23 metres wide and 7.32 metres high. The Rialto Bridge has been used in movies most notably in Shakespeare s The Merchant of Venice first performed in Well it is just after 1:20pm and ENW is standing at the bottom of the bridge watching many visitors taking photos of boats slowly punting under the bridge s famous arch. 1: 3: 5: 2: 4: 6: Post-Listening / Reading 2 Q & A Read / Listen to the questions again what are the correct answers? 1 What is Baccalà Mantecato in English? 2 What two districts are connected by the Rialto Bridge? 3 What year was the Rialto Bridge finished in? 4 What time is ENW standing on the Rialto Bridge? 5 What Shakespeare play is set in Venice?

6 Listening / Reading 3 Listening Venice 3 Murano Read / Listen the headline from this special edition of ENW podcast. Read / Listen to the 3 statements about the topic answer YES or NO! If you don t know use the Internet or GUESS! L3 ~ Yes or No? A Murano means Dragon Island in English. [Y] [N] B The island of Murano is only 15 km from Venice. [Y] [N] C A famous story tells of a dragon was killed by St Murano. [Y] [N] L3 ~ Jumbled Sentences Listen / Read the news story below then put the sentences into the correct order! 1: / 2: / 3: / 4: / 5: / 6: / The Island of Glass & Dragon 3 (a) The church was originally built in the 7 th Century and behind the altar are four huge rib bones. (b) The island has become famous as the home of Venetian glass making since the 14 th Century after all the glassmakers moved to Murano in (c) It is now Day 2 of ENWs excursion to Venice and this morning we will be visiting a small island famous for making glass. (d) These bones are more than one-metre long and according to legend are of a dragon killed by St Donatus. (e) Murano is a tiny island that is 1.5 km north of Venice and so ENW has jumped on a Line 4.2 waterbus to travel the 40 minutes from St Mark s Square to Murano. (f) ENW needs to buy a few presents and so we are going to leave the dragon and search for some beautiful, but cheap, Venetian glass. (g) ENW is very interested in visiting the Church of Santa Maria e San Donato because of some very large bones buried inside. Post-Listening / Reading 3 Q & A Read / Listen to the questions again what are the correct answers? 1 Bones of what mystical creature can be seen in Murano? 2 What number waterbus did ENW take to go to Murano? 3 How many minutes from St Mark s Square to Murano? 4 What is the island famous for making? 5 What kind of presents does ENW want to buy?

7 Listening / Reading 4 Listening Venice 4 A Grand Gourmet Read / Listen the headline from this special edition of ENW podcast. Read / Listen to the 3 statements about the topic answer YES or NO! If you don t know use the Internet or GUESS! L4 ~ Yes or No? A The Three Merchants Shop does not post to Japan. [Y] [N] B Gucci operates the Three Merchants Shop. [Y] [N] C The Three Merchants Shop is based in Venice. [Y] [N] L4 ~ Which Word? Listen / Read the news story below and choose the correct word from the box. Each word can be used only ONCE. There is ONE EXTRA word. A: produce B: iconic C: fashion D: Merchants E: including F: delicious 209 The Three Merchants Shop 4 After a lovely morning on the island of Murano ENW has returned to Venice for our final afternoon on this 1: island. As Italy is home to some of the world s most well-known and tasty dishes ENW is going to head to a very special shop. I Tre Mercanti or The Three 2:, is a shop where some of the most wonderfully 3: wines and food can be bought. What is very helpful about this food shop is that The Three Merchants will ship anything you buy to nearly any country in the world 4: Japan. The shop is less than 10 years old and was started by Roberto Caruti who worked for the famous Italian 5: brand Gucci. Mr Caruti and two friends The three merchants in the shop name, wanted to open a shop where the best Italian 6: could be bought, and sent, around the world. So, ENW is off to spend the last of Euros of some nice bottles of Sicilian red wine. Post-Listening / Reading 4 Q & A Read / Listen to the questions again what are the correct answers? 1 How many people created the I Tre Mercanti shop? 2 Who started the I Tre Mercanti shop? 3 What kind of wine does ENW want to buy? 4 What fashion brand is in the paragraph? 5 How many years has the Three Merchants Shop been open?

8 PART 3 Extra Stuff Writing Famous Foods Many famous foods and drink come from Italy. Who are the most famous and tastiest foods from your country? Why? Why are they famous? What traditional dishes can you cook / make? Describe in the box below your reasons. END OF PART 3 And Finally X & Z A4 Did You Know? That Venice is slowly sinking into the sea? In the past century Venice has sunk more than 35cm. Every year Venice has around 60 floods. But the Italian x: city is not the only famous location threatened by the rising sea. Shanghai, home to 20 million people is sinking at a rate of 1.3cm per year. Whilst New York is also under threat as sea levels around z: are rising twice as quickly as sea levels around the world! The End

9 Podcast Key A1 These activities are audio and can be listened to on the podcast. Answers Warm Up 1 Odd-1-Out B Gibraltar A / C / D Are all island cities, Gibraltar is a peninsula. Warm Up 2 True or False 1 True 3 False 5 False 7 True 2 False 4 True 6 True Reading / Listening 1 Edinburgh 1 L1 ~ Yes or No? A NO B YES C - YES L1 ~ Gap Fill 209 The Drawing Room of Europe 1 It is ENW first day in Venice and so we have decided to start at the very centre of this ancient island city St Mark s Square. This is the main public square in Venice and is the social, religious and political capital of the city. The square is amazing and many visitors sit outside cafes sipping on a morning coffee or supping on a glass of wine in the evening. ENW has walked up from the amazingly clear lagoon at the bottom of the square and is heading to the stunning Basilica San Marco. The cathedral is the most famous landmark in the city and the building can be seen from the sea. Also in the square is the Pallazzo Ducale or Doge s Palace the home of the former rulers of Venice. Well it is 08:17am, a sunny but humid morning and ENW needs to get moving quickly as the queue of people outside the basilica is starting to get busy and we don t want to wait for hours! L1 ~ Q & A 1 St Mark s Square 2 Wine 3 8:17am 4 Basilica Sam Marco 5 Rulers of Venice Reading / Listening 2 Venice 2 L2 ~ Yes or No? A YES B NO C - YES

10 L2 ~ Word Error Hiroshima University English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 209 The Oldest Bridge in Venice 2 After an enjoyable lunch of Baccalà Mantecato cod fish on fresh bread, ENW has left St Mark s Square and moved onto the Rialto district of Venice. The Rialto has a fantastic market selling everything from fresh foods to luxury goods and gifts for tourists. Perhaps the most famous landmark in the Rialto area is the Ponte di Rialto the Rialto Bridge. The stone bride spans the Grand Canal and connects the San Marco and San Polo districts. The bridge is designed in an arch shape and it was built between 1588 and Today the bridge is 23 metres wide and 7.32 metres high. The Rialto Bridge has been used in literature most notably in Shakespeare s The Merchant of Venice first performed in Well it is just after 1:20pm and ENW is standing at the bottom of the bridge watching many visitors taking photos of gondolas slowly punting under the bridge s famous arch. L2 ~ Q & A 1 Cod fish on bread 2 San Marco/San Polo B1:20pm 5 Merchant of Venice Reading / Listening 3 Venice 3 L3 ~ True or False? A NO B YES C - NO L3 ~ Jumbled Sentences 209 The Island of Glass & Dragon 3 (c) It is now Day 2 of ENWs excursion to Venice and this morning we will be visiting a small island famous for making glass. (e) Murano is a tiny island that is 1.5 km north of Venice and so ENW has jumped on a Line 4.2 waterbus to travel the 40 minutes from St Mark s Square to Murano. (b) The island has become famous as the home of Venetian glass making since the 14 th Century after all the glassmakers moved to Murano in (g) ENW is very interested in visiting the Church of Santa Maria e San Donato because of some very large bones buried inside. (a) The church was originally built in the 7 th Century and behind the altar are four huge rib bones. (d) These bones are more than one-metre long and according to legend are of a dragon killed by St Donatus. (f) ENW needs to buy a few presents and so we are going to leave the dragon and search for some beautiful, but cheap, Venetian glass. L3 ~ Q & A 1 Dragon 2 Line minutes 4 Venetian Glass 5 Beautiful & Cheap

11 Reading / Listening 4 Edinburgh 4 L4 ~ Yes or No? 1 NO 2 NO 3 - YES L4 ~ Which Word? 209 The Three Merchants Shop 4 After a lovely morning on the island of Murano ENW has returned to Venice for our final afternoon on this iconic island. As Italy is home to some of the world s most wellknown and tasty dishes ENW is going to head to a very special shop. I Tre Mercanti or The Three Merchants, is a shop where some of the most wonderfully delicious wines and food can be bought. What is very helpful about this food shop is that The Three Merchants will ship anything you buy to nearly any country in the world including Japan. The shop is less than 10 years old and was started by Roberto Caruti who worked for the famous Italian fashion brand Gucci. Mr Caruti and two friends The three merchants in the shop name, wanted to open a shop where the best Italian produce could be bought, and sent, around the world. So, ENW is off to spend the last of Euros of some nice bottles of Sicilian red wine. L4 ~ Q & A Roberto Caruti 3 Scillian 4 Gucci 5 Less than 10 years ago. And finally X: lagoon / Z: Manhattan References Episode 209 MAIN PHOTOS:

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