1. A Trip To
London
Presenter: Svetlana Lungu,
“Mihai Eminescu” Lyceum,
Chișinău
18 April 2013

2. I’m going on a trip
I’m going on a trip and I’m
taking a … with me.

3. What comes to your mind when
you hear the word “London”?
What you see
 What you hear
 What you smell
 What you feel

4. Write 5 important facts
about sights of London
1. …
2. …
3. …
4. …
5. …

5. What is an icon?

6. Cultural Icon - is an object that
represents some aspect of the
values, norms or ideals
perceived to be inherent in a
culture or section of a culture.

7. Think of 5 top English Icons
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

8. English Icons
1. Cabs
2. Double-decker Buses
3. Beefeaters
4. The “Tube”
5. Red Telephone Boxes
6. Pearly Kings and Queens
7. Bearskins

9. What is
a
stereotype?

10. Stereotype – a fixed idea that
people have about what
someone or something is like,
especially an idea that is wrong.

11. Sentence Starters
 English..
London...
Tourists ...

12. English Stereotypes
 Fish and chips  Royal Family
 Rolling hills  Tea
 Sarcasm Big Ben
 Rain, bad weather Pubs
 Beer Beefeaters
 Bull-dog
 Cricket

13. A typical Englishman is a man
wearing a bowler hat and
reading the Times Newspaper.
“Men wearing bowler hats, a pin striped suit, a
newspaper under the arm and carrying a long
unopen umbrella.”

14. “English people are quite
reserved. I had to laugh when I
went by tube and saw everyone
sitting and reading their
newspapers. ”

15. “Beer, honesty, bulldog-
type, Royal Family,
cricket, the weather .”
(Dickie Bird-famous English cricket
umpire)

16. “Patriotic people, some
think we are snobs, but we
are just proud of our
country and Queen. We are
very polite and patient, we
are a pleasant nation.”

17. English are not good at
learning foreign
languages.

18. Guess the stereotypes

19. Thank you!