Exercises

11/1. Comparing forms of transportation

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What are the advantages of the following forms of transportation? To what kinds of journeys are they most suited to?

a) walking
b) bicycle
c) car
d) bus
e) subway
f) train
g) airplane
l) boat

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11/2. Modes of transport in your home region

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Describe the modes of transport in your home region.

a) Which modes of transport do people use in your home region?
b) Which modes of transport are not widely used? Why not?

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11/3. Flightradar ja MarineTraffic

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Flightradar
Study the Flightradar website.

a) Where are the world's flights concentrated? Why?
b) Where are there no flights? Why?
c) What kinds of flight information are available? You can access the flight information by clicking on a flight on the map.

MarineTraffic
The MarineTraffic website can be used to follow the movements of passenger and freight ships.

d) What is the global marine traffic situation like?
e) Where are there many or no ships? Why?
f) The "Vessel Filter" section can be used to choose between different types of ships. What kinds of vessels can you follow?

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11/4. The London Underground

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The London Underground is the world's oldest subway system. It is also known by the names The Tube and The Underground.

Nowadays, the London Underground is used to complete over one billion journeys every year. There are almost three hundred stations in the London subway system.

Can you read a subway map? Study the map of the London Underground at http://www.tubemaplondon.org/.

a) You arrive by plane at Heathrow Airport. It is found in the southwest corner of the map.
b) Your destination is the London Zoo in Regent's Park.
c) What is your route from Heathrow to Regent's Park? What route do you use? Where you will change between different lines?

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11/5. Popular tourist destinations

The world is full of interesting tourist destinations. The list below displays some of them, ranked according to their yearly visitors.

The Great Bazaar, Istanbul, 91 million
Zócalo, Central Square, Meksiko City, 85 million
Times Square, New York, 50 milj.
Central Park, New York, 40 milj.
Union Station, Washington D.C., 40 million
Las Vegas, Nevada, 31 million
Meiji shrine, Tokyo, 30 million
Senso-ji temple, Tokyo, 30 million
The Niagara Falls, New York and Ontario, 22 million
Grand Central Terminal, New York, 22 million

Some of the most popular European tourist attractions include:
Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, 14 million
St. Peter's Basilica, The Vatican, 11 million
Sacré Coeur, Paris, 11 million
Disneyland, Marne-la-Vallée, 10 million

Assingment:
Choose one of the tourist destinations listed above and prepare a short presentation on it.
Find a photograph of your destination.

You can concentrate on finding the following information:
How many yearly visitor does your tourist destination attract? What attracts tourists to your tourist destination? Who does the tourist destination suit the best? Are there any special rules in your tourist destination (i.e. clothing, etc)? Is the destination free?
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11/6. Dream city

Plan and draw a map of your dream city. Pay attention to different forms of transportation.

Return your map in the submission folder below.
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