Saturday, October 10, 2009
Seaside Holidays 1.
Upper Intermediate exercise 1.
The British have a long tradition of taking holidays by the sea. In Britain!
That's right, it doesn't always rain. In fact the British seaside holiday has never been more popular.
This is a traditional british song, with some very silly words. Watch and listen see if you can understand anything, but don't worry if you can't, it is very old fashioned, but all british people know the chorus.
Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside!
(If the video does not display javascript is probably turned off.)
Vocabulary in the chorus-
- Prom = Promenade, the area next to the beach were people walk.
- Stroll = A slow relaxing walk.
- Glee = happiness.
- Tiddleypompompom - Oh, come on! That's not a real word!
Now listen to some information about seaside holidays and try to fill in the gaps.
- Tab 1
- Tab 2
The British tradition of the seaside holiday in the middle of the 19th century. The invention of trains and railways it possible for people to go further, faster. The first holidaymakers were quite wealthy and they took holidays for reasons. Doctors recommended bathing in the sea and taking healthy walks in the sea air.
Working class people had very little time work until in 1871 the government introduced four national holiday days called bank holidays. This people to have a day out and in some cases whole factories would go for a day trip to Blackpool or Brighton for example.
By the late eighteen hundreds people were more money and this meant that ordinary people could afford to take a week off to take a holiday and at this time the seaside holiday really took off. Train fares were reduced and cheap hotels were built for them to in.
Holidaymakers enjoyed sitting on the beach, bathing in the sea, eating ice cream and walking along the promenade or to the end of the pier. In the eveningpublic houes restaurants and theatres provided entertainment and holiday makers went there to have fun.
The English seaside is more popular than ever with more than twenty million to English seaside town each year. Many of these towns are now also popular destinations for people visiting Britain and for learning English with Brighton, Bournemouth and Hastings together welcoming thousands of language learners each week during the summer months
Chorus
I do like to be beside the seaside!
Oh, I do like to be beside the sea!
I do like to stroll along the prom, prom, prom,
While the brass band plays tiddleyompompom!
Oh, just let me be beside the seaside!
I'll be beside myself with glee.
There are lots of girls, besides,
That I'd like to be beside,
Beside the seaside, beside the sea.
No Response to "Seaside Holidays 1."
Leave A Reply