Listen and draw the lines to match the four texts with their titles.0:03
Some facts about London.0:07
As London got bigger and bigger, its streets got busier and busier.0:11
There were trains, trams and buses, but people wanted a better and faster way to travel.0:15
And then somebody had an idea to put trains under the streets, under the ground.0:22
And the London underground opened in 1863.0:28
It's one of the oldest in the world.0:32
Today it has a lot of lines.0:35
There are 270 stations in London and 14 stations outside of it.0:37
Text Two centuries ago, the River Thames was very important for London and the people who lived there.0:44
People took water from the river for drinking, cooking and washing.0:52
Ships from all over the world sailed up the river to London from the sea.0:58
These ships brought food, textiles and other useful things.1:02
There was one bridge across the river.1:07
It had lots of shops and houses on it.1:10
400 years ago, people liked to have fun, just as they do now.1:16
At that time, the first theatres began to appear in London.1:20
A good example is the famous Globe Theatre, for which Shakespeare, a great English dramatist, wrote his plays.1:24
Everybody loved going to the theatre in those days.1:32
Poor people and rich people, the young and the old, went to the theatre to watch actors performing for the audience.1:34
In the 18th century, life in London was very different for rich people and poor people.1:44
Many poor people lived in bad, dirty houses in the east of the city.1:51
Lots of families lived together in one house with one family in a room.1:56
Rich people lived in big, beautiful houses.2:01
They had many servants to look after them.2:04
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