Text in English on the topic London - the Ferris wheel. London Eye London Eye description in English with translation
As one of the symbols of the city, it is filmed no less often than the famous Piccadilly Seaucus. For example, in one of the episodes of the cult British series Doctor Who, the London Eye not only serves as a decoration, but also serves as a transmitter of telepathic energy for an insidious alien monster, the Nestine Consciousness:
- “Large and round, located somewhere in the center of London. Large metal object round shape: wheel or plate. And he's close from here. He's probably invisible...
ABOUT! Fantastic!"
Really fantastic! Don't notice the 135 meter "bicycle wheel" in front of the building English Parliament pretty hard. It’s even more difficult to deny yourself the pleasure of admiring the capital of Great Britain from a height of 64 red telephone booths, placed on top of each other.
How to buy a London Eye ticket
You can buy a ticket on the spot (the ticket office is located on the opposite side of the embankment), or you can save about 10% and order it on the official website.
Standard adult tickets cost £30.00 (website £27.00), children's tickets £24.00 (£22.00). But there are nuances: the ticket is issued for a specific date and time, and London weather is very changeable. No one can guarantee clear skies on a given day and time, and you're unlikely to be interested in the tops of buildings in the fog. A priority boarding ticket with flexible entry times on a specified day costs £44.00.
In addition to simply riding the Ferris wheel, the London Eye offers various options. For example, a private capsule, champagne and chocolate, corporate banquets and wedding ceremonies(from £2,890). In general, any whim for your money.
You can also buy a combined ticket to visit one or more attractions included in the Merlin group (visiting these places is not covered by the cost of the London Pass): London Aquarium; Madame Tussauds museum; London Dungeons and a forty-minute cruise along the Thames from the London Eye to Tower Bridge and back.
I visited London for the first time in February, so I did not buy tickets in advance, deciding to assess the situation upon arrival. London greeted me with snow, and I had already come to terms with the idea that such entertainment as the London Eye would pass me by. Fortunately, on the last day before leaving, the sun came out for a few hours, which I did not fail to take advantage of.
A standard ticket for the London Eye and a forty-minute Thames cruise cost me £28.55 in 2013, but now costs £34.00 (£30.00 on-line).
The second time Lisa and I were in London was in November. We didn’t buy tickets in advance for the same reason, but we took advantage of the 2 for 1 promotion and prudently printed a discount voucher.
London Eye capsules are almost completely transparent and have a 360-degree view. The floor in the capsule is closed, which allows you to feel quite comfortable at high altitudes. There are seats in the center, but usually passengers stand and... click camera shutters.
The cabin accommodates 25 passengers. Light in appearance, it weighs about ten tons. There are a total of 32 capsules on the wheel, equal to the number of London suburbs.
Each capsule contains Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, with an interactive guide from which you can get key information about the places you see while the Ferris wheel is moving.
A free London Eye Official app is available for smartphone owners, including 360-degree panoramas, audio guides and a meeting interesting facts about the Ferris wheel.
In addition, London Eye offers schoolchildren and students training programs in a whole range of subjects: mathematics, English, geography, history, art and design, architecture, mechanical engineering, design and technology, IT. Teachers are offered not only booklets to help organize the lesson, but also a free visit to the wheel in preparation for the lesson.
The London Eye completes a full rotation in half an hour and moves very smoothly. Passengers board and disembark on the move. Attentive staff monitor order and safety. I was amazed at how well the queue was organized logistically. For example, employees make sure that the queue, the tail of which is located near the ticket office, does not block the sidewalk on the embankment where passers-by are walking. Visitors to the Ferris wheel are admitted in batches, thereby regulating the flow of people. When purchasing your ticket, you can select the priority boarding option. There is a separate entrance for such visitors. A standard fast entry ticket costs from £34.95 (£29.45 on-line), with the most flexible ticket costing £39.95.
The amazingly airy wheel structure actually weighs 2,100 tons (that's the weight of 1,272 London cabs). It was assembled on the water in a lying position, and then raised at a speed of two degrees per hour (!) to a working position of 65°.
The London Eye is one of the newest types of Ferris wheels. Its cabins, called capsules, are mounted on the outer rim. During rotation, a complex mechanism keeps the cabins in vertical position: the wheel moves and the cabin slides in the hoops that hold it.
As you descend, a large stylized camera takes automatic pictures of the cabins. To get into her field of vision, you need to stand in the photographic spots that are marked on the floor of the capsule. Photos can be viewed, paid for and printed in the gift shop. You will get into it when you exit the Ferris wheel.
Address: London Eye, Riverside Building County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7PB
How to get there: The London Eye is located within walking distance of several underground stations: Waterloo, Embankment, Charing Cross and Westminster.
Waterloo is the nearest station. Follow signs for South Bank.
Embankment and Charing Cross are on the north side of the Thames. Both stations are a 10-15 minute walk to the London Eye. You will need to cross the Hungerford Bridge.
Westminster is the closest station to Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. You need exit number one.
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The London Eye
The London Eye is the biggest wheel in Britain. It is also known as the Millennium Wheel. The London Eye is located on the south bank of the river Thames. It is the tallest observation wheel with 40 km panoramic views on a clear day. The wheel is 135 m high. The architects are David Marks and Julia Bar field. It has 32 cabins for 25 people each. It takes about 30 minutes to climb into the sky. Up, up and away. The London Eye is very popular with tourists because there is a wonderful view from it. The London Eye was opened 8 years ago in 1999. The London Eye will be the Olympic emblem of the Olympic Games in 2012.It is a symbol of London today.
New words:
Millennium Wheel – the wheel of the new millennium;
south bank - southern bank;
observation wheel – Ferris wheel;
panoramic views – panoramic view;
popular with – popular among;
wonderful view - wonderful view;
the Olympic emblem - the Olympic emblem.
task No. 1.
a)largestwheel
b)wasopen
c)wheelreviews
d)wonderfulview
e)popularamongtourists
f)wheelnewmillennium
g)Olympicemblem
Task No. 2. Answer some questions.
1) What is the London Eye?
2) Where is it located?
3) How tall is it?
4) When was it opened?
The London Eye
The London Eye is the biggest wheel in Britain. It is also known as the Millennium Wheel. The London Eye is located on the south bank of the river Thames. It is the tallest observation wheel with 40 km panoramic views on a clear day. The wheel is 135 m high. The architects are David Marks and Julia Bar field. It has 32 cabins for 25 people each. It takes about 30 minutes to climb into the sky. Up, up and away. The London Eye is very popular with tourists because there is a wonderful view from it. The London Eye was opened 8 years ago in 1999. The London Eye will be the Olympic emblem of the Olympic Games in 2012. It is a symbol of London today.
New words:
Millennium Wheelwheelnewmillennium;
south bank –southernshore;
observation wheelwheelreviews;
panoramic views –panoramicview;
popular with –popularamong;
wonderful view –wonderfulview;
the Olympic emblem –Olympicemblem.
task No. 1. Look at the text and find the words
a) largest wheel
b) was open
c) Ferris wheel
d) wonderful view
e) popular among tourists
f) wheel of the new millennium
g)Olympicemblem
Task No. 2. Answer some questions.
1) What is the London Eye?
2) Where is it located?
3) How tall is it?
4) When was it opened?
5) Why is the London Eye so popular with tourists?
The sights of London
The sights of London
London Eye. El London Eye (Ojo de Londres), también conocido como Millennium Wheel (Rueda del Milenio), terminado en 1999 and abierto al público en marzo de 2000, fue la mayor noria mirador del mundo hasta la apertura de la Estrella de Nanchang en… … Wikipedia Español
London Eye- the London Eye a Ferris wheel in London that is 450 feet tall and which gives people who ride in it very good views of the city … Dictionary of contemporary English
London Eye- London Eye, se alza 139 metros, este ojo es la noria panorámica más alta del mundo, con vistas de hasta 41 kilometros si no hay niebla. Fue construido en el año 2000 para celebrar la llegada del tercer milenio, ocupa un lugar en el centro de la… … Enciclopedia Universal
London Eye- General information Status Complete Type Ferris wheel Location Western end ... Wikipedia
London Eye- Millennium Wheel La nuit … Wikipédia en Français
London Eye- a 135 meter high wheel next to the Thames in London built in 2000. The wheel has glass containers which people can go inside and travel slowly around the wheel to get a view across the whole city. * * * …Universalium
EDF Energy London Eye- Présentation Type grande roue Architecte David Marks, Josvoll Oslo, Malcolm Cook, Mark Sparrowhawk, Steven Chilton, Frank Anatole and Nic Bailey Date de … Wikipédia en Français
The London Eye in popular culture- As a highly visual London landmark, the London Eye (previously known as the Millennium Wheel) is often used in popular culture. The London Eye s exact height is 135 meters.Miscellaneous* Used as the location of a 2003 flash mob [… … Wikipedia
(the) London Eye- the London Eye UK [ˌlʌndən ˈaɪ] US a large moving wheel next to the River Thames in London with glass sections for people to sit in and look at the city http://www.macmillandictionary.com/med2cd/weblinks/london eye the.htm * * * the London Eye… … Useful english dictionary
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The London Eye can rightfully be called the calling card of London. And although it has been in the British capital for only 16 years, it is no longer possible to imagine the city without it. Why the London Eye should have been demolished several years ago, which celebrities rode it most often and what colors the wheel is illuminated in - we have collected 10 interesting facts for you about the capital's main attraction!
The London Eye was built as a temporary structure to mark the new millennium and was expected to remain in place until 2005. However, due to the crazy popularity, they decided not to remove the attraction.
More than three million people visit the London Eye every year - more than the Taj Mahal and the Pyramids of Giza.
Photo: shutterstock 3 Over the course of a year, the Ferris wheel rotates about 8 thousand times, covering a distance of 2,300 miles, which is comparable to the distance from London to Cairo.
Supermodel Kate Moss has visited the attraction 25 times - the most of any British celebrity. And American actress Jessica Alba rode the London Eye a record 31 times.
Photo: shutterstock 5 The London Eye rotates at a speed of 0.9 kilometers per hour, without stopping. Passengers enter and exit on the go.
On the wedding day of Prince William and Kate Middleton, the wheel was illuminated in the colors of the British flag, and in 2005 - pink to celebrate the first civil partnership formed on the London Eye.
Photo: shutterstock 7 The wheel has 32 cabins - in accordance with the number of London boroughs. However, due to superstition, the 13th capsule is missing from the attraction.
In one round, the London Eye can carry up to 800 people, which is comparable to the number of passengers of 11 London double deckers.
Photo: shutterstock 9 The spacious Ferris wheel cabins are air conditioned and provide panoramic views of the city within 40 kilometers. On a sunny day you can even see Windsor Castle from there.
