Hallo liebe Community!
Ich habe voraussichtlich am 3. Mai meinen mündlichen Englisch Quali und musste dafür eine Präsentation machen die etwa 3 Minuten dauern sollte. Ich habe mich für die Tower Bridge in London entschieden. Nun möchte ich aber dass in meinem kurzem Referat auch wirklich kein Fehler ist, es geht ja immerhin um den Quali! Deshalb meine Bitte, wenn jemand hier gut Englisch spricht, könnte derjenige sich das kurz ansehen? Ich wäre wirklich sehr dankbar dafür!
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*"Today I would like to tell you something about the most famous bridge on the world, the Tower Bridge in London. You can see it on this picture.
The Tower Bridge is a bascule bridge. The word “bascule” comes from the French for “see-saw”. This means when a big ship comes along the river, the bridge opens in two parts. Formerly this operated by hydraulic power with steam, today with electricity and oil.
Originally the London Bridge was the only crossing over the Thames. The Thames is a river how flows trough southern England. As London became bigger, more bridges were built. But only in the west of the London Bridge, because in the east was a busy port. So the big Problem was, how to built a bridge without hindering the ship traffic in the east. To get many ideas a committee organized a contest. More than 50 ideas were submitted.
The finally design plan of the bridge was created in October 1884 form an architect named Horace Jones and an building engineer whose name was John Wolfe Barry.
It takes 8 years, 5 building companies and 432 workers to built the Tower Bridge. But when it was built, it was the largest and most expensive bridge ever. The towers of the Bridge are 65m high and the length is 244m.
About 40,000 vehicles cross the bridge everyday. This is why a speed limit was given by 36 kilometer per day. Because the Tower Bridge is about 115 years old.
The parts of the bridge can be opened up to 83°. But this only happens on special days.
About stairways with 300 steps you can reach two walkways. From there you can enjoy a view in 43m high. Some other information, for example about the old machines for open the bridge, you can find in a museum which is in the towers of the bridge.
At last, my opinion about the Tower Bridge. I think the bridge is a very interesting sight in London, because it isn´t a usual bridge. One day I want to travel there and visit the Tower Bridge and other sights in London.
This was my presentation about the Tower Bridge. I hope you enjoyed them. Thank you very much for your listening to me."*