09 December 2011 / by Radmila Gurkova

Miniature Wonderland

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACkmg3Y64_s&feature=share

After watching this video, Germany will become the next tourist destination you would love to visit!

Amazing attractions and a bunch of fantastic vocabulary for town facilities, means of transport and travelling.

These fantastic scenes depict fantasy and reality, summer and winter and some holy and not so holy images. A day spent in the wonderland lats 50 minutes then the nightlife becomes visibale. The display is controlled by 40 computers and a complex piece of software. There are 260 people working behind the scenes actively creating new worlds and expanding other regions of the miniature world. Well worth a visit if you can!!!

DEBATE



  • Would you visit this tourist attraction?  (Why or why not?)

  • Do you think that it attracts people of all ages or mostly children?

  • As of December 2011 47,867 people have ticked the box ''like this'' on the facebook page of Miniature Wonderland. Where do you think these people are from?


KEYWORDS































































WORD






DEFINITION



EXAMPLE



LISTEN


 Depict To represent or show. The video depicts workers being cruel to animals.  Listen
 Evoke To call to mind by naming, citing, or suggesting He evoked a memory of his past.  Listen
 Sanctuary The most holy (devine) part of a religious building The sanctuary contains the altar of sacrifice  Listen
 Holy Something that is sacred The holy bible is found in most hotel rooms.  Listen
 Wonderland A land of wonders or marvels. I love the book Alice in Wonderland.  Listen
 Siren A device for emitting a loud wailing sound, esp as a warning or signal The sirens on the police cars are very loud.  Listen


STRUCTURE


Click here to learn some more about numbers related to this topic and how to pronounce them.



TEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING




   

Images taken from the exhibition.....

© Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg GmbH

 

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