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Nome Potenziamento
Classe Data A TAXI RIDE
– AROUND THE WORLD!
Three friends – Johno, Paul and Leigh – were in a London taxi one
day, and they thought ‘How far can a London taxi travel?
What’s the most expensive taxi fare1 in history?’ They decided to
find out2 – by driving around the world!
They bought an old black London taxi and asked
companies3 to sponsor4 them for the trip. On 17th
February 2011, outside the London Transport
Museum in London, they turned on the taxi meter5
and started their journey. They drove south and put
the taxi on a ferry to France. It was the start of an
amazing year.
The friends drove all across Europe. In Finland
they saw the Northern Lights6, one of the world’s
most amazing sights. Then they drove through
Italy, visiting Venice and Padua. They wanted to go
through North Africa, but a war started in Libya.
So they went to Turkey, through countries like
Croatia, Bosnia, and Greece. In Istanbul, Turkey, they
drove their taxi across the Bosphorus Bridge – the
bridge between Europe and Asia.
After Turkey, the journey became slower and harder.
The weather became warmer in the Middle East,
but the roads weren’t as good and the taxi had
mechanical problems a few times a week. They
stopped in Erbil, Iraq to make new parts for the car.
In Iran, they had problems with the police because
they camped7 in the wrong place. In Tibet they drove
on some of the highest roads in the world. In Asia,
the weather wasn’t as good as before. It became
colder, and in China it rained a lot. It was also more
difficult to find English-speaking people when they
needed help.
Every few days, Johno, Paul and Leigh put photos of
their journey on their blog. In most of them, three
good-looking men with short, dark hair stand in front
of a taxi and smile. Behind them, you can see some
of the most famous and most beautiful places in the
world like the Great Wall of China or Anghkor Wat in
Cambodia – the world’s biggest temple8. The friends
were a little overweight when they left Britain, but in
Asia, they looked very thin.
After Asia, they got a boat to Australia – then they
went across the Australian desert – one of the driest
and hottest places in the world. The towns were
further apart in Australia, so they often drove all day
and saw no towns. From Australia, they put their taxi
on a ship to America. When it arrived, they spent
a few days in San Francisco before driving across
America. They stayed in cheap hotels, camped or
slept in the taxi. On some days they visited famous
places, like the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
In March 2012, a plane flew the taxi from New York
to Israel. Then they drove it back across Europe.
A few months later in France, they put it on a train
to England.
Johno, Paul and Leigh arrived in London on May 11th
2012, after a journey of 69,716 kilometres! The taxi
meter showed the highest taxi fare in history –
£79,000. Of course, nobody paid it!
Glossary
taxi fare tariffa della corsa
in taxi
2
find out scoprire
3
companies società, imprese
4
sponsor sponsorizzare
5
taxi meter tassametro
6
Northern Lights aurora
boreale
7
camped si accamparono,
fecero campeggio
8
temple tempio
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Reading
1Leggi il testo e scrivi i nomi dei paesi.
In this country, Johno, Paul and Leigh …
1 started and finished their journey.
2 drove across a bridge from Europe
to Asia.
3 stopped and made new parts for
the taxi.
4 arrived by plane from New York.
5 arrived by ferry, and left a year
later by train.
2Completa le frasi con una parola del testo.
1 The friends started their journey outside a
.
2 They didn’t go to Libya because of a
.
3 In Tibet they drove on some of the
roads in the world.
4It
a lot in China.
5 The weather was very hot and
in
Australia.
3Decidi se le frasi sono vere (T) o false (F).
3 Where did they have a problem with some
police?
4 Why was it difficult to ask for help in Asia?
5 How did people follow their trip?
6 How did their taxi arrive in America?
7 Where did they stay when they travelled
across America?
8 How far did the taxi drive around the world?
Writing
5Immagina di fare il giro del mondo in taxi
con un amico. Leggi gli appunti di viaggio e
rispondi alle domande.
8th Nov Lhasa, Tibet
• fixing the taxi (needs new parts), camping
• some of most amazing temples in Asia
Correggi le frasi false.
• one of highest and coldest cities in the world
1 Nobody helped them to pay for the trip.
2 A machine in the taxi recorded how far they
went.
3 The weather was nice when they were in the
Middle East.
4 They saw some of the world’s most amazing
places.
5 They didn’t have time to visit any places in
America.
6 The journey took them over two years.
• food in Lhasa amazing, not as spicy as Indian food
4Rileggi il testo e rispondi alle domande.
1 Where were Johno, Paul and Leigh when they
had the idea of travelling around the world?
2 What were the roads like in the Middle East?
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• want to drive along Tibet–China national highway:
Tibet–Mongolia–Beijing
1 Where are you?
2 What are you doing?
3 What is the weather like in Lhasa?
4 What is the city like?
5 What is the local food like?
6 What is the next part of your journey?
6Scrivi un breve brano (50–75 parole) per il
tuo blog sulla tappa a Lhasa. Usa gli appunti
che hai scritto nell’es. 5.
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