Discover Columbia Road Flower Market

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1 Discover Columbia Road Flower Market Podcast contents Part 1 Introduction Part 2 History and the sights Part 3 Chat with Carolina Part 4 The stall owner and the shop keeper Part 5 Outro Worksheet contents Section 1 Word order listening Section 2 Markets and local knowledge vocabulary Section 3 Markets and local knowledge definitions Section 4 Market and local knowledge gap fill Section 5 Language Analysis Section 6 Natural speaking patterns Section 7 Natural speaking patterns reference Section 8 Extra vocabulary booster Section 9 Your turn Section 10 Photos Worksheet answers Transcript 1 P a g e d i s c o v e r C o l u m b i a r o a d f l o w e r m a r k e t

2 Section 1 Word order listening Order the words as you hear them (the first one has been done for you). There will be one in each section that you don t need. Part Part Part P a g e d i s c o v e r C o l u m b i a r o a d f l o w e r m a r k e t

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4 Section 2 Markets and local knowledge vocabulary Listen again and circle the correct option 1) How does Tom describe where he is standing? a) a stone s throw away from the skyscrapers b) a stone s throw way from the skyscrapers c) a stone s throw anyway from the skyscrapers 2) Why is Tom in East London? a) to undercover a gem b) to undo a gem c) to uncover a gem 3) Why is Tom in Columbia Road Market? a) to borrow b) to browse c) to buy 4 P a g e d i s c o v e r C o l u m b i a r o a d f l o w e r m a r k e t

5 4) How does Tom describe Columbia Road Market? a) one of London s worst kept secrets. b) one of London s better kept secrets. c) one of London s best kept secrets. 5) Since the 1980s the market has a) flowered b) flourished c) floated 6) What type of Londoner is the market popular with? a) in the know Londoners b) on the know Londoners c) from the know Londoners 7) What type of tourists go to the Market? a) clued on tourists b) clued in tourists c) clued up tourists 5 P a g e d i s c o v e r C o l u m b i a r o a d f l o w e r m a r k e t

6 8) How does Tom describe the street? a) packed in stalls b) packed on stalls c) packed with stalls 9) What did Tom intend to do? a) soak up the atmosphere b) soak in the atmosphere c) soak on the atmosphere 10) Carolina says she lives a) just around the block b) just around the city c) just around the corner 11) Tom thinks people don t just a) stumble up it (the market) b) stumble upon it (the market) c) stumble in it (the market) 6 P a g e d i s c o v e r C o l u m b i a r o a d f l o w e r m a r k e t

7 12) Tom asks if the stalls are mostly a) family running businesses b) family ran businesses c) family run businesses 13) The Shop Owner describes his artefacts as a) handmade b) hand make c) hand making 14) The Shop Owner also sells other rarer artefacts he describes as a) one on artefacts b) one in artefacts c) one off artefacts 15) The Shop Owner says the Market is the biggest in Europe a) as for as I know b) as far as I know c) as first as I know 7 P a g e d i s c o v e r C o l u m b i a r o a d f l o w e r m a r k e t

8 Section 3 Markets and local knowledge definitions Match the vocabulary from Section 2 to their meanings. Part 1 and clued up a stone s throw away in the know to soak up packed with to uncover a gem to browse to flourish best kept secret 1) If you something it means you enjoy the experience or effects of something as much as possible (verb). 2) If something is it is very close (idiom). 3) Someone who is has a full understanding or knowledge of something (adj). 4) If something is people or things it is full (adj). 5) Someone who is has a special and detailed knowledge about something (adj). 6) When something is unknown to the majority of people but is thought to be very good we say it is the (noun). 7) If something grows or develops successfully we use the term (verb). 8 P a g e d i s c o v e r C o l u m b i a r o a d f l o w e r m a r k e t

9 8) means to walk around a shop looking at things without the intention of buying anything (verb). 9) If you you discover something really unique or special (idiom). Part 3 and one off around the corner as far as I know family run business handmade to stumble upon 1) Food, clothes or artefacts that are are not processed in a factory or made by machines (adj). 2) A is something unique (noun). 3) something is to discover or find something by accident (verb). 4) If something is it is informal way of saying something is nearby or will happen soon. 5) We use when we aren t totally sure about something but we feel fairly certain what we are saying is true. 6) A is one that has more than one member of the owners family working for it (noun) 9 P a g e d i s c o v e r C o l u m b i a r o a d f l o w e r m a r k e t

10 Section 4 Market and local knowledge gap fill Use the vocabulary from section 2 to complete Teddy s market experience in Argentina. When I first arrived in Argentina I was told that the best way to get to know Argentine culture was to spend a day in a market 1 the atmosphere and 2 through the various stalls. Just 3 from the main square, San Telmo market gave me my first introduction into South American market life. It was 4 tourists and I remember saying to my friend where are all the local people? Lots of the products were 5 but after a while each stall looked like the last one and any hope of finding a 6 seemed unlikely. After an hour I 7 a wonderful antiques stall selling everything from classic watches to toy soldiers. I bought a classic Boca Juniors football shirt with Maradona printed on the back for 200 pesos. Later I found out that just 8 there was a stall selling them for P a g e d i s c o v e r C o l u m b i a r o a d f l o w e r m a r k e t

11 Section 5 Language analysis Choose the two correct collocations and delete the wrong one. a plot/ a secret/ a weekend a shop/ a nightclub/ a book the atmosphere/ the sun/ the food internet/clothes/ cakes hotel/ restaurant/ police a building/ a business/ a flower Section 6 Natural speaking patterns Listen to a chunk of language from Part 3 again ( and fill in the gaps to complete the informal phrases. C Urm, probably the colours of everything you can see around here. Going from the flowers to 1, the people, who dresses slightly 2 compared to other parts of London, so it s very enjoyable. T You don t 3 stumble upon it, 4 5 it s a 6, for local people. 7 not many tourists here are there. It s 8 for people who live in the area, they come down here. Is that right? C Yeah, it feels 9 for Londoners or Eastenders. 11 P a g e d i s c o v e r C o l u m b i a r o a d f l o w e r m a r k e t

12 Section 7 Natural speaking patterns reference *The patterns and vocabulary here are mainly for reference. Because they are very natural and informal items you aren t expected to try and use them. The aim is to help with awareness and to improve your listening skills. Sort of/kind of is used in an informal way to say in some way or some degree. Like is used as a conjunction or even just to replace umm and ah. There s not many tourists. An example of a grammatically incorrect English sentence often used in spoken English. The misuse of the singular form (there s) instead of the plural (there are). The adjective different replaces an adverb something that is a common speaking pattern particularly in the USA. Other common examples include that s real good and she did good replacing that s really good and she did well Section 8 Extra vocabulary booster from the podcast (suffix) ish is used as at the end of a word to say about/quite/partly. We often use it with colours/times/ages. (noun) someone from London. (noun) someone from East London. (noun) a situation or someone s feelings which change from one extreme to another. (adverb) mainly. 12 P a g e d i s c o v e r C o l u m b i a r o a d f l o w e r m a r k e t

13 Section 9 Your turn Choose one of the following options and record yourself talking about them using the vocabulary from this worksheet. You could consider some of these questions to help you. 1) Describe a market you know well What can you buy there? Is it possible to find one-offs? Are the products handmade? Are the stalls family run businesses? Do you often browse through the stalls? When is the best time to go and soak up the atmosphere of the market? 2) The best kept secret in your city/town that is unknown by tourists How did you stumble upon this special place? How often do you go there? Why is it the best kept secret i.e. what makes it special? Do you think it will ever be packed with tourists? How would you feel if it was? As far as you know what is the future of the place? Will it stay as it is? 13 P a g e d i s c o v e r C o l u m b i a r o a d f l o w e r m a r k e t

14 Section 10 Photos from Columbia Road Flower Market 14 P a g e d i s c o v e r C o l u m b i a r o a d f l o w e r m a r k e t

15 Discover Columbia Road Market Answers Section 1 Part 1 1) Skyscraper 2) Opinion 3) Markets 4) Parks Part 2 1) Sunday 2) Secrets 3) Colour 4) Atmosphere 5) Smells Part 3 1) Flowers 2) Character 3) Countryside 5) Coffee 6) Tourists Part 4 1) Routine 2) 8 o clock 3) Brothers 4) Mexican 5) 20 years 6) Galleries 7) Europe 8) Evolve Part 5 1) Closing 2) Visit 3) Worksheet 4) Exercises 4) Two weeks 15 P a g e d i s c o v e r C o l u m b i a r o a d f l o w e r m a r k e t

16 Section 2 - Markets and local knowledge vocabulary 1) a 2) c 3) b 4) c 5) b 6) a 7) c 8) c 9) a 10) c 11) b 12) c 13) a 14) c 15) b Section 3 - Markets and local knowledge definitions Part 1 and 2 1) If you soak something up it means you enjoy the experience or effects of something as much as possible (verb). 2) If something is a stone s throw away it is very close (idiom). 3) Someone who is clued up has a full understanding or knowledge of something (adj). 4) If something is packed with people or things it is full (adj). 5) Someone who is in the know has a special and detailed knowledge about something (adj). 6) When something is unknown to the majority of people but is thought to be very good we say it is the best kept secret (noun). 7) If something grows or develops successfully we use the term to flourish (verb). 8) To browse means to walk around a shop looking at things without the intention of buying anything (verb). 9) If you uncover a gem you discover something really unique or special (idiom). 16 P a g e d i s c o v e r C o l u m b i a r o a d f l o w e r m a r k e t

17 Part 3 and 4 1) Food, clothes or artefacts that are handmade are not processed in a factory or made by machines (adj). 2) A one off is something unique (noun). 3) Stumble upon something is to discover or find something by accident (verb). 4) If something is around the corner it is informal way of saying something is nearby or will happen soon. 5) We use as far as I know when we aren t totally sure about something but we feel fairly certain what we are saying is true. 6) A family run business is one that has more than one member of the owners family working for it (noun) Section 4 Market and local knowledge gap fill 1) soaking up 2) browsing 3) a stone s throw away 4) packed with 5) handmade 6) one off 7) stumbled upon 8) around the corner 17 P a g e d i s c o v e r C o l u m b i a r o a d f l o w e r m a r k e t

18 Section 5 Language Analysis To uncover a plot/a secret To browse through a shop/a book To soak up the atmosphere/the Sun Handmade clothes/cake Family run hotel/restaurant A business/a flower flourishes Section 6 Natural speaking patterns C Urm, probably the colours of everything you can see around here. Going from the flowers to 1 like, the people, who dresses slightly 2 different compared to other parts of London, so it s very enjoyable. T You don t 3 sort of stumble upon it, 4 I don t know 5 like it s a 6 sort of, for local people. 7 There s not many tourists here are there. It s 8 kind of for people who live in the area, they come down here. Is that right? C Yeah, it feels 9 like for Londoners or Eastenders 18 P a g e d i s c o v e r C o l u m b i a r o a d f l o w e r m a r k e t

19 Transcript Part I m standing just a stone s throw away from the skyscrapers of London s financial district but it feels like a million miles away. In my humble opinion London does two things better than any other city. It has some of the best markets in the world and it has some incredible parks and green spaces. I m in East London to uncover a gem that combines the two together. Welcome to Columbia Road Market. Part It s Sunday morning and I m here in Columbia Road Market, East London to browse through one of London s best kept secrets. First established in the 1800s as a Saturday market it was soon switched to Sundays to incorporate the large wave of Jewish immigration into the area and it s been held on Sundays ever since. It s been a rollercoaster ride but since the 1980s the market has flourished, becoming popular with in the know Londoners and the occasional clued up tourist. Looking down Columbia Road I can see and explosion of colour and greenery. The street is packed with stalls selling fresh flowers as well as herbs and exotic plants. This truly is an oasis of foliage and flowers in the heart of the East End. Now I had intended to just come down here and soak up the atmosphere but now I m here and I ve seen what s on offer I think I might be going home with something 19 P a g e d i s c o v e r C o l u m b i a r o a d f l o w e r m a r k e t

20 for the garden. It s times like this that I wish you could not only hear the sounds of the market but smell the smells too, the sweet scent of fresh flowers is glorious. This surely is the best smelling street in London! Part Tom Ok, I ve been joined by my mate Carolina who is a local to the area. Carolina why do you like this market? Carolina I think it s very lively and it s full of flowers and people from all over the world, probably. And then you can basically find anywhere to have something to drink or to eat, there s music on the corners. It s just really nice to be around here. T Yeah, it s got a really nice character to it hasn t it? C It s, I think it s a very interesting place because it s everything condensed in a very small area so you feel like you probably are somewhere else maybe like in the countryside but you re not and there are definitely some really particular things about East London that you can find like architecture. T And would you get this kind of market back home in Mexico? C I think our markets are a little bit different. Maybe our markets are more like more functional in terms of just getting provisions for houses or businesses whereas here it s a little bit more just to enjoy yourself. T And how often do you come down to the market? 20 P a g e d i s c o v e r C o l u m b i a r o a d f l o w e r m a r k e t

21 C Well, I live just around the corner so I basically bring everyone I know who hasn t been here like you guys and I don t know, maybe every two weeks. T Yeah? And what was the last thing you bought here? C Ahhh coffee. Yeah I don t have enough space like for the sorts of plants I would like to get. So far it s just been food. T What do you like most about the market? C Urm, probably the colours of everything you can see around here. Going from the flowers to like, the people, who dresses slightly different compared to other parts of London, so it s very enjoyable. T You don t sort of stumble upon it, I don t know, like it s a sort of, for local people. There s not many tourists here are there. It s kind of for people who live in the area, they come down here. Is that right? C Yeah, it feels like for Londoners or Eastenders. Part Tom I m with Bill, one of the stall owners. What is your routine on market day? Bill Erm, well we get here about 7 o clock, unload the lorry, get a cup of tea, start unloading and just generally wait for the customers to start rolling up about 8 o clock. It starts about 8, I suppose. T And what time do you finish? 21 P a g e d i s c o v e r C o l u m b i a r o a d f l o w e r m a r k e t

22 B Well we start packing up about 3 o clockish. T Am I right in saying a lot of the stalls here are family run businesses and sort of second generation. B Yeah, I ve got a lot of my family down here. Brothers and cousins: next door and opposite me and over there. Yeah, a lot of family down here. T Is it basically, is it a lot about the community of the area? B Yeah, it s just coming up all, (we ve) been coming up all our lives, like our dads have and just before the war they started so it s carried on really, you know. Yeah it s good, it s a good atmosphere. T Yeah Tom ESD Ok, I m with Tom who is the owner of Milagros, a sort of Mexican boutique shop. Tom, could you talk us through your shop. Tom Shop owner It s handmade artefacts from all over Mexico. Handmade mouth-blown glassware, baskets, tiles and wilder one off artefacts. Tom ESD Ok and how long have you been here for? Tom shop owner 20 years, well, I ve been doing this for 20 years. We ve been here in Columbia Road for more like a dozen years. Tom ESD And how has the market changed over the last few years? Tom shop owner It s become more galleries and less shops. So it s been heavily gentrified. Tom ESD Right. 22 P a g e d i s c o v e r C o l u m b i a r o a d f l o w e r m a r k e t

23 Tom shop owner But certainly a more affluent bunch of people come down now than maybe a few years ago. It was primarily a flower market and now it s a shopping destination. Tom ESD And what makes it so special, why do people come here? Tom shop owner Because of, the flower market is what makes it special in the first place. It s the only large outdoor retail flower market in Europe as far as I know. Hopefully it ll continue. I mean it s bound to have to evolve. Our fear is that it becomes big enough to let main street shops make sense of the street like Starbucks. At the moment it s all independents here. There s something like 60 independent shops besides the market traders here. Part As you can probably hear the market is now closing. Once again it s been a pleasure discovering another unique slice of London life with you. If you want to visit the Market it s open on Sundays from 8am until the afternoon. Remember there s a worksheet to go with this podcast that is full of key vocabulary, practice exercises and a full transcript. I m Tom Rees, until next time take care. 23 P a g e d i s c o v e r C o l u m b i a r o a d f l o w e r m a r k e t