202 Useful Exercises for IELTS Side2-03-AudioTrack03

（单词翻译）

　　Narrator: Exercise 4.2. A. Write down the numbers you hear in the following sentences:
i. During the reign¹ of Elisabeth I, the population of London doubled from 100,000 to 200,000.
ii. The population of London today is anything from 7 to 12 million, depending on how the count is taken.
iii. The number of visitors to London each year is 20 million and growing.
iv. Unfortunately, many medieval, Tudor, and Jacobean buildings were destroyed in 1666 by the Great Fire.
v. During the Second World War, hundreds of fine 17th, 18th and 19th century buildings were bombed.
vi. All but two of the monarchs² since 1066 have been crowned in Westminster Abbey.
vii. The clock tower next to the Houses of Parliament, containing the 131/2 ton bell called Big Ben, is 320 feet tall.
viii. The Prime Minister's residence at No. 10 Downing St. is a fifteen minute walk from Westminster Bridge.
ix. The changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace can be viewed at 11am and 4pm weekdays and Saturdays.
x. Nelson's Column, a 185-foot pillar, on top of which is a statue of the famous Admiral, was built in 1805.