Day 6 - Attractions

Level 5

Tower of London

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The Tower of London was built in the 1070s. It has served as a fortress, a royal palace, and a prison. Kings and queens used the Tower to protect their possessions. Even today, the Crown Jewels are protected by soldiers at the Tower.
The Tower is also famous for holding prisoners, murderers, and the execution of three queens of England. As a result, stories of ghosts haunt the tower. One of the most famous legends of the Tower has to do with ravens. The legend states that if the ravens leave the Tower, both the tower and the kingdom will fall. Today, seven ravens live at the Tower and are cared for by soldiers.

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요새

감옥

소유

군인

살인자

처형

유령이 나오다

전설

까마귀

언급하다

왕국

Are there any well-known places in your city or country with famous legends?

- When I first arrived to Singapore, I worked with a housing agent to find a place to live. The main criteria that I had was that the apartment had to be new. This was easy as the town was new and most of the apartments were new. However, there were only two new apartments in the area that I liked. I went to see one of them but not the other. When I asked the agent why, he told me that the second apartment was haunted! Apparently, before the apartment buildings were built, there were old wooden houses in the area. One of the wooden houses was well-known to be haunted. When the government decided to develop the area and wanted to tear down that house, it led to an opposition in the neighborhood! Everyone said that it would bring them bad luck if the government tore down that house, and they protested! The story about the haunted house was so famous that even people in the local government knew about it. Eventually they decided to leave a portion of the old house and redesigned it into the common space area of the apartment buildings. According to the housing agent, it was made into a space for storage in the gardens of the apartment buildings.

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분명히

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정부

반대

항의하다

일부, 부분

새로 디자인하다

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