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1. London (11) THE PLACES TO VISIT. London is the capital of England. It is its political and business centre. The heart of London is the City. It is the oldest part of London. Many people work in the City but very few live there. There are a lot of banks and other offices there are too. You […]...
2. London (9) London, the capital of Great Britain, is situated on the Thames River. It is the largest city in Europe with a population of eight and a quarter million. It is divided into four parts: the City, Westminster, the West End and the East End. The City is the business and commercial heart of London. Many […]...
3. London (5) London is a royal city. The British queen has a palace there – Buckingham Palace, which is the official London home of the Royal family. It is a vast 600 roomed palace but it has no style and is quite uninteresting. The 1st sovereign to live in the Palace was Queen Victoria. There is the […]...
4. Вестминстерский дворец/ Westminster Palace На английском языке Перевод на русский язык Westminster Palace Вестминстерский дворец One of the most beautiful buildings in London is Westminster Palace. It’s a huge structure on the bank of the river Thames in Westminster district of London. The building connects with the Trafalgar Square and Whitehall Street. Originally, from 1529 the palace has been […]...
5. Westminster Abbey. Poets’ Corner The great glory of Westminster is, of course, the Abbey. Ancient tradition claims that St. Peter founded the first church here but the Abbey’s 900 years of existence since its dedication go back to Edward the Confessor. Henry III rebuilt the earlier church and the present building dates from his reign. If you have never […]...
6. London (7) London has been home of many famous Englishmen. Some were born there. Some lived there all their lives. Others lived in London only for a short time but all gave something to this great city One of the first names of importance is that of Geoffrey Chaucer, the poet. He lived most of his life […]...
7. Big Ben Big Ben is one of London’s best-known landmarks, and looks most spectacular at night when the clock faces are illuminated. You even know when parliament is in session, because a light shines above the clock face. The four dials of the clock are 23 feet square, the minute hand is 14 feet long and the […]...
8. London – The Capital of Great Britain When we think of Paris, Rome. Madrid, Lisbon and other European capitals, we think of them as “cities’. When we think of the whole of modern London, the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, that great area covering several hundred square kilometres, we do not think of it as ‘a city’, not even […]...
9. London (4) London is the British capital and one of the biggest cities in the world. The oldest part of London is called the City. It is small, but it is very important. Two thousand years ago a town was built here. For hundreds of years people lived and worked there, but now many of the old […]...
10. Some Facts About London Топик Некоторые факты о Лондоне знакомит вас с несколькими известными жителями этого великого города. Вы узнаете о поэте, авторе знаменитых “Кентерберийских рассказов”, Джеффри Чосере, Уильяме Шекспире, архитекторе сэре Кристофере Рене, композиторе Джордже Фредерике Генделе, адмирале лорде Нельсоне и генерале герцоге Веллингтоне. И это всего лишь часть знаменитых людей, прославивших Великобританию и живших, в разное время, […]...
11. London (3) London is one of the largest and most interesting cities in the world. Greater London covers an area of about 600 square miles and has the population of nearly 9 million people. In London today, there still stand numerous landmarks reminding us of the town, as it was five or six centuries ago. The old […]...
12. Вестминстерское Аббатство/ Westminster Abbey На английском языке Перевод на русский язык Westminster Abbey Вестминстерское Аббатство There are many places of interest in Great Britain, particularly in its capital city – London. Millions of visitors a year arrive in London to see the sights of the city. One of the most attractive constructions is Westminster Abbey. It attracts visitors not […]...
13. London’s Attractions London is not only the political, financial and manufacturing centre of Great Britain. It is the main tourist attraction of the country, too. London’s many places of interest attract thousands of tourists every year. Tourists usually want to see Westminster Abbey, the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Tower of London. Westminster […]...
14. London, Capital of Great Britain – Лондон – столица Великобритании London is the capital of Great Britain, its political, economic, and commercial centre. It is one of the largest cities in the world and the largest city in Europe. Its population is about 8 million. London is divided into several parts: the City, Westminster, the West End, and the East End. The heart of London […]...
15. London (10) London is the capital of Great Britain. More than six million people live in London. London lies on both banks of the river Thames. It is the largest city in Europe and one of the largest cities in the world. London is not only the capital of the country, it is also a very big […]...
16. London – Лондон (1) London is the capital of Great Britain, its political, economic and cultural centre. It’s one of the largest cities in the world. Its population is more than million people. London is situated on the river Thames. The city is very old and beautiful. It was founded more than two thousand years ago. Traditionally London is […]...
17. Places of Interest in Great Britain – Достопримечательности Великобритании (4) Great Britain is rich in world-famous places. Hide Park is the London’s largest and most fashionable park. It was once a royal hunting forest. There are restaurants and bars at each end of the Serpentine lake. You can hire a boat there. Number 10, Downing Street has been the home of the British Prime Minister […]...
18. London (2) London draws people from all over the world. Some come on business, some come to study, to work or on holiday. London is naturally a very English city and it is very cosmopolitan, containing goods, food and entertainment, as well as people, from many countries of the world. London spreads its influence over much of […]...
19. Parliament. The Palace of Westminster. – Парламент. Вестминстерский дворец Britain is administered from the Palace of Westminster in London. This is also known as the Houses of Parliament. Parliament is made up of two chambers – the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The members of the House of Lords are not elected: they qualify to sit in the House because they […]...
20. Places of Interest in London – Достопримечательности Лондона Hyde Park It’s the London’s largest and most fashionable park. It was once a royal hunting forest. There are restaurants and bars at each end of the Serpentine lake. Hire a boat. Downing Street Number 10, Downing Street has been the home of the British Prime Minister since 1735. The Houses of Parliament Its official […]...
21. London London is the capital of the United Kingdom, its economic, political and cultural center. It is one of the world’s most important ports and one of the largest cities in the world. London with its suburbs has a population of about 11 million people. London has been a capital for nearly a thousand years. Many […]...
22. The Kremlin The Kremlin is the symbol of Russian and Soviet power and authority. Its crenellated red brick walls and 20 towers were built at the end of the 15th century, when a host of Italian builders arrived in Moscow on the invitation of Ivan III the Great. Of the most important towers, the Saviour (Spasskaya) Tower […]...
23. Sightseeing in London – Достопримечательности Лондона London is one of the most interesting cities in Europe. You can start your sightseeing tour from the City where some famous ancient buildings are situated. Perhaps the most striking of them is St. Paul’s Cathedral, the greatest of English churches. It is Sir Christopher Wren’s masterpiece. It stands at the top of Ludgate Hill […]...
24. London (8) In 1996, I went to London. This city impressed me very much. When we leaved from Archangelsk the weather was terrible: it was awfully cold. But when we arrived to London there were green leaves on the trees and the air was much warmer then in our city. That was the first thing that impressed […]...
25. London (6) If I had a chance to go to London I’d like to see not only the places of interest but many other interesting things there. Certainly everyone knows that the most famous sights of the capital of the Great Britain are Tower Bridge over the river Themes, Big Ben, The Houses of Parliament, Trafalgar Square, […]...
26. London – Лондон (3) London is the capital of Great Britain or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is an old city, its history counts more than two thousand years. London is both the capital oi the country and a huge port. London is situated upon both banks of the Thames, about forty miles from […]...
27. Moscow (13) Nowadays Moscow is the capital of Russia. It is the largest city of the country. Moscow lies in the valley of the Moskva river. Moscow is a political, administrative, economic, industrial, educational and cultural centre of the Russian Federation. A lot of educational institutions are located here. There are many places of interest in Moscow. […]...
28. Trafalgar Square Топик Трафальгарская Площадь познакомит вас с одной из многих достопримечательностей столицы Великобритании. Это центральная площадь Лондона, на которой возвышается колонна с фигурой Адмирала и Лорда Горацио Нельсона – героически погибшего после одержанной им победы над объединенной испано-французской флотилией у мыса Трафальгар в устье Гибралтарского пролива 21 октября 1805 года. Сейчас на Трафальгарской Площади собирается много […]...
29. Cities of the USA Among large and famous American cities there are Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. Washington is the capital of the USA. It is situated on the Potomac River in the District of Columbia. D. Washington chose the place. The city was founded in 1791 and named after the first president. Now […]...
30. Tower Bridge This bridge built in 1894, is still in daily use even though the traffic in and out of the London wharves’ has increased to an extraordinary extent during the course of the 20th century. Even today Tower Bridge regulates a large part of the impressive traffic of the Port of London. Due to a special […]...
31. Famous people of Great Britain – Знаменитые люди Великобритании Great Britain is very rich with outstanding people and always was. There are lots of famous British musicians, sportsmen, scientists, writers, explorers and so on. One of the most important people of the mankind was Charles Darwin, who was a great explorer, scientist and a writer. He has travelled around the world carefully studying the […]...
32. Топик “Кремль” (Moscow Kremlin) The Kremlin is the heart of Moscow. It is the oldest historical and architectual centre of Moscow. First it was a wooden fort. Under Dmitry Donskoy the Kremlin was built of white stone. In 1474 Ivan III sent a mission to Italy to find the best architectural and engineering talent available. They brought back with […]...
33. London – Лондон (4) London is traditionally divided into several parts: the City, the Westminster, the East End and the West End. The Westminster lies on the northern bank of the river Thames. The heart of it is the Westminster Palace, where the Houses of Parliament, Victoria Tower, as well as the clock tower with Big Ben are located. […]...
34. Лондон/ London На английском языке Перевод на русский язык London Лондон I wish I were in London now. If I were there I would organize an excursion and would give you a good idea about this wonderful city. As we know, London is the capital of Great Britain and one of the largest industrial and cultural centers […]...
35. Московский Кремль/ The Moscow Kremlin На английском языке Перевод на русский язык The Moscow Kremlin Московский Кремль The Moscow Kremlin is one of the most famous landmarks of Russia and the symbol of former Soviet authority. It is a long red brick wall with 20 towers, which were built at the end of the 15th century on the order of […]...
36. Elizabeth II, Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria Elizabeth 2 is the Queen of Great Britain. She was born in Windsor on 21 April 1926. Her full name is Elizabeth-Mary-Alexander Windsor. Her pet name is Lilibet. She was educated at home, taught to read and write by her parents. She knew foreign languages. Elizabeth was made her speech on the radio in 1940. […]...
37. Scotland Yard Scotland Yard is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police in London. To most people, its name immediately brings to mind the picture of a detective – cool, collected, efficient, ready to track down any criminal with complete confidence that he will bring him to justice, or a helmeted police-constable – that familiar figure of the […]...
38. Moscow Moscow is the capital of Russia, its political, economic and cultural center. It was founded 8 centuries ago by Prince Yuri Dolgoruky. Historians have accepted the year of 1147 as the start of Moscow’s history. Gradually the city became more and more powerful. In the 13th century Moscow was the center of the struggle of […]...
39. “Лондон и его достопримечательности” (London and its attractions) The capital of Great Britain is full of popular and world-famous tourist attractions, both educational and entertaining. Most of them are located close to the river Thames, others are in different parts of London and in its suburbs. The city was founded about 2 000 years ago, so there are a lot of interesting historic […]...
40. My trip to England Imagine waking up one day in a country that you`ve never been to and know no one there. It is an incredible experience, and something that people will remember forever. Before visiting the country we have some stereotypes about the life there, which are broken after the trip. And England isn`t an exception. People think […]...