London

London Text 4

London is the capital of Great Britain. London is a very old town. London is two thousand years old. Many years ago London was a small town on the Thames. There were a lot of villages round it. After many years London and three hundred villages grew into a very large city. Some of the names of those villages are the names of the streets in modern London-Kensington, Westminster.

Now London is a beautiful city with large squares and parks. The city of London is the business centre. East End includes the poor districts. West of London is the West End where rich people live.

Trafalgar Square is in the centre of the West End of London. In the centre of Trafalgar Square there is the column made of granite. On the top of the column there is a 17-feet-tall statue of Admiral Nelson who defeated the French at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1809. The total high of the monument is 184 feet (44 meters).On the pedestal is a bronze relief cast from a captured French cannon, representing Nelson’s victory.

On the North side of Trafalgar Square is the National Gallery.

The National Gallery has one of the finest collections of pictures in the world.

Trafalgar Square is one of the busiest place in London, where people go to and from the work, it is hard to cross the street.

1. Ответьте  на вопросы по тексту.

1. What is the capital of Great Britain ?
2. How many years is London?
3. What includes the poor districts?
4. Where do rich people live?
5. Where is the Admiral Nelson column?

2. Продолжите предложение.

1. On the top of the column …
2. London is two…
3. On the north side…
4. The total high…
5. There were…

3. Какие предложения соответствуют  содержанию текста “+”, а какие  не соответствуют “-”

1. London is a new town.
2. London is on the Thames.
3. The West End of London is a place where rich people live.
4. In London there aren’t a lot of squares and parks.

4. Найдите в тексте

1. Национальная галерея имеет одну из прекраснейших коллекций в мире.
2. Трефальгарская площадь находится в центре Вест Енда в Лондоне.
3. Сейчас Лондон –один из красивейших городов с большими площадями и парками .
4. Спустя много лет Лондон и три сотни деревень превратились в один большой город.
5. Некоторые из этих деревень стали названиями в современном Лондоне.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Christmas Tree Text 5

No one _1_ for sure who decorated the first Christmas tree . The_2_ of bringing an evergreen tree indoors and _3_ it at Christmas started in Germany. One _4_ says that Martin Luther started the practice. Luther was an important Christian_5_ . According to the story, he noticed the starlit sky as he walked home one Christmas Eve about the year 1513.He thought the stars looked as if they were shining on the branches. When he arrived home, Martin Luther placed a small fir tree _6_ his house. He decorated it with lighted candles.

Decorating Christmas trees became _7_ in Germany. Prince Albert of Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, the German husband of Queen Victoria, took the tradition to England. Both German and English people brought it to America. And now nearly every family in Great Britain and the USA has a _8_ tree.

The biggest Christmas tree in Britain is put up in Trafalgar Square in _9_ .

The people of Norway still give this tree every year to the _10_ to thank them for helping Norway against Hitler in the second World War.

1. Chose the right answer:

a) knows	b) begins	c) decides	d) is
a) tree	b) legend	c) story	d) custom
a) showing	b) giving	c) putting	d) decorating
a) story	b) legend	c)fairy	d) novel
a) man	b) saint	c) leader	d) woman
a) inside	b) outside	c) upside	d) offside
a) comfortable	b) beautiful	c) public	d) popular
a) Christmas	b) fir	c) pine	d) birch
a) London	b) Paris	c) Moscow	d) Madrid
a) French people	b) British people	c) Irish people	d) Russian people

2. Answer the questions:

1. Where was started the tradition of decorating Christmas tree?
2. Who started this tradition?
3. Who brought it to Britain?
4. Why do people of Norway still present a tree to Britain?

3.  Ask 5 questions .