Можете кратко написать этот текст Jousting. Extreme sports are nothing new. In the Middle Ages, between the fifth and the fifteenth centuries, medieval knights risked life and limb in a thrilling sport called jousting. Two knights on horseback, each carrying a lance - a longer, heavier version of a spear - would ride towards each other at high speed. To win, the knight tried to break his lance on his opponent's shield or knock him off his horse with the lance. Jousting tournaments were often held to celebrate royal marriages and births, or national festivals. Brave knights could be seriously injured or even die for the chance to win large sums of money, and sometimes even a royal marriage.
Jousting was seen as practice for war. But when competing, knights replaced their chain mail - small linked metal rings - with heavy armour made of metal plates. They only had small slits in their helmets to see out of, that greatly restricted their vision. At the same time, though, this protected them. The horses they rode were big and strong.
The popular jousting tournaments took place in 'the lists', an open field separated by a fence close to a castle. They attracted not only royalty and nobility, but also commoners who sat alongside the battlefield. In glamorous opening ceremonies, knights would ride into the lists and hit the shield of an opponent they wished to challenge. After prizes were awarded at the end of the tournament, feasting and dancing would close the event.
Today, partly due to TV shows and movies, jousting is making a comeback. Surprisingly, little has changed since the Middle Ages; it may be a challenge for these modern-day knights to wear heavy armour and control a horse while trying to knock their opponent to the ground, but for the enthusiastic spectators it all adds up to a truly exhilarating experience. Now, serious jousters are hoping to win enough fans to turn jousting into the next extreme sport!
)London is the capital of Great Britain
2)Located in the south-east of the island of Great Britain, on the plain at the mouth of the Thames, near the North Sea
3)The population is 8.6 million people
5) West Endthe western part of central London, to the west of the City wall, in which the theatrical and concert life is concentrated ,museu ,universities and collegesms
6)The street in the center of London, whose name became the household name of the British government.It leads from the British Parliament building in Westminster to Trafalgar Square
7)eastern part of London, which is often oversimplified by the works of Dickens and other authors of the era of the industrial revolution as a region of the resettlement of the poor and the antipode of the fashionable West End
8)Tower Bridge - 244-meter drawbridge over the River Thames, near the Tower of London. It is one of the symbols of Britain and the most famous bridge in the world
9)It is the birthplace of all parliaments and, perhaps, the most famous royal family in the world. London has all the attributes of a city of world significance, whose charm consists in the combination of complete opposites. London is the political, economic, commercial and cultural center of Great Britain. Traditionally, it is divided into several parts: the City, Westminster, the West End and the East End. The City is the heart of London, its financial and business center. In the City there are some famous ancient buildings. Perhaps the most striking of them is St. Pauls Cathedral, the largest of the English churches.
Объяснение: