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England is a great destination to visit or explore, and whether you’re a resident or tourist the country retains a boundless capacity to surprise, charm and excite. England has always had a history and heritage to be proud of, and a glorious regional diversity. Accommodation and food, the two essentials on any trip, were once a lottery in the UK. Now you can stay in boutique B&Bs, designer hotels and cheap campsites with an expanding choice of real English cuisine.
The largest capital in the European Union, stretching for more than thirty miles from east to west, and with a population of just under eight million, a cosmopolitan city since at least the seventeenth century, today`s London is truly multicultural, with over a third of its permanent population originating from overseas: from the Caribbean, the Indian subcontinent, the Mediterranean, the Far East and Eastern Europe. The capital’s great historical landmarks – Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, St Paul’s Cathedral and the Tower of London with its Beefeaters, Crown Jewels and ravens, draw millions of tourists every year. Since the turn of the millennium, all of London’s world-class museums, galleries and institutions have been reinvented, from the Royal Opera House to the British Museum and the area of King’s Cross, home to the British Library and the Eurostar terminal at St Pancras, now being at the centre of a massive redevelopment project. With Tate Modern and the London Eye, the city boasts the world’s largest modern art museum and Europe’s largest Ferris wheel. And thanks to the 2012 Olympics, even the East End and Docklands, traditionally inhabited by workingclass, were reconstructed. The former warehouses have been converted into apartments. Canary Wharf became a major business district in east London– along with the City of London – and contains many of Europe's tallest buildings. A good place to start exploring the city is Trafalgar Square, home to Nelson’s Column and the National Gallery. In Whitehall and Westminster you will find some of London’s most famous landmarks: Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey. The grand streets and squares of the centre contain some of the city’s busiest tourist zones with theatres, cinemas, shops, cafés and restaurants: Piccadilly, Bond Street, Regent Street and Oxford Street. You could spend days just shopping in London, mixing with the upper classes in Harrods, or spend a day at markets of Portobello Road, Brick Lane and Camden. The city’s pubs, music, clubbing are now major attractions too. There is a growing network of markets where farmers and producers sell direct – not just fruit and vegetables but local cheeses, breads, pies, ales and more.
Задание 2. Письменно ответьте на во по тексту:
1. Why is England worth visiting?
2. Whatare the two essentials on any trip?
3. Why is London called a cosmopolitan city?
4. What are the famous historical landmarks in London?
5. What places in London have been reconstructed and why?
Задание 3. Прочитайте текст еще раз. Являются ли предложения правильными или неправильными или искомой информации нет в тексте:
1. Nowadays London has two business districts - the City and Canary Wharf.
2. The City of London is situated a couple of miles from Westminster.
3. East End and Docklands have been traditionally inhabited by the rich.
4. Everyone can enjoy local cheeses, breads, pies, delights, and ales bought direct from the farmers and producers at the street market.
5. The area of the City of London was settled since Roman times.
Задание 4. Найдите в тексте эквиваленты следующих словосочетаний:
кухня, безграничные возможности, территория судоремонтного предприятия или порта,хвастаться (гордиться), королевские регалии и драгоценности, многонациональный город, воссоздать заново.
Britain has recent by been described as a “leisure society.” This is because there are a great variety of leisure pursuits. Young people generally go out on Friday or Saturday nights to a disco, to a concert or to a pub. In recent years going out for a meal or getting a take-away meal have become popular too. During the past years there is a great increase in keeping fit and staying healthy. A lot of teens started running, jogging and going to different fitness clubs in their spare time. Aerobics classes and fitness clubs opened in every town, and the number of recreation centres greatly increased. Indoor pools, with their wave-making machines, water slides and tropical vegetation, have became very popular.
The same is true in Russia. A lot of teens go in for different kinds of sport. Sport helps them to feel as fit as a fiddle. In both countries there are special programmes for problem teenagers, such as a high-risk activities, for example they are taught to jump out of aeroplanes. But despite the increase in the number of teens participating in sport, the majority of young people still prefer to be spectators. They prefer to be couch potatoes. Watching sports on TV is a popular leisure activity, as is going to football matches on Saturday. Cinemas have been redesigned with four or more screens, each showing a different film at the same time, and a lot of teens like going to the cinemas too.
The young generation is fond of communication. There are many available methods of communication nowadays, and the most popular one is computers. A lot of teenagers spend plenty of time working on computers. The Internet seems really good fun. You may send e-mails to friends from different countries and get their answers instantly. You even may talk to them. It is easy and quick. A lot of teenagers have mobile telephones, so they can always be contacted, if they keep their telephone switched on, at any time of the day or night, or tend text messages.
I mention in the piece that even though there are both advantages of advanced technology, I wish a more developed world, with great technologies. Today, we can’t imagine ourselves without technological advances such as cars, microwaves, cell phone, computers and televisions. However, technology won’t stop here, but develop further. As technology develops, there are not only advantages, but disadvantages from them. A few advantages of upgraded technology are that one can save time and money and life will be made easier as a result of not having to do all the hard labor. In contrast, the disadvantages of upgraded technology are that people will loose their jobs to machines that will do the work for them. I personality would want a developed world with advanced technologies. My major reason is because when you have advanced technologies, life is much easier as robots and machines would take over your daily life chores. For example, daily life chores might be serving your breakfast, cutting your lawn, or cleaning your room. With robots and machines doing one’s chores one has time to relax.Other reasons why I want advanced technologies are because they save a great deal of time and money. Another example of benefits from advanced technology is that if there are new, developed vehicles that will transport people to anywhere rapidly, so that one would not need to spend all those boring, long hours in an airplane to try to get another country. As there are so many advantages from highly developed technology, there also is a great deal of disadvantages from them. One advantage is that as technology develops, robots and machines will take over many jobs and people will loose their by contrast. As people loose their jobs, they will have hard time getting money which would make it hard for them to continue to meet living expenses. Another disadvantage of highly developed technology is that machines and robots are complex. It is hard to activate all the machines you have unless you can multitask. Even as there are as many advantages and disadvantages of technology, I personally wish a more advances world with great technologies. In the future it would be more about using your brain and being intelligent that doing the hard labor yourself. I hope these days come within my lifetime.