The largest and the most famous U.S.'city is N.Y. in spite of the fact that it is not capital. To say the truth once it was the capital - it was after the War of Independence and it lasted 4 years. The first President was inaugurated there in l780.
N.Y. lays at the west coast of America so in the past it was a gate to U.S. for immigrants who were coming there in l9th and 20th centuries.(During the lack of job opportunities in Europe)
N.Y. is almost 400 years old town with present population of more than l4 milio
The British Isles consist of two large islands - Great Britain (comprising England, Wales and Scottland) and Ireland (comprising Irish Republic and Northern Ireland), and more than 5,000 smaller islands. British islands are divided into two independent states :
1. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2. The Republic of Ireland
Size of British Isles.
The British Isles form a group of islands lying off the north-west coast of Continent. Britain's ar
It's the smallest continent. It's situated between the Pacific and the Indian oceans. It's area is about 7.7 million square km-es, but there're only 17 million inhabitants. (It isn't densely populated.)
History.
Australia was founded by captain Cook in 1770. He landed on place, which name is Botany bay now. It's situated in Sydney.
The official name of Australia is Commonwealth of Australia and it's a dominion belonging to the British Commonwealth of Nations. It means,
Australia is the smallest continent situated between the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was explored in 1770 by Robin Cook. It has about 7,5 million square kilometres. It’s a dominition belonging to the British Commonwealth of Nations. Official head of the state is Queen Elisabeth II. represented by governor general. The country is divided into 6 states and 2 territories> New South Wales {Sidney}, Victoria {Melbourne}, Queensland {Brisbane}, South Australia {Adelaine}, Western Australia {Perth}, Tasmania {Hobart}, Te
The British are said to be reserved in manners, dress and speech.
Their insularity, conservaticism and sticking to traditions are often pointed too. They are famous for their politeness, self - discipline and their specific sense of humour. May be many British are such in their nature but not at all. There are big differences in manners between individuals even within one nation. It is similar with customs and traditions. Many traditional British customs have changed as the way of life has changed.
3000-2000 BC The Iberians inhabit England 700 Invasion of Celtic tribes(Gaels, Brythons, Belgae) 55-54 invasion of Julius Caesar 409 AD The end of Roman rule brought by the barbarians(Scots, Picts) 5th century Saxons&Angles raiding Britain 6th century 10 Anglo-Saxon kingdoms 597 St.Augustine's mission in Kent - Christianity in Britain 9th cent. Danish raids 871 Alfred the Great - king of Wessex - defeats Danes in 9 battles England divided into 2 parts(Danelaw[NE] and Saxon
We are on our way to Mars. Something has hit our spaceship and it has damaged spaceship's wings. I think it was enemy's spacesip fell into unknown planet. It was mysterious, because our radar didn't show any spaceship.The ship's engineer won't be able to repair wings and we haven't got enough fuel for the journey back. So we'll have to land. We're near an unknown planet. We're going to land there. We hope we'll be able to find some fuel or people there.
Choosing a career is a very important step in everybody's life. Most children and some students don't have clear ideas about their job. Boys usually want to be pilots, astronauts, designers, architects, soldiers and etc. Girls on the other hand dream about becoming actresses, singers, ballet - dancers, dressmakers, nurses or teachers. Some children want to follow their parents or parents want their children to work in the same line as they did. When I was a small boy I dreamed about becoming a
London originated as the Roman settlement of Londinium, which grew around the bridge over the River Thames.
London has now 7 mil. inhabitants of whose are 1.2 mil. foreigners. It’s total area is over 4 000 square kilometers and it’s divided into two cities., Londostn and Weminster and 28 boroughs.
The City is very small place with it’s total area of 2 and half square kilometers with about 10 000 permanent inhabitants. The City is one of the world’s leading financial centers and we can find here all sort of ba
There is Whispering Gallery, which runs around the inside of the dome, a whisper near the wall at one side can be herd on the other side. The hollow golden ball, beneath the cross has six feet in diameter.
A lot of famous people are buried here – nelson, Wellington, Wren
London’s docklands
At the time, when London was the main British port were the Docklands very famous, but after closing the docks they went into sleep decline. They are situated in the East End and the Cockneys has origin here. In 1
Halloween Halloween is the most magical night in the year. This night is full of glowing jack-o-lanterns, bobbing for apples, tricks or treats and dressing in costume. It is a night of power, when the curtain that separates our world from the Otherworld is at its thinnest. A Halloween night is celebrated on every October 31st. Many ancient and unconnected cultures celebrated this as a festival of the dead, like the Egyptians and pre-Spanish Mexicans. But the majority of our modern traditions can be traced to the British Isles. The Celts
8th April The Director Summer Camps USA P.O. Box 114 Boston, Massachusetts, 02116, USA
Dear Sir/Madam,
I saw your advertisement on our school’s web page for helpers to organize sports activities at your summer camps in the USA and I would like to apply. I am seventeen years old and I am from Bratislava in Slovakia. I speak relative good English as I have studied English at school for many years. I will fini
Should parents limit the amount of television their children watch?
To give an exact response to this statement is very hard, because I don’t know if it is right or not. We must answer first to the question if the television is bad to our children or not. We could consider that if children watch television they are learning a lot of things and they receive many new information and they improve their knowledge, but now in these days in the television are a lot of brutality, sexuality and other bad things that aren’t good
The Slovak Republic is situated in the heart of Europe. Slovakia border on with the Czech Republic to the West, Austria to the Southwest, Hungary to the Southeast, Poland to the North and Ukraine to the East. Slovakia has about 5 millions population. The most numerous minorities are Hungarians, Gypsies, Czechs. Ruthenians, Ukrainians and Germans. The official language is Slovak. Slovakia is mostly mountainous country. The mountains stretch from the Western Carpathians to the White Carpathians and Javorníky, near Czech
Shopping is the acctivity of going to the shops and buying things.It`s enjoyed by many people. There are also people, who hate shopping and say that it is waste of time. But whether they like shopping or not, they have to go to the shop. More or less frequently to buy what they need, because shopping is a necessity.
Shops: Those, that are part of a chain or a group Those, that are individually owned
A consumer society is a society in which material goods are very important, and the costumers are very im
Nowadays TV plays huge role in family life. All of American families have at least one TV. In lot of houses people have TV almost in every room. The family, where I live they do have 8 TV’s in the house. This number may appear really big but it’s quite normal. TV is important part of equipment, because TV is easy way to kill your time during some moments, when there is nothing to do. A lot of families do have it because of their children, like most of the teenagers’ just love watching TV. As I can see a lot of adults don’t have s
John Fowles John Robert Fowles was born March 31, 1926 in Leigh-on-Sea, a small town located about 40 miles from London in the county of Essex, England. He recalls the English suburban culture of the 1930s as oppressively conformist and his family life as intensely conventional. Of his childhood, Fowles says "I have tried to escape ever since." Fowles attended Bedford School and the University of Edinburgh. Fowles began compulsory military service and within two years was promoted to lieutenant, and he was at II World Wa
Services are an important part of a national economy and show a maturity of each country. The availability of services makes people´s lives easier. Services include health service, educational system, trade, tourism, traffic, small services (manicurists, hairstylists, craftsmen,...), etc. Instead of preparing our food at home we can have it at a restaurant. We can have our clothes cleaned at the dry cleaner´s, our shoes repaired at the shoemaker´s, our coats, skirts, blouses or other pieces of garment mended or made-to-measure at the tailor
A hobby is an activity that we do for pleasure in our free time. Hobbies are good relaxation. If you are under stress you can rest with nice book or watch a comedy on TV. Our hobbies lead us to be more responsible, hard-working and thoughtful. Hobbies teach us to play fair and not only in sport games, but also in the real life. We have to keep rules. Unfortunately, in our country it isn´t true. Someone says that passive hobbies, such as reading, listening to music, playing video games aren´t hobbies. They´re just things we do in our free tim
People have different attitudes of fashion. Some are different, they do not care what they wear, others especially women are very choosy and particular about what to wear and like to spend a lot of money on clothes. Some people buy ready made clothes, others prefer to have theme made to measure or buy them at second-hand shops, some have excellent taste in dress and are always dressed perfectly, others are slovenly in dress. There are some people who want to be dressed according to the latest fashion at all costs even if it does not suit them.