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1. List five traditional British dishes
Beans and ketchup, fish and chips, chicken fingers, hot dogs, roast beef ....
2. What currency would you use if you were living in London? Have a look at the following correspondences and say whether they are correct or not:
3€ → 2₤, 8€ → 10₤, 15€ → 12₤, 30€ → 20₤, 75€ → 50₤
the correct one is the third because one pound the equivalent is 1.20 € and I think this better approximate, the second is false because 10 pounds are 12,2 € . The fourth is false and the last one is incorrect too.
3. As you know, one of the most representative monuments of England is “Big Ben”, could you mention at least five more?
Buckingham Palace ( the house of the queen Elisabet the second.), the London Eye, The Tower of London, The Tower Bridge , Harrods ...
4. What sports would you play if you were living there? What do they consist on?
The most importants are cricket, tennis, rugby, golf, polo and football.
I was living in there I play tennis . You play this with a raquet if you want you can play it 4 persons the dobels and or only two . The objective is the ball has to cross network and enter to the camp .... If you wanna to know more to the tennis you can go to play this with our friends and do a campionat is very funny.
5. As we all know, British are the only people driving on the left. Can you add five aspects on driving in Britain?
The steering wheel is on the drive and we have the steering wheel on the left and this is one of the five aspect that they drive on the left.
6. What are the main differences between British and American English? Give at least five examples
The most important difference is the pronounce the British people vocalist more than the American people. The accent is different too.
Some of the sames words have different meaning. And some words are use only in America and others only on Britain. And soem times the words are spelling different.
7. Could you mention the most famous kings and queens of England? Could you add some dates?George V 1910 - 1936 ,George Vl 1936-1952, Elizabeth ll 1952 ....
8. Is Great Britain a Republic or a Monarchy? Is a Monarchy
9. Why do you think it is called “Great Britain” intead of “Britain”? It was called Great Britain to distinguish it form Brittany, rightly so I think, the Britihs empire was argubly the biggest and greatest in all history
10. List the name of five rivers placed anywhere within Great Britain.
The river Thames, the Brick Beck, the Ribble, the River Tial, and the River Glen ....
1. How many independent countries are there in the British Isles?
There are two , United Kingdom and Ireland
2. United Kingdom comprises four nations.
Could you name them and their capitals?
Threre are Scotland and the capital is Edinburgh, England the capital is London, Wales ithe capital is Cardiff , Northern Ireland and the capital is Belfast.
3. Which important river goes along Oxford and London?
The most important river is the Thames.
Where is it wider? Why?
Is around the Tower Bridge and the wider is around 870 feet (270 meters.)
4. Where can you find these things? .
1. Egyptian mummies in the British Museum.
2. Dinosaurs in the National History Museum.
3. Pictures by famous painters in the National Gallery.
5.Where is the Lake Ness? Why is it famous?
There is in Scotland , it's famous because an old story says , a monster is living in there.
6.Which is the political system in the two countries of the British Isles?
1.United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy It is governed by a parliamentary system
2.Ireland is a republican system
7.Can a person swim from Great Britain to France? How far is it? (3 / 30 / 300 km)
Yes , you can and It's 30 km far . But to do it, you need a permission because it's difficult and dangerous to cross, my cousin crossed the last summer.
8.Can you find three similarities and three differences between Britain and Spain?
You can look for information about history, political system, lifestyle, etc.
The similarities are the technology, the transports and the famous shops.
The differences are the meals ,the traditions and the education.
There are two , United Kingdom and Ireland
2. United Kingdom comprises four nations.
Could you name them and their capitals?
Threre are Scotland and the capital is Edinburgh, England the capital is London, Wales ithe capital is Cardiff , Northern Ireland and the capital is Belfast.
3. Which important river goes along Oxford and London?
The most important river is the Thames.
Where is it wider? Why?
Is around the Tower Bridge and the wider is around 870 feet (270 meters.)
4. Where can you find these things? .
1. Egyptian mummies in the British Museum.
2. Dinosaurs in the National History Museum.
3. Pictures by famous painters in the National Gallery.
5.Where is the Lake Ness? Why is it famous?
There is in Scotland , it's famous because an old story says , a monster is living in there.
6.Which is the political system in the two countries of the British Isles?
1.United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy It is governed by a parliamentary system
2.Ireland is a republican system
7.Can a person swim from Great Britain to France? How far is it? (3 / 30 / 300 km)
Yes , you can and It's 30 km far . But to do it, you need a permission because it's difficult and dangerous to cross, my cousin crossed the last summer.
8.Can you find three similarities and three differences between Britain and Spain?
You can look for information about history, political system, lifestyle, etc.
The similarities are the technology, the transports and the famous shops.
The differences are the meals ,the traditions and the education.
Healthcare
Most of the time we feel well . We can do a lot of activities in our lives . But sometimes we just don't feel well . What happen then ? Some people have a medical insurance but most people can't pay it and they go to the National Health Service , th NHS . This is provided by the British government The NHS has sent everybody in Britain a Self-Help Guide . This diagnose what is wrong and find the best treatment . There are things like headache , cough and colds , having a temperature or a stomach ache . Chemist is the shop on you can buy cough mixture or pills for a headache. But sometimes you can have the prescriptions because are medicines more powerful ones like antibiotics ... And you are allowed to buy it without a prescriptions of the doctor. Doctors and medical staff can cure lots of illnesses now using surgery and treatment with drugs . There are a famous Chinese herbs - these are completely natural medicine . The best way to avoid getting ill is to have a healthy diet , get lot of exercise and take good care of yourself . You shouldn't then need to use the healthcare system at all !!!
Computers
The computers are very important in our lives and we need them !!! In Britain 60 % of the homes have got one.
Many young people , playing the computer games , chatting with his friends .... And this is their favorite way to spending their time.
The computers are important for some libraries , police stations and schools . But they're becoming more important in our homes as well . We will can control all our lives , in "smart homes " the computer- controlled houses .
This houses will have a central computer will adjust the temperature , act as a burglar alarm and switch on the lights ready for you to come back home . And you will give instructions to the computer from your mobile phone .
The 44 % of young people between 11 to 16 said their PC was a trusted friend . Another survey found that people in Britain spend so much time on the phone , texting and reading e-mails that they no longer have time for the
conversations .
Many young people , playing the computer games , chatting with his friends .... And this is their favorite way to spending their time.
The computers are important for some libraries , police stations and schools . But they're becoming more important in our homes as well . We will can control all our lives , in "smart homes " the computer- controlled houses .
This houses will have a central computer will adjust the temperature , act as a burglar alarm and switch on the lights ready for you to come back home . And you will give instructions to the computer from your mobile phone .
The 44 % of young people between 11 to 16 said their PC was a trusted friend . Another survey found that people in Britain spend so much time on the phone , texting and reading e-mails that they no longer have time for the
conversations .
Transports in London
A lot of people, exactly 1.8 million people travel into the center of London by train every day. The London Underground , called the Tube , was the first in the world when it opened in 1863 . Sometimes you have to walk around one point in your journey . People use lots of other forms of transport in London . Some people use the boats to cross the River Thames to go to work. But some kinds of transports aren't very goods in London , for example the car , they are very slowly to move
because there is a lot of traffic . The buses and taxis have got a special lanes on the road and they move more quickly . This people made the same journey every day to go to work !!!
Mariteme in Britian
In England no town ism more than 170 kilometers from the sea . In Britain is very important the history about the ships and the sea. The British Navy was the biggest navy in the world at one time . Now it's smaller , but in his time was very big now the ships are still used for importing and exporting goods and for taking people on business or holiday. The more important ports in Britain are Liverpool and Southampont, in Liverpool it's a very great museum of maritime history . Ships like this one -the Cutty Sark at Greeenwich in London - brought tea from the India to Britian . And the people very rich bought those tea . Between 1830 and 1930 nine million people from all over Europe left from port of Liverpool to star a new life in Australia or America . They crossed the Atlantic from Liverpool or Southampton to New York in five or six days . The most famous ship was the Titanic . It sank in 1912 and over 1,500 people drowned . It was the worst disaster in maritime history . And is one film about this catastrophe it's very famous TITANIC!
Horror films
English people like to be scared . They love reading horror stories and watching horror films . The first horror stories by Mary Shelly was Frankenstein in 1818 . Many films have featured Frankenstein over the years . One of them put two great horror characters together when Frankenstein met Count Dracula . It was made by the Spanish director Jesús Franco in 1970. Bram Stoker got the idea for Dracula while he was sitting in a cemetery and the sunlight fell on a crack in the lid of a tomb . He imagined the body dead woke up in a tomb . Cout Dracula was created .
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