They say it’s important for a person to speak English nowadays because it is popular all over the world. What is your opinion?

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Let’s talk about Britain. What do you know about this country?

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is situated on the British Isles.

It consists of four parts: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The territory of the United Kingdom is about 300,000 square kilometers.

The population is more than 57 million.

The capi­tal of the country is London.

 Great Britain is separated from the continent by the English Channel.

The country is also washed by the North Sea, the Irish Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

The surface of Great Britain varies greatly.

The northern and western parts of the country is mountainous and  called the Highlands.

 All the rest is a vast plain which is called the Lowlands.

The mountains are not very high.

The rivers are not long.

 The most important of them are the Severn, the Thames, the Trent .

There are many beautiful lakes in the mountainous  parts of the country.

The climate of Great Britain is mild the whole year round.

Great Britain is a highly developed industrial country.

It produces and exports iron and steel products, machinery and electronics, chemicals and textile, aircraft and navigation equipment.

Great Britain is a country with old cultural traditions and customs.

The most famous educational centres are  Oxford and Cambridge universities.

The United Kingdom is a monarchy and the Queen is the head of the state.

 But in practice it is ruled by the elected government with a Prime Minister at the head.

The British Parliament consists of two chambers: the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

There are three main political parties in Great Britain: the Labour, the Conservative and the Liberal parties.

 

Would you like to visit Britain? Why?

If I had a chance to go to London I'd like to see not only the places of interest but many other interesting things there.

Certainly everyone knows that the most famous sights of the capital of the Great Britain are Tower Bridge over the river Themes, Big Ben, The Houses of Parliament, Trafalgar Square, Saint Paul's Cathedral, The British museum, Art Gallery.

Or I'll try to feel myself as a real Englishman visiting a house of a common English family.

I'd like to sit round the fireplace which is traditional for every English house.

If I were lucky I would visit one of the competition or a tournament where traditional English sport games are played  : rugby or lawn tennis, horse racing or cricket.

I'd like to walk among the students of Cambridge or Oxford university in their campus and to imagine that I am one of them.

I believe my impression on London won't be full if I don't visit Madam Tussad's museum in Baker street.

One of my evenings in London I'd like to spend in a disco club to watch the way English teenagers and young people spare their time, to listen to their popular groups, to make friends and what not.

 

What would you ask a British teenager about Britain?

 

* What do Britons usually have for breakfast?

*What is the place you would recommend a foreigner to visit?

*What is you favourite place in London?

* People from Britain are very reserved,aren’t they?
*Do you like the climate in your country?

 

Give me a piece of advice on what sights to see in London.

There are a lot of places of interest in London. One of the oldest and most famous buildings is the Tower of London. It was used as a fortress, a palace and a political prison. Now it is a museum.

Another masterpiece of architecture is St. Paul’s Cathedral. Wellington, Admiral Nelson and other great men of England are buried in the Cathedral.

Another place that is certainly worth seeing is Buckingham Palace where the Queen lives. A very colourful ceremony – the Changing of the Guard takes place there every morning.

One should also visit the Houses of Parliament where The British Government works.

Westminster Abbey is the crowning and burial place of British monarchs. It also has its world famous Poets’ Corner where many great English writers are buried: among them are Chaucer, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling.

Trafalgar Square is the geographical centre of London. It was so named to commemorate Admiral Nelson’s victory in the battle of Trafalgar. Nelson’s Column stands in the middle of the square. Opposite the monument one can see the National Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery. They contain the finest art collections in the world.

They say it’s important for a person to speak English nowadays because it is popular all over the world. What is your opinion?

As a matter of fact, English has become a number one language in the world.

About 350 million people speak English as their native language.

About the same number use it as a second language, to say nothing of millions of people all over the world who know English as a foreign language.

Every person who travels in Europe, Asia or Africa, even in South America gets around by using English.

So English is becoming a universal language on our planet. In my opinion to know English is absolutely necessary for every educated person.

 


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