Places of Interest in Great Britain
Britain is rich in its historic places which link the present with the past. The oldest part of its capital London is Lud Hill, where the Сity is originated. About
a mile west of it there is Westminster Palace, where the king lived and the Parliament met, and there is also Westminster Abbey, the coronation church.
Liverpool, the "city of ships", is England's second greatest port after London. The most interesting sight in Liverpool is the docks. They occupy a river frontage of seven miles. The University of Liverpool, established in 1903, is noted for its School of Tropical Medicine. And in the music world Liverpool is a well-known name, for it's the home town of "The Beatles".
Stratford-on-Avon lies 93 miles north-west of London. Shakespeare was born here in 1564, and here he died in 1616.
Cambridge and Oxford Universities are famous centres of learning.
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument, presumably built by Druids, members of an order of priests in ancient Britain.
Canterbury Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the Church of England.
The British Museum is the largest and richest museum in the world. It was founded in 1753 and contains one of the world's richest collections of antiquities. The Egyptian Galleries contain human and animal mummies. Some parts of Athens' Parthenon are in the Greek section.
Madam Tussaud's Museum is an exhibition of hundreds of life-size wax models of famous people of yesterday and today. The collection was started by Madam Tussaud, a French modeller in wax, in the 18th century. Here you can meet Marilyn Monroe, Elton John, Picasso, the Royal Family, the Beatles and many others famous people.
Names:
Athens' Parthenon [,æθins `pa:θənən] – Афинский Парфенон
Canterbury Cathedral Archbishop [`kænt(ə)bəri kə`θi:drəl ,a:t∫`bi ∫əp] – архиепископ Кентерберийский
Druids – друиды
Elton John – Элтон Джон
Liverpool [`livəpu:l] – Ливерпуль
Lud Hill – Лад Хилл, старинная часть Лондона
Marilyn Monroe – Мэрилин Монро
Picasso – Пикассо
Stonehenge [,stəun`hend3] – Стоунхендж
Stratford-on-Avon [`strætfo:d ən `eivən] – Стратфорд-на-Эйвоне (город в Великобритании)
the Beatles – "Битлз"
the City – "Сити", исторический центр Лондона, самоуправляющийся административный район в восточной части города
the Royal Family – королевская семья
Tussaud's Museum – музей мадам Тюссо
Vocabulary:
antiquity [æn`tikwiti] – антиквариат; древность
dock – пристань, причал, портовый бассейн
exhibition [,eksi`bi∫(ə)n] – выставка, показ
famous – знаменитый
frontage – фасад
modeller [`modələ] – модельер, зд.: тот, кто изготавливает модели
movie stars mummy [`mΛmi] – мумия
order – орден
prehistoric [,prihis`torik] – доисторический
presumably [pri`zju:məbli] – возможно, вероятно, предпочтительно
priest [pri:st] – священник
to be noted for smth. – быть знаменитым чем-л.
to be originated – происходить, возникать
to meet (met, met) – встречать(ся), видеться
to establish – основывать, учреждать, established – основанный
to contain – содержать в себе, включать
wax – adj. восковой
Questions for self-examination:
1. What is the oldest place in London?
2. What is the most interesting sight in Liverpool?
3. What is Stratford-on-Avon famous for?
4. When was the British Museum found?
5. Who started the collecton of Madam Tussaud's Museum?
2.2. The United States of America
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