SIGHTS OF LONDON

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SIGHTS OF LONDON
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• Double-decker bus
• The Tower of London
• A fortress
• Westminster Abbey
• Hyde Park
• Trafalgar Square
• Nelsons column
• Buckingham Palace
• Houses of Parliament

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Travelling

• dont cry bitterly and go to Italy
• Dont miss your chance and go to France
• Take your pan and go to Japan
• Buy some cheese and go to Greece

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PROVERBS ON TRAVELLING

• 1.East or West a) is
  his castle.
• 2.There is no place b)
  knows much.
• 3.The Englishmans home c) like
  home.
• 4.He who travels far d) home
  is best.
• 5.Travelling e)
  by its traditions.
• 6.So many countries f)
  broadens the mind.
• 7.Every country is strong g) so many
  customs.

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• East or West home is best.
• There is no place like home.
• The Englishmans home is his castle.
• He who travels far knows much.
• Travelling broadens the mind.
• So many countries so many customs.
• Every country is strong by its traditions.

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The Big Ben
Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the
clock at the north end of the Palace of
Westminster in London,and is generally extended
to refer to the clock or the clock tower as well.
Some believe this extension to be incorrect, but
its usage is now entirely commonplace.It is the
largest four-faced chiming clock and the
third-tallest free-standing clock tower in the
world.It celebrated its 150th anniversary in May
2009,during which celebratory events took
place.The clock was finished being built on April
10, 1858.
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Elizabeth II.

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• to declare war and peace ????????? ????? ? ???.

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Buckingham Palace
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Changing the guard at Buckingham Palace
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• One of the Queens coaches.
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The Tower
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Trafalgar Square
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Trafalgar Square
traditional meeting place
protest meetings

• sea battles

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Nelsons statue
national hero
sea battles
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Hyde Park
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The main gates of Hyde park
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Piccadilly Circus
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•  The Westminster Abbey

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Westminster Abbey

• Westminster Abbey is a symbol of English
  tradition at its best. The coronation of nearly
  all English kings and queens since William the
  Conqueror has taken place here. Many of them are
  buried within the Abbey. There are also the
  graves of famous poets, writers, and statesmen.
  Here you can see memorials to Newton, Darwin,
  Dickens, Chaucer and others.

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• St. Pauls Cathedral is the citys greatest
  monument. It was built by Sir Christopher Wren in
  16751710, to replace the old Cathedral that was
  destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. The
  Cathedral is second in size only to St. Peters
  in Rome.
• Between the two west towers rises the famous
  dome. Its 365 feet high and beneath it is the
  celebrated Whispering Gallery. Wren is buried
  there, also Wellington and Nelson.

St. Paul's Cathedral
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British Museum
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The British Museum

• The British Museum is the museum of human history
  and culture in London.Its collection is the most
  comprehensive and the largest in the world.

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Museum of London
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Londons Museum

• The museum of London documents the history of
  London from the prehistoric to the present day.

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Victoria Albert Museum
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Viktoria and Albert Museum.

• Victoria Albert Museum was founded in1852 .It
  is the worlds largest museum of decorative arts
  and design. The holdings of ceramics, glass,
  textiles, costumes, silver, ironwork, jewellery,
  furniture, medieval objects, sculpture, prints
  and printmaking, drawings and photographs are
  among the largest in the world.

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Madame Tussaud's Museum
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The Sherlock Holmes Museum
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Londons National Gallery
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The National Gallery

• The National Gallery houses the one of the
  finest art collections in the world. It includes
  paintings from Britain, Italian, Spanish, French,
  Dutch, Flemish and other famous schools. It has a
  priceless collection of paintings by the famous
  artists Van Gogh, Rubens, Constable and many
  others.

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Tate Gallery

• The gallery was founded in 1897.It was renamed
  after Henry Tate who had laid the foundations for
  the collection.

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Tate Gallery
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The British Airways London Eye
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Double-decker bus
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• 1.WHO WERE THE FIRST TO INVADE BRITAIN?
• a.Celts
• b.Vikings
• c.Romans
• d.Normans

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• 2.HE WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PERSON.UNDER HIS REIGN
  BRITAIN BECAME THE INDEPENDENT OF THE ROMAN
  CATHOLIC CHURCH.
• a.William I
• b.Henry VIII
• c.Richard III
• d.James V

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• 3.HOW WAS THE CIVIL WAR BETWEEN HOUSES OF YORK
  AND LANCASTER CALLED?
• a.The Great Patriotic War
• b.Wars of Roses
• c.100 year war
• d.Black Death

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• 4. NELSON DEFEATED THIS FLEET AT THE BATTLE OF
  TRAFALGAR
• a.Spanish Armada
• b.French-Italian Fleet
• c.French Fleet
• d.French-Spanish Fleet

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• 5.ALL QUEENS AND KINGS WERE CROWNED HERE
• a.St.Pauls Cathidral
• b.Buckingham Palace
• c.The Tower of London
• d.Westminster Abbey
• e.Westminster Cathidral

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• 6.THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNED BY CRISTOPHER WREN
• a.St.Pauls Cathidral
• b.Westminster Abbey
• c.Buckingham Palace
• d.The Tower of London

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• 7.THIS BUILDING IS A POLITICAL CENTER OF THE
  COUNTRY
• a.St.Pauls Cathidral
• b.Buckingham Palace
• c.Westminster Abbey
• d.The Tower of London

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• 8.WHERE IS THE POETS CORNER?
• a.St.Pauls Cathidral
• b.Westminster Abbey
• c.Buckingham Palace
• d.the Tower of London

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• 9.THE WHISPERING GALLERY AT THIS BUILDING IS VERY
  POPULAR WITH TOURISTS
• a.St.Pauls Cathidral
• b.Westminster Abbey
• C.Buckingham Palace
• d.the Tower of London

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• 10.THIS IS ADDRESS OF THE HEAD OF THE BRITISH
  GOVERNMENT
• a. 221b, Baker Street
• b. 10,Downing Street
• c. 23, Piccadilly Circus
• d. 15, White Hall

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• East or West home is best.
• There is no place like home.
• The Englishmans home is his castle.
• He who travels far knows much.
• Travelling broadens the mind.
• So many countries so many customs.
• Every country is strong by its traditions.

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THE END OF THE LESSON.THANK YOU