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of Great Britain, is a very old city. It is two thousand years old. Many years ago London was a small town on the Thames. Now London is a big port and a beautiful city with large squares and parks. About 8 million people live here. London is one of the biggest cities in the world. The Thames is not a long river. It is 3 hundred and 30 kilometers long. The English people call it “The Father of London”. London began on the Thames. And now we start our tour from Tower Bridge. Tower Bridge is the only Thames bridge, which can be raised. The road over the bridge is built on two central sections. These sections open 2 or 3 times a week to let ships through. If you want to see London the best place to go is The Eye. London Eye is a big wheel on the river Thames. The Eye is very popular. Every day 1600 people go to the eye. There are 33 capsules and one ride takes 30 minutes. The Eye is very tall – 133 meters. At the top of the Eye you get a great view of London. You can see Buckingham Palace. Buckingham Palace is the London home of the kings and queens of Great Britain. Now the Queen Elizabeth lives there. When the flag is flying on the top, she is at home. Buckingham Palace has 600 rooms, a swimming pool, a cinema, a ballroom and a garden. In summer the Queen gives three garden parties for about 9000 guests. The ceremony of the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace is a great tourist attraction. It takes place every day at 11.30 a.m. and lasts half an hour. To the sounds of music the guardsmen in their traditional bearskins arrive and give the palace keys to another group. On the right bank of the Thames you can see the Tower of London. The Tower of London is a very old building. It is 9 hundred years old. In the early days of the history of England the English Kings lived here. Then it was a prison where many people died. Black ravens had much food near the walls of the Tower in those years. Black ravens live outside the Tower now. The English people like them very much. A man looks after the ravens and gives them food in the morning and in the evening. The ravens have names. The Tower of London is a museum now. The walls of the Tower are 5 meters thick. In the museum you can see many old guns. At 10 o’clock every evening the guards lock the big doors of the Tower for the night. And now we are making our way to the Houses of Parliament. The famous clock Big Ben stands near the Houses of Parliament. The country’s leaders speak in the Houses of Parliament. The men and women there are the voice of the British people. The Houses of Parliament stand beside the river Thames. You can see Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament from Westminster Bridge. Tourists in London always want to visit Westminster and see Big Ben. They want to see the clock in its tower and to hear the bells. Big Ben is really a bell. It is a big bell. The bell weights 13 tons. The man who built Big Ben was very tall and workers and his friends called him Big Ben. So the English people called the bell Big Ben too. We are coming now to Westminster Abbey. Westminster Abbey is a historic building. It is a symbol of England. The legend says that Westminster Abbey was founded by St Peter himself. We know that Westminster Abbey was built by King Edward in 1065. The coronation of all British kings and queens takes place in Westminster Abbey. Some famous English people are also buried here. Westminster Abbey is a very beautiful building.Переведите пожалуйста

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It set the meat shivering and shaking. It set the potatoes dancing up and down. It set the gravy spinning round like a whirlpool, and it set the peas hopping and jumping over the table as if they were alive!

Some of the children looked shocked because they thought Derek was naughty, but some of them laughed because they thought it was funny.

The lady who looked after the children at dinner time was called Mrs North. She did not think it was funny at all.

‘What are you doing?’ she asked angrily.

‘I can’t help it,’ said Derek. ‘It’s the plate’s fault. It’s a jumping plate.’

‘A jumping plate! How can it be?’ said Mrs North. She cleared up the mess and took the plate of food back to the kitchen. She emptied the food into a bin and turned the plate upside down.

‘Perhaps it’s not flat,’ she thought. But it looked flat.

‘Nothing wrong with it,’ she thought, but she did notice a tiny dab of blue paint underneath. Perhaps it was a tiny dab of blue paint or perhaps it was a tiny dab of magic. Who could tell?

The next day the jumping plate was put on the table in front of a little girl called Ann who stayed to school dinners. Ann did not even know it was new and of course, she did not know it was a jumping plate.

On the jumping plate was Ann’s dinner—fish, chips, tomato sauce and peas. The dinner looked the same as all the other dinners. The plate looked the same as all the other plates.

Ann began to eat, and the plate began to jump. At first it jumped only a little—just enough to set the dinner trembling. Then it jumped a little more—enough to set the fish shivering and shaking. Then it jumped a lot.

It set the fish shivering and shaking. It set the chips dancing up and down. It set the tomato sauce spinning round like a whirlpool, and it set the peas hopping and jumping over the table as if they were alive!

Some of the children looked shocked because they thought Ann was naughty, but some of them laughed because they thought it was funny. Mrs North did not think it was funny at all, but she felt very puzzled.

‘What are you doing?’ she asked in a surprised voice.

‘I can’t help it,’ said Ann unhappily. ‘It’s the plate’s fault. It’s a jumping plate.’

‘A jumping plate!’ said Mrs North. ‘How can it be?’

‘It must be the one I had yesterday,’ said Derek.

1. We know Bernard Shaw to have been a very witty man.

2. People consider the climate there to be very healthful.

3. It was announced that the Chinese dancers were arriving next week.

4. It is expected that the performance will be a success.

5. It is said that the book is popular with both old and young.

6. It is believed that the poem was written by an unknown soldier.

7. It is supposed that the playwright is working at a new comedy.

8. It is reported that the flood has caused much damage to the crops.

9. It was supposed that the crops would be rich that year.

10. It has been found that this mineral water is very good for the liver.

11. Scientists consider that electricity exists throughout space.

12. It is said that the weather in Europe was exceedingly hot last summer.

13. It is said that this man was very handsome in his youth.

14. It was reported that five ships were missing after the battle.

London — one of the driest cities in Europe! In a year in London falls
590 millimeters of rain, but, for example, in Rome — the 760 in Florence
— 870, Milan — 1000.
All Britons believe that they drive on the «right» side of the road.
In
London, more than 1000 streets and every resident of London necessarily
atlas «A to Z» with a map of the city. Taxi drivers are required to
know all the streets in memory and pass the course «Knowledge» duration
of 3 years!
Local Aborigines say with absolutely incomprehensible accent.
Underground — the official name of the subway. Tube (Pipe) — colloquial name, which came from the cylindrical tunnels.
The
English really thin and very funny sense of humor. According to the
British jokes are not inferior to the inhabitants of Odessa.
Every
resident of London, average per day appears on the 50 surveillance
cameras and 15 photographs of tourists, so everything just in case
smile.
Some bus stops have a display showing the minutes before the
arrival of the next bus in real time. And in London buses operate around
the clock, so that you can walk up to in the morning! Living in London
definitely has its advantages.
The British love with their pets and even write their wills.