Talk about the White house as one of the most popular tourists attractions of the USA.

Speaking about the USA we cannot but mention the White House the home of the President of the United States and one of the most popular tourist attractions.

Originally the house was grey and was called the Presidental Palace. It was built from 1792 to 1800. At this time the city of Washington itself was being built. It was to be the nation’s new capital city.

The president’s home was an important part of the plan. A contest was held to pick a design for the president’s home. An architect named James Hoban won. He designed a large three-story house of gray stone.

The first president never lived in the Presidental Palace.The first president to live there was John Adams the second president of the United States and his wife, Mrs.Adams, didn’t really like her new house. In her letters she often complained about the cold, fifty fireplaces were not enough to keep the house warm.

In 1812 the United States and Britain went to war. In 1814 the British invaded Washington. They burned many buildings including the Presidental Palace.

After the war James Hoban the original architect rebuilt the president’s home. To cover the marks of the fire, the building was painted white. Before long it became known as the White House.

Now everybody knows that it is one of the symbols of America and one of the most popular tourists attractions in the United States. Every year more than 1.5 million visitors go through the five rooms open for tourists.

8.Talk about a visitor’s impressions of a quiet country inn.

I’m a romantic person and quiet, beautiful places have always impressed me. To my mind it’s very enjoyable to spend a night in a quiet country inn where you can stay, where every stone remembers ancient times, like the inn described in the text we read. A lucky visitor draws up outside an old wooden gate, open to show a tee-lined path leading to a grey stone church with an aged stone tower. He sees to old men dozing contentedlyon a seat which circles an even older elm-tree opposite the gate.

But loveliest of all, a two-storeyed inn faces the river, unchanged surely for the past five hundred years. Such peaceful surroundings touch and calm. And he feels at peace with the world. His room is certainly very old with a low beamed ceiling, a small window looking out on green hils and the sound of the river just below. It is spotlessly clean but has a few disadvantages. It’s stuffy and very cold at the same, the window refuses to open, there are no coat-hangers and no towel and the water is icy-cold and runs away slowly. But the hostess is nice and gives him all he needs even a small oil heater.

The cold meal is excellent washed down be some of the local cider and followed by a good country cheese with biscuits.

Then he has a lounge to himself, apart from the radio. The fire roasts his legs, the cats purr, the clock in the hall ticks slowly and all this makes him feel good. Next day he is happy about the eggs and bacon and the freshy-made tea are bether than any he has ever had. And he thinks: «How nice to be alive». I’m sure that having had so good rest at this place everyone will find his way back there one fine day.

Дата добавления: 2015-11-14