Tower Bridge has stood over the River Thames in London since 1894 and is one of the finest, most recognisable bridges in the World. Tower Bridge is Massive engines raise the bridge sections, which

2.LANDMARKS.

Tower Bridge has stood over the River Thames in London since 1894 and is one of the finest, most recognisable bridges in the World. Tower Bridge is Massive engines raise the bridge sections, which weigh about 1000 tons each, in just over a minute. the only Thames bridge which can be raised. nowadays it is raised 4 to 5 times a week. Buckingham Palace is the Queen's official and main royal London home. It has been the official London residence of Britain's monarchy since 1837. Buckingham Palace is used also for the administrative work for the monarchy. Buckingham Palace was originally a grand house built by the Dukes of Buckingham for his wife. George IV began transforming it into a palace in 1826. The British Airways London Eye (Millennium Wheel) stands 135 metres (443 feet) high on the South Bank of the River Thames between Westminster and Hungerford Bridges. It is the world's highest observation wheel.The wheel was constructed in sections which were floated up the river Thames.

3favourite film. Charmed is an American television series created by writer Constance M. Burge and produced by Aaron Spelling and his production company Spelling Television, with writer/director Brad Kern as showrunner. The television series was originally broadcast by The WB Television Network from October 7, 1998 to May 21, 2006 for eight seasons.The series follows three sisters who are the most powerful good witches of all time, known as "The Charmed Ones" in the supernatural community, whose prophesied destiny is to protect innocent lives against evil beings such as demons and warlocks. Each sister possesses individual unique magical powers that grow and evolve, while they attempt to hold normal lives in modern day San Francisco. Keeping their supernatural identities separate and secret from their ordinary lives often becomes a challenge for them, with the exposure of magic having far-reaching consequences on their various relationships and resulting in a number of police and FBIinvestigations throughout the series.

4. Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office.

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He served three terms representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004, running unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives in 2000.

5. " The Star-Spangled Banner " is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort McHenry",^[1] a poem written in 1814 by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet, Francis Scott Key, after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy ships in Chesapeake Bay during the Battle of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812.

The poem was set to the tune of a popular British song written by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society, a men's social club in London. "The Star-Spangled Banner" was recognized for official use by the Navy in 1889, and by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916, and was made the national anthem by a congressional resolution on March 3, 1931, which was signed by President Herbert Hoover.

O say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O say does that star spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free, and the home of the brave?

6.history usa

The indigenous peoples of the U.S. mainland, including Alaska Natives, are believed to have migrated from Asia, beginning 12,000 years ago. Some, such as the pre-Columbian Mississippian culture, developed advanced agriculture, grand architecture, and state-level societies. After Europeans began settling the Americas, many millions of indigenous Americans died from epidemics of imported diseases such as smallpox. The whole of what is today described as the "U.S. mainland" was once the land of the indigenous peoples.In 1492, while under contract to Spanish crown, Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus discovered several Caribbean islands and made first contact with the indigenous people.[27] On April 2, 1513, Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León landed on what he called "La Florida" - the first documented European arrival on what would become the U.S. mainland.

7.favourite holidays.

My favorite holiday is New Year’s Day. New Year’s Day comes once in a year and is a special day throughout the world. All people in the universe recognize this day because it is the beginning day of the year, which is the first day of January. The weather is usually cold by that period. On the 31st of December, Family assembles at the big dinner table to watch TV, have a good dinner, and say, “Goodbye old year. Hello new year.” For all people who like walking, celebrate this holiday outdoors on central square. People have wonderful entertainment: concerts, dancing, fireworks, and for children, carnivals.

8.my fauforite city

Many people have their fauvourite city. I dream to visit London. It is wonderful city. Most part of the town is very old and has got many historical buildings for example the Buckingham palace, tower of London.tis city have the most tallest habitable building in Europe. He attends many people to visit this tallest buildings. I want to visit tower of London to see how this mmassive engineers bridge raised and to visit London eye to see the incredible landscape. This wiil be amazing to see all this place.

9. When Cristina Sanchez told her parents that she wanted to become a bullfighter instead of a hairdresser, they weren't too pleased. But when she was eighteen her parents realised that she was serious and sent her to a bullfighting school in Madrid, where she trained with professionals.

Since last July, Sanchez has been the most successful novice in Spain and is very popular with the crowds. After brilliant performances in Latin America and Spain earlier this year, Sanchez has decided that she is ready to take the test to become a matador de toros. Out of the ring, Sanchez does not look like a matador. She is casually elegant, very feminine and wears her long blond hair loose. She seems to move much more like a dancer than an athlete, but in the ring she is all power.

When she was fourteen, Sanchez's father warned her that the world of bullfighting was hard enough for a man and even harder for a woman. It seems he is right. "It really is a tough world for a woman," says Sanchez. Sanchez lives with her family in Parla, south of Madrid. Her family is everything to her and is the main support in her life

.When Sanchez is not fighting she has a tough fitness routine - running, working out in the gym and practising with her father in the afternoon.

London often gives the impression of being more comfortable with its past than its present. From the world-famous landmarks of St Paul's Cathedral, Buckingham Palace and the Tower of London to the traditional and well-loved double-decker buses, the theatres and the many grand hotels, England's capital offers visitors a journey through centuries of history. This journey is even better now that the building works, which covered many historic sites, have been taken down. Newly cleaned and restored build­ings are revealed, and the city looks as if it has been revitalised.

The area between the South Bank Arts Centre, which includes the National Theatre, and Tower Bridge, has been brought back to life and the city has found a new heart along the forgotten riverside. As you walk eastwards along the river from Westminster, you will discover that old ware­houses have been transformed into galleries, shops and clubs.

Across the river from London Bridge is `The City of London', the financial district of the capital. The City has its own historic delights such as the 15th century Guildhall and churches designed by Sir Christopher Wren. The best way to explore the City is on foot.

11. Stories.

He took a sip of cappuccino and relaxed in the first-class seat of the eurostar train as it sped towards Paris. He wasn’t really sure why he was on the train in the first place. His wife Sandra keeps telling him he has become boring in my old age. In fact, Sandra was the reason why he was heading for the French capital. After re-reading Sandra’s note, it suddenly occurred to him that the following day would be exactly 25 years since Sandra and he first met in Paris. They had always celebrated this date together, but this time she had obviously decided to spend it away from him. He couldn’t really blame her. He’d been working such long hour that we barely saw each other. he’d been working in the Paris branch of a London-based merchant bank. He remember it was a beautiful spring day, and he had bought a baguette and some cold meat, and found myself a bench next to pool. They sat on the bench, shared out lunch and chatted for ages. her name was Sandra and she was working in Paris as a nanny. When he arrive at the pool, he saw that the bench was still there. Suddenly, he heard a woman’s voice behind him. He turned around. He watched his wife. She looked wonderful.

Earthquake in L. A

At 4:31 in the morning on January 17, 1994 the full impact of a massive earthquake on the Richter scale, hit the community of Northridge in Los Angeles. It was an unwelcome wake-up call for everyone in the city. One resident, Rosemary Sato,was shaken awake in her bed to the sound of tremors violently rocking her house. Another resident of the community, who lived in a three-storey apartment block, recalls the top two floors of the building crashing down onto his first-floor apartment. Across the city the quake killed sixty people, destroyed or severely damaged more than 3.000 homes, and brought down ten highway bridges. Many people were trapped under debris. Unfortunately, this movement isn’t slow and continuous, but occurs in bursts, which result in earthquakes. During a quake, it is important to stay calm, as panic leads to rash actions which may result in injury or even death. People are advised to stay where they are and, if possible, to take shelter under a bed or table. Levon Jernazian, a clinical psychologist, helps people to deal with the effects of this trauma, one of his patients, Ani Shakhverdyan, was terrified of the dark and would not even go to the bathroom alone. Ani was asked to draw a picture of her fears.

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