93. Упражнение № 71

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English traditions.

Every country and every nation - its own traditions and customs. The British - - - their traditions and carefully - them -.

- - numerous royal traditions in Britain, some are ancient, others are modern. Some ceremonies are rather formal, such as the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham palace, Trooping the Colour, the State opening of the Parliament. It - strange but the Queen has two birthdays. She is the only person in Britain with two birthdays. The Queen’s actual birthday - - on April 21-st.

The official birthday is on the second Saturday in June. This day - - - a ceremony called Trooping the Colour, a beautiful parade of the Queen’s soldiers. At the front of the parade they - the regiment’s flag or colour, in other words, they - the colour.

The Queen’s Christmas speech is a modern custom. The Queen – a speech on radio or TV. The speech - - with the events of the past year.

There is a very special royal tradition. On the river Thames - - hundreds of swans.

Traditionally, a number of these beautiful large white birds - to the Queen. In July, when the young swans are about two months the Queen’s swan – keeper - them. This unusual custom - - swan - upping .

To this day a British family - a house with a fireplace and a garden to a flat in a modern house with central heating. Most British - gardens. People all over the world - the saying “The Englishman’s home is his castle”. They say that English people - to their traditions even in meals. Englishmen - very - - porridge. They - porridge with milk and sugar for breakfast. The English are tea – drinkers. They usually - tea with milk many times a day.

Some British traditions - strange, some are funny but they - all interesting.

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94. Упражнение № 72

Travelling.

People travel on business or for pleasure. Thousands of people spend their holidays travelling.

There are many ways of travelling: by air, sea, train, car. Travelling is very interesting and useful because you get to know our beautiful nature and people. I always enjoy picturesque places, monuments of history and culture.

Many people prefer travelling by air as it is the most convenient, comfortable and quickest means of travelling. If you travel to Britain by air you will arrive in the southeast because the main passenger ports and airports are situated there. Heathrow Airport is the biggest airport in the UK and the busiest airport in the world. It is about 30 miles to the south. Heathrow has 28 million passengers a year and Gatwick has about 10 million.

If you are not sea – sick you can travel by sea or a river. But this is the most expensive way of travelling.

A lot of people like to travel by train because they can look at passing villages, forests and fields through windows. Some people like to travel by car. There they can go as slowly or as fast as they like. They can stop when and where they want.

People who live in big cities use various means of communication to get from one place to another.

Do you know what means of communication Londoners use? Londoners use the underground railway. They call it “the tube”. London’s underground is the oldest in the world. It was opened in 1863.

As for me I prefer travelling on foot. Fresh air does people a lot of good. You can climb a mountain, walk in a forest and enjoy the beauty of nature.