Unit 4. Countries within a country What is England famous for?

ENGLAND is famous for many things - David Beckham, fish and chips, Big Ben, red buses, black cabs, Oasis, Blur, the Beatles, London and tea.

England is famous for its long history.

England is famous for its Royal Family.

England is famous for its Castles and Historic houses: Windsor Castle is the oldest royal residence still in use.

England is famous for its educational institutes. It has some of the most famous universities of the world like Oxford, Cambridge and London universities.

England is famous for some of the world’s greatest pop stars - the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Queen, Phil Collins, the Spice Girls and Oasis.

England is famous for William Shakespeare. Hamlet, Othelo, and Romeo and Juliet were written by him.

England is famous for its green hills and fertile lowlands.

England is famous for its rain and the lush green of its countryside.

England is famous for its breakfasts.

England is famous for its creams and butters and for its delicious cheeses: Stilton, Cheshire, double Gloucester, red Leicester, and cheddar.

England is famous for its strawberries

England is famous for its pubs. English pubs are a part of everyday life here. They're pretty much a community gathering place. Many people go there to watch a football game, play pool or just have a beer.

England is famous for Wimbledon.

England is famous for an ancient circle called Stonehenge. It is the most important prehistoric monument in England.

England is famous for Big Ben.

England is famous for the legend of Robin Hood, Sherwood Forest and its notorious sheriff.

Unit 7. Economy in britain Top 10 uk Firms listed by market capitalisation

Rank Company	Capitalisation (£m)	Purpose
1 Royal Dutch Shell	117,078.16	Petrol, oil, extraction
2 BP	110,754.50	Petrol, oil, extraction
3 HSBC	106,791.58	Banking
4 GlaxoSmithKline	78,131.02	Pharmaceutical industry
5 Vodafone Group	74,470.37	phones and communication
6 Royal Bank of Scotland Group	63,032.80	Banking including Halifax
7 Barclays plc	47,239.09	Banking
8 HBOS	42,883.30	Banking
9 AstraZeneca	42,557.86	Chemicals (Zeneca used to be part of ICI
10 Anglo American	36,931.36	Mining

Unit 8. British cuisine

Recipes of traditional British dishes

Yorkshire pudding

Ingredients:

• 4 oz (110g) plain flour

• 1 large egg

• 1/2 British pint (10 fl oz = 284 ml) milk

• 1/4 teaspoon salt

• dripping from roast meat or sunflower oils

• bun or large muffin tin

Procedure:

1. Sift the flour into a bowl and add the salt.

2. Mix the egg into the milk, then add this mix piecewise to the flour, beating with a balloon whisk until all the milk is added and the mixture is well beaten. For best results refrigerate the batter for 1 hour.

3. Place a little of the dripping or oil into each division of the tin and place the tin in the oven to heat (usually the roast joint will still be in the oven), but if cooking separately heat the oven to 200 to 220 degrees Centigrade / Gas mark 7.

4. Once the tin is smoking hot, fill each division with the batter and return to the oven.

5. Remove and serve when risen, firm and brown.

Note: If your egg is small use two eggs and less milk otherwise the pudding will not rise.