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TOURISTS IN LONDON

Hello! Welcome in London, the capital of Great Britain! My name is Jane, I'm going to be your guide and I'll show you around the centre of London. We'll walk a lot and I'll tell you something about the history of London. But as you are all foreign tourists, before we do this, I'll tell you a few words about our traffic rules.

There is a lot of traffic in the streets of London. Most of London buses are the famous red double-deckers that have two platforms for passengers. There are also green one-storey buses, they run from London to the countryside. Brown buses belong to British railways.

Be careful when you cross the street in London, because in Britain the traffic keeps to the left, and not to the right as in European countries. When you want to cross the street, look first to the right and then to the left.

The traffic lights here are not like in Europe. The red light says "Stop," the green light says "Wait" and the yellow light says "Cross." "Keep left" is the general rule in Great Britain, People cross the street at the black-and-white crossing, but if they are in a hurry they just run across at any place. Sometimes a policeman stops them. They call him "Bobby". He stands at street corners regulating the traffic.

 

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BUCKINGHAM PALACE

The Palace

There are two addresses in London that the whole world knows. One is 10, Downing Street, where the Prime Minister lives and works. The other is Buckingham Palace. This famous palace, first built in 1703, is in the very centre of London.

It is two places, not one. It is a family house, where children play and grow up. It is also the place where presidents, kings, and politicians go to meet the Queen.

Buckingham Palace is like a small town, with a police station, two post offices, a hospital, a bar, two sports clubs, a disco, a cinema, and a swimming pool. There are 600 rooms and three miles of red carpet. Two men work full-time to look after the 300 clocks. About 700 people work in the Palace.

The Queen's day

When the Queen gets up in the morning, seven people look after her. One starts her bath, one prepares her clothes, and one feeds the Royal dogs. She has eight or nine dogs, and they sleep in their own bedroom near the Queen's bedroom. Two people bring her breakfast. She has coffee from Harrods, toast, and eggs. Every day for fifteen minutes, a piper plays Scottish music outside her room and the Queen reads “The Times”.

Every Tuesday evening, she meets the Prime Minister. They talk about world news and have a drink, perhaps a gin and tonic or a whisky.

An invitation to the Palace

When the Queen invites a lot of people for dinner, it takes three days to prepare the table and three days to do the washing-up. Everybody has five glasses: one for red wine, one for white wine, one for water, one for port, and one for liqueur. During the first and second courses, the Queen speaks to the person on her left and then' she speaks to the person on her right for the rest of the meal. When the Queen finishes her food, everybody wishes, and it is time for the next course!

 

6. Все предложения правильные? Исправьте неправильные:

a) The Palace is more than two hundred years old.

b) It is famous because it is in the centre of London.

c) The same person starts the Queen's bath, prepares her clothes, and feeds the dogs.

d) The dogs sleep in the Queen's bedroom.

e) The Queen and the Prime Minister go out for a drink on Tuesday nights.

 

7. Ответьте на вопросы:

a) 'Buckingham Palace is two places, not one.' How?

b) Why is it like a small town?

c) Are there a lot of clocks?

d) How many dogs does the Queen have?

e) What newspaper does she read?

f) What sort of music does the piper play?

g) Why do people have five glasses on the table?

h) Who does the Queen speak to during a meal?

i) What happens when the Queen finishes her food?