V. Agree or disagree with the following beginning with: Yes, it is
really so. You are quite right; or: It's not so. You are wrong.
1. The Thames flows into the Baltic Sea. 2. Entry to London from the sea
is guarded by St. Paul's Cathedral. 3. The Tower once served as a royal
residence and now it is a prison. 4. St. Paul's Cathedral is in the City. 5. The
Tower now is the official residence of the Queen. 6. Big Ben is a famous
chiming clock in one of the Parliament's two towers. 7. The City is London's
shopping centre. 8. The streets of the City are very wide. 9. The West End is the
most pleasant residential area of London. 10. The working people have their
homes in the East End. 11. Speakers from various political parties often hold
meetings in Trafalgar Square. 12. Oxford street is one of the busiest
thoroughfares of the East End. 13. There are many magnificent parks and
mansions in the East End. 14. A monument to Admiral Nelson stands in Hyde
Park. 15. Charles Dickens lies buried in Westminster Abbey. 16. The paintings
of famous Italian, Dutch and English masters are widely represented in the
National Gallery. 17. The traffic in Great Britain keeps to the right as
everywhere in Europe.
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London, the capital of Great Britain, is one of the largest cities in the
world. It is a big port and a major industrial, commercial and cultural centre.
London stands on the river Thames which flows into the North Sea. For
centuries entry to London from the sea was guarded by the Tower fortress. The
Tower was built 9 centuries ago. It once served as a royal residence and later as
a prison. Now it is a museum. London grew out of the ancient centre known as
the City. The City is London's business district. Banks, offices and trusts are
centred there. Employees and businessmen stream toward the City in the morning. They travel by motorbuses, on bicycles or by the underground. The road to
the City runs across London Bridge. By 6 o'clock in the evening this part of the
city is almost deserted. The streets in the City are narrow and the traffic is very
slow. One of the most interesting monuments in the City is St. Paul's Cathedral.
It is the finest Renaissance church in Europe. All other English churches are
mostly medieval Gothic. The Cathedral was designed by the great English
architect Sir Christopher Wren after the Great Fire of 1666. It took him 35
years, and when he was an old man of 90, he was carried here once a year so
that he could see his beautiful work. Inside there is a great number of
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monuments to generals and admirals. Admiral Nelson and Duke of Wellington
are buried there among other great Englishmen.
The West End is the most pleasant residential area of London. There are
lovely parks in the West End, among them one of the most popular is Hyde Park
with its Speakers' Corner where speakers from various political patties often
hold public meetings. There are also luxurious mansions and elegant shops and
restaurants as well as theatres, museums and hotels. Oxford street is one of the
busiest thoroughfares in the West End.
While the West End is a residential district of the wealthy, the East End is
the place where chiefly industrial and dock workers who live there. In the East
End there are no magnificent parks and mansions and far from all the men here
have a steady job.
London is very different, it has many faces. There is a lot of traffic in the
streets of London: endless lines of buses, motor cars and taxis. Most of London
buses are the famous red double-deckers that have two decks for passengers.
Bright-red, they look very nice in the grey streets of London. There are also
green one-storeyed buses, they run from London to the countryside. In London
as everywhere in Great Britain, the traffic keeps to the left.
