22:11 O 6ll 68 UK ApakuH 2 Kypc-6.pdf - TOIBKO AnA YTEHNA TEXT. INTRODUCING LONDON London is an ancient city. It grew up around the first point where the Roman invaders found the Thames narrow enough to build a bridge. They found a small Celtic settle- 85 ment then known as Londinium and by A. D. ' 300 they had turned it into a sizable port and an important trading center with a wall which enclosed the homes of about 50,000 people. One in seven of the population of the United Kingdom is a Londoner. About 7 million people live in Greater London.? London dominates British life. It is the home of the nation's commerce and finance, the main center of its legal system and the press. It has the largest university and the greatest possibilities for entertainment and for sport in the country. London is one of the famous capital cities of the world, and every year attracts crowds of visitors from home and abroad. They come to explore its historic buildings, to see its muse- ums and galleries, its streets and parks, and its people. The built-up area of Greater London stretches 50 kilome- tres from east to west and many of its districts are linked with particular activities, for example, parliamentary and government activity centers on Parliament Square of Westminster and Whitehall. Just as "Westminster" stands fo Parliament so "Whitehall" is often used as the name fo central Government. Off Whitehall in a small side-street Downing Street-is: quiet, unimpressive house - No. 10 - the official home o! Prime Minister. Just as Wall Street in New York is the center of commerce and finance so the City of London, sometimes called "the square mile" 3 is the center for money matters. Here ir Threadneedle Street is the Bank of England - sometime: 'A. D. = Anno Domini ['ænsu' dɔmınai] (Lal.): In the year of the Lorc new era l'rara) 2 Greater London includes the suburbs of the city all of which ar connected with the center of London and with each other by undergroun railway lines. i mile: a measure of length, 1609 meters. English measures of leng! (yard - 91 cm, foot - 30 cm, inch - 2.5 cm), weight (stone - 6 kıe