London is the capital of great britain, its political, economic and cultural centre. it's one of the largest cities in the world. its population is more than million people. london is situated on the river thames. the city is very old and beautiful. it was founded more than two thousand years ago. traditionally london is divided into several parts: the city, the west end, the east end and westminster. the city is the oldest part of london, its financial and business centre. the heart of the city is the stock exchange. westminster is the most important part of the capital. it's the administrative centre. the houses of parliament, the seat of the british government, are there. it's a very beautiful building with two towers and a very big clock called big ben. big ben is really the bell which strikes every quarter of an hour. opposite the houses of parliament is westminster abbey. it's a very beautiful church built over 900 years ago. the tombs of many great statesmen, scientists and writers are there.to the west of westminster is west end. here we find most of the big shops, hotels, museums, art galleries, theatres and concert halls. picadilly circus is the heart of london's west end. in the west end there are wide streets with beautiful houses and many parks, gardens and squares. to the east of westminster is the east end, an industrial district of the capital. there are no parks or gardens in the east end and you can't see many fine houses there. most of the plants and factories are situated there. london has many places of interest. one of them is buckingham palace. it's the residence of the queen. the english are proud of trafalgar square, which was named so in memory of the victory at the battle. there in 1805 the english fleet defeated the fleet of france and spain. the last place of interest i should like to mention, is the british museum, the biggest museum in london. the museum is famous for its library -one of the richest in the world. all london's long-past history is told by its streets. there are many streets in london which are known all over the" world. among them oxford street, downing street and a lot of others can be mentioned. and tourists are usually attracted not only by the places of interest but by the streets too. in conclusion i should say if you are lucky enough to find yourself in london some day you will have a lot to see and enjoy there.
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Westminster abbey, formally titled the collegiate church of st peter at westminster, is a large, mainly gothic abbey church in the city of westminster, london, just to the west of the palace of westminster. it is one of the united kingdom's most notable religious buildings and the traditional place of coronation and burial site for english and, later, british monarchs. between 1540 and 1556 the abbey had the status of a cathedral. since 1560, however, the building is no longer an abbey nor a cathedral, having instead the status of a church of england "royal peculiar"—a church responsible directly to the sovereign. the building itself is the original abbey church. according to a tradition first reported by sulcard in about 1080, a church was founded at the site (then known as thorn ey (thorn island)) in the 7th century, at the time of mellitus, a bishop of london. construction of the present church began in 1245, on the orders of king henry iii.[4] since 1066, when harold godwinson and william the conqueror were crowned, the coronations of english and british monarchs have been held there.[5][6] there have been at least 16 royal weddings at the abbey since 1100. two were of reigning monarchs (henry i and richard ii), although, before 1919, there had been none for some 500 years перевод: вестминстерское аббатство, официально названный монастырская церковь святого петра в вестминстере, большой, в основном, готическая церковь аббатства в городе вестминстер, лондон, к западу от вестминстерского дворца. это один из самых известных религиозных зданий соединенного королевства и традиционное место коронации и захоронения на языке, а позже британских монархов. между 1540 и 1556 аббатство имел статус собора. с 1560 года не, однако, здание уже не аббатством, ни собор, имеющий вместо того, чтобы статус церкви "royal свой" -a церкви, ответственного непосредственно к государю. само здание является оригинальной монастырской церкви. по традиции впервые сообщил sulcard примерно 1080, церковь была основана на месте (тогда известный как thorn еу (торн-айленд)) в 7-м веке, в то время, в mellitus епископа лондона. строительство нынешней церкви началось в 1245 году, по приказу короля генриха iii. [4] с 1066 года, когда гарольд годвинсон и вильгельм завоеватель были коронованы, коронации и британских монархов были проведены там. [5] [6] там было по меньшей мере, 16 королевских свадеб в аббатстве начиная с 1100. двое из них были царствующих монархов (генрих i и ричард ii), хотя, до 1919 года, не было ни в течение 500 лет
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Argument's for: аргументы за: 1: you will know the most common language in the world. ты будешь знать самый распространённый язык в мире. 2: you will be able to communicate with native speakers of the language. ты сможешь общаться с носителями этого языка. 3: you will be easier to communicate abroad. тебе будет легче общаться ща границей. 4: you develop your horizons. ты развиваешь свой кругозор. 5: you can be a man in demand. ты можешь быть востребованным человеком. argument's against: аргументы против: 1: language learning requires a lot of time. изучение языка требует много времени. 2: learning english may seem boring. изучение языка может показаться скучным. 3: you may have problems with pronunciation. у тебя могут возникнуть проблемы с произношением. 4: fear of the exam. страх перед экзаменом. 5: may have problems with grammar. могут возникнуть проблемы с грамматикой.