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London

London is the capital of the United Kingdom, its economic, political and

cultural centre. It is one of the world's most important ports and one of

the largest cities in the world. London with its suburbs has a

population of about 11 million people. London has been a capital for

nearly a thousand years. Many of its

ancient buildings still stand. The most famous of them are the Tower of

London, where the crown jewels are kept, Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's

Cathedral. Most visitors also want to see the Houses of Parliament,

Buckingham Palace (the Queen's home with its Changing of the Guards) and

the many magnificent museums. Once London was a small Roman town on the

north bank of the Thames. Slowly it grew into one of the world's major

cities. Exchange and the Bank of England are here, too. The East End is

the district where mostly working people live. The old port area is now

called «Docklands». There are now new office buildings in Docklands, and

Different areas of London seem like different cities. The West End is

a rich man* world of shops, offices and theatres. The City of London is

the district where most offices and banks are concentrated; the Royal

thousands of new flats and houses. By the day the whole of London is busy.

At night, offices are quiet

and empty, but the West End stays alive, because this is where Londoners

come to enjoy themselves. There are two opera houses here, several concert

halls and many theatres, as well as cinemas. In nearby Soho the

pubs, restaurants and night clubs are busy half the night.

Like a*l big cities, London has streets and concrete buildings, but It

also has many big parks, full of trees, flowers and grass. In the middle

ofHyde Park or Kensmgtoa Gardens you will&inkthat you are in the

country, miles away. Many people live outside (be centre of London in the

subulbs, and they travel to work in shops and offices by train, bus or

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|The United States |

|of America |

|The Unites States |

|of America are |

|situated in the |

|central part of the|

|North American |

|continent. Its |

|western coast is |

|washed by the |

|Pacific Ocean and |

|its eastern coast -|

|by the Atlantic |

|Ocean. The total |

|area of the USA is |

|over nine million |

|square kilometres. |

|The population of |

|the USA is more |

|than 236 million |

|people; most of |

|the population |

|lives in towns and |

|cities. The USA is|

|a very large |

|country, so it has |

|several different |

|climatic |

|regions. The |

|Goldest regions are|

|in the north and |

|north-east. The |

|south has a |

|subtropical |

|climate. The |

|United States is a |

|land of rivers and |

|lakes..The northern|

|state |

|of Minnesota is the|

|land of 10 000 |

|lakes. The longest |

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|rivers in the USA |

|are the |

|Mississippi, the |

|Missouri and the |

|Rio Grande. The |

|highest mountains |

|are the Rocky |

|Mountains, the |

|Cordillera and the |

|Sierra Nevada. |

|The United States |

|are riebiia natural|

|and mineral |

|resources. It |

|produces copper, |

|oil, iron ore and |

|coal. It is a |

|highly-developed |

|industrial Bad |

|agricultural |

|coubtry. There are|

|many big cities in |

|the USA, such as |

|New York, Chicago, |

|Los Angeles, |

|Philadelphia and |

|others. The |

|national capital is|

|Washington, D.C. |

|Its population is |

|about 3,4 million. |

|Washington was |

|built in the late |

|eighteenth century |

|especially as the |

|centre of |

|governmeat. It was |

|named after George |

|Washington. The |

|USA became the |

|world teading |

|country at the |

|beginning of the |

|twen*eth century. |