My Working Day
My working day begins early. I always get up at 7 oclock. Before I leave for the Institute I have a lot of things to do. First of all I do my morning exercises. When doing them I usually open the window and switch on the radio. I like to do my morning exercises to music. Then I go to the bathroom where I wash, clean my teeth and dress. At a quarter to eight I am ready to have breakfast. While having breakfast I often listen to the latest news on the radio or look through the newspapers.
It doesnt take me long to have breakfast. At a quarter past eight I leave home for the Institute. As I live far from the Insti tute I go there by bus or by metro. It usually takes me half an hour to get there. I seldom walk to the Institute in the morning because I have no time and I am afraid to be late for classes.
I am never late. I always come to the Institute in time. Between classes we have short breaks. At 12.30 we have a long break for dinner. I usually have dinner in the dinning hall of our Institute which is always full of people at this time.
As a rule we have three lectures or seminars a day. Classes are over at twenty minutes to four. If I have no meeting, I go home. Sometimes I stay at the Institute if I have some things to do or if I have a meeting. There is a Students Scientific Society at our Institute. I am a member of this Society. Once a month I attend its meetings. I am also a member of the English circle which meets on Tuesdays.
Sometimes I stay at the Institute because I need a book or an article which I can only get in the reading room. Before and after classes in the reading room there are always a great many students who read different books and articles, work at their reports or do their lessons.
After classes I usually walk home. I like to walk after a busy day at the Institute. When I come home I have dinner and a short rest. Then I prepare my lessons. It usually takes me about three hours. In the evening I have supper and watch TV. Sometimes if I have time, I go to the cinema. I usually go to bed at 11 oclock.
Every day I work at my English. I spend half an hour a day on it. Every evening I read a page or half a page of some English book or do my English homework. When preparing my homework I often listen to the tapes which help me (to) learn to read and speak English. I like English very much and I do my best to master it. I never miss English classes and I work at it regularly, thats why English is not difficult for me. I can already read easy English books and even speak English a little.
Those who want to master it, i. e. (that is) to understand it without difficulty, to speak it well, to read books in the original without a dictionary and to write correctly, must study hard. I am fond of our English classes.
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London
London is the capital of Great Britain, its political, economic and cultural centre. London is an ancient city. It is more than twenty centuries old. The population of London, including its suburbs is more than ten million people.
London is one of the biggest cities in the world and the largest city in Europe. It is situated on the banks of the river Thames, not far from its mouth. Due to its geographical situation London has developed into an important sea port.
London stretches for nearly 30 miles from north to south and for about 30 miles from east to west. The river Thames divides the city into two large parts the West End and the East End. London consists of four important sections: the West End, the East End, the City and Westminster.
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The City is a small part of London only one square mile in area but it is the financial and the business centre of the country. There are a lot of banks and various offices here. It is the ancient part of London. Most of the streets are narrow here and the traffic is slow.
One of the greatest English churches St. Pauls Cathe dral is here. It was designed and built by an outstanding English architect Christopher Wren in 1710. Inside the Cathe dral we find monuments erected to many generals and admirals. Nelson is also buried here.
Not far away is Westminster the administrative centre of London. The Houses of Parliament are situated here. It is the seat of the British Government. The building is very beautiful with its two towers and a big clock called Big Ben.
Westminster Abbey where kings and queens are crowned is opposite the Houses of Parliament. This ancient building was founded in the eleventh century, though it was destroyed and re
built several times. Many famous people are buried here, among them Newton, Darwin, Dickens and Kipling.
The West End is the part of London where the rich people live. Fine houses, wide streets, numerous parks are to be found in this part of the capital. The best cinemas, theatres, concert halls, famous shops, comfortable hotels, restaurants, large mu seums are situated here. The most beautiful London park Hyde Park is in this district too.
The East End is the poorest part of London. It includes the Port, the docks stretching for miles and the great industrial areas, which depend on shipping. The workers and the unem ployed live here. There are no beautiful houses and parks here, the streets are narrow. The East End is unattractive in appear ance but it is very important in the countrys commerce.
London is famous for its outstanding places of interest. There are many architectural, art and historic monuments in London such as the British Museum, the Tower of London, the National Gallery, Buckingham Palace, the Nelson Column and many oth ers. Thousands of tourists from all parts of the world come to
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Great Britain.
An Outline of Geography and Nature
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland consists of the Island of Great Britain and the northern part of the Island of Ireland (the southern part of which is the Republic of Eire) and a number of small islands especially to the west of Scotland. The country is usually called simply Great Britain.
The Island of Great Britain is divided into three parts Eng land, Wales and Scotland. England and Wales form the southern part of the island and Scotland occupies its northern part.
From the west Great Britain is washed by the Atlantic Ocean, from the east by the stormy North Sea and southern coast is washed by the English Channel (which separates Great Britain from the continent), the narrower part of which being called the Strait of Dover. It is quite close to the continent, being only 22 miles wide.
Being comparatively small Britain is known for a variety of scenery found on such a small area. One can find here both a low lying land and hilly areas, flat fields as well as lofty moun tains. The surface of Eastern England is flat. Scotland and Wales are hilly and mountainous. The mountains are not very high as compared with those of the world, the loftiest one Ben Nevis (Scotland) being only 4400 feet (1343 m) in height.
In the west we can see the Cambrian Mountains occupying the greater part of Wales; in the north the Cheviot Hills separating England from Scotland; the Pennines to the south of the Cheviot Hills and the Cumbrian Mountains famous for the number and beauty of their lakes. There are sixteen lakes here, the largest being Windermere. This part of the country, called the Lake District, is the most beautiful and the wettest part of Great Britain.
There are many rivers in Britain, but none of them being very long as compared with the greatest rivers of the world. Many of the rivers have been connected with each other by means of canals.
The principal rivers are the Severn, the Thames and the Trent. The Severn is the longest river in Britain but the Thames is the most important one. The Severn is 210 miles in length, the Thames is a little over 200 miles. The Thames is rather wide and deep. Its current being slow, it is quite suitable for navigation. Large vessels can get as far as London Bridge 50 miles from the sea.
The seas surrounding the British Isles are shallow usually less than 300 feet deep. The shallowness is in some way an ad vantage. Shallow water is warmer than deep water and helps to keep the shores from extreme cold. It is too the home of plenty of fish, a million tons of which are caught every year.
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Perhaps you have also noticed on the map that the coastline being irregular contains numerous harbours serving as con venient ports, among which are London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Portsmouth and others. It is also an interesting fact that no part of the country is more than seventy miles from the sea.
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