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Task 1

• The full name of the country is The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
• The parts of the country are Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England.
• Their capitals:  

Northern Ireland –  Belfast

England –  London

Scotland – Edinburgh

Wales – Cardiff

• Union Jack is the flag of the United Kingdom.  It is also known as  Union flag or Royal union flag.
• Union Jack combines the St George's Cross (flag of England); the St Andrew's Cross (flag of Scotland); the St Patrick's Cross (flag of Northern Ireland).
• Union Jack

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Task 2

Madame Tussaud’s museum has different halls:  Grand Hall, the Chamber of Horrors, The Spirit of London, Garden Party, 200 Years, Legends and Superstars,  A-list Party,   Marvel Super Heroes,   Bollywood Stars,  Premiere Night,   Sports Zone, A Royal Appointment, Culture, Music Megastars.

In 1835, Madame Tussauds’ exhibition established a permanent base in London as the Baker Street Bazaar. The attraction moved to its present site in Marylebone Road come 1884.

 The Museum  suffered from a fire in 1925.

It started an overseas expansion in 1970, when it opened a branch location in Amsterdam.  Now it has its branches in  Hollywood,   Las Vegas,   New York,   Washington D.C.,  Berlin,  Blackpool,   Vienna,   Bangkok,   Hong Kong,  Tokyo,  Shanghai,  Busan and Sydney.

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Task 3

It’s half past eight.

It is the Clock Tower of Westminster.

The Elizabeth Tower (previously called the Clock Tower) was renamed (in 2012, September, 11^th) in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II in her Diamond Jubilee year.

The tower was completed in 1843-1858.

The tower is 96-metre high (316 ft).

There are 5 bells inside it. 

The largest one is called Big Ben. The bell was named in honour of Sir Benjamin Hall, and his name is inscribed on it. However, another theory for the origin of the name is that the bell may have been named after a contemporary heavyweight boxer Benjamin Caunt .

The “Big Ben” clock weighs 13.7 tons.

 

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Task 4

The London Eye was designed by architects Frank Anatole, Nic Bailey, Steve Chilton, Malcolm Cook, Mark Sparrowhawk, and the husband-and-wife team of Julia Barfield and David Marks.

They submitted their idea for a large observation wheel as part of a competition to design a landmark for the new millennium.

It was inaugurated on the 31^st of December, 1999; opened for public on the 9^th of March, 2000

The London Eye stands at the western end of Jubilee Garden, on the South Bank of the river Thames, between Westminster Bridge and Hungerford Bridge.

Each of the 32 ovoidal capsules weighs 10 tonnes and can carry 25 people.

 It can lift you up like nothing else. You can see beautiful views view from there. Here is a view of the Houses of Parliament, also known as the Palace of Westminster.

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Task 5

Buckingham Palace

The original building was constructed as a countryhouse in 1705 by the duke of Buckingham, John Sheffield. 

King George III bought the house in 1762 for his wife (Queen Charlotte ) and had it altered by William Chambers.

Queen Victoria was the first to reside in the palace.

The Changing of the Guard takes place daily in front of Buckingham Palace.

The participants of the ceremony wear red jackets and tall, furry hats called bearskins. The 18-inch-tall (45.7cm) bearskins worn by the Foot Guards are made of real bearskin from Canadian brown bears and weigh 1.5lbs. The bearskins were first worn by British soldiers in 1815, following the defeat of Napoleon's French Imperial Guards at the battle of Waterloo. The French grenadiers wore bearskins to appear taller and more intimidating, and Britain adopted the towering hats for soldiers in ceremonial duties and guarding royal residencies as a symbol of its victory.

Right in front of the building is the Queen Victoria Memorial, designed by Sir Aston Webb and built in 1911 in honor of Queen Victoria, who reigned for almost 64 years.

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