jueves, 17 de febrero de 2011

Houses in England

Detached House:

A detached house is not joined to any other.

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Semi Detached House:

A semi detached house is a house which is joined to another house on one side.

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Terrace Houses:

In most towns in England, there are streets of houses joined together in long rows. They are called terrace houses (terraced houses). Lots of these have small gardens at the back.

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Block of Flats:

A flat is part of a bigger building where all the flats share a front door. Only cities and very big towns have flats like the one you can see below.

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Bungalow:

A bungalow is a house which is only on one floor, no stairs. It may be joined to another bungalow or might stand alone.

The bungalow pictured below is made from white wooden planks. It is called a weatherboarded bungalow.

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Oast house:

Many people in England live in buildings which were once built for something else other than a home. Oast Houses were not originally a building where people lived. They were part of farm buildings and were where hops (a plant from which beer is made) were layed out and dried.

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What is it inside an English house?

Sink:

I help my mum wash up the plates in the sink. We wash the dishes in washing up bowl in the sink. We take the bowl out when we wash our hands.

Microwave :

Very quick and easy to use. We use it to cook our food quickly.

viernes, 10 de diciembre de 2010

English Holiday

A and B) Airline Clerks and Treavel Agent:

Website of travel: Click here

C) Meteorologist:
What is the weather like in London at this time of year?
Winter is very wet and relatively cold with an average temperature of 7 º and sometimes snowfall.
What clothes will we need?
We would need warm clothes because it's cold.

D) Transportation:
We could be reached by various modes of transport, for example:
How to get Cranbrook Hotel?

There Are Several Ways to Reach the hotel via public transport.

By meters from Heathrow Airport: Take the Piccadilly line to Holborn Underground Station. Change to the Central line, or Towards Hainault Newbury Park, and get off at Gants Hill Underground Station. The hotel is a 20-minute walk from the station or a five-minute taxi ride.

By subway / train from Heathrow Airport: Take the Piccadilly line to Holborn Underground Station. Change to the Central line, or Towards Hainault Newbury Park, and get off at Liverpool Street Underground Station. You CAN take a train from Liverpool Street to Ilford Rail Train Station Train Station. The hotel is less Than a 10-minute walk from the station.

By train / metro from Gatwick Airport: Take the Gatwick Express train to Victoria Station. Walk to Victoria Underground Station and take the Victoria line Towards Walthamstow Central. Change at Oxford Circus Underground Station to the Central line, or Towards Hainault Newbury Park, and get off at Gants Hill Underground Station. The hotel is a 20-minute walk from the station or a five-minute taxi ride.

By train / metro / train from Gatwick Airport: Take the Gatwick Express train to Victoria Railway Station. Walk to Victoria Underground Station and take the Victoria line Towards Walthamstow Central. Change at Oxford Circus Underground Station to the Central line, or Towards Hainault Newbury Park, and get off at Liverpool Street Underground Station. You CAN take a train from Liverpool Street to Ilford Rail Train Station Train Station. The hotel is less Than a 10-minute walk from the train station.


E) Holiday Activity:
Ice skating in a museum, watch a pantomime in a zoo and see an ice cave in a botanical garden are three of the most original programs where visitors can enjoy this holiday in London.

Another option is to spend the day in Portsmouth enjoying the holidays with naval style. Among the wide range of places where you can ice skate in the capital, is the Natural History Museum in South Kensington, which first installs a ice rink in the grass surface which is located to the east.

F) Tour guide:

1) St.Paul Cathedral
2) Convent Garden

3) Tower Bridge
4) Piccadilly Circus
5) The tower of London

G) Money changer:

1 euro = 0.837235739 pounds

We would need 837.235739 pounds

h) Immigration Agent:


I) Click here to send a London postcard to your teacher Cristina.
Hi Cristina, that such by Spain?. Hope you have a great Christmas.

jueves, 9 de diciembre de 2010

Visiting London

Hyde Park of London

Royal London Hyde Park is a Henry VIII Which Acquired in 1536 (it Had Been Owned by the monks of Westminster Abbey Before that). Royal London Hyde Park is a Henry VIII acquired in 1536 (had been owned by the monks of Westminster Abbey before that). A large area of open space in the city center of 630 acres and a perimeter of 4 miles. It has the memorials at Marble Arch at the east side and Kensington palace at the west. A large area of open space in the center of the city of 630 hectares and a perimeter of 4 km. It has monuments at the Marble Arch in the east and Kensington Palace in the west. Also Within ITS environs is the Albert Memorial, Queen Victoria's monument to her husband. Also around is the Albert Memorial, Queen Victoria monument to her husband.











City of London


The City of London referees to the "square mile" or the original area of the walled town. The City of London refers to the "square mile" or the original area of the walled city. Credit for STI foundation is Given to the Roman General Aulus Plautius in AD43. Credit for its creation is given to the Roman general Aulus Plautius in AD43. He bridged the Thames, started the town, and in a FEW years it Was a great trading center. The bridge over the Thames, the city began, and in a few years was a great mall. Boudicca and her warriors Destroyed it in AD60, pero WAS soon rebuilt the town. Boudicca and her warriors destroyed in AD60, but the city was rebuilt shortly. It Continues to Be an important town for the next 1000 years, and after the Norman conquest, Became the capital of England. Remained an important city for the next 1000 years, and after the Norman Conquest, it became the capital of England.



Tower of London

The Tower of London has-been a fortress, prison and palace DURING ITS Often long and bloody history. The Tower of London has been the prison of the fortress and the palace during its long and often bloody history. It Was started soon after the Norman Conquest in 1066 by William the Conqueror, of stone Actually Brought from Normandy. The project began shortly after the Norman Conquest in 1066 by William the Conqueror, in fact stone brought from Normandy.

The central, and Most impressive of the Bastions, is Known as the White Tower Whitewashed as It Was in 1241! The central and most impressive of the bastions, known as the White Tower, as it was milled in 1241! An early prisoner Was the Duke of Orleans, Captured in the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. An inmate was at the beginning of the Duke of Orleans, captured at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415.