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    London is an ancient city over 2000 years old that originated as a small town on the Thames river. It grew to incorporate over 300 surrounding villages and became a large city through wars and trade. Now London is one of the largest and most beautiful cities in the world, with large parks and squares. The Tower of London is over 900 years old and originally served as a royal residence and prison where many died. It now operates as a museum where visitors can see historic artifacts and the ravens that are symbols of the tower. New York is one of the largest cities and busiest ports in the world. It is the financial and cultural capital of the United States, with iconic streets like Broadway and Fifth Avenue, and

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    London is an ancient city over 2000 years old that originated as a small town on the Thames river. It grew to incorporate over 300 surrounding villages and became a large city through wars and trade. Now London is one of the largest and most beautiful cities in the world, with large parks and squares. The Tower of London is over 900 years old and originally served as a royal residence and prison where many died. It now operates as a museum where visitors can see historic artifacts and the ravens that are symbols of the tower. New York is one of the largest cities and busiest ports in the world. It is the financial and cultural capital of the United States, with iconic streets like Broadway and Fifth Avenue, and

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    London is an ancient city over 2000 years old that originated as a small town on the Thames river. It grew to incorporate over 300 surrounding villages and became a large city through wars and trade. Now London is one of the largest and most beautiful cities in the world, with large parks and squares. The Tower of London is over 900 years old and originally served as a royal residence and prison where many died. It now operates as a museum where visitors can see historic artifacts and the ravens that are symbols of the tower. New York is one of the largest cities and busiest ports in the world. It is the financial and cultural capital of the United States, with iconic streets like Broadway and Fifth Avenue, and

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    London is an ancient city over 2000 years old that originated as a small town on the Thames river. It grew to incorporate over 300 surrounding villages and became a large city through wars and trade. Now London is one of the largest and most beautiful cities in the world, with large parks and squares. The Tower of London is over 900 years old and originally served as a royal residence and prison where many died. It now operates as a museum where visitors can see historic artifacts and the ravens that are symbols of the tower. New York is one of the largest cities and busiest ports in the world. It is the financial and cultural capital of the United States, with iconic streets like Broadway and Fifth Avenue, and

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    London

    London, the capital of Great Britain, is a very old town. It is two thousand years old. Many years ago
    London was a small town on the Thames. There were a lot of villages round it and after many years
    London and three hundred villages grew into a very large city. Some of the names of those villages you
    can find in the names of the streets in modern London — Kensington, Westminster and others.
    There were many wars in those days and people from other countries came to Great Britain and
    destroyed London, but new houses of stone grew up.
    London stands not far from the sea. Many ships from other countries came to the port of London and
    brought cotton, food and other things. Factories grew in London and other cities. Many shops were
    opened in the centre of London. In 1863 the first underground railway began to work. It was very short in
    those days.
    Now London is a beautiful city with large squares and parks. London is one of the biggest cities in the
    world.

    The Tower of London

    The Tower of London is a very old building in London. It is nine hundred years old. The Tower of London
    stands on the Thames.
    In the early days of the history of England the English kings lived in the Tower. Then it was a prison
    where many people died, black ravens had much food near the walls of the Tower in those years.
    The black ravens live in the gardens of the Tower now. The English people like them very much. A man
    looks after the ravens and gives them meat in the morning and in the evening.
    Now the Tower of London is a museum and many people from other countries come to see it. They see
    the dark stone halls with small windows and thick doors. The walls of the Tower are five metres thick. In
    the museum they can see many old guns.
    At ten o’clock every evening the guards lock the big doors of the Tower for the night.

    New York (2)


    New York is one of the largest cities in the world and the biggest seaport. It's the financial capital of
    the country. It's the business centre of the United States. The city is situated in New York State, at the
    mouth of the Hudson river. It's population is over eight million. In early times the New York area was
    populated by Indians. It is here in Wall Street many business offices, banks and world famous New
    York stock exchange are situated.
    New York is an industrial and cultural centre of the country. The most important branches of
    industry are those producing vehicles, glass, chemicals. New York is also a great cultural centre. It
    has many museums, art galleries, theatres. There are two world-famous streets in New York —
    Broadway and Fifth Avenue.
    Broadway is the centre of the theatres and night life. Fifth Avenue is the great shopping, hotel and
    club avenue. 
    The Empire State Building is at Fifth Avenue. It's a 102-storeyed building, was built in 1931. The
    Metropolitan Museum of Art is at Fifth Avenue. It includes hundreds of world famous masterpieces
    and attracts many visitors.
    The Statue of Liberty is the symbol of American democracy. It stands on Liberty Island in New
    York port. Liberty carries the torch of freedom in her right hand. In her left hand she is holding a tablet
    with the inscription "July 4,1776" — American Independence Day.
    Today New York City is informally called "The Big Apple". The origin of this name is unknown, but
    it is popular all over the world.
     
    Questions:
    1. Is New York a capital of the USA? 
    2. Where is New York situated? 
    3. Is New York an industrial centre? 
    4. What are the two world — famous streets in New York? 
    5. What is the nickname of New York? 
    6. Would you like to visit New York? 

    Vocabulary:
    stock exchange — биржа 
    vehicles — средство передвижения 
    include — включать 
    masterpiece — шедевр 
    torch — факел 

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