1. Say in other words:

1. a political and government figure, especially one who is respected as being wise, honorable and fair;

2. to speak in a very quiet voice;

3. to be very full of something;

4. an object that was made in the past and is historically important;

5. extremely beautiful and very delicately made;

6. to start something, such as an organization, city, etc;

7. to contain;

8. someone who is having fun, singing, dancing, etc. in a noisy way;

9. a place where coins were officially made;

10. the spirit of a dead person that some people think they can see in a place.

2. Answer the questions:

1. What is the best way to see London?

2. Why is Piccadilly Circus called the centre of London?

3. What is there in the middle of the Circus?

4. Why are there so many people in the Circus in the evening?

5. What makes Trafalgar Square so popular with tourists?

6. Why is the Tower of London called an open history book?

7. What legend is associated with the Tower of London?

8. What people are commemorated in Westminster Abbey?

9. What is Big Ben?

10. What is St. Paul’s Cathedral famous for?

11. Where does the ceremony of the Changing of the Guard take place?

12. Why is the Natural History Museum especially popular with children?

13. Where are London’s best-known parks situated?

14. Why do you think are the parks sometimes called London’s lungs?

15. What do people use the Round Pond in Kensington Gardens for?

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