APPENDIX 1
Westminster
The political centre of London is Westminster. It is the part of London where there are
a lot of offices. If you go down Whitehall from Trafalgar Square on the right you will see
a small street – Downing street. Here at number 10 the British Prime Minister lives.
Whitehall is a wide street leading to Parliament Square. This square is very large.
On the left there is a long grey building with towers which are the Houses of
Parliament. This building is Westminster Palace. The large clock in one of the towers is
Big Ben – the clock and the bell of the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament. You
can hear the sound of Big Ben every hour in London. The clock and the bell got their
names after Sir Benjamin Hall. He was a tall man, whose nickname was Big Ben. So
people know the clock as Big Ben.
The Thames is behind the Houses of Parliament and the bridge across it is
Westminster Bridge.
On the other side of Parliament Square is Westminster Abbey. It is very beautiful and
very famous. It is also very old. It is more than 900 years old. It is built in gothic style.
There are a lot of monuments and statues there. Many English kings and queens are
buried here. Westminster Abbey is famous for the Poet’s Corner where great English
poets and writers are buried.
The Queen of England lives in Buckingham Palace. It is a wonderful large building
with a golden monument in front of it. It is the Queen Victoria Memorial.
All these interesting places are quite near one another. It takes only 20 minutes to get
from Buckingham Palace to Trafalgar Square.
Answer the Questions
1. What is the political centre of London?
2. Where does the British Prime Minister live?
3. What is White Hall?
4. What bridge is near the Houses of Parliament?
5. Where is Westminster Abbey? How old is it? What is it famous for?
6. Where does the Queen live?
7. What monument is in front of Buckingham Palace?
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