In the USA
In the 60s and 70s a lot of American downtown areas were dying.Stores were moving out into the suburbs to malls and mini-malls.Shopping centres with parking lots grew up out of the town along...
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Travelling in the USA and GB
Travelling is very popular in 20th century. People travel for many reasons: go to holidays, sights, business, political reasons or even and smuggling. People travel because it is exciting, they want to see new...
American travelling
Americans are a mobile people. Their lives were changed by the invention of automobile (in the 1920s). It had great impact on the American economy. The auto industry created other industries such as tire...
Shopping in britain
The main street of most towns is often called High street.There is a lot of different shops.Grocer sells food and other household goods.The D.I.Y. shop sells materials and tools to decorate houses.The health food...
New Zealand(the Fish of Maui)
New Zealand is situated in South Pacific.New Zealand was explored by Dutch Abel Tasman in 1642 but his attempt failed by hostility of natives.The country was discovered by the British explorer James Cook in...
Life in USA and GB
British society is still strongly divided into classes.The aristocracy:There are over 1000 people with hereditary title „Lord“.They have the right to sit in the House of Lords.The upper classes are usually rich.They are landowners,...
CLANS AND TARTANS
All true Scots belong to a clan, or tribe. Many names begin with Mac or Mc, which means son of. So the name McDonald means son of Donald. Each clan has its own tartan,...
Australia
Australia is the smallest continent on the Earth situated in the Southern Hemisphere between the Pacific and Indian oceans.Australia is an island continent. The Great Dividing Range(Australian Alps as it is often called)has the...
Geography of Scotland, Wales and North Ireland
In 1707, the Scottish and English parliaments were united at Westminster. But the Scots remained very independent. The scottish legal and education systems are quite different to the English ones. Scottish banks issue their...
The Heart of England
The centre of the heart of England is Birmingham, the second largest city in Britain. This Midlands is the place where the world’s Industrial Revolution began. Today, it is main industrial centre of England,...
