COMPUTERS

The computers are very important in our lives and we need them !!! In Britain 60 % of the homes have got one.
Many young people , playing the computer games , chatting with his friends .... And this is theri favorite way to spending their time.
The computers are important for some libraries , police stations and schools . But they're becoming more important in our homes as well . We will can control all our lives , in "smart homes " the computer- controlled houses .
This houses will have a central computer will adjust the temperature , act as a burglar alarm and switch on the lights ready for you to come back home . And you will give instructions to the computer from your mobile phone .
The 44 % of young people between 11 to 16 said their PC was a trusted friend . Another survey found that people in Britain spend so much time on the phone , testing and reading e-mails that they no longer have time for the conversations .

TRANSPORT

Trains travel into London from all over the country. They are very important for people who live in the suburbs or outside London and travel into London for work. 1,8 million people travel into the center of London every day.

You can travel with another kind of train called the Docklands light Railway.

For many people the journey by train takes them to a convenient underground station. London Underground usually called the Tube, was the first in the world when it opened in 1836.

The different kinds of transport link up prettywell but sometimes you have to walk from one point in the journey to the next.

People use a lots of other forms of transport in london. Some people use boats on the River Thames to go to work.

There is one kind of transport that isn't very good in London - and that's the car. They move very slowly because there is too much traffic.

The buses an Taxis travel more quickly because they have got special lanes on the road.Tr

SHIPPING IN BRITAIN.

In England no town is more than 170 kilometres from the sea. So it's no suprise that Britain has a very jimportant history of ships and the sea.
the british Navy was the biggest navy in the world at one time.
In Liverpool there's a great museum of maritime history. I)t's got serveral ships in the docks outside. Inside it shows what it was like to be on some of the ships.
Ships like this one - the Cutty Sark at Greenwich in London - brought tea from India to Britain.
Between 1830 and 1930 more than nine million people from all over Europe left from the port of Liverpool to start a new life in America or Australia.
The most famous ship was probably the Titanic. It sank in 1912 abd iver 1,500 people drowned.
One of the most famous shipping companies is Cunard, It's got the world's biggest cruise ship, the Queen Mary 2, whic crosses the Atlantic from Southampton to Nwq York. The majority of people do travel around the world by plane but ships are still very important for movin goods.
Here at the Southampton Container Terminal they unload more than one and a half milion containers each year.

British horror stories

People like to be scared. They love reading horror stories and watching hooror mivies. The frist was published by Mary Shelley in 1818 - Frankenstein. Many films have featured Frankenstein over the years.
One of them put two great hooro characters together when Frankenstein met Count Cracula. Since then Cracula has always been in print.
Bram Stoker got the idea for Bracula while he was sitting in Highgate Cemetery in Nort Londoon. Stoker wondered what would happen if the light woke up the dead body in the tomb Count Cracula the vampire was created.
The bedroom window was wide open and moonlight was shining into the room. Mina was on the balcony and a dark shape was leaning over her. I t was Count Cracula!
The vampire turned his head. His eyes burned with a terrible red light. Blood was dripping from his red lips and long white teeth. The vampire had already taken fhis meal of blood!
We do like to be frightened, don't we?

Law

The most famous pile station in Britain is New Scotland Yard in London, but there are police stations all over the country.
For most people the police are the face of the law. They can arrest people in the street, but they also give information.
Suspected criminal is being charge wit a crime. He must hand over everything he's carrying or has got in his pockets.
Suspects can be kept in the cells at the police station for several hours. This suspect spent a whole night in the cells.
As well as the cells we saw earlier, the pilice station in Lewisham has got stables for pilice hores. Police officers go out on horses every day, but lots of plicee horeses are needed when there are large crowds, at football matches or demonstations for example.
the evidence that the pilie coollect from a crime scene is analysed in laboratories like this.
They can examine and analyse material from the crime scene to find out exactly what happened.
The police are the most obvious part of the law in Britain. Their job is to make sure that people don't break the law and to catch them when teey do. Foresic scientists provide the evidence that helps the courts decide wheather a suspect is guilty of a crime or not. The courts then decide on the sentece.

Supermarkets

Supermarkets are an important part of daily life in Britain.
The five biggest supermarkets sell 80% of all groceries - that's food and drink. Tesco is biggest. It's got nearly 2,000 shops in Britain and is the third biggest supermarket in the world.
I the larger supermarket you can buy just about anything. On the shelves you can find all the food and drink you need. You can buy sports equipment, bicycles, books, toys and games, CDs and DVDs.
The very big supermarkets are usually on the edge of towns and most people dive to them. And while they are there with their car, customers can buy petrol too.
There are many more supermarkets now than 20 years ago. People find it very convenient to do all their shopping in one place.
It's even more convenient to shop from home. A lot of people now use online shopping. Tesco Online delivers over 100,000 orders each week in Britain and Sainsbury's delivers 30,000. It's becoming a very popular way to shop.
But not everyone lies supermakets. Small shops in towns and villages are closing because supermarkets can sell the same tlhing cheaper. So people without cars hae less choice.
Many supermarkets are opejn 24 hous a day ann seven days a week, so people can shop 24/7.

SOPA OPERAS IN BRIATIN

The most popular British soap operas are Eastenders and Coronation Street. These are popular dramas about the lives of ordinary people. There are usually three to five episodes each week. Many people are addicted to soap operas.
There are also web sites for all the main soap operas.
Eastenders is set in the esat end of London annd has benn bradcast sine1985. Coronation Street is based in Manchester and it is the oldest soap. I started in 1972 and is on TV every evening from Monday to Friday.