Window on Britain. London.
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Window on Britain.

London.

Listening.

https://rutube.ru/video/bb735f09f706ff48c58fb197f0be9c69/?r=plemwd

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Hi! In this programme we’re going to take a look at London.
London is ……..of Britain.
It‘s a fascinating and…… city with a very long history.
Let’s find out more.
London is on the River Thames.
In about forty-three AD the Romans…… the first bridge over the river and that was …….. of the City of London.
Until 1747 there was only one bridge over the Thames.
Now there are twenty-nine - some for cars, some for trains and some for ……
Some are very famous like this one - Tower Bridge.
London has a population of nearly seven ……
It’s a big city.

But travelling around it is……..
You can take a waterbus on the river

You can go in one of London’s famous red buses or black taxis.
Or you can go on……..
Londoners call this ‘the Tube‘.
It started in 1863, and it was the world’s first underground railway.
Over twenty million tourists come here every year — eleven million from abroad and the rest are….. from other parts of Britain.
There is so much for people to see in London: palaces, churches, cathedrals, the Tower, Trafalgar Square, and lots of museums and art galleries.
And, of course, Madame Tussaud's.
Madame Tussaud brought her exhibition of wax models to London in ….. and now over two and a half million people….. it every year.