Эссе / Лондон (на англ.)

London
London is the capital of the United Kingdom, its economic, political and cultural center. It is one of the world’s most important ports and one of the largest cities in the world. London with its suburbs has a population of about 11 million people.
London has been a capital for nearly a thousand years. Many of its ancient buildings still stand. The most famous of them are the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey and St. Paul’s Cathedral. Most visitors also want to see the Houses of Parliament and the many magnificent museums.
Once London was a small Roman town of the north bank of the Thames. Slowly it grew into one of the world’s major cities.
Different areas of London seem like different cities. The West End is a rich man’s world of shops, offices and theatres. The City of London is the district where most offices and banks are concentrated; the Royal Exchange and the Bank of England are here, too. The East End is a district where mostly working people live. The old port area is now called "Docklands". There are now new office buildings in Docklands, and thousands of new flats and houses.
By the day the whole of London is busy. At night, offices are quiet and empty, but the West End stays alive, because this is where Londoners come to enjoy themselves. There are two opera houses here, several concert halls and many theatres, as well as cinemas. In nearby Soho the pubs and restaurants and nightclubs are busy half the night.

All books about London usually starts with the same phrase: «The capital of Great Britain is London». Of course, it is true. This fact knows practically everybody. But there are also so many other interesting and marvellous information about London. For me London is a dream city, a city which I want to visit one day.

Obviously, London is a great place to see. The first world underground was built in London. London subway is famous all over the world. I want to have a look on it. With the help of London subway you will have a chance to know London.

London contains 4 parts, unlike to each other: the West End, the East End, the City and Westmister. The West End is famous for its various rich shops, reastaurants, museums. It is a part of London for people with a big amount of money. Contrarily, the East End means poverty, working people are its inhabitants. The City is a business place. Here you can find a great amount of offices, companies, business centers. Lastly, Westmister is full of  sightseeing attractions.

There are so many places in London to see that it is difficult to mark some most famous, but I’d try to do this. I can’t but mention Big Ben. Practically everybody knows that Big Ben is London famous clock. Far from Big Ben you will see London eye, the biggest one in Europe. It is a unique chance to see London from bird’s eye panorama. It’s height is 135 metres. London eye is one of the biggest in the world. London is famous for Westmister Abbey — a gothic church. It is a traditional place of king’s coronation and deposition. London is rich for its parks. They are loveable and homely. One of them is Guide Park. Here you can have a rest on weekends. It is famous fot it’s oratory corner. The list of London sightseeing attractions can be endless.

Finally I want to say that London is city-fairy tale. This city should visit everyone to broaden his/her outlook.

The Tower of London is one of the most interesting historic sights of London. It is situated in the center of London on the north bank of the River Thames. The Tower was founded during the Norman Conquest of England sometimes at the end of 1066. It has 20 towers and the most important of all is the White Tower, which was built by William the Conqueror. The Tower has a long and rich history. It has once been a royal palace, a fortress, a prison, a place of execution and even a zoo. Today, it’s mainly a historical museum. While it was a royal palace, King Henry III kept three leopards, an elephant, a polar bear and several ravens there

London is the capital of Great Britain, its political, economic and cultural centre. It’s one of the largest cities in the world. Its population is more than million people. London is situated on the river Thames. Palace of Westminster is the most important part of the capital. It’s the administrative centre. The Houses of Parliament, the seat of the British Government, are there. It’s a very beautiful building with two towers and a very big clock called Big Ben. Trafalgar Square is the heart of London. All London’s long-past history is told by its streets. There are many streets in London which are known all over the world.
Лондон - столица Великобритании, это политический, экономический и культурный центр. Это один из самых крупных городов мира. Население составляет более миллиона человек. Лондон располагается на реке Темза. Вестминстерский дворец самая важная часть столицы. Это административный центр. Здание парламента, резиденция британского правительства находится там. Это красивое здание с двумя башнями и очень большими часами, называется Биг Бэн. Трафальгарская площадь - сердце Лондона. Все истории Лондона содержатся в его улицах. В Лондоне находятся множество улиц, которые знамениты на весь мир.

The world-known clock. Everyday about 500 tourists come to London to see the Big Ben. Built in 1858, it was named after an architect whose name was Ben (Benjamin). The interesting fact is that you are not allowed to get inside the Big Ben if you aren’t an Englishman. No tourists allowed. The most famous museum of waxworks. It presents all famous people from singers and actors to Prime Ministers and Presidents. All the waxworks are of such a good quality, that sometimes you can mistake them for a real person.

The bridge was built at the place where (possibly since Roman times[1]) one after another, the bridges were built under one common name — London bridge.
Until 1750 it was the only place in London where there was a bridge over the Thames[1].
Modern bridge built on the site of its predecessor, opened in 1831[2][~ 1].
The modern bridge was designed in 1967 by engineer Harold N. King opened with the participation of Queen Elizabeth II on 16 March 1973[3]. The bridge is adjacent to tower bridge in the West and the railway bridge Canon street to the East.

Лондонский глаз — одно из крупнейших колёс обозрения в Европе, расположенное в лондонском районе Ламбет на южном берегу Темзы.
С высоты 135 метров (приблизительно 45 этажей) открывается вид практически на весь город. Колесо обозрения — семейный проект супругов-архитекторов Дэвида Маркса и Джулии Барфилд. Воплощение проекта в жизнь заняло шесть лет.
London Eye - One of the largest Ferris wheel in Europe, located in the London borough of Lambeth on the south bank of the Thames.
With a height of 135 meters (approximately 45 storeys) overlooking almost the entire city. Ferris Wheel - a family project spouses architects David Marks and Julia Barfield. Implementation of projects took six years.

London is the capital of Great Britain. Big Ben is the symbol of London. Many people make photos of this tower. But this building is calling House of Parlaiment. There work many ministers. The Legend says that Big Ben is the name of the tall man.

THE HISTORY OF BIG BEN
The illustrations on this page were created by students at St. George’s Primary School in Camberwell, London, as part of our "Happy Birthday, Big Ben!" project. These illustrations were previously published in a booklet about the history of Big Ben.
On 16th October 1834, the Palace of Westminster was destroyed by a fire. A HUGEfire. Londoners came out to watch it, and legend has it, Charles Barry (whom we’ll meet in a moment) was passing by in a coach and stopped to watch for a while.
There were so many spectators, they actually hampered the firemen’s efforts to douse the flames.
When the flames were put out, there wasn’t much left. Only Westminster Hall. Parliament had nowhere to meet and they had to cancel their session.
In November 1835, 13 months later, they set up a committee to re-build and they held a competition for designs.
More than 400 designs were submitted by more than 90 architects.
In the end, the committee chose the design ofCharles Barry, but here’s a little secret: His original design did NOT include a clock tower! They asked him to revise it and to add a clock tower, of course with a clock inside!
Working with his trusty (but somewhat highly strung) assistant, Augustus Welby Pugin, Charles Barry added a clock tower to his design, along with four faces, and really big bells!
But Charles Barry, quite rightly, asserted that HE was an architect, not a clockmaker. So he asked Benjamin Lous Vuillamy, clockmaker to the Queen, to design a clock.
By this time, it was 1841, so you can’t blame Charlie for wanting to get on with his project. However…. ALL the expert clockmakers across Britain were upset that he had askedBenjamin Louis Vuillamy to design the clock, without so much as an open competition.
One clockmaker, Edward Dent, wrote toGeorge Airy, Astonomer Royal, asking him to recommend him for the job. Of course, George Airy did so, and, as a result, the committee decided that George Airy should write up a list of requirements for the Great Clock. They asked him to choose the design and the clockmaker to boot!

Jack London was an American author, journalist and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone. Some of his most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote of the South Pacific in such stories as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen", and of the San Francisco Bay area in The Sea Wolf.
Jack London’s mother, Flora Wellman, was the fifth and youngest child of Pennsylvania Canal builder Marshall Wellman and his first wife, Eleanor Garrett Jones. Marshall Wellman was descended from Thomas Wellman, an early Puritan settler in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Flora left Ohio and moved to the Pacific coast when her father remarried after her mother died. In San Francisco, Flora worked as a music teacher and spiritualist claiming to channel the spirit of an Indian chief.

Dear, Ann! It’s great here in London. I have already seen a lot of interesing things. Tomorrow I will go to Trafalgar Sqear. See you soon, (твоё имя)

Dear.(напиши имя своего друга которому пишешь) i have already been( например) in Bigben(напиши какие то места в лондоне). tomorrow i’m going to visit (напиши какое то место) and walk in the fresh air. И ты уверен что там написано "see toy soon"?