SUMMARY

UNIT 1:SCOTLAND

Scotland is in the north Britain. Is famous for it's lakes and it's modern shops and restaurants. The majority of Scottish live in Edinburg and Glasgow. Scotland has got some unusual tradition. Scottish men sometimes wear a tartan rather than trousers. There is a traditional Scottish sport called the bagpipes. Scotland is famous for its whisky. Whisky is a drink made from barley, yeast and water.

UNIT 2: SOAP OPERAS



The most popular British soap operas are East
Enders and Coronation Street. These are popular dramas about the lives of ordinary people. There are usually three to five episodes each week. There are also web sites for all the main soap operas. These have got information about the actors and stories from future episodes. EastEnders is set in the east end of London and has been broadcast since 1985. Coronation Street is based in Manchester and it is the oldest soap.









UNIT 3: SUPERMARKET

Supermarkets are an important part of daily life in Britain. The five biggest supermarkets. Tesco is the biggest. It s got nearly 2,000 shops in Britain and is the third biggest supermarket in the world. There are many more supermarkets now than 20 years ago. 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. But not everyone likes supermarkets. Small shops in towns and villages are closing because supermarkets can sell the same things cheaper. As a result, the big supermarkets have started to open small shops in town and city centres. Many supermarkets are open 24 hoys a day and seven days a week.


UNIT 4: THE LAW

The most famous polive station in Britain is New Scotland Yard in London, but there are polive 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. We visited a new polive station in Lewisham, an area in south-esast London. A suspected criminal is being charged with a crime. Next they take fingerprints to check the person s identity. This machine scans fingerprints electronically and compares them with the national polive database. Suspects can be kept in the cells at the police station for several hours.

UNIT 5: HORROR STORIES

People like to be scared. They love readin horror stories and watching horror movies. Some of the most famous horror stories were written by British writers.
Ther first was published by Mary Shelley in 1818- Frankenstein. There ares some films about Frankenstein. Other popular horror character is Dracula, it was a vampire created in 1897 by the Irish writer Bran Stoker.

UNIT 6: MARITIME HISTORY

In England no town is more than 170 kilometres from the sea. So it's no surprise that Britain has a very important history of ships and the sea. The British Navy was the biggest navy in the world at one time. In Liverpool there is a great museum of maritime history. It's got several 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 sinking of the Titanic was a terrible maritime desaster. The Queen Mary 2 is the world's biggest cruise ship.

UNIT 7: TRANSPORT IN LONDON

He leaves his bike at the station and gets on a train. Trains travel into London from all over the country. 1.8 million people travel into the centre of London be train every day. These are computer- contrlled trains with no drivers. For many people, the journey by train takes them to a convenient Underground station. Freddoe catches a bus for the last part of his journey. As well as the famous red double-decker buses, London has now got double-length buses-called 'bendy buses' because of the way they fo round corners.

UNIT 8: COMPUTERS

Computers are a very important part of our lives. Thery tell us abourt delays to transport. They drive trains, analyse evidence and control buildings. Computers are a very important part of most areas of life in Britain- librarie, the polive and in school.




UNIT 9: HEALTHECARE

Sometimes, we just don't felt well. Some people have medical insurance but most people can't afford it and reply on the National Helath Service, the NHS. This is provided gobernement in Britain. The NHS has send everybody in Britain a Self-Help Guide. This will help you diagnose what is worng and find the best treatment.