Summary of transports in London

In this unit I learned many things about the transports in London, for example these:

Exploring Mars is going to be very exciting, but for now it's easier to explore our own planet! In particular London. We're going to follow Freddie as he explores all the different kinds of transport in London. He starts out from his home on his bicycle. He leaves his bike at the station and gets on a train. Trains travel into London from all over the country. 1,8 million of people travel into the center of London by train.

The next part of Freddie's journey is on another kind of train called the Docklands Light Railway. These are computer-controlled trains with no drivers. The London underground is called the Tube, they was opened in 1863. The different kinds of transport link up pretty well but sometimes you have to walk from on point in the journey to next.

People use lots of other forms of transport in London. Some people use boats on the River Thames to go work. The buses and taxis travel more quickly than cars, because they have a special lanes on the road.

Summary of Maritime history

In this unit I learned many things about the maritime history of Engalnd, for example these:

In England no town is more than 170 km 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, but now is smaller than other ships and it's using to taking people on business or holiday. In Liverpool there is a great museum of maritime history. It's a got several ships in the docks outside. Inside it shows what it was like to be on some of the ships.

Between 1830 and 1930 more than 9.000.000 people from all over Europe left from the port of Liverpool to start a new life in America or Australia. In the early twentieth century there were large numbers of very elegant passenger ships. They crossed the Atlantic from Liverpool or Southampton to New York in five or six days. The most famous ship was probably the Titanic. It sank in 1912 and over 1.500 people drowned.

Summary of Horror

In this unit I learned many things about monsters like Dracula and the horror films, for example these:
People like to be scared. They love reading horror stories and watching horror movies. Some of the most famous horror stories were written by British writers. The first was published by Mary Shelley in 1818 the book was called Frankenstein.
Then was created Count Dracula, he was a vampire and he was invented by the Irish writer Branm Stoker in 1897.

Bram Stoker got the idea for Dracula while he was sitting in Highgate Cemetery in North London. Dracula is so popular that visitors to London can go on a guided Dracula tour and he always begins when it's dark.
Little history of Dracula

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. It was Count Dracula. The vampire was not drinking Mina's blood. No, it was more terrible than that. Dracula was holding Mina's face to a long cut on his chest. He was making her drink his blood. The vampire turned his head. His eyes burned with a terrible red light. Blood was dripping from his red lips and long white teeth...

Summary of The Law

In this unit I learned many things about the law, for example this:

The most famous police station in Britain is New Scotland Yard in London, but there are police stations all over the country. They've all got a blue light outside to show they are police stations. For most people the police are the face of the law. They can arrest people in the street, buy they also give information.
We visited a new police station in Lweisham, an area in south-east London. A suspected criminal bing charged wit a crime. Next the take fingerprints to check the person's identity. The machine scans fingerprints electronically and compares them with the national police database. They also take mouth swabs for analysis of DNA. Then the suspect spent a whole night in the cells.

Next day he went to court. Here 3 magistates listen to evidence from the police and witnesses. They decided if the person is guiltu or not guilty.

Summary of Supermarkets

In this unit I learned many things about the supermarkets in Britain, for example these:

Supermarkets are an important part of daily life in Britain. The five biggest supermarkets are in the centre and they sell the 80% of the groceries. The biggest is Tesco. It's got 2000 shops in Britain.
In the larger supermarkets you can buy just about anything. On the shelves you can fing all the food and drink you need. You can buy sports equipament, books toys and others. The very big supermarkets are usually on the edge of towns and most people drive to them. This of course means that they can buy more and take it home in the car.
There are many more supermarkets now than 20 years ago. People find it very convenitent to do all their shopping in one place. Now a lot of people can use online shopping to buy all products

Summary of Soap Opera

In this unit I learned many things about the Soap Operas, for example these:

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 buy soap opera magazines. These contain previews of the next week's shows.

Eastenders is set in the east end of London and has been broadcast since 1985. Coronation Street is based in Manchestar and it is the oldest soap. It was first broadcast in 1960. The there's also Emmerdale which takes placie in a village in the Yorkshire countriside.

Summary of Scotland

In this unit I learned many things about Scotland for example these:

There are 4 regions in Britain. England, Northen Ireland, Wales and Scotland.
Scotland is in the north of Britain and it have a lot of a wild spaces, for example a lot of lakes, mountains. Scotland it's a fantastic place to climbing, fishing and visiting a lot of interesting places. The scottish men sometimes wear a red kilt and play a interesting instrument called bagpipes.
An other tradition for Scotland are the Highland games. In this games, the people do a fantastic and exciting activities.
And finally the drink of Scotland is the whisky, doing by barley and yeast.