составить саммери с текста пожжж....... In 1608 an Englishman whose name was Thomas Coryate visited Italy. He liked the country and noted down every interesting thing he found. But there was one thing which he found more interesting than the others. In his diary Thomas wrote, "When the Italians eat meat, they use small forks. They do not eat with hands because, as they say, people do not always have clean hands." Before leaving for England, Thomas Coryate bought a few forks. At home Thomas gave a dinner party to show the invention to his friends. When the servants brought the steak, he took out a fork and began to eat like they did in Italy. Everybody looked at him in surprise. When he told his friends what it was, they all wanted to take a good look at the strange thing. All his friends said that the Italians were very strange people because the fork was very inconvenient. Thomas Coryate tried to prove the opposite. He said it was not nice to eat meat with one's fingers because they were not always clean. Everybody got angry at that. Did Mr Coryate think that people in England always had dirty hands? And weren't the ten fingers we had enough for us? Thomas Coryate wanted to show that it was very easy to use the fork. But the first piece of meat he took with the fork fell to the floor. His friends began to laugh and he had to take the fork away. Only fifty years later did people in England begin to use forks.

places of interest in londonthere are a lot of places of interest in london. among them there are: westminster abbey,the houses of parliament, buckingham palace, st paul’s cathedral, london bridge, the tower of london. london stands on the river thames. crossing the river by the tower bridge you can see the tower of london. it is one of the oldest buildings of the city. many centuries ago it was a fortress, a royal palace and then a prison. now it is a museum of arms. on the bank of the thames, not far from the tower of london, you can see westminster palace, or the houses of parliament. it is the seat of the british government and it is one of the most beautiful buildings in london. in one of its towers there is famous big ben, the largest clock of england. it strikes every quarter of an hour.london is also famous for its beautiful parks. hyde park is the most democratic park in the world, as anyone can say anything he likes there. regent’s park is the home of london zoo.  

лондона есть много достопримечательностей в лондоне. среди них: вестминстерское аббатство, дома парламента, букингемский дворец, собор святого павла, лондонский мост, лондонский тауэр.  

лондон стоит на темзе. переходя реку по таурскому мосту можно сразу увидеть тауэр. это одно из старейших зданий города. много веков назад это была крепость, королевский дворец, а затем тюрьма. теперь это музей оружия.  

на берегу темзы, недалеко от лондонского тауэра, вы можете увидеть вестминстерский дворец, или дома парламента. он является резиденцией правительства великобритании и является одним из самых красивых зданий в лондоне. в одной из башен есть известный биг-бен, крупнейшие часы . они бьют каждую четверть часа.лондон также знаменит своими красивыми парками. гайд-парк является самым демократичным парком в мире, поскольку каждый может говорить здесь все, что он хочет. лондонский зоопарк находится в ридженс парке.