WE LEARN ENGLISH. PART I. Ромаданова О.Н - 34 стр.

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There are two addresses in London that the whole world knows. One is 10
Downing Street, where the Prime Minister lives. The other is Buckingham
Palace. This famous palace, first built in 1703, is in the very centre of London.
It is two places, not one. It is a family house, where children play and grow up.
It is also the place where presidents, kings, and politicians go to meet the Queen.
Buckingham Palace is like a small town, with a police station, two post
offices, a hospital, a bar, two sports clubs, a disco, a cinema and a swimming pool.
There are 600 rooms and three miles of red carpet. Two men work full-time to look
after the 300 clocks. About 700 people work in the Palace.
The Queen’s Day
When the Queen gets up in the morning, seven people look after her. One
starts her bath, one prepares her clothes, and one feeds the Royal dogs. She has
eight or nine dogs, and they sleep in their own bedroom near the Queen’s
bedroom. Two people bring her breakfast. She has coffee from Harrods, toast,
and eggs. Every day for fifteen minutes, a piper plays Scottish music outside her
room and the Queen reads “The Times”.
Every Tuesday evening, she meets the Prime Minister. They talk about
world news and have a drink, perhaps a gin and tonic or a whisky.
An Invitation to the Palace
When the Queen invites a lot of people for dinner, it takes three days to
prepare the table and three days to do the washing-up. Everybody has five
glasses: one for red wine, one for white wine, one for water, one for port, and
one for liqueur. During the first and second courses, the Queen speaks to the
person on the left and then she speaks to the person on her right for the rest of
the meal. When the Queen finishes her food, everybody finishes and it is time
for the next course!
True/False
1. The Palace is more than two hundred years old.
2. It is famous because it is in the center of London.
3. The same person starts the Queen’s bath, prepares her clothes, and feeds the dogs.
4. The dogs sleep in the Queen’s bedroom.
5. The Queen and the Prime Minister go out for a drink on Tuesday night.
Questions
1. “Buckingham Palace is two places, not one.” How?
2. Why is it like a small town?
3. Are there many clocks?
4. How many dogs does the Queen have?
5. What newspaper does she read?
6. What sort of music does the piper play?
7. Why do people have five glasses on the table?
8. Who does the Queen speak to during a meal?
9. What happens when the Queen finishes her food?
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