|of the cities I’d like to visit. | | |

|I know a lot about it- I have studied its map, seen| | |

|a lot of postcard, talked to people who have been | | |

|there. | | |

|Sometimes I close my eyes & imagine I walk down | | |

|Piccadilly, Regent or Oxford street, cross the | | |

|Thames by London or Tower bridge, or knock on the | | |

|door of #10 Downing street, just to say «Hi» to the| | |

|Prime Minister. | | |

|The city is really large- more than 8 million | | |

|people live in the so- called Greater L- that is, L| | |

|& its suburbs. | | |

|The oldest pert of L is the City, the financial & | | |

|business centre of the country. | | |

|The finest part of L is the West End with long | | |

|streets of fine shops, theatres, picture galleries,| | |

|restaurants, beautiful parks. | | |

|St. James Park, Green Park, Kensington Gardens, & | | |

|Hyde Park with its Speaker’s Corner where you can | | |

|go up on a platform, & speak freely on the topic | | |

|that you find vital. | | |

|The East End is something quite different. | | |

|It is the industrial part of L, there are factories| | |

|& docks there, & blocks of flats where working | | |

|people live. | | |

|Naturally, L is a cultural, scientific, & | | |

|industrial centre of the country, & it means that a| | |

|lot of interesting things are taking place there | | |

|all the time. | | |

|It is rather pointless trying to describe all the | | |

|beauties & sights of L. | | |

|As they say, it’s better to see something once than| | |

|to hear about it a thousand times. | | |

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|TV. | | |

|Watching TV is certainly the most popular adult | | |

|leisure activity everywhere | | |

|83% of our citizens asked in the survey say they | | |

|watch TV at least once a month. | | |

|Most people regard TV as a form of recreation, they| | |

|just want to relax & get some thrills. | | |

|And the best thing for this is home. | | |

|TV offers a very diverse stream of information & | | |

|entertainment- news, documentaries, cartoons, | | |

|movies, sports, games. | | |

|Some people spend hours watching everything that is| | |

|shown. | | |

|I am not a TV addict, I prefer radio, because you | | |

|can do something & listen to it at the same time. | | |

|Mostly it’s music, which helps up to keep a good | | |

|spirits, the latest news & some useful information.| | |

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|But what I like best is a good intelligent book. | | |

|Someone said that reading to the mind is what | | |

|exercise is to the body. | | |

|Books cannot be replaced by all the mass media in | | |

|the world. | | |

|Reading is a perfect combination of business & | | |

|pleasure, of intellectual work & entertainment. | | |

|So, I switch off TV & open a book. | | |

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|Cinema. | | |

|Cinema is the favourite & most widespread form of | | |

|entertainment both for children & adults. | | |

|Everyone finds smth that satisfies one’s tastes. | | |

|The viewers are transported to the screen, & take | | |

|part in the action, performing the most | | |

|extraordinary deeds that they would never do in | | |

|real life. | | |

|People.identify themselves with the characters, & | | |

|they worship the movie stars , whom they want to | | |

|imitate. | | |

|There are films that are real works of art. | | |

|They require some thoughtful viewing. | | |

|When I want to go to the cinema I usually see the | | |

|programme what films are on. | | |

|Then I phone my friends & we discuss what films to | | |

|see. | | |

|I prefer feature films but also enjoy cartoons & | | |

|popular science films.. | | |

|To see a good love story, musical or detective film| | |

|is a very pleasant way of spending free time. | | |

|The last film I saw was the screen version of the | | |

|novel Gone with the wind- by M.Mitchel. | | |

|It’s an old film, but still it enjoys great | | |

|popularity. | | |

|The cast is led by great actress Vivien Leugh. | | |

|I was deeply impressed by acting & the film itself.| | |

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|It hasn’t lost its visual splender by the passage | | |

|of time. | | |

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