T OURISM IN LONDON

 The major attractions of London are found in the historic downtown area of ​​the city, although all areas have to offer something of interest: monuments, parks, nightlife or just their environment.

London concentrated in a single city as many tourist attractions throughout the country as a whole, many of which are completely free access.
There are certain sites that are a must if you do not have much time, of course, those who are part of the "postcard" of the city: The Palace of Westminster, home to the country's parliament, with the famous Big Ben, the Tower with world's most famous clock, the equally famous Tower Bridge, the Thames characteristic image; London Eye, the highest observation wheel in the world, from which the city views are breathtaking; centuries of history at Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace ...

Visit the many museums clearly not possible in one trip, you can even take days walking just one. Among those worth mentioning that we can cite the Natural History Museum, very interesting especially for children, the British Museum, which houses collections of jewels and priceless antiques, or the curious wax museum Madame Tussaud, while contemporary art is place in the Tate galleries. West End theater is the quintessential area for followers of this art. Shakespeare fans will find a unique space in the Shakespeare's Globe Theater.

And for lovers of the outdoors, London has about 140 parks and gardens ... 30% of the surface of green! Beautiful gardens around stately royal palaces like Buckingham Palace, the Kensington and the Royal Botanic Gardens around the small Kew Palace, and many other equally beautiful and care allow enjoy nature whenever time as changing London allows.

Of course you should not miss the traditional ceremony of the royal guard change in front of Buckingham Palace. It lasts about 45 minutes and is performed with punctuality at 11.30 pm., Daily from April to July and every other day the rest of the year, except during very rainy.

Moving away from the center of the city is Greenwich, a less busy where you can visit the Royal Observatory and the point where it passes the meridian famous. Among the curiosities latest must see the Millenium Dome, questioned work inverted dish-shaped, and the stunning Thames barrier constructed to contain the flood.

Around since leaving London, excursions include visits to the impressive Windsor Castle and Hampton Court Palace and the legendary Oxford and Cambridge, headquarters of the famous English universities. If you have time you can go to the mysterious Stonehenge archaeological site or reached up and see the historic Canterbury Cathedral.




 

Sightseeing in London

 

Londres Imperdible Catedral de Saint Paul Palacio de Buckingham Parlamento y Big Ben Abadía de Westminster Catedral de Westminster British Museum Tower Bridge Tower of London Palacio y Jardines de Kensington Hyde Park London Eye Trafalgar Square Picadilly Circus Tate Modern Gallery

Otras Atracciones La City Covent Garden Royal Albert Hall Museo Madame Tussauds Museo de Historia Natural Camden Market Notting Hill Regent Park Greenwich Millenium Dome Palacio Kew Barrera del Támesis Tate Britain Teatro Globo de Shakespeare

En los alrededores Castillo de Windsor Castillo de Leeds Cambridge Oxford Canterbury Stonehenge Palacio de Hampton Court Warwick Stratford-upon-Avon Casa Ham

 

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     AVRIL LAVIGNE

Avril Ramona Lavigne4 (Belleville, Ontario, September 27, 1984) 11 is a songwriter, fashion designer and Canadian actress. Some media and critics since its inception as the call punk.12 pop princess began his musical career in December 2001, when after a presentation at a country fair, caught the attention of producer LA Reid and signed to Arista Records.13 After the release of four studio albums, Let Go (2002), Under My Skin (2004), The Best Damn Thing (2007) and Goodbye Lullaby (2011). Lavigne has sold about 40 million copies and 35 million singles worldwide, having five number one singles worldwide, "Complicated", "Sk8er Boi", "I'm With You", "My Happy Ending", "Girlfriend »14 15 His success is due to its influence on the paths of passing power pop and punk mixed in a proprietary formulation only ella.16 Avril is also, according to Forbes, one of the richest young celebrities in the world, with a fortune estimated at over 100 million dólares.17

In a survey created by Rolling Stone to choose the 100 best songs and albums between 2000 and 2009, the song "Complicated" and the album Let Go won the eighth and fourth, respectively.18 The singer is also holder of Guinness record as the youngest female singer take a debut album to the charts in the UK, with 18 years and 106 days old, on January 11, 2003, as it spent 18 weeks at number one of the list , with his album Let Go.19 the same was also at position 162 in the list of the best albums of the Hall of Fame Rock.20

ALBUMS :

2002-2003: Let Go

2004-2005: Under My Skin

2006-2008: The Best Damn Thing

2009-2011: Goodbye Lullaby

2012  Three months after the release of Goodbye Lullaby, Lavigne announced that it had begun work on their fifth album estudio.134 explained that the new album would be musically the opposite of Goodbye Lullaby, Lavigne 134 stated that "[Goodbye Lullaby] was milder [but] the next one will be pop and more fun again. Now I have a song that I know will be a simple, only I have to re-record "134 135 136 In July 2011, the singer revealed the titles of two songs that could be included on her fifth album," Fine "and" Gone "both songs were originally recorded for Goodbye Lullaby, but ultimately were not included in it. It was also confirmed that it is working with the musical production duo The Runners at its next álbum.137 is expected Lavigne's fifth album is released in 2012, because she mentioned that you want to throw on a date próxima.134 138,139 However, no release date has been confirmed by the singer or his seal discográfico.138 in an interview in January 2012, said his next album "will have little resemblance to Let Go" and that "his voice and show much have several collaborations with him "139 on the musical influences, said he had" been hearing some English bands »139

In October 2011, Lavigne said in an interview with Virgin Radio 96 that it would begin production of the album in January 2012, 140 at the end of that year, Lavigne confirmed that she had moved to Epic Records, a label currently headed by LA Reid.141 142

On October 17, 2012 can be known by a famous Japanese magazine that the Canadian singer will provide two songs for the animated film One Piece Film Z, 143 based on the popular Japanese comic One Piece. The songs are 'Bad Reputation' and 'How You Remind Me'. The film opens in Japanese theaters on December 15, 2012

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        OLYMPIC

 

HISTORY

 
The ancient Olympic Games (named place in the city of Olympia) were religious festivals, cultural and sporting events held in ancient Greece (776 a. C. - 392 AD.) in honor of the Olympian gods. Athletes participating in them, they should be citizens and men, and who trained for years in gyms.
There are many legends about the origin of the ancient Olympic Games. One associates the first Games with the concept of ancient Greece ἐκεχειρία (ekecheiria) or Olympic truce or peace. One of the most popular myths identifies Heracles and Zeus, father of the progenitors of the Games. According to a legend mentioned by Pindar, Heracles who was called "Olympics" to a series of sporting events in honor of his father Zeus and the custom of celebrating four years in addition to the idea persists that after completing his twelve labors, built the Olympic stadium in honor of Zeus. After its completion, he went straight 200 steps and called this "distance Stadion" (Greek: στάδιον, Latin: stadium, "stage"), which later became a unit of distance. The date of commencement of such calendar serves as a reference to Hellenic and is considered in the year 776. C., although the views of some scholars place it among the year 884 a. C. and 704 a. C.

 

 

Modern games

The modern Olympic Games were established in the sporty look in 1896 by Pierre de Coubertin and until today still practiced.

In 1829 the French government, and in 1875, the German government, made excavations to unearth Olympia. In 1881 the ruins were completely bare.

Though always spoken of the rebirth of the Olympic Games, the fact is attributed to Pierre de Coubertin France and is called the father of the modern Olympic Games, the truth is that the first attempt was made in Greece, thanks to the enthusiasm of a Greek called Zappas Gospels, long before it was thought in France. So in Greece were made the first modern Olympic Games on November 15, 1859, the November 15, 1870, on May 18, 1875 and May 18, 1889. [Citation needed]

The attempt failed due to lack of enthusiasm and support from other countries. Another important factor was that the sponsor did not have many ideas of organization, unlike the Baron de Coubertin, who sought out the leaders of college and amateur athletics school in the world, who received his help.

Lighting the Olympic Flame at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City 2002

Thrilled with the splendor of ancient Greece and the beauty of the Olympic Games Gospels Zappas, who lived in Romania, first contributed to the project and, after the first failure, at his death bequeathed his entire fortune for the rebirth of the Olympic Games Greece.

Although the games that were part of this first attempt did not achieve success - we must remember that the first was in 1859, thirty-seven years before the first modern Olympic Games officially - formed a bond between past and future .

Baron Pierre de Coubertin wrote in the early twentieth century: "Olympia and the Olympics are symbols of an entire civilization, superior to countries, cities, military heroes and ancestral religions." As a cadet at the Military Academy St. Cyr, the noble Frenchman gave up his studies in political science and became interested in sociology and education. He traveled around the world and was impressed by the interest of the Anglo-Saxons (British and American) in sports. Attracted by the exploration work in Olympia, and the vain efforts to revive the Olympic Games made in Greece by Zappas, and believed that athletic competition could result in international understanding, is dedicated to the task of reviving himself , the Olympics, with the participation of all countries of the world. He had the courage and the help of a Dominican Catholic priest Henri Didon, which would be the inspiration of the Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius" (Faster, Higher, Stronger).

Coubertin presented his project to the Athletic Sports Union and Paris in late 1892, after careful public relations work.

Coubertin was a persistent man and soon had an opportunity to request support from other countries, when the French Sports Union organized an international conference on Amateurism. The congress was held in 1894, Coubertin was a surprisingly strong support from such prominent men as the Duke of Sparta, Prince of Wales, Crown Prince of Sweden, King of Belgium and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Also present were delegates from Argentina, Greece, Russia, Italy and Spain. There were also official statements from Germany and Austria-Hungary, expressing interest in the project.

The enthusiastic delegates decided not to wait until 1900, the year that was deemed appropriate to begin computing the Olympics, but the event scheduled for the year 1896, in Athens, near the site of the ancient Olympics. It was agreed that the Games are held every four years, moving the headquarters to different cities in the world and to be elected an International Olympic Committee with full authority to govern the Games.

 

 

 

 

Olímpicos1 or Olympics Games, 2, or simply shorthand and Olympics are multidisciplinary sporting events involving athletes from around the world, in ancient Greece were dedicated to the god Zeus. There are two types of Olympics: Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics, which take place in a range, including four years. The organization responsible for conducting them is the International Olympic Committee (for short, IOC). The current Olympic Games were inspired by the eighth century BC by the ancient Greeks organized in the city of Olympia, between 776 to. C. and 393 d. C. In the nineteenth century, the idea of ​​making some events similar to those organized in antiquity, which would be realized primarily through the efforts of the French nobleman Pierre Fredy, Baron de Coubertin. The first edition of the so-called Olympics of the modern era was held in Athens, capital of Greece. Since that time, the Summer Olympics have been held every four years in various parts of the planet, the only exceptions being the editions of 1916, 1940 and 1944, due to the outbreak of the First and Second World War. The Olympic symbol consists of five rings represent the five continents of the world: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Are intertwined to symbolize the friendship of all peoples sport. The Winter Olympics were first held in 1924 in the French town of Chamonix. Originally performed as part of the summer event, the IOC considered them as a separate event retroactively, and from that date began to be held in the same year as the original games. Subsequently, in order to foster the development of winter events, the IOC decided to delay the implementation of the Winter Olympics from Lillehammer 1994. Since then, the Winter Olympics are held in even years between two Summer Games. In 2007, the IOC decided to incorporate a new type of event: Youth Olympic Games, which began to be held from 2010 and 2012 editions of summer and winter, respectively. The next Summer Olympics be held in London, UK, in 2012, while the Winter Olympics will be held in Sochi, Russia in 2014.

 

 

PAST TENSE

Simple Past tense is used to describe actions that happened at an earlier time and have already completed, for example:

Expressing a sentence in Past Simple means that the action is unrelated to the present, as shown in the following cases:

I lost the keys. He lost the keys.

(Perhaps in this the've found).

She lent me a book. She lent me a book.

(You might already have returned it).

It is also possible to indicate the time when the action is to indicate the time more accurately:

They saw the movie last night. They saw the movie last night.

We went to London yesterday. We went to London yesterday.

In order to form a sentence in past tense we must distinguish two types: regular verbs and irregular verbs.

In the first case are the Simple Past ED adding the ending to the infinitive, while the irregulars are so called not to follow a particular pattern and in this case must be studied individually.