Carla's Portfolio 4t: SUMARY CHAPTER 4, England

What do the English like doing?

Popular hobbies include gardening and DIY (Do It Yourself). Fishing in rivers is a common activity. Teenagers enjoy clubbing (going to nightclubs with their friends). In the past, people went for seaside holidays in places like Brighton or Scarborough, but now they prefer foreign holidays because it is often cheaper to go abroad. And shopping is always a popular activity.

What is there to eat in England?

Most English people eat breakfast, lunch and dinner. In addition, there are elevenses (snack at about 11 a.m.), tea (in the afternoon at about 4 p.m.) and supper (a light meal before bed). English food doesn’t have a good reputation in other countries but there are some delicious dishes:

-Fish and chips: is made using white fish such as cod, haddock or plaice, which is fried in batter.

-Roast dinner: is the traditional English Sunday lunch of roast meat, such as lamb or beef, together with roast potatoes and lots of vegetables.

-Stilton cheese: is a blue cheese with a very strong taste and many people call it the King of Cheeses.

-English cakes and biscuits are very popular with English people and with tourists.

-A cream tea is usually eaten in the afternoon and many include scones, butter, jam and cream.

A full English breakfast is a good way to start the day if you aren’t on a diet, because includes sausages, grilled tomatoes, mushrooms, fried eggs, fried bread and a cup of strong tea.

Curry isn’t originally English but they love curries. Curry came to England from South Asia, but it became very popular after World War II.

Sport

The main sporting events in an English year are: the FA Cup, the Oxford-Cambridge boat race, the Grand National and the Derby, Wimbledon, the Open Golf, the Six Nations and international Test Matches.

The English say that they invented football but so do other countries.

It was so popular in the Middle Ages that some kings banned it because the players became very angry and noisy and it stopped men from preparing for war.

Teams at the top of the English Premier football league are very rich and have some of the best players in the world.

Cricket is played by many English-speaking nations, and the matches can last for five days, four days or one day. The shortest from of the sport is called 20-20 and England won the world championship in 2010 when they beat strong teams from South Africa, Sir Lanka and Australia.

Celebrations

Christmas and Easter are the most important festivals for the English but there are many others. Most English children look forward to Fireworks’ Night or Guy Fawkes Night on 5^th November.

Another date is 1^st April or April Fool’s Day. On this day, people are allowed to play jokes on other people.

Music

English pop and rock music is popular all over the world. From Rolling Stones and the Beatles to Elton John (1960s) to Coldplay and Radiohead (2000s), it has developed over the years and is still developing now.

Ionic Places

Stonehenge and Hadrian’s Wall are some examples from the early history of Britain. Tower of London was build when the Normans came. The White Tower was the original main building.

The Crown Jewels are kept in the Jewel Hose at the tower. Large black birds called ravens have lived in the Tower since the late eighteenth century.

As well as castles, England also has many famous cathedrals. Canterbury Cathedral, York Minister, Salisbury and Lincoln Cathedrals are some of the most beautiful. And Westminster Abbey and St Paul’s are cathedrals which members of the royal family get married.

In Britain there are also many great houses in England such as Chatsworth House and Blenheim Place.

The Lake District is one of the most attractive landscapes in the UK and was loved by the Romantic poets.

The white cliffs of Dover are well-known as they are the first thing that you see if you come to England by ship from France.

Ionic People

England had many famous people, such as Queen Elizabeth I, Shakespeare, Isaac Newton, Dickens, Darwin and Winston Churill.

-Princes Diana was the wife of Prince Charles but became unhappy in her marriage. She died in a car crash in Paris in 1997.

-John Lennon wrote most of the songs of the Beatles with Paul McCartney. He was murdered in New York in 1980.

-Margaret Thatcher was the first woman to become Primer Minister of the UK. Some British supported Margaret and her ideas but she also had strong enemies.

-David Beckham is probably the most famous English footballer of the 1990s and 2000s

England is a country with castles, cathedrals and strong traditions, but it is also a place of surprises and new ideas!