THE GOLDEN COMPASS

A young girl named Lyra belaquea lives in Oxford, England. The children there have been mysteriously disappearing. When Lyra's best friend Roger disappears, Lyra decides to go North to find him. She finds herself in a terrible and dangerous adventure. This is a the first par of His Dark Materials, the trilogy by Philip Pullman

SUMMAYR: HEALTHCARE

Sometimes, we just don't felt well. What happens then? Some people have medical insurance but most people can't afford it and reply on the National Helath Service, the NHS. This is provided gobernement in Britain. The NHS has send everybody in Britain a Self-Help Guide. This will help you diagnose what is worng and find the best treatment.

SUMMARY:COMPUTERS

Computers are a very important part of our lifes. They tell us about delays to transport. They drive trains analyse evidence and control buldings.

Did you know that 60 % of homes in Britain have got a PC ?

In the computers you can also palay a computer games and wiew films. Polices agences and schools use this fantastics machintes too.

SUMMARY: TRANSPORT

In London there're some diferents transports: bike, train, motorbike, cars, bus...

Some people in london use trains and buses to travell to their works.

London underground, usually called The Tube was the first on the world when it opened in 1863.

The different kinds of transport link up pretty well but sometimes you have to talk from one point in the journey to the next.

SUMMARY: MARITIME STORY

Britain has very important history of ships and the sea. The British Navy was the biggest nave in the world at one time. Now it is smaller, but many other ships are still used for importing and exporting goods and for taking people on business or holiday. In Liverpool there is a great museum of maritime story. Inside it shows what it was like to be on some of the ships. The ships used only sails achived very high speeds.

SUMMARY: HORROR STORIES

People like to be scared. They love readin horror stories and watching horror movies. Some of the most famous horror stories were written by British writers.

Ther first was published by Mary Shelley in 1818- Frankenstein. There ares some films about Frankenstein. Other popular horror character is Dracula, it was a vampire created in 1897 by the Irish writer Bran Stoker

SUMMARY: THE LAW

The most famous police station in Britain is New Scotland Yeard, in London. But there are police stations all over the country. They have all got a blue ligth outside to show they are police stations. Lewisham is a new police station in south-east London. Suspects can be kept in the cells at the police station for several hours. In the court three magistrates listen to evidence from the police and witnesses. They then decide if the person is guilty or not guilty. Police officers go out on horses every day.

SUMMARY: SUPERMARKETS

Supermarkets are an important part of daily life in Britain. The 80% of all food and drink comes from the five biggest supermarkets. Tesco has got nearly 2000 shops in Britains. It is the five biggest supermarket in the world. Most people in Britain buy their clothes from two of the big supermarkets. Other inportants supermarkets are Sinsuburs and Asada.

In the larger supermarkets you can buy just about anything: food and drink, sport equipment, gammes, books, toys and some interesting things

SUMMARY: SOAP OPERA

The most popular British soap operas are the EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emerlde . Coronation Street is the older soap opera.

This soapo operas are a popular dramas about the live of diferent people.

Some people buy a soap opera megazine, there are also web sites for all the main soap operas.

In this sites, you can see the nexts episodes and read important informations.

SUMARY: SCOTLAND

There are four main regions in Britain: Englan, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland.

Scodland is in the nord of Britain. There're some lakes and mountains in Scotland but also there're modern shops and museums.

Ther majority of scotish people live in Edinburg and Glasgow and the sport is bery inportant for them. The most popular sports are golf, criket and beaseball.