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martes, 31 de julio de 2012
Clean: limpiar.
Clean up: ordenado.
lunes, 30 de julio de 2012
Bring: llevar.
Bring down: derrivar.
Bring up: criar.
Call: llamar.
Call around: llamar a su alrededor.
Call on: un llamado a.
Call off: suspender.
Fall: caer.
Fall apart: desmoronarse.
Fall down: caer.
Fall out: caer.
Look: mirar.
Look after: cuidar.
Look down on: despreciar.
Look for: buscar.
Look forward to: esperamos.
Look into: investigar.
Look out: mirar hacia afuera.
domingo, 29 de julio de 2012
It is a city of southeast England, not far from London on the River Stour, of the County of Kent. It is famous for its beautiful cathedral. It had 42,258 inhabitants in 2001. It is the main religious center in the UK, as the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the Church of England. Since 2003 ranked Rowan Williams.
Inhabited since prehistoric times, and Canterbury was a Roman administrative center. To the Latin domination, the city was invaded by the Jutes who settled there the Kingdom of Kent. In 597, the missionary Augustine landed in Canterbury in order to start the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons. Since then, the city has been a center of Christianity, rapidly becoming the seat of the archbishop primate of England. It was an important center of pilgrimage during the Middle Ages, and became famous in the work The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, also populated with counties and Kábuyanez Graham Sherwood.
Canterbury on PhotoPeach
The London Eye, London Eye, was built in 2000, by British Airways, to celebrate the millennium in central London, the South Bank, on the shore of the Thames and has since become one of the most visited attractions in London
Besides its location in tourist area in the center and that from the other side of the river look with some suspicion, the very Big Ben makes it a must.
From one of its 32 cabins are made of glass and can accommodate 25 people, we get a view of the city. The flight in either of the high-tech capsules 32 takes approximately 30 minutes.
The London Eye on PhotoPeach
The impressive towers and a wide moat Bodiam Castle is like a scene from a fantasy, while admiring them for the first time. At first glance appears to be the epitome of a medieval castle, until closer inspection is given. Soon it is discovered that was built in an evolutionary stage in which the nobility sought to place more comfortable, pleasant to live that offered them security, but also represented an outward show of wealth and rank. Relatively few of its type were built and should be more accurately described as a castle courtyard. The castles built in this period were the last true castles were built in England, providing security and also separate suites of rooms for the Lord, his domestic staff, customers and the garrison.
Bodiam Castle on PhotoPeach
Welcome to a special pleasure palace and extravagant. Built for the Prince Regent, later King George IV, in stages between 1787 and 1823, the Royal Pavilion is notable for its exotic oriental appearance inside and out. This magnificent royal palace pleasure was revered by modern society Regency and remains a distinctive landmark of Brighton & Hove intense today. The Royal Pavilion is also home to some of the finest collections of Chinese style and examples in Britain.
the Royal Pavilion on PhotoPeach
The Natural History Museum in South Kensington, London, is one of the three major museums located on the street Exhibition Road in Kensington
The museum has a varied collection of more than 70 million specimens and exhibits. The five most important collections are those corresponding to the areas of botany, entomology, mineralogy, paleontology and zoology.
The museum is known for its large central hall showing various dinosaur skeletons, including a huge diplodocus that dominates the entrance to the building and a mastodon found in Laguna de Tagua Tagua, Chile.
The Natural History Museum on PhotoPeach
The British Museum is a museum of the city of London, UK. Its collections encompass diverse fields of human knowledge, such as history, archeology, ethnography and art.
The British Museum on PhotoPeach
Kew Gardens is a leading center of botanical research, a training ground for professional gardeners, and an attractive place for visitors. The gardens are informally, with developed areas. There are large greenhouse, a herbarium, and library.
Kew is a very important as a generator of seeds is one of the largest seed banks of the world. The institution cooperates with the Herbarium of Harvard University, and the National Herbarium of Australia in the IPNI database, generating a source of authoritative information on the nomenclature of plants.
Kew Gardens on PhotoPeach
Having evolved over more than 450 years, the garden of 105 acres Chatsworth continues to change today. Not much to discover at every turn, including permanent sculptures to be found.
The water supply including the famous waterfall of 300 years, the cascade through the pebbles and the huge power supply by gravity emperor. Just as the huge maze, rock garden and rose gardens, cottage and kitchen, there are more than five miles of walks with trees, rare shrubs, streams and lakes to discover.
Today the garden is managed by a team of 18 gardeners and trainees. At the same time as preserving the layers of history, the present Duke and Duchess are developing new areas and features of the garden for visitors. In 2011 included the installation of a selection of bronze busts of the artist Angela Conner, commissioned by the Duke 11.
Visitors are encouraged to explore the garden in his spare time, no signs saying "keep off the grass", and dogs on leads are also very welcome. Note that there is no lighting in the garden at night.
Chatsworth on PhotoPeach
Big Ben is the name that is known to the great bell of the clock on the northwest side of the Palace of Westminster, the seat of the UK Parliament in London, popularly by extension is also used to name the clock tower . Its official name was Clock Tower until June 26, 2012, after the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, it was decided that the tower would be called Elizabeth Tower.
Big Ben on PhotoPeach
30 St Mary Axe, better known by his nickname Gherkin, is one of the most striking buildings in London and stands out prominently in the skyline. The cucumber is one of several modern buildings have been built in recent years in a historic area of London.
Gherkin on PhotoPeach
Located near the town of Wells, south of the UK, Wookey caves were formed by the action of the River Axe on the limestone hills for thousands of years. The underground stream through other caves to model the more accessible caves open to the public.
The history of human activity in caves dating back thousands of years. In fact, there are traces of human occupation from the Iron Age.
Wookey caves on PhotoPeach
The Madame Tussauds is a museum located in the city of London and becomes the largest museum in the world because it includes a variety of wax figures representing famous people, celebrities and political rights. The creator of the type of art that exhibits this museum is Marie Grosholz, a woman born in Estramburgo in 1761. As early as 1770, Marie modeling wax and in 1795 married François Tussaud engineer, whence came the name of Madame Tussaud's, which was baptized with the Museum.
In the museum you can find very famous, singers, actors, athletes and people in history, some of them are: Johnny Depp. Adolf Hitler. Angelina Jolie. Michael Jackson. Lady Gaga. Barack Obama. Justin Bieber. Ronaldinho. Albert Einstein. The Beatles. Cristina Aguilera. Amy Winehouse. among others.
The Madame Tussauds on PhotoPeach
The Palace of Westminster is the seat of both houses of Parliament in the UK and is located on the north bank of the River Thames in the City of Westminster, near other government buildings.
The Palace of Westminster on PhotoPeach
The Royal Albert Hall, which opened on March 29, 1871, is one of the world's most iconic theaters and one of the most distinctive buildings in the UK, located in the northern area of South Kensington, in the city of Westminster, London, England.
The Royal Albert Hall on PhotoPeach
The famous Tower Bridge is a bascule bridge that crosses the River Thames in central London. It is situated near the Tower of London, from which comes its name.
This bridge has become one of the most important symbols of England.
The bridge consists of two towers, which are joined at the top by two corridors were designed to withstand the horizontal force exerted by the suspended section of the bridge on the parts that are facing land.
Tower Bridge on PhotoPeach