Wales is the country in the west of Great Britain. It is mainly a mountainous land with a chiefly agricultural economy and an industrial and coal-mining area in the south. The landscape is beautiful. Many English people move to Wales when they retire
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Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He first went to school at the age of eight and a half. But after only three months his teacher called him “stupid” and he came home crying. From that time his mother taught him at home and he read science books by himself
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Jack London was born in 1876 in San Francisco. His real name was John Griffit. His father was a farmer. The family was extremely poor and the boy had to earn his living after school. He sold newspapers, worked at a factory
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Stratford-on-Avon, where Shakespeare was born, is now one of the most popular tourist centre’s. But it was not so many years ago. In the 18th century only a few relics of Shakespeare were left – his tomb, New Place (a large house which was built in place of Shakespeare’s own house)
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New Zealand is an island country in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. It lies about 1 600 km southeast of Australia and about 10 500 km southwest of California. New Zealand belongs to a large island group called Polynesia
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Our youth is mostly similar to the youth abroad in many aspects of life. Numerous youth organizations have been formed since the Second World War, uniting young people from all classes and sections of the population. In the USA exists a Young Republican Federation …
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San Francisco is a special place, very different from most American cities. It lies on a small finger of land with the Pacific Ocean on one side and a huge harbour on the other. San Francisco’s population is only about 1 million but it is the biggest business center in the west of the USA
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George Washington (1732-1799) won a lasting place in American History as the “Father of our Country”. For nearly twenty years he guided his country much as a father cares for a growing child. Washington lived an exciting life in exciting times. As a boy, he explored the wilderness
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The 18th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant. Any spoken sound represented by the letter R or r, as in ran, carrot, or rhyme. Something having the shape of R. A written or printed representation of the letter R or r. A device, as a printer’s type
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the 17th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant. Any spoken sound represented by the letter Q or q, as in quick, acquit, or Iraq. Something having the shape of a Q. A written or printed representation of the letter Q or q. A device, as a printer’s type
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