Sports

Sports play an important part of English life, particularly football and cricket. Some of the world's most famous sports began here including cricket and football.

Although cricket is officially recognized as England's national sport, for many people football (soccer) is the most important sport. Football is incredibly popular in the UK. England is home to some world class football teams, the most famous being Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool.

Cricket The first recorded cricket match took place at Coxheath, Kent in the year 1646. The first match between counties Surrey and Kent, took place on 29th June in 1709.

Before the cricket ball was invented, players would hurl stones and other lethal objects at each other. Thankfully, that's all stopped. Nowadays the modern cricket ball is much friendlier. It?s made of cork and covered with hand-stitched leather.

A formal game of cricket can last anything from an afternoon to several days. The basic concept of cricket is very similar to that of baseball; teams bat in successive innings and attempt to score runs, while the opposite team fields and attempts to bring an end to the batting team's innings.

Football dates back hundreds of years. Nowadays it is England?s premier sport. There are a total of 92 professional clubs in the English Football League. Most players are semi-professional, and have full time jobs as well. The highlight of the English football year is the FA Cup Final, held each year in May.

The English love football so much that they have turned most of their main players into elebrities; who are always at the centre of the media's attention. The likes of David Beckham, Bobby Charlton and George Best have become heroes for the hundreds of thousands of kids who are out having fun, playing football in parks, playgrounds and on the streets.

Everyone knows the rules. Just get the ball into the other teams net!

BRITISH CULTURE, BRITISH CUSTOMS AND BRITISH TRADITIONS

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A LITTLE ABOUT FOOD

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The Great British Food Fight Get ready for The Great British Food Fight

Join the nation's best chefs for a season of programmes exploring the issues around the food we eat.

Bigger and better

Loved the Big Food Fight in 2008? Then hold onto your hats, folks. In January 2009 we're bringing you The Great British Food Fight, a season of food programmes featuring four of the country's most renowned chefs.

Heston Blumenthal, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay will be celebrating the best of British food and exploring issues around animal welfare in a number of hard-hitting films.

Heston's here

The new season kicks off with Big Chef, Little Chef, in which Michelin-starred chef and 4Food new boy, Heston Blumenthal, attempts to breathe fresh life into the menu of the classic British roadside eatery, Little Chef. "I have such fond childhood memories of Little Chef," says Heston, "and was really excited about the challenge to put them well and truly back on the map." But in the kitchen, it's a world apart from the £200-a-pop meals at Heston's famous Fat Duck restaurant. Can the maverick chef really bring his passion for excellence and innovation to the iconic but struggling British institution?

Jamie pushes pork

Jamie caused a stir with his shock tactic dinner party on Jamie's Fowl Dinners serving up some home truths about the way chickens are raised for consumption. Now he's back and turning his attention to the pig-farming industry with Jamie Saves Our Bacon. "Earlier this year we showed that if you give consumers the facts about chicken welfare they will make up their own minds - and the sales of higher welfare chickens and eggs have gone through the roof as a result," he commented. "Now I want to see if we can do the same for pigs.”
Jamie will examine why Britain's pig farmers are going out of business and what can be done to support them. The programme will show exactly how pigs live and die to put pork, ham and bacon on our plates and aims to help consumers make better-informed choices.
"Pork is our second favourite meat," Jamie says, "but the British pig industry is on its knees. Our farmers say that 70% of the pork we import is from countries with lower welfare standards than ours and would have been illegal to produce here. All our farmers want is a level playing field with Europe. This programme is a unique opportunity, and the support of the British public, as well as government and retailers, is critical in deciding the future - possibly the very survival - of our pig industry."

Hugh takes on Tesco

While Jamie tackles pigs, fellow campaigner, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, is continuing his campaign to get us eating free range chicken. In Chickens, Hugh and Tesco Too, Hugh takes on Britain's biggest retailer, Tesco, which is still reluctant to join Hugh's free range chicken revolution to improve animal welfare.

The programme follows Hugh as he becomes a Tesco shareholder and tries to convince fellow shareholders to help him put his case to Tesco's board of directors. "I'm very excited about Food Fight 2 (as I like to call it)," said Hugh. "We achieved so much last time, and it was great to link up with Jamie on the whole chicken welfare story. It shows what progress we've made, but also how much further we could go if a company like Tesco decided to really get behind the issue, and use its influence to change the industry. I'm also really looking forward to Jamie's pig show, which I'll be making a little contribution to..."

Ramsay to the rescue

Gordon Ramsay will be back on our screens bringing his restaurant running experience to the aid of local eateries who are struggling to keep going as the credit crunch hits hard. In Ramsay's Great British Nightmare, Gordon will be campaigning to get viewers back into eating out and passing on tips to restaurant owners on how best to cope with the credit crunch.

Pig Business

And as part of the True Stories strand on More 4, Pig Business follows a four year investigation by eco-campaigner Tracy Worcester, the Marchioness of Worcester, looking at intensive pig farming and its impact on human and environmental health.

BRITISH MONARCHY

The monarchy of the United Kingdom, i.e. the British monarchy, is a system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories.

Elizabeth II is Head of the Commonwealth and, besides reigning in the United Kingdom, separately serves as head of state for each of fifteen other Commowealth countries. This developed from the former colonial relationship of these countries to Britain, but they are now independent and the monarchy of each is legally distinct.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_monarchy

QUEEN ELIZABETH II

As 'Head of Nation', The Queen's role is less formal, but no less important for the social and cultural functions it fulfils.

The Queen's role is to:

Þ Perform the ceremonial and official duties of Head of State, including
representing Britain to the rest of the world;

Þ Provide a focus for national identity and unity;

Þ Provide stability and continuity in times of change;

Þ Recognise achievement and excellence;

Þ Encourage public and voluntary service.

These include: providing a focus for national identity, unity and pride; giving a sense of stability and continuity; recognising success, achievement and excellence; and supporting service to others, particularly through public service and the voluntary sector.

THE QUEEN’S HOMES

Buckingham Palace is the Queen's official and main royal London home, although the Queen regularly spends time at Windsor Castle and Balmoral in Scotland.

Buckingham Palace was originally a grand house built by the Dukes of Buckingham for his wife. George IV began transforming it into a palace in 1826.
Buckingham Palace is used also for the administrative work for the monarchy. It is here in the state apartments that Her Majesty receives and entertains guests invited to the Palace.

THE UNIVERSITIES

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STUDENT EXCHANGE


Provide students the opportunity to study in more than 30 countries of the world. Summer Programs » Academic Year Abroad » Academic Semester Abroad » Teacher and Student Group Programs... are some of the programs available for High School Students. Being an exchange student is a very rewarding experience, and often a life-changing one. It often gives students the integrity they will need in their upcoming start in college and then the workplace. After having made the transition into a new culture and language, students have the confidence to pursue goals and to strive to put more from themselves whatever may be the task at hand.


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BRITISH DESIGNER

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Paul Smith
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GAMES

Playing games is an interesting way to learn English. You can have fun and learn at the same Games time!

Hangman

Word search

Daily Cartoons

Tongue-twisters

Riddles

Jokes

Teacher: If I had nine apples in one hand and eight oranges in the other, what would I have?

Anagrams

Puns

Palindromes

Pangrams

Rhymes

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