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Though Washington was sometimes hunted like a fox,

and the American army was soon able to drive the British forces from Boston.

In 1789 he became the first president of the USA. Americans say about Washington that he

was "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen".

When he arrived in Cambridge, he found an army without military training and set about drilling and training soldiers

he shared the cold and hunger of his ragged troops.

They hoped they would

people left England for America.

They had decided to make homes for themselves in

have a better life there.

In 1620, a group of

the new land across the ocean.

As their settlements were called "colonies", the people

were called "colonists".

After a stormy voyage across the Atlantic, their small ship,

the "Mayflower", reached the shores of the new land.

Those early settlers built their first colonies and began to

explore the new country which they called New England.

The American colonies grew bigger and bigger, they prospered, but they were for a long time

colonies were formed.

Soon more and more European settlers came and more

which was called the War of Independence.

In 1776 the thirteen young American colonies united and began a war against England for freedom and independence,

ruled by England, and all the riches of the new country belonged to England.

They won the victory and a new nation was born

American nation, and is called Independence Day.

The leaders of the new state decided they would form a republic which would have no king but

which became the United States of America.

July 4, 1776, is still celebrated as "the birthday" of the

would have a President, who was to be chosen every four years.

He is now called

England by William,duke of Normandy, and established the Normans as the rulers of England.

The battle of Hastings (Oct. 14, 1066) is a battle that ended in the defeat of Harold II of

Americans in the war, became the first President.

George Washington (1732-1799) who had led the

"The Father of the United States".

On September 27 William crossed to England unopposed, with an army of 4,000 to 7,000 cavalry and infantry, disembarking

at Pevenseyin Sussex and moving eastward along the coastto Hastings.

Harold, learning of his landing on about October 2, hurried southward and by October

13 was approaching Hastings with about 7,000 men, many of whom were half-armed, untrained peasants.

Harold's predecessor, the childless Edward the Confessor, had at first probably designated William, a cousin, as his heir but

on his deathbed (Jan. 5, 1066) granted the kingdom to Harold, earl of Wessex and the most powerful man in the kingdom; Harold was crowned king the next day.

Harold's English army, lacking archers and cavalry, prepared

ridge 10 miles (16km) northwest of Hastings.

At dawn on October 14 William moved toward Harold's army, which was occupying a

for defense on the protected summit of the ridge.

William disposed his army for attack, archers in

front, infantrymen behind, and the knights in three groups to the rear.

William checked its flight and throughout the day launched on the English position a

series of alternate cavalry charges and flights of arrows.

William therefore threw in his cavalry, which was so badly mauled by the English

opened the Norman attack but suffered heavily from English slings and spears.

His men, too closely ranged, provided an excellent target for William's archers, who

infantry, wielding two-handed battle-axes, that it fled.

Gradually the English were worn down; two of Harold's

leaving William the winner of one of the most daring gambles in history.

By two feigned retreats he drew considerable numbers of Englishmen from

brothers fell, and in the late afternoon he himself was killed.

The leaderless English fought on until dusk, then broke; after a last rally they scattered,

their position and then turned and annihilated them.

After the battle his army moved to isolate London,

where William I was crowned king on December 25.

Queen Elizabeth II, in full Elizabeth Alexandra Queen Elizabeth II, in full Elizabeth Alexandra Mary,

officially ElizabethII, by the Graceof God, of theUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of her other realms and territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith is the queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from February 6, 1952.

Elizabeth was the elder daughter of Albert, duke of York, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. As the child of a younger son of King George V, the young Elizabeth had little prospect of acceding to the throne

until her uncle, Edward VIII (afterward duke of Windsor), abdicated in her father's favour on December 11, 1936, at which time her father became King George VI and she became heir presumptive.

During World War II she and her sister, Princess Margaret Rose, perforce spent much of their time safely away from

to a governess, Marion Crawford; the princess was also grounded in history by C.H.K. Marten, afterward provost of Eton College , and had instruction from visiting teachers in music and languages.

The princess's education was supervised by hermother, who entrusted her daughters

queen to South Africa.

Early in 1947 Princess Elizabeth went with the king and

the London blitz and separated from their parents, living mostly at Balmoral Castle in Scotland and at the Royal Lodge, Windsor, and Windsor Castle.

The marriage took

Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten of the Royal Navy, formerly PrincePhilip of Greece and Denmark.

On the eve of the wedding her father, the king, conferred upon the bridegroom the titles

place in Westminster Abbey on November 20, 1947.

After her return there was an announcement of her betrothal to her distant cousin

of duke of Edinburgh, earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich.

Their first child, Prince Charles (Charles Philip Arthur George),

was born November 14, 1948, at Buckingham Palace.

In the summer of 1951 the health of King George VI entered into a serious decline, and

Princess Elizabeth represented him at the Trooping the Colour and on various other state occasions.

They took residence at

Clarence House in London.

During World War II she and her sister, Princess Margaret Rose, perforce spent much of their time safely away from

brothers fell, and in the late afternoon he himself was killed.

On October 7 she and her husband set out on a

highly successful tour of Canada and Washington , D.C.

Gradually the English were worn down; two of Harold's

the London blitz and separated from their parents, living mostly at Balmoral Castle in Scotland and at the Royal Lodge, Windsor, and Windsor Castle.

After Christmas in England she and the duke set out in January 1952 for a tour of Australia and New Zealand, but

at once flew back to England.

The first three months of her reign, theperiod of full

mourning for her father, were passed in comparative seclusion.

Elizabeth, now queen,

en route, at Sagana, Kenya, news reached them of the king's death on February 6, 1952.

Beginning in November 1953 the queen and theduke of Edinburgh made a six-month round-the-world tour of the

June 2, 1953.

But in the summer, after she had moved from Clarence House to Buckingham Palace,

Commonwealth, which included the first visit to Australia and New Zealand by a reigning British monarch.

Her coronation was held at Westminster Abbey on

she undertook the routine duties of the sovereign and carried out her first state opening of Parliament on November 4, 1952.

In 1961 she made the first royal British tour of the Indian subcontinent in 50 years, and she was also the first reigning

British monarch to visit South America (in 1968) and the Persian Gulf countries (in 1979).

During her “Silver Jubilee” in 1977, she presided at a London banquet attended by the leaders of the 36 members

visits to various European nations, she and the duke visited Canada and the United States.

In 1957, after state

of the Commonwealth, traveled allover Britain and Northern Ireland, and toured overseas in the South Pacific and Australia, in Canada, and in the Caribbean.

Elizabeth's first grandchild (Princess Anne's son)

he was named prince of Wales on July 26, 1958, and was so invested on July 1, 1969.

The queen's other children were Princess Anne (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise), born August 15, 1950; Prince Andrew (Andrew Albert Christian Edward), born February 19, 1960, and created duke of York in 1986;

and Prince Edward (Edward Anthony Richard Louis), born March 10, 1964. All these children have the surname “of Windsor,” but in 1960 Elizabeth decided to create the hyphenated name Mountbatten-Windsor for other descendants not styled prince or princess and royal highness.

On the accession of Queen Elizabeth, her son Prince Charles became heir apparent;

was born on November 15, 1977.

However, after the failed marriage of her son and Diana, princess of Wales, and Diana's death

family's domestic life in 1970 and condoning the formal dissolution of her sister's marriage in 1978.

In line with her earlier attempts at modernizing the monarchy, the queen,

in 1997, popular feeling in Britain turned against the royal family, which was thought to be out of touch with contemporary British life.

The queen seemed increasingly aware of the modern role of the monarchy, allowing, for example, the televising of the royal

after 1997, sought to present a less-stuffy and less-traditional imageof the monarchy.

She is known to favour simplicity in court life and is also known to take a serious and

attends races, and periodically visits the Kentucky stud farms in the United States.

Privately she has become a keen horsewoman; she keeps racehorses, frequently

informed interest in government business, aside from the traditional and ceremonial duties.

Her financial and property holdings have made her

one of the world's richest women.

If you have excess luggage,

in order to check in about an hour before your flight.

When travelling by air you have to get to the airport early

where someone will check your ticket and weigh your luggage.

If you have a lot of luggage, you can put it on a trolley and push it to the check-in desk

it can be expensive.

A light bag is classified as hand luggage and you can

on a conveyer belt and carried away.

Your heavy luggage is put

take it with you on the plane.

An immigration officer looks at your passport and a security guard checks

your hand luggage before you go into the departure lounge to wait till your flight is called.

You go through the departure gate, then there is sometimes a security check

buy some cheap duty free goods here.

Then you see on the departures board or hear an

announcement that you must board your plane.

If you want to, you can

before you actually enter the plane.

When all the passengers are on board and when the captain

and his crew are ready in the cockpit, the plane begins to taxi to the end of the runway.

I like being in a big airliner with the cabin crew (stewards

and stewardesses) looking after me.

Finally, permission is received from the control tower

and the plane moves faster and faster in order to take off.

I enjoy it all so much that

I never want the plane to land.

They walk up and down the aisle bringing meals and drinks;

and if the flight is going through some turbulence, they warn everybody that it might be a bit bumpy and ask us to fasten our seatbelts.

On a long flight I like listening to music through

the headphones available to all passengers, and sometimes I have a sleep.

If, for instance, you are supposed to begin with going through the customs, you’d better fill

but he may ask any passenger routine questions.

The rules for passengers who are going abroad are similar in most countries: but sometimes

there might be a slight difference in formalities.

An experienced customs officer usually “smells” a smuggler,

in the customs declaration before you talk to the customs officer.

Of course, if your luggage weighs more than 20kgs, you have

are weighed and labeled, a claim-check for each piece of luggage is inserted in the ticket and you are given a boarding pass, which has a seat number on it.

Then you go to the check-in counter where your ticket is looked at, your things

to pay extra.

The next formality is filling in the immigration form and

going through passport control.