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It is nice to think that Shakespeare was born right in the heart of England

and in the midst of the country that is so typically English

Stratford is a very interesting town,

right in the centre of England

There are no mountains or deep valleys near Stratford; there's nothing of the grand scenery that we have in Scotland,

but there are beautiful woods, green fields, a quiet gentle river–the winding Avon–and lovely houses, black and white with thatched roofs

Lots of people who had visited the house

had written their names on the walls

We saw the very room where

Shakespeare was born

The first place we went to was Shakespeare's birthplace

a small house with small rooms in the centre of Stratford

But one of the things I liked best was the garden behind the house,

when he went to the grammar school in Stratford

It seemed a wrong thing to do

because in it are growing all the flowers, trees and plants that are mentioned in Shakespeare's plays

In one room there was a little wooden desk that Shakespeare sat in

although among the names were Walter Scott, Dickens, Thackeray

There is a bust of Shakespeare that was carved by a Dutch sculptor

to the church where Shakespeare is buried

We had a look at the

Shakespeare Memorial Theatre built on rather plain practical lines

Then we went

who lived near Stratford's Globe Theatre and must have seen Shakespeare many a time

I wish we could have seen

but it had been a lovely day

In 1775–1783 America fought

against Great Britain for freedom and independence

We were very tired when we got back,

a play there, but all the tickets had been sold long ago

The Declaration of Independence

by farmers, mechanics, tradesmen, fishermen and others

It was an unusual war which was fought on the American side

with the help of France and French Fleet won

Ordinary men and women got up on their feet and after seven years' fighting

was adopted by the Congress on July 4, 1776

Speaking about American Revolutionary War of Independence we must say

a planter and his tastes were peaceful

At the start of the revolution George Washington was

a few words about the first American president George Washington

Since then the 4th of July

has been considered to be a great holiday in America

But when his country needed him, he left his "Mount Vernon", the house which

he loved so much, and served seven years without pay as Commander-in-Chief of the American army

Americans say about Washington that he was "first in war, first in peace

and first in the hearts of his countrymen"

In 1830 he went to Springfield and became

a clerk in a store

Though Washington was sometimes hunted like a fox, he shared

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

On May 10, 1775, George Washington was elected by the

Congress to command the American army against the British forces

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

the cold and hunger of his ragged troops

But he never gave in. In 1789

and first in the hearts of his countrymen"

Abraham Lincoln was one

he became the first president of the USA

Americans say about Washington that he was "first in war, first in peace

of the most famous presidents of the USA

He was born in the family of a poor farmer in 1809 in Kentucky, but soon his family left

as his family could not afford better education

When he was 18, he went

to New Orleans and there he saw a slave market

He was taught reading, writing and simple arithmetic

for the wild forest land of Indiana

In 1830 he went to Springfield and became

and he began to hate slavery and decided to fight against it

He learned much and greatly improved

his knowledge

It made a deep impression on him

a clerk in a store

He entered politics and

enemy of slavery

Soon he became a force in political life and in 1860 was elected

President of the USA

He was an

in 1832 became a candidate for the Parliament of his state

When the war was over, Lincoln issued a proclamation to say

but Lincoln never lost his courage and soon they won

At first the war went badly for the North,

that slavery was abolished

Some of the Southern States left the Union,

and the war between the South and the North began

My sister need not write this letter:

I shall phone them

My sister cannot write this letter: she

all over America and everybody loved him

Lincoln was well known

is very busy

She need not

cannot buy bread

She

so many books

You cannot read

buy bread

You need not read so

go to school today

Nick cannot

school today

Nick need not go to

many books

She need not have cooked such

this article

They need not translate

a big dinner

They cannot

translate this article

They could not write

the composition

I could not

written the composition

They need not have

go to the library

He could not

stay there for the night

I need not have gone to

the library

He need not have stayed

there for the night

She could not cook

done all this work

We could not do all

this work

We need not have

such a big dinner

They were the Angles, the Saxons

fearless people

Europe landed

in Britain

Those were wild and

and the Jutes

They settled down in the land

one of them was East Anglia, the land where the Angles lived

Several states were formed;

of the country the Land of Angles (Angle Land), which became England

Some time later the people began to call the whole of the southern part

they had conquered and became the forefathers of the people of England and part of Scotland

As the years passed,

the Normans and the Anglo-Saxons formed the English people

In 1066 the Normans,

a people who came from the north of France, conquered England

They need not have

written the composition

In the 15th century it conquered

became the strongest of all the states on the British Isles

Little by little England

Wales

There were many wars between England and Scotland until 1707,

when England and Scotland were united under one king, and became a powerful state

Its name has been Great Britain

to make homes for themselves in the new land across the ocean

They had decided

England for America

In 1620, a group of people left

since then

They hoped they

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

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

would have a better life there

Soon more and

but they were for a long time ruled by England, and all the riches of the new country belonged to England

The American colonies grew bigger and bigger, they prospered,

more European settlers came and more colonies were formed

As their settlements were called "colonies",

the people were called "colonists"

They won the victory and

and is called Independence Day

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

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,

a new nation was born which became the United States of America

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

who was to be chosen every four years

George Washington (1732-1799) who had led the Americans in the war,

became the first President

Stratford is a very interesting town,

right in the centre of England

He is now called

"The Father of the United States"

In the 11^th century England was

and they robbed and killed the natives without mercy

The conquerors were cruel,

conquered by the Normans, who had come from the north of France

The Saxons suffered

to seek for shelter and safety.

Many of them had to run away into the forest

and took their possessions.

They ruined their houses

very much from the Normans and hated their new masters.

Sugar, salt, buckwheat

and matches are sold at the grocer's

Their leader Robin Hood protected the poor and they were certain that

he would help them as much as he could

They became

outlaws

Fruits and vegetables

are sold at the greengrocer's

Bread is sold

and to the fishmonger's for fish

We go to the confectioner's for pies, cakes, pastry and sweets

at the baker's

My sister buys vegetables at the greengrocer's and

to the baker's every day

The butcher's and

I buy meat at the butcher’s

We have to go

the greengrocer's are close to our house

It is at the corner

at the butcher's

We buy meat

also very near

The grocer's is

of our street

They became

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,

right in the centre of England

Stratford is a very interesting town,

outlaws

They won the victory and

conquered by the Normans, who had come from the north of France

In the 11^th century England was

a new nation was born which became the United States of America

My sister buys vegetables at the greengrocer's and

I buy meat at the butcher’s

What

was it?

George Washington (1732-1799) who had led the Americans in the war,

the greengrocer's are close to our house

The butcher's and

became the first President

Bread is sold

and he began to hate slavery and decided to fight against it

My sister buys vegetables at the greengrocer's and

I buy meat at the butcher’s

It made a deep impression on him

at the baker's