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The most famous of the wax rooms in Madam Tussaud's Exhibition is the Chamber of Horrors

The most popular rock group of XX century in Great Britain was "The Beatles"

The promenade concerts are held in the open year in summer at the seaside resorts

The term "Bank Holiday" dates back to the XIX century when these were the days on which banks were to be closed

There are 6 public holidays a year in Great Britain; they are: Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Easter Monday, May Day, Spring Bank Holiday and Summer Bank Holiday

Tower Bridge is the gateway to London

Victory Day commemorates the dead of both World Wars and of more recent conflicts

A compulsory bus-stop sign means that all the buses stop here

A reguest bus-stop sign means that a bus only stops here if someone wants to get on or off

At the bakery you buy sausages, fish, sugar, macaroni, cereals and tea

At the bookstalls people are choosing books, magazines and newspapers for the journey

At the butcher`s there is a wide choice of meat and poultry

If you are hungry you can have a meal in the supper-car and if the journey is long you can have a comfortable bed in a sleeper

If you are out to hail a taxi cruising the streets you should look out for the lighted roof sign "taxi"

If you call round at a department store you can buy milk, cream, cheese, butter and many other products

If your luggage weighs more than 20kgs, you have to pay extra

In the perfumery they sell face cream, powder, lipstick, lotions and shampoos, sweaters, cardigans, china and glass

In the women`s clothing department you can find dresses, costumes, blouses, skirts, coats, beautiful underwear and many other things

Normal London buses are blue and single-deckers

St. James`s Park is the largest of London parks and is famous for its Speaker`s Corner which attracts a lot of tourists

The City is a small area but is the business and commercial heart of London

The famous Trafalgar Street and house No. 5 is the residence of the Prime Minister of Great Britain

The goods declaration and the immigration agreement are often filled in on board the plane

The jet-lag is a difference between the time you are accustomed to and the new time

The Tower of London has a very long history, it used to be a fortress, a royal residence, then a prison, and now it is a museum

The you go to the check-out counter, your bag is weighed and labeled, a claim-check for each piece of luggage is inserted in the ticket and you are given a boarding pass

You pay money to the cashier and he gives you back the change

Everyone in England hates to wake up in the morning and see the yellow fog through the window

Everyone looks forward to the weekend and when Sunday comes along, as people leave work they say to each other, "Have a nice weekend"

Friday evening is the favourite time for parties, dances, going to the pictures or the theatre, in fact for "going out" generally

In the winter Englishmen sit in the garden and more energetic people go out for a walk or to see friends

It`s falling cats and dogs

Moonlight gives us heat. Some of the heat warms the atmosphere, and some of the heat escapes back into space

Most people in Britain work a five-day week, from Monday to Friday, schools, colleges and universities are also closed on Saturdays and Sundays

Most towns in England are not more than four hours apart by train and many are much less from the sea

On Saturday afternoon the most important sporting events of the week take place - football, rugby (in the summer, cricket and tennis), horse-racing, car and motor-cycle racing and other sports

On Saturday women who go out to work do some housework; sewing, washing, shopping and sometimes gardening; men clean the car and mow the lawn

On Sunday most people have a "joint" which is roasted, then carved and served with roast and boiled potatoes

People and animals breathe in oxygen, and breathe out carbon dioxide

Saturday morning is a very busy time for shopping, as this is the only day when people who are at work can shop for any length of time

Some scientists think the sunhouse effect will make the world hotter

Summer - unpredictable, some years raw, cold, soggy; others short and mild

The best time of the year in England is the spring and early autumn

The east wind is cold and blows in from the North Sea, but the Welsh are lucky, because Wales is in the west and is warmer than most of England

The English are always talking about their weather

The English are famous for their coffee and their weather

The fog gets thicker and dirtier, and yellow and full of black soot, in London this is called smog, a mixture between smoke and fog

The thick white fog rolls in from the Pacific Ocean all over London and the cities, and then mixes with smoke from a million chimneys

Exclude the word that doesn’t belong to the group:

Find the correct translaton of „the manager is out“.