Cinema is very popular, but less so than it was at the beginning of the 20th century.

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At the beginning of the 11th century England was already a great country and London was an important city. In 1066 William the Conqueror and his people come to England from France. William the Conqueror became King of England. The king lived in London. Many of his people lived in London too. But William was afraid of the people of London and he built the White tower to live in it. Now it is one of the most important and beautiful buildings of the Tower of London.

In those days people usually built houses of wood. Sometimes there were fires in the city, but they were usually very small. 1666 was the year of the Great Fire of London.

On Saturday, 2nd September, 1666, there was a strong wind from the river and a big fire began. It started in the house of the king's baker, near London Bridge.

The baker's wife woke up in the middle of the night because the house was on fire. Soon the next and the next... The fire burnt until Thursday. Many houses in London were burnt. The fire burnt for four days. More than 250 thousand people didn't have home any more.

Alice in Wonderland.

Down the Rabbit-hole.
Alice and her bi sister sat under a tree one sanny day. Alice's sister had a book, but Alice had nothing with her. She looked at her sister's book. There were no pictures or conservations in it.
‘Why is she reading a book without pictures or conversations ?’ She thought. ‘ I ’m bored. I know ! I’ll look for some flowers.’ Then she thought, ‘ No, it’s too hot for that and I feel sleepy.’
Suddenly, a white rabbit ran past her. It took a watch from its jacket and looked at it. ‘ Oh! Oh! I’m going to be late ! ’ it said.
‘ That’s strange ! A rabbit with a watch ! ’ said Alice.
She jumped up and ran after the animal. It ran down a large rabbit-hole, so Alice went down the hole too. She didn’t stop and ask, ‘ How am I going to get out again? ’
Alice fell down and down. But she fell very slowly and didn’t feel afraid. ‘What’s going to happen next?’ She wondered.
She looked round. There were cupboards in the walls of the rabbit-hole. Some of the cupboards were open, and there were books in them. Sometimes she saw pictures. She looked down, but she couldn’t see any light.
Down, down, down. ‘When will the hole end ? ’ she wondered. Perhaps I’m going to come out in Australia ! I’ll have to ask the name of the country. “Please, madam? is this Australia or New Zealand ? ” No, I can’t do that. They’ll think I’m stupid.’
She thought about her cat, Dinah. ‘What’s Dinah doing ? Will they remember her milk tonight ? Oh, Dinah ! Why aren’t you here with me ? Rerhaps there’s a mouse here and you can it ! ’
Suddenly, Alice was at the bottom of hole. ‘That didn’t hurt,’ she said and sat up quickly. She could see the White Rabbit and she ran after him again. They were in a different rabbit-hole now.
‘Oh, my ears and nose ! ’ the White Rabbit cried. ‘It’s getting very late !’

When we think about medieval Europe, one of the first things that we remember is the Inquisition. The Inquisition was started in 1184 by the Pope in Rome to fight against heretics, people who didn't agree with the Church. The Inquisition had the power of life and death over any Catholic and people were afraid of it, but at the end of the fifteenth century things started to change. It was the century of great discoveries.
In 1492 Columbus discovered America. In 1497 Vasco da Gama opened up a sea route to India. In 1500 Brazil was discovered, and in 1522 Magellan's expedition went round the world for the first time.
These discoveries put the Church in a difficult position. For centuries it had been telling people: 'The world is flat." But the explorers showed that it wasn't true. It became clear to everybody that the Earth was round.
Worse than that, at the beginning of the 16th century a young Polish astronomer, Copernicus, came up with a new idea. "The Earth is not the centre of the universe. It revolves around the sun, together with some other planets."
The Catholic Church had to find a way to hide this knowledge from ordinary people. In 1559 it published the Index Liborum Prohibitorum ['indeks 'libnrom 'prnhibitDrum], a list of books that were banned for Catholics. People who read these books were punished by the Inquisition. Any books from the list were burned.
Nowadays the Index Liborum Prohibitorum is open to the public. Think of any famous scientist, writer or philosopher — you'll find his name and works on the list.

Nelson's Column.There are ... at the bottom of the column.You can see lovely fountains and historical Trafalgar Square is full of tourists.They take phptps, walk around the square, and enjoy the sights.In December there is ... in the centre of the square. It marks the beginning of Christmas and New Year in Great Bratain.Different cultural festivals take placein the square.Everyone can take part in the events.