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When you visit London, one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, the famou clock which can be heard all over the world on the B.B.C If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected. Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsible for the making of the clock when the new Houses of Parliament were being built. It is not only of immense size, but is extre accurate as well Official from Greenwich Observatory have ..

During a bullfight, a drunk suddenly wandered into the middle of the ring. The crowd began to shout, but was unaware of the danger. The bull was busy with the matador at the time, but it suddenly caught sight of the drunk who was shouting rude remarks and waving a red cap. Apparently sensitive to criticism. the bull forgot all about the matador and charged at the drunk. The crowd suddenly grew quiet. The drunk, however, seemed quite sure of himself. when the bull got close to him, he clumsily..

I was being tested for a driving licence for the third time. I had been asked to drive in heavy traffic and done so successfully. After having been iinstructed to drive out of town, I began to acquire confidence. Sure that I had passed, I was almost beginning to enjoy my test. The examiner must have been pleased with my perfomance, for he smiled and said, just one more thing, Mr.Eames. Let us suppose that a child suddenly crosses that road in front of you. As soon as I tap on the window. you ..

I crossed the street to avoid meeting him, but he saw me and came running towards me. It was no use pretending than i had not seen him, so I waved to him. I never enjoy meeting Nigel Dykes. He never has anything to do. No matter how busy you are. he always insists on coming with you. I  had to think of a way of preventing him from following me around all morning.
   ‘Hello, Nigel,’ I said.’Fancy meeting you here!’
    ‘Hi, Elizabet..

Haroun Tazieff, the Polish scientist, has spent his lifetime studying active volcanoes and deep caves in all parts of the world. In 1948, he went to Lake Kivu in the Congo to observe a new volcano which he later named Kituro. Tazieff was able to set up his camp very close to the volcano while it was erupting violently. Though he managed to take a number of brilliant photographs, he could not stay near the volcano for very long. He noticed that a river of liquid rock was coming to towards him...

In 1963 a Lancaster bomber crashed on Wallis Island, a remote place in the south Pacific, a long way west of samoa. The plane wasn’t too badly damaged, but over the years, the crash was forgotten and the wreck remained unditubed. Then in 1989, twenty-six years after the crash, the plane was accidentally redisovered in an aeria survey of the island. By this time, a Lancaster bomber in reaonable condition was rare and worth rescuing. The French authorities had the plane packaged and moved..

Last Christmas, the circus owner, Jimmy Gates,decided to take some presents to a children’ hospital. Dressed up as Father Christmas and accompanied by a guard of honour’ of six pretty girls, he set off down the main street of the city riding a baby elepant called Jumbo. He should have know that the police would never allow this sort of thing. A policeman approached Jimmy and told hime he ought to have gone along a side street as Jumbo was holding up the traffic. Though Jimmy agree..

In 1858, a French engineer, Aime Thome de Gamond, arrived in England with a plan for a twenty-one-mile tunnel under the English Channel. He said that it would be possible to build a  platform in the center of the Channel.  This platform would serve as a port and a railway station. The tunnel would be well-ventilated if tall  chimneys were built above sea level. In 1860, a better plan was put forward by and Englishman, William low. He suggested that a double railway-tunnel shoul..

Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and is very popular at parties. Everybody admires him for his great sense of humour-everybody, that is, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny. Recently, one fo Jeremy’s closest friends asked him to make a speech at a wedding reception. This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves. He prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny. He had included a large number of funny stores in the speech and, of course, it was a great success..

Firemen had ben fighging the forest fire nearly three weeks before they could get it under control. A short time before, great trees had covered the countryside for miles around. Now, smoke still rose up from the warm ground over the desolate hills. Winter was coming on and the hills threatened the surrounding villages with destruction, for heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious floods as well. When the fire had at last been put out, the forest authority ordered ..