1、From:谢雅晴,谢佳娜,吴灿灿,翁灿,万依格A Day In London We would spend a day in travelling in London.At first,we would go to green park by subway,and then,we would go through green park and come to Buckingham Palace.We are going to watch the relieve guard in Buckingham Palace by 11oclock.Then,along the st.Jameson pa
2、rk,only 5 minutes later we may arrive at the Big Ben in foot.We would stay to take photos in front of the Big Ben and the House of Parliament and visit Westminster Abbey.After watching the Big Ben,we would visit the London Eye at the south bank of the river Thames.At the bottom of the London Eye,the
3、re is a dock.We would get off the ship at the dock of the London Bridge,and we could see the famous london Bridge.The introductions of some of the scenic spots are the followed.Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace is the moderns present London home,facing St.Jamespark.It was bought by George III for
4、his wife at price of 28,000 pounds in 1761.Today,of the palaces 660 rooms youre permitted to see just 18,and theres little sign of life,as the Queen decamps to Scotland every summer.You can view a small selection of the Royal Collection-which is more than three times larger than the National Gallery
5、s at the Queens Picture Gallery,round of the south side of the palace on Buckingham Palace Road.And then you can see the Royal Army of Buckingham Palace hold the relieve guard ceremony at 11:30 from April to September,which is so wonderful that attract visitors from From:谢雅晴,谢佳娜,吴灿灿,翁灿,万依格all over t
6、he world.Houses of Parliament and Big Ben Houses of Parliament first named West Minister Palace.The palace was nearly burnt to ground in a big fire in 1834,then,it was rebuilt and destroyed by Charles as what it looks today,splendid and fantastic.And its Clock Tower,also familiar to tourists,named B
7、ig Ben,standing by the River Thames,when theres a meeting in the Palace,the surface of Big Ben will be shining and every an hour it will strike once.It s not only a symbol of the Houses of Parliament but also a symbol of London.Westminster AbbeyKings,queens,statesmen and soldiers,poets,heros and vil
8、lains-the Abbey is a must-see living pageant of British history.Westminster Abbey,formally titled the Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster,is a large,mainlyGothic,church in the City of Westminster,London,located just to the west of the Palance of Westminster,It is one of the most motable rel
9、igious buildings in the United Kingdom and is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English and,later,Britishmonarchs.The Abbey is a Royal Peculiar and between 1540 and 1550 had the status of a cathedral.According to a tradition first reported by Sulcard in about From:谢雅晴,谢佳娜,吴灿灿,翁
10、灿,万依格1080,achurch was founded at the site Cthen known as Thorn Ey(Thorn Island).In the 7thcentury,at the time of the present church was begun in 1245,on the orders of Henry Three.Since 1066,when Harold Godwinson and Willian the Conqueror were crowned,the coronations of English and British monarchs h
11、ave been held here.Since 1100 there have been at least 16 royal weddings at the Abbey.Two were of reigning monarchs(Henry I and Richard 2),although before 1919 there had been none for some 500 years.Double-desk bus The red double-deck bus comes of England.It is so famous and even becomes the symbol
12、or national treasure in England.Many of us have got a profound impression on the double-deck bus through a famous movie Harry Potter.In this film,the double-deck bus must be driven slowly to ensure the safety of the passengers.Atpresent,the majority of this kind of bus are used for tourism.Telephone booth What is more,a classic romantic scene on a street in London always inside one thing-the red telephone booth.Although communication technique has been changing with each passing day,the red telephone booth still remain as a symbol of English culture.