Sport

Question 1: What sports are the following trophies associated with? The Calcutta Cup
The Ashes
The Triple Crown
   Answers:

-The Calcutta Cup which is  the oldest trophies is associated with Rugby.

 Calcutta Cup

-The Ashes trophy is associated witht cricket.

 

 
 England won the Ashes in 2010 in Sydney.



 Question 2:

  Name a famous sporting venue associated with these sports:

Tennis

 Answer :   Arthur Ashe  Stadium  in USA

Football

Answer :    Barcelona Football Stadium

 Rugby

Answer:    Lansdowne road ( Bóthar Lansdúin ) - it is the oldest international rugby venue

Golf

Answer:    St Andrew's 


Cricket


Answer: Melbourne Cricket Ground(MCG)

Hors- racing: 


Answer:  Longchamp (Hippodrome de Longchamp) is the most famous racecourse in France and one of the world's most famous race courses.

Question 3: What is the 6 Nations Tournament?

 Answer:

The Six Nations Tournament is an annual international rugby union competition involving six countries:  England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales.

 

Melbourne Cricket Ground(MCG)
References:


http://www.gambling-guru.com/six-nations/the-calcutta-cup

http://www.suite101.com/content/the-calcutta-cup-a197346

http://www.lords.org/history/the-ashes/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/dec/28/ashes-2010-australia-england-live

 http://www.debentureshop.com/stadium.php?Stadium=Lansdowne%20road

http://livecricketaction.com/cricket_stadiums.html
http://www.sightseeing-in-paris.com/longchamp.php

Knife crime

Buying or carrying knife illegally is a knife crime. Recently selling and buying knives have been restricted . People who wants to buy knife should consider whether it is legal or not .  In fact knife crime can be defined as any crime that involves a knife. Threatening people with knife could be  one types of knife crime. Besides, someone who is under 18 shouldn't carry or buy knife since it could be crime. Moreover, robbery or burglary where the thives carry a knife as a weapon is the other type of knife crime. 

References:http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/CrimeJusticeAndTheLaw/Typesofcrime/DG_181675

Pleasant Journey to Barry Island

Barry Island is located in the Vale of Glamorgan about 10 miles south of the capital city Cardiff, South Wales, UK. It has two beautiful beaches. Because, this popular seaside can be easily reached by train from Cardiff, it attracts a lot of local people and tourism especially in summer days. 

 

We went to Barry Island from Treforest by train on March 11th. Two lovely teachers, Jeanette and Annabel, were our leaders. Our journey started at 12:40 pm. It took about one hour to reach the island. We walked 10 minutes from Barry Island train station to the beaches. It was a very quiet and nice place. When we arrived near the beaches, we saw picturesque sceneries. We took a lot of pictures. All of the students were very exited and happy. We walked around two beautiful and fantastic beaches. Besides, there are some cozy  restaurants and coffee shops near the beach. I really enjoyed this pleasant trip and I have decided to go there with my fiance and my sister in summer. I think in the summer both of the beaches will be very crowded .

Excited students

Welsh Flag and Union Jack!

The national flag of United Kingdom is called "Union Jack".This flag contains flag of three countries :England ,Scotland,Northern Ireland .

The National Flag of England

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The National Flag of Scotland

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The National Flag of Northern Ireland 

 

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The first Union Flag (1606)

The first Union Flag was created in 1606.At that time Wales considered as a part of England (the united in the 13th century).Since,Wales was not a kingdom,its flag is not included in the Union Jack.

 

 

 

Flag of Wales

 

Child Benefit

            

Child Benefit is one of the welfare system and a tax-free payment that is paid to families who have children under 16 and live in the UK. The payment rate is different for each child .Moreover it is usually paid monthly or weekly.The following table illustrates these rates:

 

 Who the allowance is for                                  Current  monthly amount 

 

 

Eldest or only child                               £81.20

   

  Additional                                              £53.60
children-per child

 

Guardian’s Allowance                           £57.20

Furthermore, if both of a child's parents die,the person who cares the child can get this payment which is called "Guardian Alloance".

 

In Iran,there is not child benefit system.In my oppinon this kind of welfare system is very helpful for many families especially who don't have enought mony to support their children.

Tabloid or Broadsheet ?

    The words that are written in the broadsheet newspapers are formal while in the tabloid newspapers we can see some informal words. For instance, in “THE SUN” there is a headline as follows:

Nikitta murder: Man arrested

MURDER cops arrest a 26-year-old man over the killing of pregnant teenager Nikitta Grender

  

   In fact, cop is just a slang term for a police officer. While the similar headline in the same day in “the guardian” is:

Man arrested over Nikitta Grender murder

Gwent police arrest 26-year-old man on suspicion of murdering pregnant teenager

    Also, the size of “THE SUN”is smaller than “the guardian”.There are a lot of pictures in various sizes which are more than the text. In other words, the amount of texts that are written in “the guardian”are more than pictures and it covers more political and international news. Besides in this newspaper the size of the font in some headlines is much bigger than the other headlines fonts.

   Meanwhile, both “THE SUN”and “the guardian” report the same subject in some fields in different styles of headline and description.

   So, there are dissimilar in style and content as well as in size. I prefer to read broadsheet newspapers because they are more reliable than tabloid papers and in this way I can learn a lot of new vocabulary.

The Royal Family

The history of Royal Family in Britain goes back a long time before. Britain monarchs,before eighteen century had the right to make laws. Today Royal Family play noteworthy role in some areas such as supporting charity sector, the work of Armed services,...etc. Also, they participate in local events like opening new buildings and in this way they consider and make strong the national unity.

Consequently, they have good reputation between people and they can be  good symbol because people can follow them and support people who need the others help.