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Two Trips
George Brown was a rich businessman. When he was young he used to travel a lot. He liked to climb the mountains and often spent his weekends there. He loved nature, wild flowers that grow high up in the mountains, fresh air and clean water of the mountain rivers. When George was 35 he bought a small plane and learned to fly it.
He soon became very good and could do all kinds of tricks in the air. George had a friend. His name was Mark. One day George invited Mark to have a trip in his plane. Mark thought: "I have traveled in a big plane many times, but I've never been in a small one, so I'll go." They went up, and George flew around for half an hour and did all kinds of tricks in the air. When they came down again, Mark was very glad to be back, and he said to his friend: "Well,
George, thank you very much for those two trips in your plane." George looked at his friend and asked: "Why two trips, Mark?"
"My first and my last," was the answer.
6. George Brown wasn't a rich businessman.
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7. When he was young he didn't like to travel.
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8. He loved nature.
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9. At the age of 35 he bought a small plane.
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10. George had a friend.
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11. His friend's name was Billy.
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12. One day George invited Mark to have a trip in his plane.
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13. George has never been in a small plane
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14. Mark didn't agree to fly in George's plane.
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It is located on the British Isles
Its total area is about 244 thousand square kilometres.
The coasts of the UK are washed by seas of 2 oceans: the Arctic and the Atlantic.
The scenery is the coastline is rather picturesque.
The capital of the UK is London.
The official language is English.
The national symbols of the UK are the Red rose and the Lion, the flag 'Union Jack', and the anthem 'God Save the Queen'.
Its form of government is a constitutional monarchy.
Officially the supreme legislative authority is the Queen in Parliament
and the two Houses of Parliament .and the elected House of Commons.
But The Queen officially opens each Parliamentary session.
The three major parties are the conservative party, the new labour party, and the democratic liberal party.
The largest cities are Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester, Edinburgh, Belfast and Cardiff.
The chief river is the Thames River
Britain's major industries include iron and steel engineering, shipbuilding, electronics.
2 The __ban__ on cigarette smoking in public places has been in place for over a year.
3 People are worried that a lot of jobs at the factory will be __axed__ next year.
4 The police have made a __plea__ to commuters not to travel in these storms.
5 The __bid___ to take over the failing bank has been unsuccessful.
6 The new line in designer clothing should definitely __ boost__ sales at the store.
7 There are rumours that Gary Giles is to __quit__ the boy band brigade this month.
8 Financial experts fear that a recession in world economies is looming.
9 A __surge__ in prices means that fewer first-time buyers can afford to buy a house.
10 The new head teacher has _ pledged_ to update all the classroom computers.