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11. IT IS ALMOST ALWAYS RAINING.
IN FACT, THE UK IS ONE OF THE
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WHERE
IT RAINS MOST.
12. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ART
STYLE. LOOK AT THE
ARQUITHECTONIC ONE.
13. THE ENGLISH FOLKLORE HAS
BEING DEVELOPED FOR MANY
YEARS. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF
A TRADITIONAL DANCE.
14. THE ENGLISH LITERATURE IS,
ALSO, SOMETHING VERY
FAMOUS. HAVE YOU EVER
HEARD ABOUT WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE OR CHARLES
DICKENS?
15. AND WHAT IS ABOUT THE
MUSIC? ONE OF THE MOST
KNOWN MUSICAL GROUPS IN
THE WORLD ARE THE BEATLES,
ORIGINARY FROM ENGLAND.
16. THE UK IS THE PLACE WHERE SOME
SPORTS LIKE RUGBY, CRICKET OR
FOOTBALL WERE CREATED.
17. ON THE OTHER HAND, LOOK AT
THIS IMAGES. THEY ARE SOME
OF THE MOST TYPICAL DISHES
OF THE UK.
FISH AND SHIPS TRIFLE
ENGLISH BREAKFAST
18. ANOTHER IMPORTANT FACT IS
THE NAME OF THE POLICE IN
THERE. THEY ARE CALLED THE
BOBBIES AND THEY LOOK LIKE
THIS.
19. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THESE
ARE TWO OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT UNIVERSITIES IN
THE WORLD. THEY ARE BOTH
IN BRITAIN.
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
