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I. (1) ... British Isles are (2) ... group of (3) ... islands in (4) ... North Sea on (5) ... Atlantic coast of (6) ... Europe. (7) ... two largest islands are called (8) ... Britain and (9) ... Ireland. (10) ... Ireland is divided into (11) ... two countries: (12) ... Irish Republic and (13) ... Northern Ireland which is part of (14) ... United Kingdom. (15) ... two islands are separated by (16) ... Irish Sea.
II. We all know that (1) ... UK is (2) ... interesting country with (3) ... impressive history and culture. Our British Life and Culture website will tell you some of (4) ... fascinating facts and information
about our beautiful country, in (5) ... way that is easy to read and to understand. When (6) ... people think of Great Brit- ain, they often think of the people drinking tea, eating fish and chips. There is one more stereotype about (7) ... red double-deckers. Actually, there are two kinds of buses: (8) ... red double-decker and (9) ... red single-decker. The main places (10) ... bus goes to are shown on (11) ... front of the bus. Some double-deckers have automatic doors and you pay (12) ... driver when you go in. On single-deckers you sometimes buy your (13) ... ticket from (14) ... machine in (15) ... bus. Most London bus- es have (16) ... conductor
