Control: Variant 1 Fill in missing articles and translate the sentence: … Tower of London was founded by Julius Caesar and in 1066 rebuilt by William the Conqueror. Variant 2 Fill in missing articles and translate the sentence: Traditionally London is divided into… West End and East End. Variant 3 Fill in missing articles and translate the sentence: Across the road from… Westminster Abbey is Westminster Palace, the seat of the British Parliament. Variant 4 Fill in missing articles and translate the sentence: Westminster is … aristocratic official part of London. … Tower of London was built in the 15 th century. Variant 5 Fill in missing articles and translate the sentence: London is situated on … river Thames. Trafalgar square is the geographical centre of London.

Christmas - a wonderful time, when the heart is filled with expectation of a miracle ...And it's a miracle happens! ..
"Christ is born, glorify!" - Sweeps over the universe - "Christ in heaven, welcome!" - The whole world celebrates the glory of the Creator. Angelic forces and the human race - together glorify Him whose love has no boundaries. And probably why Christmas is called "Winter Pascha."
Each of us tries to spend the day not like any other: give kindness and love to a friend, get better, and most importantly - closer to God.
The period from Christmas to Epiphany is called holy days, or Yule. In fact, a continuation of the Feast of the Nativity, once these two events occurred simultaneously and were called Epiphany.
Christmastime in Russia is bright and solemnly celebrated all congratulated each other, glorified Christ, spent their time in charitable deeds - of charity and assistance to our neighbors. These days, everyone knew that God was closer to him.
It would seem that Christ's birth happened long ago, more than 2,000 years ago, and the Church again and again sings: "Christ is born!". And the soul of each one of us can become a cave of mysteries, and the heart - nursery, where baby is born - Christ!

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1 Brian got sunburnt because he had forgotten to put sunscreen on. 2 Janet was driving through town when an old car crashed into her. 3. The Smiths had just moved into their new house when the hurricane hit. 4 Was it raining heavily while you were shopping this morning? 5 Several cars had broken down as it had been snowing all day the day before. 6 Andy felt very hot because he had been jogging in the midday sun. 7 Matt had never seen a tornado before he went on his storm-chasing tour. 8 Alexandra fell off) her horse and broke her wrist yesterday. 9 By the time the firefighters arrived, Jane and Steven had put out the fire.