Influencing policy (training slides from Fast Track Impact)
London and paris
1. Universidad Tecnológica de Linares Extensión Galeana
Student: José Guadalupe Vargas Fabela
Date: February 20th, 2013
Subject: English II
Using comparative form
2. London
London is the capital of England and the United
Kingdom, besides the biggest city and urban area of
Great Britain and of the whole European Union.
3. Big Ben is the name with
which one knows to the
great bell of the clock
located in the northwest
side of the Westminster
Palace, the headquarters
of the Parliament of the
United Kingdom, in
London, and popularly
for extension it is used
also to name to the clock
of the tower.
Big Ben, London
4. The Buckingham Palace is
the British king's official
residence in London. The
palace is used for ceremonies
and visits of State, tourist
visits and as a residence on
the part of the queen Isabel
II, and it is also the main
headquarters of the real
collection of art whose main
jewels are exhibited the
public.
Buckinham palace
5. The London Eye, also well-known as Millennium Wheel, finished in 1999 and open
to the public in March of 2000, was the biggest treadmill-mirador in the world until
the opening of the Star of Nanchang in May of 2006.The London Eye reaches a
height of 135 m on the western end of the Jubilee Gardens, in the South Bank of
the Thames, London district of Lambeth, between the bridges of Westminster and
Hungerford. The treadmill is next to the County Hall and in front of the offices of
the Ministry of Defense.
London eye
6. The Crystal Palace, built
completely with
wrought iron and
glass, was a first
example of the modern
functional architecture.
Designed by the
architect sir Joseph
Paxton for the Universal
Exhibition of London
1851, this he/she
received more than six
million visitors to see
the twelve kilometers of
exhibitors located in
their interior.
Crystal palace
7. These guards of the palace of Buckingham undergo the magazine pass
while they mount guard in the queen's residence in London. The tourists
that visit the palace are witness of the ceremony of guard's
change, during which the sentries are raised of the service.
Buckingham guard
8. The station of buses
Victoria is in the center of
London, next to
Belgravia and
Westminster. Next to her
the meter station is
located and of train
Victoria that connect the
international airport with
the city and to this with
other places of the
country.
Victoria Bus Station
9. Saint James Palace
The palace of St. James is one of the
oldest palaces in London, England.
It is located in the Mall, fair to the
north of the park of St. James.
The palace was built by Enrique VIII
in 1530 in the lands in that a
hospital of lepers was erected.
This became the main residence of
the kings in London when the
Palacio of Whitehall burned.
10. Trafalgar Square is a square of the center of
The National Gallery is the main London, built to commemorate the Battle of
museum of art of London, located in Trafalgar in which the British army
conquered to the French and Spanish
the north part of Trafalgar Square.
armadas in front of the costs of Cádiz, Spain.
National Gallery and
Trafalgar square
11. Paris
Paris is the capital of France and of the region of Island of
France.
The city is the most popular tourist destination in the
world, with more than 42 million foreign visitors per year.
12. Pont des Arts
The bridge of the Arts or gangplank of the Arts, (in French: pont
gives Arts), it is a bridge of Paris on the Sign of pedestrian use
located in the VI District. It unites the Institute of France with
the Museum of the Louvre.
Built of 1801 at 1804, it was the first metallic bridge of Paris.
13. Sena River
The river Sign is one of the main rivers and via of
commercial water of the regions of Island of France and
High Normandy in France
14. Eiffel Tower
The Tower Eiffel (Tour Eiffel, in French), initially noted tower of 330 meters (tour
of 330 mètres), it is a designed structure of puddled iron and built by the French
engineer Gustave Eiffel and their collaborators for the universal Exhibition of
1889 in Paris.
15. Chaillot palace
The palace of Chaillot of Paris is located in the XVI
district, in the square of the Trocadéro, above the hill
of Chaillot. It was built for the Universal Exhibition of
1937 instead of the square of the palace of the old
Trocadero.
16. Louvre piramid
The Pyramid of the Museum of the Louvre is a work
located in the patio of the Museum of the Louvre, in Paris
that gives access to the building.
Of international style, this glass pyramid and aluminum
was inaugurated in the year 1989 by the then French
president, François Mitterrand.
17. Arc de triunphe
The Arch of Victory of Paris (Arc of Triomphe, in French) it is a victory arch
located in the VIII District of Paris, in the square Charles of Gaulle - old Place of
l'Étoile -, in the end west of the avenue Champs-Élysées, to 2,2 km of the
Square of the Concord. Built between 1806 and 1836, it is probably the arch of
more famous victory of the world.