COUNTRYFILE

Countryfile was a wildlife program which started at 7.00pm sunday.It showed us a beautiful landscape of Quantocks at the first beginnig of the program.It was green and sunny in this place and it contributed to many poems of the famous poet Coleridge.This poet wrote some poems about Quantocks which was so buautiful.The program took us to visit the working well Coleridge used and took us to see the pen Coleridge use,It seemed that pen with feather is easy to write.


The one of an host of the program made an investigation about the increasing price of food which gave big influence to every family in UK.For example,the price of bread increased 30% compared to the past.Because of grains' price increase,the food price increased.Increasing price of food was also caused by the bad weather.Big snow,rain,and wind damage the plant we grow,so the things we eat became less,so the price got higher.Rich countrys threw so much food every day,poor countries like Africa had so many people die everyday from starving.


Next,this program introduced some animals that we were familiar with.Giraffe ate branches,we saw how workers work to bring branches to giraffe.We saw how the seal was protected by people.We also learnt that how pigeon flied without using its eyes.Furthermore,we saw how students learned farming as interns on the farm...
Overall,I like this programme,wildlife is interesting.

Sports

Wembley Stadium which is Located in the London borough of Brent is one of the famous stadium.It has a long history.In the 19th century,it was the home  of cricket and football.At the first beginning,Wembley Stadium wsa known as the Empire Stadium.After the First World War,the stadium was developed into its former state.The major event was held here in 1923.The stadium has the magnificant style and affored the best of the seating that it has 90,000 seats for spectators.


People love to watch football games in Wembley Stadium.I love football either.Thus I would like to say something about the football in UK.Football is the most famous sport in Great Britain.It has been played in hundreds of years.Actually the true development of football came in Medieval Britan.1000 years ago,people played ball with their feet in UK,there was no rules and also no limitation of the number of people.It was a very violent game.In the year 1314,the  game was banned by the Lord Mayor of London.However,this act vas againsted by the public who like this game.By the end of th e14th centry,the term'football'was created and this kind of game was established in England and developed rapidly.


Nowadays,football becomes very popular,you can see people play football in parks and playgrounds.they play just for fun.Football is also Scotland's natiional sport.It is played widely on both a professional and amateur basis,Most cities and towns have a professional team.Even Scotland has a very small club football structure,you can see there still have lots of people play the game.The top level league in Wales is the League of Wales. there are the top three Welsh football clubs play in the English league system.The main Welsh Cup competitions are the Welsh Cup and the FAW Premier Cup. In Northern Ireland,The main league  is the Irish Football League, which is only open to Northern Ireland teams, it is opposed to the Republic of Ireland.


Also,there are some very unusual sports.such as Aunt Sally, Barrel Walking,Cheese-Rolling,Coconut Shy,etc.I prefer coconut shy.Every players has 6 balls,they use the balls to throw at targets of coconuts balanced on raised stands.The one who shoot the most targets can be the winner.People like to buy coconut in the supermarket to play this game.I love this game because I like coconuts,maybe after game,we can drink the coconut milk!This game can improve our reaction and maybe could improve our eyesight.


In China,There are also some unusual games that small number of people play.For example,bungee-jumping,it is really dangeous and uncommon,I never have the courage to play this game because I think life is terriblly important.haha:))

notes of Elizabeth ii that I choose

·         Elizabeth was born at 2.40 am on 21 April 1926 at her maternal grandfather's London house， She was named Elizabeth after her mother, Alexandra after George V's mother, and Mary after her grandmother.

·         Elizabeth was educated privately at home. She learned French from a succession of native-speaking governesses. She began to undertake public duties during the Second World War, in which she served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. In 1947, Elizabeth married Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. They have four children: Charles, Anne, Andrew, and Edward. and numerous grandchildren．

·         I am very interested of Elizabeth’s marriage.She met her future husband, Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, in 1934 and 1937. After another meeting at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in July 1939, Elizabeth – though only 13 years old – fell in love with Philip, and they began to exchange letters. They married on 20 November 1947 at Westminster Abbey. Elizabeth and Philip received 2500 wedding gifts from around the world. They had eight bridesmaids and two kilted page boys in　their weddings. The nine-foot high, four-tier wedding cake, was made with ingredients given by Australian Girl Guides. The wedding cake was cut using The Duke's Mountbatten sword. After the wedding, pieces of cake were given to schoolchildren and institutions. Elizabeth wore her grandmother's tiara and a beautifully designed wedding dress. In order to be able to purchase the material for her wedding dress, Elizabeth saved up ration cards. The wedding dress of her was decorated with 10,000 white seed pearls, imported from America, silver thread, sparkling crystal and transparent appliqué tulle embroidery. Attached at the shoulders was a 15-foot star-patterned full court train, embroidered in pearl, crystal and appliqué duchesse satin. The ensemble was completed by a silk tulle veil held in place by a diamond fringe tiara, lent to the bride by her mother as 'something borrowed', and ivory duchesse satin high-heeled sandals, trimmed with silver and seed pearl buckles." "The richly embroidered white satin wedding dress shimmered with her every movement. Softly spaced throughout the dress were garlands of pearl orange blossom, syringa, jasmine and White Rose of York. These were skilfully combined with flowing lines of wheat ears, the symbol of fertility, and worked in pearl and diamante." Elizabeth's "wedding ring was made from a nugget of Welsh gold which came from the Clogau St David's mine near Dolgellau." Elizabeth wore a "ensemble of a dress and matching coat in mist-blue with mushroom-coloured assesories."After the wedding, a lunch was held in the Ball supper-room at Buckingham Palace. Favours for the guests were individual posies of myrtle and white Balmoral heather. Elizabeth gave birth to her first child, Prince Charles, on 14 November 1948。

·         In 1943, at the age of 16, Elizabeth undertook her first solo public appearance on a visit to the Grenadier Guards, of which she had been appointed Colonel-in-Chief the previous year.

·         In 1992, which Elizabeth termed her annus horribilis, meaning horrible year, two of her sons separated from their wives, her daughter divorced, and a severe fire destroyed part of Windsor Castle.

·         In 1993, her former daughter-in-law Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a car crash in Paris.

·         Though Elizabeth has enjoyed good health throughout her life, in 2003 she had keyhole surgery on both knees, and in June 2005 she cancelled several engagements after contracting a bad cold. In October 2006, the Queen missed the opening of the new Emirates Stadium because of a strained back muscle that had been troubling her since the summer. Two months later, she was seen in public with a plaster on her right hand, which led to press speculation of ill health. She had been bitten by one of her corgis while she was separating two that were fighting.