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English news and easy articles for students of English Listening: A Tour of London Tower Bridge, London (Copyright: Getty) When you visit a city for the first time, a good way to explore it is to go on an organised sightseeing tour. The tour will give you an overview of what there is to see and also provide you with some historical background. A popular way of seeing London is to go in one of the red double deck buses. This tour will take you around London by bus. Listen to the guide, and then do the activity below. Activity Check how well you know London. a Madame Tussaud’s is a famous wax museum. b Bond Street is where the detective, Sherlock Holmes, once lived. c Marble Arch is a gate which was built in 1827. d Hyde Park used to be the royal hunting grounds. e Buckingham Palace is the London home of the Queen. f Piccadilly Circus is the largest circus in the world. g Fleet Street once housed the national newspapers. h St Paul’s Cathedral is a small but beautiful church. i The Tower of London is more than 900 years old. j The Globe is the world’s oldest restaurant.

50 Incredible, Historical Speeches You Should Watch Online You hope that your professors will be good speakers who can keep your interest for at least the length of a class period, but more often than not, you’ll have a teacher or two each semester who drones on and on and doesn’t make you feel passionate about the subject. They could take tips from these speakers who have inspired thousands or even millions of people around the world, some even long after they’ve died. Here are 50 incredible, historical speeches you should watch online. Commencement Addresses These commencement speakers include presidents, a professor, political strategist and industry leader. John F. Presidential Speeches Presidents are natural and practiced leaders and give some of the most impressive speeches. Barack Obama Election Night Speech: Moments after being elected the first ever African American President of the United States, Obama addresses the nation live from Chicago. Society and Culture War and Peace Politics

How to Find the Theme of a Book “Describe the theme of the book in your book report,” the teacher says. Everybody else seems to understand, but you don’t. What is a theme? Will you know it when you see it? See a List of Book Themes Finding a Theme of a Book When you were young, your parents may have read you stories that ended with “the moral of this story is…” That moral was a message that you could glean from the overall story. We know this, because we learned that building a brick house works, while building a straw house is short-sighted. In a book report, you could state that one theme for The Three Little Pigs is that good planning can lead to success. But we could also say the theme was about making smart choices. As you can see, a theme isn’t something that's stated outright; it often appears as a lesson or message that the reader understands by reading between the lines. A book of fiction can have many themes. Finding a Theme in Two Steps 1. A single word for the book Little Red Riding Hood could be deception. 2.