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A good general site for aspects of UK lifestyles is: http://www.bbc.co.uk/lifestyle/ |
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New websites appear all the time as new eco-protests against development of rural areas take place around the country. Here is a relatively recent site: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2006/05/340527.html |
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The official government site giving statistics about life in the UK can be found at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ |
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The songwriter Ralph McTell has a webpage: http://www.mctell.co.uk/ |
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Information about UK property, housekeeping and house design can be found at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/homes/property/ |
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Some interesting statistics about couples sharing housework can be found at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/articles/nojournal/Couples_Paper.pdf |
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For up-to-date information on the international space station, see: http://www.nasa.gov/ |
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| A good site to find information about famous people is: http://www.who2.com/ |
| More about Shakespeare’s life and works can be found at: http://www.shakespeare-online.com/ |
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| A good starting point for anything to do with tennis is: http://www.tennis.com/ |
| The official Christopher Reeve site is: http://www.chrisreevehomepage.com/ |
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| A site with links to all aspects of weddings is: http://www.bestweddingsites.com/Wacky_Weddings/ |
| Some amusing wedding trivia can be found at: http://www.hitched.co.uk/plan/advice/article.asp?id=29 |
| An excellent site for all things Scottish is: http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/scotland.html |
| For more information about eating out (in London), see: http://www.congokid.com/ |
| The original article that the text in Lesson 17 was based on can be found at: http://archives.cnn.com/2000/FOOD/news/01/01/food.2000/ |
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True stories about unlucky American lottery winners can be found at: http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/SaveMoney/
8lotteryWinnersWhoLostTheirMillions.aspx |
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A more detailed summary of Steinbeck’s book The Pearl can be found at: http://www.bookrags.com/notes/pea/ |
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Some more ‘almost useful’ inventions can be found at the amusing International Chindogu Society website: http://www.chindogu.com/chindogu/chin1.html |
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The homepage of the Segway company that makes the scooters is: http://www.segway.com/ |
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A good site for background information on mobile phones, including the history of them and possible dangers, is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone |
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Two sites about up-to-date television programmes in the UK are: http://www.itv.com/
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/listings/index.shtml?service_id=4223&DAY=today |
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The official webpage of the rock group Queen is: http://www.queenonline.com/ |
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A site with basic information about computers can be found at: http://www.jegsworks.com/Lessons/lessonintro.htm |
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There is an excellent site about New Zealand/Aotearoa at: http://www.newzealand.com/travel |
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For more information about Vancouver, go to: http://vancouver.ca/ |
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Ellen MacArthur has her own website at: http://www.ellenmacarthur.com/ |
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The full text of A Descent Into The Maelstrom by Edgar Allen Poe can be found at: http://books.eserver.org/fiction/poe/descent.html |
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An excellent site for more information about winter sports is: http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/flash/ |
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There is a good National Geographic site about Everest at: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/everest/ |
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Find out more about the Riverdance dance company, pictured in the photo on page 106, at: http://www.riverdance.com/ |
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There is an up-to-date online magazine dedicated to clubbing in the UK at: http://www.clubbing-uk.com/ |
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If you want to immerse yourself in all things Irish, go to: http://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/ |
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The official webpage for the rock group Coldplay is: http://www.coldplay.com/index.php |
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The lesson about rap music was based on an article by Henry A. Rhodes. A complete version can be found at: http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1993/4/93.04.04.x.html |
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An excellent virtual art gallery can be found at: http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/ |
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Another good site with photographs (over a million of them, many of which you can download) is: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html |
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The complete version of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde can be found at: http://www.online-literature.com/wilde/dorian_gray/ |
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A great site showing photos of hundreds of famous buildings can be found at: http://www.greatbuildings.com/ |
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You can find out more about Sandra Cisneros, the author of The House on Mango Street, at her official website: http://www.sandracisneros.com/ |
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You can take a virtual tour of St Petersburg at: http://www.saint-petersburg.com/virtual-tour/hermitage.asp |
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For more information about the Musee Rodin, visit: http://www.musee-rodin.fr/ |
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And for more photos of the unusual Parque Güell in Barcelona, visit: http://community.webshots.com/album/143142510FKApRf |
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