My First Day in Australia

London

London

London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It is located in the southern of England and more than seven million and five hundred thousand people live in there. London has a wide range of people, cultures, religions and languages. The River Thames flows through central of London.
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London is a major tourist destination both for domestic and overseas visitors. It is a very old city with old new buildings of great designs. London has many places of historical interest such as Westminster Palace, St Paul’s Cathedral, Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace. The other famous and attractions are London Eye, Big Ban, Natural History Museum, Tower Bridge, London Bridge Tower , The O2 Dome…..
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The London Transport System is one of the largest integrated transport systems in the world. It has five major international airports such as Heathrow Airport, Gatwick Airport and Stinted Airport. It also has many interior and exterior trains, buses and ferries services.
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London has a temperate marine climate. Summer (Jun – Aug) warm with average high temperatures of 23 c˚ and low of 14 c˚. Winters (Dec – Feb) in London are chilly, but rarely blow freezing with temperature 2 – 8 c˚. Spring (Mar – May) and Autumn (Sept – Nov) have mild days and cool evenings with high temperature of 14 c˚ and low of 5 c˚. The best time to visit London is from April to September.
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The people of London celebrate colourful and amazing annual events every year such as Christmas lighting ceremonies, New Year’s Day Parade, Chelsea Flower show, Notting Hill Carnival and London film festival. London has many sports clubs, restaurants, clubs, shopping and theatres.
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London is one of the major classical and popular music capitals of the world and it has countless bands and musicians. It is also one of the fashion capital cities. London's most popular sport is football. It has five premier league clubs such as Arsenal, Chelsea,Fulham and Aston villa. The Wembley Stadium is home of the English national football team, FA Cup final as well as rugby league’s Challenge Cup final. London’s best-know annual sports are the Wimbledon Tennis Championship and London marathon.
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London has hosted the Summer Olympics twice, in 1908 and 1948.It was chosen to host the Games in 2012, which will make it the first city in the world to host the Summer Olympics three times.The 2012 Summer Olympic Games will be held in London from 27 July to 12 August 2012, followed by the 2012 Paralympic Games from 29 August to 9 September.
The people of London are friendly and sociable. They are very proud of their wonderful city and welcome visitors from all over the world to their city.
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Cathy Freeman

Cathy Freeman was born in Mackay in Queensland in 1973. She was a very good runner and received a scholarship to boarding school where she got professional coaching. Her family worked hard to support her and pay for her to travel to competitions.

She moved to Melbourne for better training facilities in 1990. In 1990 she won a gold medal in the 4x100 metres relay at the Commonwealth Games becoming the first Australian Aboriginal to win a gold medal at an international athletics championship.
Cathy Freeman won the 200 and 400 metres at the Commonwealth Games in 1994. She also won a silver medal in the 1996 Olympic Games. In 1997 and 1999 Cathy became 400 metres world champion.

At the 2000 0lympics Games Cathy had the honour of lighting the Olympic flame and won the 400 metres gold medal. She is very proud of her Aboriginal background and has carried the Australian and the Aboriginal flags around the track after winning a race. She was made Young Australian of the Year in 1990 and Australian of the Year in 1998. She is the first person to receive both awards. She has become a role model for both Aboriginal and non -Aboriginal Australians.

Cathy retired from athletics on July 15, 2003. There is no doubt that Cathy Freeman should leave athletics with absolutely no regrets. What Cathy has been able to achieve in her career is quite remarkable given her humble beginnings. She will ever be remembered as a charming, humble, engaging, infectious, determined, courageous, free-spirited and funny person and a very talented athlete who battled the odds and reached the highest pinnacle in her chosen sport.


Women’s Athletics

Competitor for Australia

Olympic Games

Gold 2000 Sydney 400 m

Silver 1996 Atlanta 400 m

World Championships

Gold 1997 Athens 400 m

Gold 1999 Seville 400 m

Bronze 1995 Gothenburg 4 × 400 m relay

Commonwealth Games

Gold 1990 Auckland 4 × 100 m

Gold 1994 Victoria 200 m

Gold 1994 Victoria 400 m

Gold 2002 Manchester 4 × 400 m

Silver 1994 Victoria 4 × 100 m

If you believe in yourself and if you love yourself and accept who you are, you know, that’s half your battle.
(Cathy Freeman)

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Barack Obama

Barack Obama is the 44th President of United States of America. He is the first African American to win the race for the White House. Obama's charisma, intelligence, and powerful speeches have made him extremely popular with many Americans. He has been very successful with his messages such as " Change we need ", " Change we can believe in " and " Yes we can." Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 4, 1961 to Barack Obama Sr.,a Kenyan father and Ann Dunham, an American mother. The name " Barack " means " one who is blessed." When he was young his family and his friends called him " Barry " for short.

Barack's parents separated when he was two years old and divorced when he was four. His father eventually returned to Kanya and he saw his son only once more before his death in 1982.
Obama's mother later married an Indonesian man. In 1967, Barack's family moved to Ja kata, where he live from age six to ten. In 1970, Obama's half sister, Maya Soetoro was born. However, Ann Dunham's second marriage begin to disintegrate. She missed her home in US and wanted her children to grow and be educated there.

When Obama was ten, he returned to Honolulu and lived with his grandparents. he
attended the renowned Punahou School until he graduated in 1979. After his high school Barack moved to Los Angeles to attend Occidental College. He studied there for two years and then transferred to Columbia University in New York City, where he majored in Political Science and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1983.

After graduation, Barack worked in New York at Business International Corporation and New York Public Interest Research Group before returning to Chicago, where he became a community organizer which worked to improve living conditions in poor neighbourhoods.
Barack entered Harvard Law School in 1988, where he was elected the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review in its 104-year history. He taught law at University of Chicago Law School for twelve years.

Barack met Michelle Robinson in 1989, whom he married in 1992. Michelle and Barack have two daughters, Malia ( born 1999 ) and Sasha ( born 2001 ).

In 1995, Barack released his first best selling book: " Dreams from My Father " and his mother died for cancer.

He became an Illinois Senator in 1996, where he would serve from 1997 to 2004. He become the fifth African American Senator in US history. He supported legislation on conservation, energy, immigration and honest leadership.

On 10th February 2007, Obama announced his candidacy for President of US in the 2008 presidential election. After defeated senator Hillary Clinton in the primaries, Obama became the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for the 2008 presidential election.

In November 2008, he defeated John McCain in a very hard- fought battle and become the first African American President of the United States of America.

Obama is currently battling with serious issues such as the economy, the global credit crisis and wars in Irag and Afghaniston.

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Children should be educated at school

I strongly disagree with Jeft Lee's point of view that Children should be educated at home. I absolutely agree and support that children should be educated at school.
I know that children can use computers for their education at home but I suspect who will teach them how to use the computer. I agree there is no bullying, safe from traffic and strangers and fewer distractions if children study at home. However, I think not all of these things will happen every time children go to study at school. I agree with the government to use more money on people’s health and living standard but I seriously believe education is more important than these things.
The government and education department need to do research in finding out what kind of difficulties parents and children must meet if their children are educated at home.
Everybody knows parents are not professional teachers. They have to work for their family living and also home can be a poor learning environment.
Schools have professional teachers as trainers. Children can learn how to behave in different social environment and with other peers. They can learn how to be polite and respectful to their teachers and their friends. They can help each other. They can have friends to work or solve problems in groups or teams. Children who study at school are responsible to come every class on time, complete any work or assignment on time, return completed homework on time and be well organised with their study materials and time.
Schools have indoor and outdoor competition, such as study competition, sport competition. It makes them happy and healthy. They also can participate in other outdoor activities such as excursions, camps, picnics etc. Schools have many facilities for studying and better environment than students'home.
Children educated at school can get life experiences easier than children who study at home and can be ready to go out in the real world.
I totally believe they can make their good futures. For the benefit of all children and our society, I would like to urge parents and the government to support with all heart and soul children to be educated at school.






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sports

Sport is competition or activity that needs physical effort and skills and can be played following rules to keep you healthy, entertained or busy. Sportsmen should play sport in a way that shows respect and fairness towards the opposing player or team. Sport is good and a great way to meet new people and keep healthy. Professional sportspeople can earn lots of money. They receive payment for their performance because it is their occupation. Sports can develop important skills such as timing, hand-eye coordination, and sportsmanship. Football, rugby, cricket, marathon, etc are outdoor sports and badminton, basketball, volleyball, fitness, etc are indoor sports.
The Olympic Games are one of the largest multi sport event in the world. The Olympics is an international multi sport event which is divided into summer and winter sporting events and the summer and winter games are held in every four years. The program of Olympic sports generally consists of 53 disciplines, 35 different sports and more than 400 events. The Winter Olympic Games basically offer only 7 sports with 15 disciplines.
The flag of the Olympic Games has been divided into five different interlocking rings on a white ground that is black, blue, green, yellow and red. These five colours of the interlocking rings are representing the five parts of the world that were joined together in the Olympic movement. The five parts of the world are Asia, Australia, Africa, America and Europe.
"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered, but to have fought well."
FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the men’s national teams of the members of FIFA. It has been awarded every four years. The first tournament was in 1930 except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II. In the 18 tournaments held, seven nations have won the title. Brazil, the only team to have played in every tournament, has won it a record five times.
Sports commentary can be found in newspapers, magazines and on televisions. We can also watch live sports on TV.
Sport in Australia is popular and widespread. Levels of both participation and watching are much higher than in many other countries. Australia has won The Rugby League World Cup nine times in thirteen and has won The Cricket World Cup four times in nine. Australian Rules football is played in all Australian states and territories.

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