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temperatures are higher than in winter and the animals are near the water. It’s the
best time to take photos and make videos.
2) The Statue of Liberty is one of the most famous monuments of the USA.
The people of France gave the Statue to the people of the USA in 1886 to show
their friendship. The statue is situated on the Liberty Island in New York. It’s the
statue of a woman with a torch. Her crown has seven parts. They symbolize the
seven continents. The Statue of Liberty is 93 meters high. The statue stands on
the platform inside which there’s a museum of the history of people who came
to the USA.
3) Mount Fuji is a symbol of Japan. It’s the highest mountain in Japan,
standing at 3,776 meters. It’s an active volcano. It’s only 100 kilometers from
Tokyo. The last time Mount Fuji was active in 1707. Mount Fuji is loved by
Japanese people and foreign tourists. More than 200,000 people climb the
mountain every year during the warmer summer months. Many people start
climbing Mount Fuji at night because they want to see the sunrise from the top
of the mountain. Japan’s called “the Land of the Rising Sun”. The sunrise from
Mount Fuji has a special name, Goraiko.
4) The Sydney Opera House is Sydney’s most popular tourist attraction, as
well as one of the world’s busiest art centres. It’s known as the ‘Opera House’.
But it has several halls. In the biggest concert hall there are 2,690 seats. People
of Australia built it in 1973. Sydney Opera House looks like no other building
on the earth.
5) The Eiff el Tower is a tower in Paris, near the River Seine. It’s made of
iron. The Eiff el Tower is the tallest tower in Paris and it’s a symbol of Paris in the
world. The engineer Gustave Eiff el built the tower in 1889. Eiff el Tower is 324
metres tall. There’s a lift for people. The tower has two restaurants on the fi rst
and on the second level. There’s a cafe on top of the tower.
6) Big Ben is the name of the Great Bell inside the clock of the Elizabeth
Tower which is in London. The big clock appeared in May 1859. The people of
London called the clock and the tower ‘Big Ben’, it was named after the engineer
Sir Benjamin Hall, who designed it. Before 2012 the tower was offi
cially called
the ‘Clock Tower’. In 2012 it was re-named the ‘Elizabeth Tower’ to celebrate
Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday. Big Ben is a national symbol of Britain for tourists.
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