with palaces overlooking barges sailing on the clear water of the Thames.

　　Each year the Cambridge and Oxford boat race is run on the river.

　　Such a boat has eight oarsmen, each using an oar of 3.7 metres.

　　A trained crew can work up great speed and shoot away like a rocked.

　　The victor of the race is front-page news of the evening paper.

　　Many bridges span the Thames in London.

　　Of they the most famous is probably the Westminster Bridge.

　　If you happen to be in London one of these days.

　　do take a look from that bridge.

　　On your right you will see the house of Commons and the House of Lord.

　　and the Big Ben, which strikes every quarter of the hour.

　　In the busy traffic on the bridge

　　you will notice the red double-decker buses

　　which roll past quite smoothly in spite of their huge bodies.

　　Two bridges, the Waterloo Bridge and the London Bridge are

　　visible in the distance.

　　Fifty years ago London suffered from smoke and fob

　　Londoners called it pea-soup fob

　　because it looked so thick.

　　Today the smogis gone.

　　and the air remains clear

　　and fish has returned to the Thames

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