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lunches are: a salad or a sandwich, a baked potato, beans or toast. Sometimes when the English eat later and have their first meal at about 10 or 11 o'clock, they call it brunch (breakfast and lunch).
Snacks are very popular in Britain and many people eat snacks instead of meals. There are a lot of snack bars and cafes selling bread and meat and fish and all kinds of salads called fillings to go in the sandwich. Schools and workplaces may also sell snacks such as crisps, chocolate, sweets and biscuits. Instant snacks are the fastest growing sector of the food market.
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London Marathon
The London Marathon is a marathon race that has been held each year in London since 1981, usually in April. While it is run over the traditional distance of 42.195 km, it is not the traditional marathon it was intended to be; it has become a large sporting festival. The London Marathon was founded by former Olympic champion and renowned journalist Chris Brasher, who was influenced by the New York Marathon and wanted to start such a race.
The London Marathon came into existence on March 29, 1981, when nearly 7,500 athletes participated in the race. By the 25th event, the number of starters reached 35,680.
While it is a serious athletic event, with large prize money attracting elite athletes, public participation of the race is dominated by the fun runners. Sometimes in funny dress and often collecting money for charity, they make up more than 30,000 runners. On April 19, 2003 Michael Watson, a former boxer, who had been told he would never be able to walk again after a fight with Chris Eubank, made headlines by finishing the Marathon after six days of competing, becoming a national hero in England.
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Where Is London Airport?
Last summer I got a letter from my Italian friend Giovanni. He said he was coming to England, and he asked me to meet him at London airport on Friday, June 25th at 5.30 am. I wrote and told him to look for me at the airport. London airport (at Heathrow) is quite a long way from the centre of London, but there are special buses which come and go between the air terminal in Central London and the airport outside London. But I live quite near the air terminal.
I went to bed at 9.30 on June 24th and I got up at 3 o'clock in the morning. I got dressed in a hurry and walked to the air terminal. I bought a ticket and got on the first bus to the airport.
The airport was very big. There were several different buildings and they were full of shops and airline offices and there were hundreds of people there, even early in the morning. I did not know where to go.
At last somebody took me to the Italian airline office. The young lady told me there were no flights from Italy. I showed her Giovanni's letter. She asked me, "Is your friend a student?" "Yes," I said.
"Well," she said. "Students' flights usually go to Luton Airport."
"Oh, dear," I said."It's a quarter to five now. Can I get to Luton before 5.30?"
"No," she said. "It's too far away."
I was very unhappy. I took the next bus back to the air terminal and went back home. I got very hungry on the bus. I was having breakfast when the telephone rang. It was Giovanni.
It was a good thing I did not go to Luton Airport because Giovanni was phoning me from Gatwick Airport. We agreed to meet at the underground station.
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