British horror stories

People like to be scared. They love reading horror stories and watching horror movies.
The most famous horror stories were written by British writers.The first was published by Mary Shelley in 1818- Frankenstein. One of them put two great horror characters together when Frankenstein met Count Dracula.Dracula contra Frankenstein was made by the Spanish director Jesús Franco in 1970 Count Dracula was a vampire created in 1879 by the Irish writer Bram Stoker.

Bram Stoker got the idea for Dracula while he was sitting in Highgate Cemetery in North London.
Count Dracula the vampire was created.
Dracula is so popular that visitors to London can go on a guided Dracula tour.
The tours usually take place just when it's getting dark...

The bedroom window was wide open and moonlight was shining into the room. Mina was on the balcony and a dark shape was leaning over her. It was Count Dracula!!!!

The law

The most famous palace station in Britain is New Scotland Yard in London.
For most people the police are the face of the law. They can arrest people in the street, buy they also give information.
We visited a new police station in Lewisham, an area in south-east London.
This is the custody room of the police station. A suspected criminal in being charged with a crime.
Next they take fingerprints to check the person's identity.

next day he went to court. Here three magistrates listen to evidence from The police and witnesses
They then decide if the person is guilty or not guilty.

The evidence that the police collect from a crime scene is analysed in laboratories like this.
The people who work here are called forensic scientists.
Fingerprints are a good way of identifying people but DAN is more reliable.

Each person has got a unique DNA profile.
DNA profiles can be matched on these computers.

The police are the most obvious part of the law in Britain. Their fob is to make sure that people don't break the law and to catch them when they do.

Supermarkets Unit 3

Supermarkets are an important part of daily life in BRitain.
The five biggest supermarkets sell 80% of all groceries- That's food and drink.
It's got nearly 2,000 shops in Britain and is the third biggest supermarket in the world.
Tow of them, Asda and Tesco, are also the biggest seller of clothes in Britain.
In the larger supermarkets you can buy just about anything.
You can buy sports equipment, bicycles, books, toys and games and,CDs and DVDs.
This of course means that they can buy more and take it home and in the car.
And while they are there with their car, customers can buy petrol too.
There are many more supermarkets now than 20 years ago. People find it very convenient to do all their shopping in one place.
Small shops in towns and villages are closing because supermarkets can sell the same thing cheaper.
As a result, the big supermarkets have started to open small shps in town and city center.
Many supermarkets are open 24 hours a day.
so people can shop 24/7.