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The Queen’s speech
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The Queen's Speech is one of 1) ___ (TRADITION) and famous rituals of Parliament. It's the formal way that the government re-opens Parliament after a break and sets out 2) ___ (THEY) plans for what they want to achieve. It 3) ___ (WRITE) by politicians but read out by the Queen. The State Opening of Parliament, and therefore the Queen's Speech, 4) ___ (TAKE) place this year on 11 May following the elections in England, Scotland and Wales. The ceremony, as it usually unfolds, 5) ___ (DATE) back to 1852. The Queen normally rides in a grand state coach from Buckingham Palace to the House of Lords in Westminster with all sorts of parades and military bands 6) ___ (PERFORM). In recent years, these ceremonial elements 7) ___ (SCALE) back - in part due to the Queen's age and the time of year it takes place. The 2021 occasion was 8) ___ (ONE) to happen during the coronavirus pandemic when big crowds 9) ___ (ADVISE). Only 74 people in total 10) ___ (ALLOW) in the main Lords chamber, with a further 34 MPs and peers watching from the Royal Gallery. Everyone in attendance had to test negative for Covid beforehand and wear a mask.
Scale smth. back = scale smth. down - to make something smaller than it was or smaller than it was planned to be = сокращать, урезать (По материалам https: //www. bbc. co. uk/newsround/27697265)
ANSWERS: THE MOST TRADITIONAL, THEIR, IS WRITTEN, TOOK, DATES, PERFORMING, HAVE BEEN SCALED, THE FIRST, AREN’T ADVISED, WERE ALLOWED
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