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The Lovesick Swan
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This is a picture of a swan that lives in Hastings, a town on the South Coast of England. As you can see in the picture, the swan is swimming in a lake, and behind it, you can see some swan-shaped pedalo boats, with some people in them.
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I find this picture very moving, because every time I visit Hastings, the swan is always alone in this lake, swimming with the swan-shaped boats. I think the swan has a broken heart and that it has lost its lover.
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Swans are very romantic birds. You can see in the smaller picture that swans in love make a heart shape with their necks. Swans are well known for having only one partner in their lives. If this partner dies, then sometimes the swan will take a new partner. If not, it will live a life of loneliness. The poor swan in my picture will never find a new partner unless he moves away from the lake and meets some real swans. But I don’t think he ever will!
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Because of an old tradition, the Queen owns all the swans in the UK, and the only people who are allowed to eat a swan are the Royal family. You will never see ‘swan’ on an English menu!
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Swans move in a slow, proud manner, and they seem to live a life of leisure. Because of these things, we have a phrasal verb in English – to swan around. If you say that someone is swanning around, you mean that they are moving in a dramatic, self-important manner. For example, we could say ‘The actress arrived at the party and swanned around all evening as if she was the most important person in the world!’
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The sad swan in my picture doesn’t seem to swan around – he mostly just sits on the water looking miserable. I think there’s a lesson for us all here – make the most of life no matter what it brings!
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If I ever see the swan with a new partner, I promise I’ll let you know straightaway! Anyway, let’s cheer up and move on now to this week’s audio word study. If you are a subscriber to my audio lessons, you can also hear and download the audio file in the word study. subscribe here

The City of London, with a capital C, is not the same as the city of London, with a small c! The modern city of London is Europe’s most densely-populated area. The City is a small area, covering approximately one square mile just to the north of the River Thames. It was the original London. It was first populated nearly 2000 years ago by the Romans, who called it Londinium. The City has been an important centre of power since Roman times, but it has not been the capital city for a long, long time because the British parliament has been located in the City of Westminster (also part of modern London), since the 12th century. Before that, the capital city was Winchester, a different city entirely!

In mediaeval times, there was a wall around the City to protect it from invaders, and many streets in the area today still have names like “London Wall” and “Bishopsgate”. If you see a street name containing the word “gate” in the City area, this means that there was a gate in the wall on that street.

The famous Tower of London, first built by William the Conqueror in 1078, was actually not in the City of London. It was built by the invading Normans just outside the City walls as a symbol of power and oppression against the people of London. You can learn a bit more about the Normans in last week’s blog about the History of the English Language.

Today, if someone says that they work in the City, they mean that they work in the financial centre of London, because the City is where the major banks and other financial institutions are located. We also call this financial district ‘The Square Mile”, because this is approximately the area that it covers. If you are in London, I recommend that you take a long walk around this area – I’m sure you’ll agree that there is so much history to explore!

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