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The wedding between Prince Wiliam and Kate Middleton on April 29 has focused the world's camera lenses on the UK. 

In Britain, there is a constant debate about the relevance of the royal family to modern British society. However, Windsor (the family name of the British Royal Family) and Middleton have been seen to represent a more modern, forward-looking nation. 

Nigel Baker, the British ambassador to Bolivia, believes that the royal wedding is "about modern Britain". "The estimated 2 billion spectators across the world will see that Britain is one of the most culturally and ethnically diverse nations in the world, home to 270 nationalities speaking 300 different languages, founded on tolerance and respect for difference," wrote Baker on his blog. 

According to Baker, the wedding could help viewers to see "why Britain is one of the most dynamic and creative countries in the world": The television on which most people watched the event was invented by John Logie Baird, a Briton, and the World Wide Web that broadcast the event to millions more was invented by another Briton, Tim Berners-Lee. 

The guests who attended the wedding ceremony gave more than a few clues as to the nature of modern Britain. David and Victoria Beckham represent Britain's obsession with football and celebrity. 

Leaders from different religious backgrounds supported Baker's comments on the multicultural nature of modern British society. 

Before the wedding, David Elliott, arts director of the British Council China, agreed that the wedding would be a showcase for modern Britain: "I think, and hope, that it (modern British influence) would be values like openness, multiculturalism, creativity, sense of humor and the traditional British sense of fair play," he said. 

Furthermore, events such as the Olympics in London in 2012 may also increase people's sense of Britishness. 

According to a poll published in Daily Telegraph, more than a third of people in the UK admitted they felt "very British" when watching the Olympics.
1. What is there a debate about?
2. Was there a special event?
3. What was it?
4. Who was getting married?
5. Who was he going to wed?
6. When was the wedding to be?
7. How many will view the nuptuals?
8. What will they see?
9. How many languages are spoken there?
10. Did any athletes attend the wedding?
11. Who?
12. What does he play?
13. Did anyone attend with him?
14. Who?
15. Is she an ahlete as well?
16. Did half the country feel "very British" watching the Olympics?
17. What percentage reported feeling so?
18. According to what?
19. Who published the poll?
20. Was the wedding shown streaming on the web

Numbered answers:
1. The relevance of the royal family in modern society
2. Yes
3. A wedding.
4. Prince William.
5. Kate Middleton
6. April 29
7. "An estimated 2 billion
8. britain is one of the most diverse cultures in the world.
9. 300
10. Yes
11. David Beckham
12. Football
13. Yes
14. Victoria Beckham
15. A celebrity
16. No
17. more than a third
18. A poll
19. The Daily Telegraph
20. Yes


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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, (; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high-fantasy works "The Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings", and "The Silmarillion". 

He served as the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, from 1925 to 1945 and Merton Professor of English Language and Literature and Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, from 1945 to 1959. He was at one time a close friend of C. S. Lewis—they were both members of the informal literary discussion group known as the Inklings. Tolkien was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on 28 March 1972. 

After Tolkien's death, his son Christopher published a series of works based on his father's extensive notes and unpublished manuscripts, including "The Silmarillion". These, together with "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings", form a connected body of tales, poems, fictional histories, invented languages, and literary essays about a fantasy world called Arda and Middle-earth within it. Between 1951 and 1955, Tolkien applied the term "legendarium" to the larger part of these writings. 

While many other authors had published works of fantasy before Tolkien, the great success of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" led directly to a popular resurgence of the genre. This has caused Tolkien to be popularly identified as the "father" of modern fantasy literature—or, more precisely, of high fantasy. In 2008, "The Times" ranked him sixth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". "Forbes" ranked him the 5th top-earning "dead celebrity" in 2009.
1. Who is featured in this article?
2. What work is he famous for?
3. Can you name one?
4. Were there others?
5. They were?
6. Isn't there another?
7. Where is he from?
8. What famous writer is he friends with?
9. What organization did they belong to?
10. How is he popularly known these days?
11. When was he born?
12. Is he still living?
13. When did he die?
14. What year?
15. Besides writing, what else did he do?
16. What was his profession?
17. What was the name of the place his writings were about?
18. What was another name associated with this world?
19. How was he ranked by the Times?
20. Sixth what?

Numbered answers:
1. ohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien
2. classic high-fantasy works
3. The Hobbit
4. yes
5. The Lord of the Rings
6. yes
7. england
8. C. S. Lewis
9. Inklings
10. father" of modern fantasy literature
11. 3 January 1892
12. no
13. 2 September
14. 1973
15. tales, poems
16. English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor
17. Arda
18. Middle-earth
19. sixth
20. he 50 greatest British writers


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Prince Edward Island (PEI or P.E.I.; ) is a province of Canada consisting of the island of the same name, as well as several much smaller islands. 

Prince Edward Island is one of the three Maritime Provinces and is the smallest province in both land area and population. It is the only subnational jurisdiction of North America outside the Caribbean to have no mainland territory, and the only such jurisdiction to have no land boundary. The island has several informal names: "Garden of the Gulf," referring to the pastoral scenery and lush agricultural lands throughout the province; and "Birthplace of Confederation" or "Cradle of Confederation", referring to the Charlottetown Conference in 1864, although PEI did not join Confederation until 1873, when it became the seventh Canadian province. The backbone of the economy is farming; it produces 25% of Canada's potatoes. Historically, PEI is one of Canada's older settlements and demographically still reflects older immigration to the country, with Celtic, Anglo-Saxon and French surnames being dominant to this day. 

According to the 2016 census, the province of Prince Edward Island has 142,907 residents. It is located about north of Halifax, Nova Scotia and east of Quebec City. It consists of the main island and 231 minor islands. Altogether, the entire province has a land area of . Its capital is Charlottetown.
1. How many people are there in the province of Prince Edward Island?
2. What is Prince Edward Island?
3. What is one or the informal names for it?
4. What is another?
5. What is the basis of its economy?
6. What's its third informal name?
7. How much or Canada's potatoes does it grow?
8. What kind of surnames would you find there?
9. Besides the main island, how many others does it have?
10. How many minor islands does it have?
11. What kind of Province is it?
12. What other kind of province is it one of?
13. How many Maritime Provinces are there total?
14. When was the Charlottetown Conference?
15. What happened in 1873?
16. What is it situated north of?
17. And what city is it east of?
18. What is it a subnational jurisdiction of?
19. Does it have a mainland territory?
20. Is it a newer settlement?


Numbered answers:
1. 142,907
2. it is a province of Canada consisting of the island of the same name, as well as several much smaller islands
3. : "Garden of the Gulf,"
4. "Birthplace of Confederation"
5. The backbone of the economy is farming
6. "Cradle of Confederation"
7. 25%
8. Celtic, Anglo-Saxon and French surnames
9. several much smaller islands
10. 231 minor islands
11. a Canadian province
12. a Maritime Provinc
13. three
14. in 1864
15. it joined the Confederation
16. Halifax
17. Quebec City
18. subnational jurisdiction of North America
19. no
20. no