Презентация на тему Great Britain

north-west of the European continent between the Atlantic Ocean

Where is the UK?

The official name of
the UK is the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".

Great Britain

Northern Ireland

Ireland
If you look at the full name of the

People in the UK are called British although they have different nationalities

is there I would not do, England, my own? With your

pigeons on the square.
Every winter there is a big

rallies and meetings. The Admiral Lord Nelson’s statue surveys

in 1703.
There is a great collection of paintings
Buckingham

Britain is Elizabeth II. Her husband is Duke of

been crowned and buried in the church since 1308.

the seat of the Cardinal Archbishop and the leading

at Westminster. It begun in 1840 after a Great

in the world – the British Parliament.
The building is

symbol of London. It strikes hours

of the capital’s history for the past 900 years.

a palace, an arsenal, a mint, a prison, an

Crown.
There are 2 800 diamonds on it.

legend says that if the ravens leave, the Tower

is a Tower bridge.

open to let ships pass through.

the City. It was first built in 1666. The

and Princess Diana married here in 1981.

London.
People sit upstairs and downstairs on these buses.

km long.
It is 245 m wide here.
Even big seaships

the meeting point of six streets. Here you can

of Napoleon, is 'a nation of shopkeepers‘. They are

called the High Street, where you should head for

every city and town

and Sundays.
Shops are generally open on Bank Holidays.
Bank

open 6 or 7 days a week.

to 5:30 pm
Some shopping centres stay open until 8

shops open and some shops do not. As a

of an early closing day (usually Wednesday) when the

and Wales are Lloyds, Barclays, Midland and National Westminster

development in Europe, located in a disused chalk pit

26 major street markets to choose from.
Oxford Street (Nearest

you will go in night clubs
Bubble

People make resolutions.

time of Roman Empire.
Is dedicated to St. Valentine.
People send

the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
On the river Thames

race-running while holding a pancake in a frying pan.

death of Christ.
British usually eat hot-cross buns, which are

are closed for two weeks.
People give each other chocolate

the world.
Each year about 30,000 people start the race

end of winter and welcome summer.
Children dance around the

garden show.
Thousands of people come to see the prize

to welcome in midsummer day.
When the fires die

Queen’s official birthday.
Lots of marching, military music and the

of Winchester.
40 days of bad weather will follow if

week of June.
At Wimbledon in South-West London.
One of the

in Notting Hill.
People dress up in fabulous costumes.
Steel bands

say thank you to God for a good harvest.
Churches

the souls that visit their former houses.
People dress up

marks the discovery of a plot to blow up

Christ.
Children wake up early to find presents in their

joins hands and sings Auld Lang Syne.

people want to
live here?

work week of 35 hours
generous leave, maternity
and

most people are tolerant
the crime rate is