Презентация на тему Westminster abbey

House of Lords -Палата лордов
6) House of Commons

-Палата общин
7) session-заседание
8) Westminster Abbey-Вестминстерское аббатство
9) buried-погребенный

Parliament occupy a magnificent building on the left bank

of the Thames in a part of London called Westminster, that has long been connected with royalty and government.

place beside the River Thames in the 11th century.

His successors made the palace their main residence. Gradually Westminster became the centre of government. At first Parliament was organized to help the monarch rule the country. The monarch called representatives of different groups of people together; so the House of Lords represented the Church and aristocracy, and the House of Commons represented the rich landowners who expressed the views and interests of their own town or village. In the course of centuries, power gradually passed from the monarch to Parliament.

Queen still opens the new session of Parliament each

autumn by reading the Queen’s Speech in the House of Lords. Another tradition is that the Queen is not allowed to enter the house of Commons. This tradition goes back to the time of Charles I, more than three hundred years ago, and reminds everybody that the monarch must not try to govern the country.

Westminster Abbey. A church has stood here since Saxon

times, when it was known as West Monastery (Westminster), because of its position to the west of London’s centre.

monarchs have been crowned there, and since the 13th

century they have been buried there. Many other famous people are also buried in Westminster Abbey.

of the House of Parliament situated?
2)Which two parts does

British Parliament consist of?
What English king built Westminster Abbey?
What is Westminster Abbey famous for?