1. INDEX
BRITISH GEOGRAPHY
BRITISH EMBLEMS
STEREOTYPES
AUSTRALIAN DIMENSION
SOME CURIOSITIES ABOUT AMERICA
FURTHER INFO
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2. BRITISH GEOGRAPHY
THE BRITISH ISLES:
GREAT BRITAIN vs
IRELAND
THE U.K. (GREAT BRITAIN
AND NORTHERN
IRELAND)
GREAT BRITAIN:
ENGLAND, WALES,
SCOTLAND
IRELAND vs NORTHERN
IRELAND
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3. BRITISH EMBLEMS
There are several symbols which represent Great
Britain and Ireland.
ROSE SHAMROCK THISTLE DAFFODIL
(England) (Ireland) (Scotland) (Wales)
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4. STEREOTYPES
Each country is
represented
according to the
features applied to its
people. The Anglo-
Saxon Stereotypes in
the British Isles are
the following on your
right.
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5. STEREOTYPES
… .. H is n a m e is J im m y . H e s p e a k s w it h a s t r a n g e a c c e n t a n d m o s t
o f t h e t im e h e i s d r u n k . H e u s u a l l y w e a r s a k i l t w i t h s p o r r a n a n d a
b a g p ip e .
… . . H i s n a m e i s D a v i d . H e is t h e m o s t l i k e l y t o h a v e a c o n v e r s a t io n
w i t h s h e e p . H e ’ l l b e w e a r i n g a w o o le n p u l l o v e r a n d s i n g i n g
“ D e lila h ” . O ld s t o r ie s t e ll t h a t D a v id is a t h ie f , a s h a m a n d a c h e a t
a s t h e t h e o ld r h y m e ‘T a f fy w a s a W e ls h m a n ’ p o in t s o u t .
… .. H is n a m e is J o h n . H e e a t s b a c o n a n d e g g s , r o a s t b e e f a n d
Y o r k s h i r e p u d d i n g s . H e d r in k s t e a . H e i s a lw a y s i n s h i r t a n d t i e ,
t w e e d ja c k e t a n d s t r o n g s h o e s . W h e n w o r k in g , h e w e a r s a p in -
s t r i p e d s u i t , b l a c k s h o e s a n d a b o w le r h a t .
… .. H is n a m e is P a d d y . H e ’s f r ie n d ly , t a lk s a lo t , a lt h o u g h h e is a
l i t t l e d im . H e ’ l l b e w e a r i n g s o m e t h i n g g r e e n , f e a t u r i n g a s h a m r o c k ,
t h e n a t io n a l e m b l e m a n d i f g o i n g t o p l a y a n i n s t r u m e n t o f a n y s o r t ,
i t w i l l b e t h e h a r p . H e lo v e s d r i n k i n g d a r k b e e r c a l l e d “ G u i n n e s s ” .
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6. AUSTRALIA'S DIMENSION
Australia's dimension is
huge. Look at the
following map and
see how big it is in
contrast to Europe...
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7. AMERICAN CURIOSITIES..
W ALL STREET
T h e D u tc h w e re th e firs t E u ro p e a n s to s e ttle
M a n h a tta n . T o p ro te c t th e m s e lv e s fro m
a tta c k s , th e y b u ilt a s tu rd y w o o d e n w a ll.
A lth o u g h it’s n o w lo n g g o n e , th is w a ll g a v e its
n a m e to a s tre e t in L o w e r M a n h a tta n a n d th e
s tre e t, in tu rn , b e c a m e s y n o n y m o u s w ith
A m e ric a n c a p ita lis m . T h e s tre e t, o f c o u rs e , is
W a ll S tre e t.
It’s e a s y to s e e w h y “ W a ll S tre e t” m e a n s
c a p ita lis m ; th e N e w Y o rk S to c k E x c h a n g e a n d
th e A m e ric a n S to c k E x c h a n g e a re b o th in th e
W a ll S tre e t a re a .
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