2. The UK consists of
four main parts
which are:
England, Scotland,
Wales and
Northern Ireland.
Their capitals are
London,
Edinburgh, Cardiff
and Belfast.
3. English is not the
only language which
people use in the UK.
English is the official
language. But some
people speak Gaelic
in western Scotland,
Welsh – in parts of
northern and central
Wales.
4. The flag of the United
Kingdom, known as the
Union Jack, is made up
of three crosses. The
upright red cross is the
cross of St. George, the
patron saint of England.
The white diagonal
cross is the cross of St.
Andrew, the patron
saint of Scotland. The
red diagonal cross is the
cross of St. Patrick, the
patron saint of Ireland.
5. Is the largest,
the industrial
and most densely
populated part
of the United
Kingdom.
6. There are many rivers in
England. The longest is
the Thames. England is
mostly a lowland
country.
In Southern England are
found some of the oldest
British settlements and
traces of ancient
monuments such as
Stonehenge.
7. Over 46 million
people of the
population of the
UK live in England.
The greatest
concentrations of
population are in
London,
Birmingham and
northwest industrial
cities.
8. The coasts of
England are washed
by the North Sea,
the Irish Sea, the
English Channel,
the Strait of Dover.
Fishing has always
been an important
industry in the east.
9. Scotland is divided into
three regions: the
Highlands, which is the
most northern and the
most under populated
area with a harsh climate,
the Lowlands, which is
the most industrial region
and the Southern
Uplands, with hills, which
border on England.
10. Thistle –
чертополох
(национальная
эмблема Шотландии,
а также эмблема
Эдинбургского
фестиваля)
11. The Highlands of
Scotland are among the
oldest mountains in the
world. They reach
their highest point in
Ben Nevis (1343 m).
Many valleys between
the hills are filled with
lakes, called lochs.
The best-known is Loch
Ness where some
people think a large
monster lives.
12. One of the things
that people associate
with Scotland is the
kilt.
The kilt is a relic of
the time when the
clan system existed
in the Highlands.
Each clan had its own
tartan.
13. Edinburgh has been
the capital since the
15th century.
Edinburgh is the
cultural center of
Scotland.
Edinburgh is
associated with the
names of George
Gordon Byron,
Walter Scott, Robert
Burns.
14. Wales became part
of England in 1536 by
the Act of Union.
The Welsh call their
country Cymru,
themselves they call
Cymry, a word which
has the same root as
„comrader‟(friend)
15. Wales is a highland
country of old, hard
rocks. North Wales is
a country of mountains
and deep valleys.
South Wales is a land
of high hill and wide
valleys.
The pride of Wales in
scenery is Snowdonia,
a region of high
mountains.
16. Wales has its own flag
called the welsh
dragon.
Eisteddfod is a festival
of Welsh culture.
It includes competitions
in prose, poetry and
singing.
17. Northern Ireland
is the smallest
component of the
United Kingdom.
Its capital city is
Belfast.
18. For seven centuries
Ireland was a colony of
Britain. Irish poets put
it in a different way
when they call Ireland
“the Emerald Isle”
Lough Neagh is the
largest lake in the
British Isle. The rivers
of Ireland are short,
but deep.
19. London is the capital
city of England and the
United Kingdom.
London is situated
upon both banks of the
River Thames. It is the
largest city in Britain
and one of the largest
in the world. Its
population is about 7
million people.
20. The best-known streets
here are Whitehall
with important
Government offices,
Downing Street, the
London residence of
the Prime Minister and
the place where the
Cabinet meets, Fleet
Street where most
newspapers have their
offices, Harley Street
where the highest-paid
doctors live.
21.
22. Beefeaters – Бифитер Raven – ворон.
прозвище дворцовой стражи
или стражников
лондонского Тауэра.
Tower of London –
Тауэр это старинная
крепость на берегу реки
Темзы в Лондоне. В разное
время была королевской
резиденцией, в ней хранятся
королевские реалии.
Строительство было начато
в 11 веке Вильгельмом
Завоевателем.
