2. The topic of the lesson is:
The United Kingdom
The objectives of the lesson are:
• to memorise the basic information on
the United Kingdom
• to learn the new word connected to the
topic of the UK
• to develop listening skills
3. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the
UK or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the north-
western coast of continental Europe.
It is a country in its own right and consists of
four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and
Wales.
4. The United Kingdom is a unitary state
governed under a constitutional monarchy
and a parliamentary system, with its
seat of government in the capital city of
London.
The United Kingdom has fourteen
overseas territories.British influence can still
be observed in the language, culture and
legal systems of many of its former
territories.
5. • The UK is a developed country and has
the world's sixth-largest economy by
nominal GDP and
seventh-largest economy by purchasing
power parity. It was the world's first
industrialised country and the world's
foremost power during the 19th and early
20th centuries.The UK remains a
great power with leading economic,
cultural, military, scientific and political
