Great Britain, Politics (Anglický jazyk)

Great Britain, Politics (Anglický jazyk) 

Téma: Great Britain

Predmet: Angličtina

Basic facts

• Population – around 60 million (9 million lives in London)
• Located: in north west Europe and the island of Great Britain and the northern part of Ireland
• Highest mountain – Ben Nevis
• World heritage sites: The Tower of London, Westminster Abbey…

Politics

• Constitutionally monarchy = it has parliament and monarch
• Monarch is Queen Elizabeth II

Life in Great Britain

• Over polite = never tired of saying thank you, please, excuse me
• Self-discipline (people wait in queues)
• Don´t speak too loudly
• Kiss on cheek to say goodbye
• eat too much fast food (no time to cook = too much work)

History

• Romain Period – Romans built paved roads, baths and also Hadrian´s wall as protection against invasion of the Celtic tribes
• The names of Roman towns on Britain often end with – chester – chaster – cester ( Manchester )
• Christianity was brought to Britain

Elizabeth England

• Era of great explores
• First theatres (Shakespeare)

Stonehenge

• the largest prehistoric monument, a huge circle of standing stones on Salisbury Plain
• visitors from all over the world come here and wonder at how these huge stones were transported and erected over 3000 years ago

Interesting places: 

• Oxford, Cambridge and St. Andrews – university towns
• York, Bath, Banockburn, Falkirk
• Canterbury – cathedral, museum, Marlowe theatre
• Dover – White cliffs, Dover castle – Key To England

Scotland

• Basic information – inhabitants: 5,4 million
• Area = the size of Czech Republic
• Part of UK
• Official language – English, Scottish, Gaelic
• Scotland has over 790 islands
• Kilt – People began wearing kilt in 18^th
• A symbol of rebellion against English rule
• Banned by the British parliament from 1747 to 1783
• Whisky – Water of life = national drink, made from water and barley
• Great Highland Bagpipe = a bag from sheep´s stomach is squeezed under the arm to blow air through the pipes