Презентация по английскому языку на тему Wonderful Great Britain

Тема: Great Britain Подготовила: Бахрачёва АделинаУченица 6 класса «Б»МАОУ СОШ№3Учитель: Зверева Татьяна Сергеевна LET’S GO TO TRIP TO THE CAPITAL OF GREAT BRITAIN-LONDON! PLACES OF INTEREST IN GREAT BRITAIN Places of interest in LondonThere are a lot of places of interest in London. Among them there are: Westminster Abbey, the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, St Paul’s Cathedral, London Bridge, the Tower of London. Great Britain is the main English-speaking country in the world. It consists of England, Scotland and Wales. There are many interesting sights in each of these countries and their capitals: London, Edinburgh and Cardiff. Millions of people visit Britain every year to learn more about its places of interest LONDON BRIDGE For pedestrians structures of bridges envisaged the possibility to cross bridge even during divorce span. For this purpose, apart from the usual pavements, located on the edge of the roadway, in middle part pedestrian walkway have been designed connecting the towers at a height of 44 meters. Reach to gallery could on the stairs positioned inside towers. BIG BEN Big Ben - the name the largest of the six bells of Westminster Palace in London, often the name refers to the clock and clock tower as a whole, which since September 2012 has officially called the "Tower of Elizabeth." The tower was designed by English architect Augustus Pyudzhina in 1858, the clock tower is set in motion 31 May 1859. The official name until September 2012 was the "Palace of Westminster Clock Tower" (I. The tower is 96.3 meters (with a spike), the lower part clock mechanism is at a height of 55 m above the ground. With a diameter of the dial to 7 meters and the length of the arrows in the two , 7 and 4.2 meters, hours were long considered the greatest in the world. There are two theories regarding the origin of the name. According to the first, the most difficult at the time the bell - 13.7 tons - gets its name Big Ben (Big Ben) after Sir Benjamin Hall, who supervised the cast the bell. According to another, the Big Ben was named after Benjamin County, very popular at the time the boxer in the heavyweight division. WESTMINSTER ABBEY Westminster Abbey - the Gothic church of Westminster (London) to the west of Palace of Westminster. Built intermittently with 1245 to 1745 years, but retains Gothic appearance. Traditional place of the coronation of and burials of Great Britain of monarchs of monarchs of England. Along with the nearby church of St. Margaret Abbey classified to World Heritage Sуtes. With her the same square towers and openwork arches this ancient abbey in the English Gothic style is one of the clearest examples mediaeval church architecture. But for Englishmen, it is far more: it is the sanctuary of the nation a symbol of everything they fought for and are fighting Britons and here is the place where was crowned much of of the rulers of the country, many of whom were buried here. TOWER OF LONDON Tower of London, a fortress, standing on the north bank of the Thames - the historic center of London and one thing of the oldest buildings England. . Today Tower of London - one of the main attractions of the UK. He practically unchanged since the days of the past. Symbol sinister of last Tower of London is a place where earlier there was a scaffold of Tower Hill. There now set too low memorial plaque in memory of "the tragic fate of the martyrdom of, and sometimes those who during the name of faith, homeland and ideals risked his life and died." Currently, the main of the building the Tower of London - museum and armory, which stores the treasures of the British crown, officially continues to be of one of royal residences. In Tower of London also has a number of private apartments, which are home to basically wait staff and honored guests. ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL The official date of the opening of the cathedral is 20 October 1708 - the birthday of the architect Ren , but service in the cathedral effectively commenced 2 December 1697. During the design Renou had actually thrice completely change the project. St Paul's Cathedral is the resting place of nearly two hundred most famous British citizens. This tradition dates back with previous churches - in the first and second councils have been buried English-Saxon kings. Under the dome of the Cathedral there are three galleries: whispering gallery the inner and exterior stone and the golden gallery. Whispering gallery owes its name to not provided architects the features of its acoustics: the word even spoken in a whisper, in one end of the gallery, is repeatedly reflected its walls, resulting in whispers that might well hear the person at the other end of the gallery. In the bell tower is set 17 bells, 13 of them - in the north-west tower and 4 bells including Big Paul and Big Tom - in the south-west tower. BUCKINGHAM PALACE Buckingham Palace - the official London the residence of British monarch (currently - Queen Elizabeth II). Located across the street of Pall Mall and Green Park to the white marble with gold monument to Queen Victoria. When the king is in the palace, on the roof of the palace flies the Royal Standard. The court palace protects battalion, consisting of Foot Guards and of the Royal Horse-Guards. Every day at 11:30 am from April to August (during the rest of - through the day) is changing of the guard ceremony. This is perhaps the most famous ceremony of in London it attracts many tourists. The summer palace is visited by about 30,000 visitors who take part in the reception in the royal gardens, where there is a lake and waterfalls. Complement the picture of the natural world flamingo birds and peace which is not affected even the royal helicopters circling above the garden. TRAFALGAR SQUARE Trafalgar Square - area in the center of London, where, in place the cross Charingskogo converge three paramount streets of Westminster - the Strand, Whitehall and the Mall. Originally, Square carried the name of King William IV, but the final name was in honor of the victory at Trafalgar, England in 1805, Trafalgar Square - a traditional place for demonstrations, as well as holding of mass holidays. A special attraction of the area, until recently, were the doves who had moved to the city with traditional of nesting places - surrounding mountains. Simultaneously on the square could be up to 35,000 pigeons. Tourists always willingly fed the birds, buying seeds from working in Square merchants. In 2000, the Mayor of London Ken Livingstone banned the sale of the area feed the pigeons, removing from Trafalgar Square vendor birdseed with his kiosk. These measures do not produce the desired result, and September 10, 2007 feeding pigeons in the square was also prohibited. Now the birds in the square is almost gone. HYDE PARK Hyde Park - a royal park area of ​​1.4 km І in central London. From the west adjoin Kensington Gardens. Even before the Norman Conquest belonged to Westminster Abbey Park, the name was of ancient Units of measurement of area. Traditional place in political rallies, celebrations and festivals. Outside England Hyde Park is primarily known the fact that here is a Speakers' Corner, where traditionally hone their oratory various speakers and preachers. Therefore, Hyde Park has become synonymous with the place where you can freely proclaim and defend any ideas. During perestroika, "Hyde Park" in the cities of the USSR became known meeting places (usually outdoors), and representatives of different political philosophies, in order to promote their views. REGENT’S PARK Regent's Park - one of the major Royal Parks of London, spread over an area of ​​188 hectares on the border between Westminster and Camden. Regent's Park is a popular recreation for residents and visitors to London. The park is fashionably to rent a field for football and the rugby, and tennis courts. In the lakes of the park are home to many water birds. In the summer you can hire boats. In the center of Regents Park broken rosary. Among the main attractions - the London Zoo (in the north-eastern part of the park), the private residence of the Ambassador of the United States (the former mansion of Barbara Hutton), London Central Mosque and various buildings of London University. LONDON ZOO London Zoo - the oldest scientific zoo in the world. Founded in London 27 April 1828 as a zoological collection for scientific research. Since 1847, be open for public visits. One of the largest zoological collections in the UK (as of in 2006 - 16,802 755 individual animal species). Administratively subordinated to created in 1826 by the Zoological Society of London. Located in the northern part of the Regent's Park, at the border between Westminster and Camden. The territory belonging the London Zoological Assembly, opened the world's first public Snake (1849), The Aquarium (1853) [5], insectarium (1881) Children's Zoo (1938). In 2001, the elephants, rhinos and other large animals were transferred from the London Zoo in Uipsneydsky Zoo in Bedfordshir. BRITAIN IS MAGNIFICENT COUNTRY. I LIKE THIS COUNTRY VERY MUCH.