Презентация на тему The biggest cities of Great Britain

The biggest cities of Great Britain Andres Veidenberg, Argo Mikk C.R.Jakobson Gymn. 11c Supervisors: Tiia Pukk, Marje Maasen Viljandi 2002 Introduction We are going to talk about the biggest cities of Great Britain There are 10 biggest cities in Great Britain All this cities have important part of Britain economy and culture The biggest cities Population of the cities London The capital of England Is situated in south-eastern England along the Thames River Founded by Romans in A.D. 43 One of the three main financial centres in the world Parliament The river Thames runs thorough the city Transport in London Double-deckers Black taxis Underground Planes London underground Founded in 1870 One of the biggest in the world Westminster Abbey Windsor Castle Tower Bridge London sights Arms of London Edinburgh Capital of Scotland Famous Edinburghers: Bell, Stevenson, Scott, Connery. Coastal city Bristol The largest city in the South West It has a great harbour Home of Rolls Royce The Concorde factory Leeds 75 nationalities731 Bede’s “History of English Church and People” Centre of wool & sewing factory Glasgow CompaqScotland’s largest cityFishingHarbour city Aberdeen Oil Capital of Europe + 40.000 jobs The world's first holographic 3D camera It’s a coastal city Manchester Warwick Castle Birmingham Second largest city Aston Hall The first steam engine was invented Stratford Upon Avon W. Shakespeare ( Shakespeare Liverpool Capital of culture The Beatles Sunday talents Festival city Newcastle Many earthquakes Harbour Coal mining Summary There are 10 biggest cities in GB. Only London & Birmingham have more than 1,000,000 citizens Many interesting sights