Autor materiálu:RNDr. Pavlína Kochová Datum vytvoření:říjen 2013

Autor materiálu: RNDr. Pavlína Kochová

Datum vytvoření: říjen 2013

Vzdělávací oblast: Jazyk a jazyková komunikace

Vyučovací předmět: Anglický jazyk

Ročník: 3.,4.

Téma: Basic fats about the UK

Druh materiálu: prezentace s úkoly

Klíčová slova: island, group of islands, symbol, monarchy, mountain range, lake loch, riverAnotace: Seznámení studentů s hlavními fakty o spojeném království

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Autorem materiálu a všech jeho částí, není-li uvedeno jinak, je RNDr. Pavlína KochováCZ.1.07/1.5.00/34.0501


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The United Kingdom



1. What do you mean when you say the United Kingdom?

The British Isles

This geographical name refers to all the islands off the north west coast of the European continent.

Great Britain

This is the name of the largest of the British Isles. “Great“ refers to its size, while “Britain“ forms link with the northern part of France, Brittany. In fact, the French were first to talk about Grande Bretagne. In everyday speech people use “Britain“ when speaking about the United Kingdom.



The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

•It is the official title of the country.

•It is abbreviated to “the United Kingdom“ and further to “UK“.

•It is the political name of a country which is made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (Ulster).

•Several islands off the British coast, for example the Isle of Wight, the Orkneys, Hebrides and Shetlands and the Isles of Scilly, are also part of the United Kingdom.

•Some islands, for example the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, are not part of UK, although they do recognize the Queen.



Show particular islands and groups of islands on the map.



2. “Union Jack” what is that and what symbols does it contain?

The Union Jack

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The Union Jack

The flag of the United Kingdom, the Union Jack, is a superposition of the flags of Saint George (for England),

Saint Andrew (for Scotland)

and Saint Patrick (for Ireland).





The British Isles are washed by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the North Sea to the north and east and the English Channel to the south. The Irish Sea separates Ireland from Great Britain.

British mountains are low; the highest, in Scotland, is Ben Nevis (1,343 m) followed by Snowdon in Wales (1,085m).

Mountain ranges are the Grampians in Scotland and the Cambrian mountains in Wales. The Highland areas lie in the north and west and constitute most of Scotland and Wales. The Pennine chain (“backbone of England“) runs from the river Trent in the south to the Cheviot hills in the north across the northern part of England.

Ben Nevis



The most famous English river is the Thames. It is 215 miles long. The Severn, the longest river in the United Kingdom, is 240 miles long. Other important rivers are the Trent, Tyne, Tees, Clyde etc. Everybody knows the river of Avon.

Lakes can be found in the north of England (Lake District – Lake Windermere), in Scotland (Loch Ness, Loch Lomond) and Ulster (Lough Neagh).

Lake Windermere

Loch Ness



3. Find in the map: Ben , the Severn, Thames Trent, Tyne, Tees, Clyde, Avon.

4. Find at least one more river in particular parts of the UK.

3.Who are the British?

Historically speaking, the true Britons are the descendents of the Celtic tribes who originally came from Iberian peninsula and settled in the western parts of the British Isles. The rest of the population is generally considered Anglo-Saxon origin.

Nowadays Britain is a multi-racial society. In fact, it has an ethnic minority population of over 2.5 million corresponding to 4.7% of the total population. About 45% of these people were actually born in Britain. Most immigrants originated from the Commonwealth countries, such as the West Indies, India and Pakistan.



The British Political System

Britain is constitutional monarchy and at the same time the parliamentary democracy. Term parliamentary monarchy is also used.

Parliament is the most important authority in Britain. Parliament first met in the 13th century and its power developed gradually.•1215 the nobles forced King John to accept Magna Carta.•1264 the first parliament of nobles met.•1689 Bill of Rights. Mary II and William III became the first constitutional monarchs. They could rule only with the support of the Parliament.•Since then the power of Parliament has grown under a number of Acts of Parliament.

Britain has no written constitution, but a set of laws.





6. What is Queen Elizabeth´s role in politicalmlife of the country?

Constitutional monarchy means that the sovereign reigns but does not rule.

The monarch is formally head of state, head of executive, head of the judiciary, head of the legislature, commander-in –chief of the armed forces, and “supreme governor“ of the Church of England. Nevertheless, the monarch still performs some important executive and legislative duties including opening and dissolving Parliament, signing bills which have been passed by both Houses (the Royal Assent), holding audiences with the Prime Minister and carrying out international duties as a head of state.

Present sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II, was crowned in Westminster Abbey in 1953.



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1. Student´s own answers.2. The flag of the United Kingdom, the Union Jack, is a superposition of the flags of Saint George

(for England), Saint Andrew (for Scotland) and Saint Patrick (for Ireland). 3. Students use maps4. Possible answers : Wye (England Wales, on the south border),Forth (Scotland close to

Edinburgh), Logan (Northern Ireland, Belfast)5. Historically speaking, the true Britons are the descendents of the Celtic tribes who originally

came from Iberian peninsula and settled in the western parts of the British Isles. The rest of the population is generally considered Anglo-Saxon origin. Nowadays Britain is a multi-racial society. In fact, it has an ethnic minority population of over 2.5 million corresponding to 4.7% of the total population. About 45% of these people were actually born in Britain. Most immigrants originated from the Commonwealth countries, such as the West Indies, India and Pakistan.

6. The monarch is formally head of state, head of executive, head of the judiciary, head of the legislature, commander-in –chief of the armed forces, and “supreme governor“ of the Church of England. Nevertheless, the monarch still performs some important executive and legislative duties including opening and dissolving Parliament, signing bills which have been passed by both Houses (the Royal Assent), holding audiences with the Prime Minister and carrying out international duties as a head of state.

ZDROJE

1. Union jack http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg2. St George´s Cross http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_England.svg3. St. Andrew´s Cross http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Scotland.svg4. Union flag 1606

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Union_flag_1606_(Kings_Colors).svg5. St Patric´s Cross http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St_Patrick%27s_saltire.svg6. Map of the UK http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Uk_topo_en.jpg7. Ben Nevis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BenNevis2005.jpg8. Lake Windermere

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Windermere_Lake_District_from_hill.JPG9. Loch Ness http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LochNessUrquhart.jpg10.Coronation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coronation_of_Queen_Elizabeth_II_Couronnement_de_la_Reine_Elizabeth_II.jpg



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_England.svg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Scotland.svg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Union_flag_1606_(Kings_Colors).svg

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