Материал к уроку английского языка на тему "My image of Britain" для 8 класса

Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

say that they have three variants of weather:
when it

rains in the morning, when it rains in the afternoon
or when it rains all day long.

smog.

of the
clock at the north end
of the Palace

of
Westminster in London.
It celebrated its 150th
anniversary in May
2009. The tower is
96.3 metres high
(roughly 16 stories).

River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London,

which gives it its name. It has become an iconic symbol of London.

Tower Bridge

in Windsor. The original
castle was built after the
Norman

invasion by William
the Conqueror, and since the
time of Henry I it has been
used by a succession of
monarchs. The castle
includes the 15th-century St
George's Chapel (капелла св.
Георгия). More than
five hundred people live and
work in Windsor, making it
the largest inhabited castle in
the world.

The London Eye is a giant 135-metre tall Ferris

wheel situated on the banks of the River Thames in the British capital.
It is the tallest Ferris wheel in Europe, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom, visited by over 3.5 million people annually.
The London Eye is located on the South Bank of the River Thames in London.

they are rather slow, especially during the rush hour. On

the traditional double-decker there were no doors and passengers leaped up and off the bus and conductor was moving about and collecting fares from the passengers. 

years, the traditional British red telephone kiosk can still be

seen in many places throughout the UK, and in current or former British colonies around the world. The colour red was chosen to make them easy to spot.

of Wiltshire, about 13  kilometres north of Salisbury. One of

the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is
composed of earthworks
surrounding a circular
setting of large standing
stones.

or simply Cambridge) is
public, research university located in Cambridge,

United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university
in both England and the English-speaking world
and the seventh-oldest globally. It is one of the
best universities in the world. Graduates University
have won a total of 61 Nobel Prizes, the most of
any university in the world. Academic staff of
University won a total of 52 Nobel Prizes, second
most of any academic institution (after Columbia
University).

of the British monarch.
Buckingham Palace has 775 rooms. These

include 19 State rooms, 52 Royal and guest
bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices
and 78 bathrooms. Buckingham Palace is the
Queens official London residence and is
used to receive and entertain guests on
state, ceremonial and official occasions for
the Royal Family. The Palace is located
between The Green Park, Hyde Park and St.
James's Park. Buckingham Palace's 19 state
rooms, ballroom and gardens are open to
visitors during August and September.

Royal Family.

event. During the 1880's upper-class and society women would change

into long gowns, gloves and hats for their afternoon tea which was usually served in the drawing room between four and five o'clock.

streets of London: the regular museum flat of Sherlock Holmes

and monument to Mr. Holmes was opened in London on Bakes street 221B (It must be noted that these attractions the British government has classified a historical monument).

in Gloucester are known by every admirer of the novels

about Harry Potter by JK Rowling.

ancient roots in the polytheistic Celtic harvest festival of Samhain (pronounced /sɑːwɪn/)

and the Christian holy day of All Saints, but is today largely a secular celebration. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating , wearing costumes and attending costume parties, carving jack-o'-lanterns, ghost tours, bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.

the bank holidays of the year. it is celebrated much

the same way as in the United States of America. On December 26, the Boxing Day, traditionally people give each other Christmas presents, which used to come in boxes. It is a very pleasant custom indeed.
London remains one of the world’s strongholds of pageantry much of which is centred on traditional observances connected with the Royal family. They are always attracting large crowds of spectators, native Londoners as well as foreign visitors. Here are two of them.

do not celebrate on New Year’s Eve. In Scotland New

Year’s Eve is called Hogmanay and is an occasion for joyous celebration. In London Scottish people gather on the steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral and sing"Auld Lang Syne“ at midnight.

its customs to a pageant festival hold eostre which is the name

of Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring time. Every spring European peoples celebrated the festival to honour the awakening of new life in nature. Christians related the rising of the sun to the resurrection of Jesus and their old spiritual rebirth. This "holy" day is celebrated in many countries of the world.

(Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, "the Day of the Festival of

Patrick"), is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick the foremost patron saint of Ireland.