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Lecture 8 REGIONS OF THE UK
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- 1. Lecture 8 REGIONS OF THE UK
- 2. PLANAdministrative division of the countryEngland.Southern EnglandThe MidlandsNorthern England
- 3. 3. Scotland4. Wales5. Northern Ireland
- 4. Administrative division of the country
- 5. Traditionally:Counties were called "shires", Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Cheshire, Lancashire.
- 6. Modern division of the country:1) 6 "metropolitan
- 7. Inside counties, big townsboroughs (= towns)cities
- 8. = big towns which have a King’s
- 9. 69 cities in Great Britain.NOT ALL big
- 10. Слайд 10
- 11. The Greater LondonThe City of LondonThe City of Westmin-ster31 other boroughs
- 12. Each county, district and city has its
- 13. Слайд 13
- 14. Lord Mayor of BirminghamLord Mayor of Liverpool
- 15. Слайд 15
- 16. Слайд 16
- 17. especially true of the south-eastern area surrounding
- 18. the last quarter of the 20th c.
- 19. 2. England.
- 20. Capital – LONDONEmblem - ROSEEngland has no national legislature or government
- 21. North EastYorkshire andHumbersideEast MidlandsEast AngliaLondonSouth EastSouth WestWest MidlandsNorth WestRegions of England
- 22. a) Southern England
- 23. Слайд 23
- 24. The area surrounding the outer suburbs of
- 25. London
- 26. The county of Kent = 'the garden of England'
- 27. Now it is famous for its spa
- 28. British resortsBrighton
- 29. BrightonBath
- 30. The West Country rural beauty
- 31. Слайд 31
- 32. Слайд 32
- 33. Слайд 33
- 34. Largest city – Bristol
- 35. Bristol
- 36. Devonshire creamCheddar cheese
- 37. Cornwall and Devon - a splendid coastline, and national parks. Bristol
- 38. Stonehenge in Wiltshire 3000 BC - 2000 BC
- 39. Cornwall = the Cornish Riviera
- 40. In Cornwall a Celtic language was spoken until the l8th century.
- 41. Legends of King Arthur
- 42. Слайд 42
- 43. Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire a royal residence, Berkshire Leeds Castle in Kent Canterbury Cathedral in Kent
- 44. WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER
- 45. OXFORD UNIVERSITY
- 46. Слайд 46
- 47. OxfordCambridge
- 48. sporting events:horse races Royal Ascot, the Epsom DerbyHenley Royal Regatta
- 49. b) The Midlands
- 50. Слайд 50
- 51. Birmingham - 2nd largest city iron and steel industry
- 52. Birmingham
- 53. The Black Country - an area of the West Midlands north
- 54. The Potteries china productionGladstone pottery museum – bottle ovens
- 55. Stratford-upon
- 56. Nottinghamshire Robin Hood and his merry men
- 57. Nottingham
- 58. c) Northern England
- 59. The North – industrial regionThe Pennine Mountains – large deposits of coal and iron ore
- 60. Manchester cotton goods
- 61. Manchester
- 62. BradfordLeedswoolen goods
- 63. Sheffield steel goods
- 64. Newcastle - shipbuilding
- 65. ManchesterLeedsSheffieldNewcastle
- 66. Wild moors
- 67. The Bronte family house in Yorkshire
- 68. York
- 69. York
- 70. The Lake District
- 71. The Romantic poets W. Wordsworth, S.T. Coleridge
- 72. Yorkshire Dales National Park
- 73. Liverpool
- 74. Liverpool
- 75. Chester
- 76. 3. Scotland.
- 77. Capital – EdinburghEmblem - thistle
- 78. a devolved legislature: the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish Government since 1999
- 79. Слайд 79
- 80. Scotland occupies 32% of the territory its
- 81. Tourism Whisky
- 82. GlasgowLargest city in Scotland brew industry
- 83. Edinburgh
- 84. 'the Athens of the north'
- 85. EdinburghGlasgow
- 86. three officially recognised languages: English, Scots, Scottish Gaelic [ˈkaːlik] (a Celtic language native to Scotland).
- 87. The country of castles about 3,000
- 88. Edinburgh Castle
- 89. eilean donan castle
- 90. Melrose Abbey
- 91. Ben NevisLoch Ness
- 92. Skara BraeStone Age village
- 93. 4. Wales.
- 94. Capital - CardiffEmblem – daffodil, leek
- 95. the elected devolved National Assembly for Wales, along with the Welsh Government
- 96. The Welsh language is still spoken by 21% of the Welsh.
- 97. Cardiff (≈ 350.000 people)
- 98. Cardiff
- 99. Snowdonia National Park
- 100. Brecon Beacons National Park Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.
- 101. Слайд 101
- 102. 5. Ireland.
- 103. Capital – BelfastSymbol - shamrock
- 104. Слайд 104
- 105. has the Northern Ireland Assembly and Northern Ireland Executive
- 106. The main citiesArmagh, Belfast, Derry, Lisburn Newry.
- 107. Belfastshipbuilding linen manufacture
- 108. Belfast
- 109. Mostly agricultural regionSeveral places of spectacular natural
- 110. Слайд 110
- 111. ≈14% of the population of speak Irish,
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Слайд 2PLAN
Administrative division of the country
England.
Southern England
The Midlands
Northern England
Слайд 6Modern division of the country:
1) 6 "metropolitan counties" - the
areas around biggest industrial cities + satellite towns.
"ordinary" counties.
Слайд 8= big towns which have a King’s charter, given to
them in the past
more independent, autonomous
CITIES
Слайд 969 cities in Great Britain.
NOT ALL big towns are cities
the
City of London = the "square mile", and is usually
just referred to as "the City".
Слайд 12Each county, district and city has its Council, composed of
a number of Councillors elected by the people.
The head
of a county council = the Chairman. The head a city =
a mayor,
a Lord Mayor (in one of the 17 most important English cities).
Слайд 17especially true of the south-eastern area surrounding London (= ‘The
Home Counties’).
South vs North
The south lower rates of
unemployment and more expensive houses. 
Слайд 18the last quarter of the 20th c. - the decline
of heavy industry migration of well-qualified workers from north
to the souththe north-south divide seemed to be getting even wider.
Слайд 21North East
Yorkshire and
Humberside
East Midlands
East Anglia
London
South East
South West
West Midlands
North West
Regions
of
England
Слайд 24The area surrounding the outer suburbs of London
- commuter
land.
- the most densely populated area in the UK
Слайд 27Now it is famous for its spa centres and ancient
architecture
British resorts
In the 1st c. AD the Romans built
the first baths In the 18-19th cc became very popular
Bath
Слайд 43Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire
a royal residence, Berkshire
Leeds Castle in Kent
Canterbury Cathedral in Kent
Слайд 53The Black Country - an area of the West Midlands north and west of Birmingham.
the Industrial Revolution (19th c.) - one of the most
industrialised parts of Britain with coal mines, iron and steel mills.
Слайд 80Scotland occupies 32% of the territory
its population is much
lower than that of England.
Scotland consists of the mainland
+ over 790 islands divided into four main groups: Shetland, Orkney, and the Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides. 
Слайд 86three officially recognised languages:
English,
Scots,
Scottish Gaelic [ˈkaːlik]
(a Celtic language native to Scotland).
![three officially recognised languages: English, Scots, Scottish Gaelic [ˈkaːlik] (a Celtic language native to Scotland).](/img/thumbs/87959e6bb4d2bf37fb8d73f10489964a-800x.jpg "Lecture 8 REGIONS OF THE UK three officially recognised languages: English, Scots, Scottish Gaelic [ˈkaːlik] (a Celtic language native to Scotland).")
