The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland The UK is situated northwest of the European continent between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea It has a total land area of 244100 square ID: 628266
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandSlide2
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandSlide3
The UK is situated north-west of the European continent between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea. It has a total land area of 244,100 square
kilometres
, of which nearly 99% is land and the remainder inland water. From north to south it is about 1,000
kilometres
long
.
The UK part of Europe and is a member of the European Union (EU
).
The United Kingdom is made up of:
England - The capital is London.
Scotland - The capital is Edinburgh .
Wales - The capital is Cardiff.
Northern Ireland - The capital is Belfast.
England, Scotland and Wales together form Great Britain.Slide4
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Every country has its specific culture and peculiarities which can be found in their symbols. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland consists of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Each of them has its symbols and usually there are two types of them official and unofficial ones.Slide5
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Floral emblems
Each country in Britain has its own patron saint and floral emblem:
England -
St. George
and the Rose.
The national flower of England is the rose.
The flower has been adopted as England’s emblem since the time of the Wars of the Roses - civil wars (1455-1485) between the royal house of Lancaster (whose emblem was a red rose) and the royal house of York (whose emblem was a white rose).Slide6
Wales
- St. David and the
Daffodil.
The national flower of Wales is the
daffodil
, which is traditionally worn on St. David’s Day. The vegetable called leek is also considered to be a traditional emblem of Wales.Slide7
Scotland -
St. Andrew
- the Thistle and Scottish Bluebell.
The national flower of Scotland is
the thistle
, a prickly-leaved purple flower which was first used in the 15th century as a symbol of defence. The Scottish Bluebell is also seen as the flower of Scotland.Slide8
Northern Ireland -
St. Patrick
and the Shamrock.
The national flower of Northern Ireland is the shamrock,
a three-leaved plant similar to clover. An Irish tale tells of how Patrick used the three-leafed shamrock to explain the Trinity. He used it in his sermons to represent how the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit could all exist as separate elements of the same entity. His followers adopted the custom of wearing a shamrock on his feast day.Slide9
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Choose the countries which are the parts of the UK.
Выберите страны, которые являются частью Соединенного Королевства.
England b) Scotland c) Wales d) Republic of Ireland e) Northern Ireland
2.
Match the country with its capital.
Соотнесите страны и их столицы.
1)England a) Cardiff
2)Scotland b) London
3)Wales c) Edinburgh
4)Northern Ireland d) Belfast5) the UK3. Match the plant symbol and the country1. Wales
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. Scotland 3.Northern Ireland 4. England