Great Britain (Естественно, работа творческая, и тупо копировать не следует) (1110844)
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UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELANDThe country of rains, tubes and hunting for foxes, castles and cathedrals, beauty of landscapesand rhythm of the modern cities. Great Britain is the unusual country with a special character.Geographical positionThe UK is located on the British Isles. The largest one is Great Britain called also Albion byRoman conquerors. The island is separated from Europe by the North Sea, the Strait of Dover(Па-де-Кале) and English Channel (Ла-Манш).
Such geographical position influenced history ofthe country.There are a lot of gulfs and bays on the coasts of Great Britain.Northern part of Britain is generally mountainous. The highest peak is the Ben Nevis height of1343 meters. The southeast of the island is hilly. The territory of the British Isles is divided byrivers the Thames, Severn, Trent; in the northern part there are many lakes such as LochNeagh, Loch Ness, Loch Lomond.Some about historyThe first inhabitants of the islands were Celtic tribes of Britons, than Romans occupied them.Afterwards Anglo-Saxon tribes came and formed the Kingdom of England.
At the beginning ofthe 18th century Great Britain was formed.A century before the British colonial Empire appeared, the biggest in the world. During theperiod of the highest prosperity it had colonies on all continents.It occupied India, almost all North America, Australia, New Zealand, a half of Africa. By themiddle of the XX century all these territories got independence, but some of them formallyremained under the English crown such as Australia, Canada, Kingdom of New Zealand, PapuaNew Guinea, Jamaica.Elizabeth II, the queen of Great Britain since 1952, is the oldest monarch in the history ofEngland.
Her sixty-year anniversary of reigning had celebrated this year. Queen’s reigning isnominal; she "reigns, but doesn't rule". The parliament of Great Britain makes functions of thehead of the state. It consists of two parts: The House of Commons and The House of Lords.National symbols of Great BritainOne of the state symbols is the flag Union Jack. Its pattern occurred after the unification ofEngland and Scotland and unification of their flags’ patterns.
In 1801 Ireland joined, and theflag got the cross of St. Patrick.The shield of Great Britain is the official shield of the British monarch. It includes two lions andseven leopards. It is divided into four fields, two of them represent England, others representsScotland and Ireland.«God save the King/Queen!» is the national anthem of great Britain that sounds duringimportant events in the United Kingdom. The word «King» and «Queen» change according tothe person who rules the Britain at the time.The administrative division of the UKThe United Kingdom includes Great Britain and Ireland. Great Britain includes England, Walesand Scotland with all islands.England is the birthplace of the most ancient monarchy in Europe.
The capital of the country islocated there. Other cities of England are The Beatles’ Liverpool, Nottingham - the city of RobinHood, Cambridge and Oxford with Universities, the city of Shakespeare's Stratford-upon-Avonand the Stonehenge.Scotland has high mountains and blue lakes, the homeland of the Loch ness monster, thesounds of bagpipes, strong whiskey and plaid skirt.Wales is a place of the wonderful landscapes and medieval castles.Northern Ireland has ancient villages with idyllic scenery and slow life.Great Britain and BritishThe British believe that self-control is the main advantage. "Be able to behave" – they say.Personality of British is very unusual - mysterious, strange, eccentric.
Briton is the person whois difficult to understand and who keeps couple of focuses in a sleeve.The ideal of the British is independence, education, honesty, politeness, ability to manage timeand money. They are inventive, concentrated, thoughtful people. These qualities defineddevelopment of the country that sometime was the world's largest empire.The most known English tea ceremony is "five-o’clock". At the time shops and institutions areclosed and everybody drinks tea.
The British drink more tea than in any other country in theworld because there are a lot of breaks between meals. For example, they drink tea 20 timesmore, than Americans. Since recent time British began to use tea in tea bags.Since the time of the Beatles and Rolling stones in the 1960s, the UK remains the center ofyouth culture.Traditional music in Britain is also world-known. Britain gave the world composers-classics Henry Purcell in the Baroque era to Benjamin Britten in the twentieth century.It has a rich literary heritage, including the creations of William Shakespeare and Scot RobertBurns, the Dylan Thomas and Walter Scott and others, and others.ClimateThe climate of the UK is soft because of warm of North Atlantic current.
In Great Britain thereis a cloudy weather and many drizzling rains the most part of year. In highlands the winterfrost and snow are frequent. On lowlands snow is quite rare. In London, for example, it ispossible to see snow only 5 days in a year.Well-known London fogs enveloped the city because of a smoke of burned coal. Neverthelessthey didn’t lose their charm. Nowadays the damp natural fog appears often.The weather is the major subject for conversation in Great Britain. Any conversation beginswith the ritual phrase: "Lovely day isn't it?", or when weather bad: "Nasty day, isn't it?"Things should be made in Great BritainArriving in Britain, go for a ride on well-known London’s "double-decker" on the second floor,stand on the line of the Greenwich meridian – a point the world time is counted from , visitSouthampton’s port which "Titanic" in 1912 departed from and sit in the pub “The Grapes” inLiverpool — a favorite place of The Beatles and understand the rules of pub etiquette..
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