Презентация, доклад к уроку английского языка The four nations.

'England'. But this is not strictly correct, and it can make some people angry. England is only one of the four nations of the British Isles (England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland) .

Their political unification was a gradual process that took several hundred years. It was completed in 1800 when the Irish Parliament was joined with the Parliament for England, Scotland and Wales in Westminster, so that the whole of the British Isles became a single state - the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. However, in 1922, most of Ireland became a separate state.

in almost every aspect of life. In the first place , they were different racially. The people in Ireland ,Wales and highland Scotland belonged to the Celtic race; those in England and lowland Scotland were mainly of Germanic origin. This difference was reflected in the languages they spoke. People in the Celtic areas spoke Celtic languages: Irish Gaelic, Scotts h Gaelic and Welsh. People in the Germanic areas spoke Germanic dialects (including the one which has developed in to modern English).

systems. Today these differences have become blurred. But they have not completely disappeared. Although there is only one government for the whole of Britain , and people have the same passport regardless of where in Britain they live , some aspects of government are organized separately (and sometimes differently) in the four parts of the United Kingdom. Moreover, Welsh , Scottish and Irish people feel their identity very strongly.

'England’ when they mean 'Britain'. It cannot be denied that the dominant culture of Britain today is specifically English. The system of politics that is used in all four nations today is of English origin, and English is the main language of all four nations . Many aspects of everyday life are organized according to English custom and practice. But the political unification of Britain was not achieved by mutual agreement. On the contrary. It happened because England was able to exert her
economic and military power over the other three nations.

various aspects of British public life are described.
For example, the supply of money in Britain is controlled by the Bank of England (there is no such thing as a 'Bank of Britain').

the Second', even though Scotland and Northern Ireland have never had an 'Elizabeth the First" (Elizabeth I of England and Wales ruled from 1553 to 1603.)

a
Germanic tribe who settled in England in the fifth century. The word 'England' is derived from their name.) For example, newspapers and the television news talk about 'Anglo-American relations' to refer to relations between the governments of Britain and the USA (and not just those between England and the USA).