Презентация, доклад по английскому языку на тему Соединенное Королевство.

Britain and Northern Ireland
Status. A sovereign state
Area. 94,226 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km.)
Population. 57,1 mln. (1991).
Nationality. British
Capital. London (M. A. 6,75 mln.)

population lives mostly in towns and cities and their suburbs. Four out of every five people live in towns.
The distribution of the population is rather uneven. Over 46 million people live in England, over 3 million in Wales, a little over 5 million in Scotland and about 1.5 million in Northern Ireland.
The UK is inhabited by the English, the Scots, the Welsh, and the Irish who constitute the British nation. The British are the descendants of different peoples who settled in the British Isles at different times.

well-off than other Europeans. Most people have only three weeks paid holiday per year, and the bank holidays put Britain at the bottom of the list of Common Market countries as far as public holidays are concerned. British “bank holidays” are New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, May Day, Spring Bank Holiday, Summer Bank Holiday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Only when UK joined the E.E.C. New Year’s Day became a public holiday. The patron saints days are not celebrated with a holiday. They St. David’s Day in Wales, St. George’s Day in England and St. Andrew’s Day in Scotland. Only Ireland, both North and South, has holiday on St. Patrick’s Day.

from England. The English have a proverb, “All work and play makes Jack a dull boy.” They do not think that play is more important than work; they think that Jack will do his work better if he plays as well, so he encouraged to do both. Association football, or soccer is one of the most popular games in the British Isles played from late August until the beginning of May. In summer the English national sport is cricket. When the English say: ‘that’s not cricket’ it means ‘that’s not fair’, ‘to play the game’ means ‘to be fair’

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