Презентация, доклад по иностранному языку на тему England

Isles. Occupies the island Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and part of the island of Ireland, and also independent administrative units - the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
Great Britain is washed by the Atlantic Ocean in the North and the West, the North Sea in the east and the Irish Sea in the West, in the south is separated from the continent by the English Channel Straits and Strait of Dover. In the West and the North of the country mountainous, strongly rassechenny relief, in the southeast and in the center - sublime plains and heathlands prevails. The highest point - Ben Nevis in Scotland (1343 m). The total area of the country is 244,1 thousand sq.km.
Capital of London.

by inhabitants with love and sometimes ridiculous meticulousness. Probably, the most ancient and favourite national tradition is a monarchy. Its symbol - the Buckingham palace - the residence of queen Elizabeth II nowadays open for survey for general public.

end: in its walls the British monarchs are crowned, here they find eternal rest. Besides, the Westminster abbey is well-known for the "corner of poets". In honor of become history English creators - Shakespeare, Chaucer, Milton, Wordsworth, Dickens and many others memorial boards are established. But the real graves of not all mentioned poets are exactly here.

Ben hours on which keep count of time since 1859. Actually Big Ben is a name not towers and not hours, and an hour bell.

Thames since the 13th century the English parliament - behind medieval walls, unapproachable and majestic, as if symbolizing firmness of one of the oldest democratic institutes sits at Europe.

the ancient fortress and the prison which gloomy walls saw a lot of blood including royal. Surely pay attention to security guards of the Tower - Beefeaters - in magnificent uniforms.

of the best-known monuments of London - St. Paul's Cathedral (The arkh. Christopher Rehn).Этот the Protestant temple was conceived and constructed as opposition to Sacred Peter's Catholic temple in Rome in 1666-1711gg.

of antiquities is for the whole world well-known. Exactly there finds of English archeologists from the territory of Egypt, Greece, Turkey were taken. Today this huge receptacle both Egyptian and antique rarities, and heritage of the Middle Ages, Renaissance and later eras.

history. In a constant exposition in addition - leather pools for the swimming, found under a well of the I century BC, Oliver Cromwell's posthumous mask and a bell which during plague notified on the beginning of collecting dead ph.

but a name of the English queen bears only since 1899. It isn't casual: the whole era is connected with a name of queen Victoria in the history of design, and the museum bearing this name, is devoted to decorative art. Nowadays Victoria and Albert's museum possesses the world's largest exposition of subjects of design - products from glass, porcelain, ceramics, precious metals, textiles. Besides, in a museum big collections of works of painting, a sculpture, and also photo masterpieces are exposed.

station) is open for you till 17.30. There you learn how the first wax figures became, and you will see many celebrities.

- Sherlock Holmes's museum where British tried to reproduce the atmosphere in which there lived the literary hero

biggest in the world. Here more than 4500 works of art from which about 2000 is in a constant exposition are stored. The collection of the Dutch and Flemish schools, and also representatives of the Italian schools of the XV-XVI centuries is most considerable. Don't pass Rembrandt's self-portrait, Leonardo da Vinci (halls No. 11) masterpieces, X. Holbein (hall No. 10), meeting of the French impressionists (hall No. 40-46).

national collection of a sculpture of the 20th eyelid and pictures of the British artists, presented in Tate Gallery.

the most known prehistoric site in Europe. About purpose of Stounkhedzha disputes throughout many centuries are conducted, among versions were also the assumption that is the temple of ancient Celts, and astronomical observatory, and that aliens were creators of this megalytic ring from vertical stone plates, but its riddle isn't solved.