Презентация, доклад The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Country and people

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Быкова Дарья Витальевна
МБОУ Гимназия №6 г. Брянск

large islands and several much smaller ones. Collectively, they are known as The British Isles. The largest island is called Great Britain. The other large on is called Ireland.

They call it “England”. But this is not correct. England is only one of the four nations of the British Isles (England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland).

people with one or more of the four nations.

Names

The prefix “Mac” or “Mc” in surnames (such as MacCarthy, MacDonald) is always either Scottish or Irish. The prefix “O” (as in O’Hara) is distinctly Irish. A very large number of surnames (Davis, Evans, Jones, Morgan, Wiliams) suggest Welsh origin. The most common surname inn both England and Scotland is actually ‘Smith’.

is a very well-known symbol of Scottishness(though it is hardly ever worn in everyday life).

Clothes

Ireland. The bagpipes are regarded as distinctively Scottish.

harp bagpipes

in Britain. For instance, the Irish are supposed to be great talkers, the Scots have a reputation for being careful with money, and the Welsh are renowned for their singing ability.

poetic or rhetorical contexts to refer to England. It was the original Roman name for Britain. It may come from the Latin word albus, meaning ‘white’. The white chalk cliffs around Dover on the south coast are the first part of England to be seen when crossing the sea from the European mainland.

gave to their southern British province (which covered, approximately, the area of present-day England). It is also the name given to the female embodiment of Britain, always shown wearing a helmet and holding a trident (the symbol of power over the sea), hence the patriotic song which begins ‘Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves’. The figure of Britannia has been on the reverse side of many British coins for more than 300 years.

is supposed to personify Englishness and certain English virtues. (He can be compared to Uncle Sam in the USA.) He features in hundreds of nineteenth century cartoons. His appearance is typical of an eighteenth century country gentleman, evoking an idyllic rural past.

contexts and in formal writing to describe a citizen of the United Kingdom. ‘Ancient Britons’ is the name given to the race of people who lived in England before and during the Roman occupation (AD 43-410). These are the ancestors of the present-day Welsh people.

names for Scotland, Wales and Ireland respectively. The words are commonly used today in scholarly classifications (for example, the type of English used in Ireland is sometimes called ‘Hiberno-English’) and for the names of organizations (for example, the airline “British Caledonian’).

‘The Emerald Isle’ is another way of referring to Ireland, evoking the lush greenery of its countryside.