MATURITA TOPICS The United  Kingdom_General  facts  I_ 05

MATURITA TOPICSThe United Kingdom_General facts I_05

Mgr. Filip Soviš

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Klíčová slova The United Kingdom, General facts I

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The United Kingdom & London

• Basic Facts• Parts, Symbols• Kingdom & Royal Family• History• Political System• Other

PART I

What basic facts do you know about the UK?

The United Kingdom & London

• north west Europe on the ‑ island of GB and the northern part of Ireland• a constitutional monarchy = a parliament and a monarch• temperate climate (wet weather)• the national flag called the Union Jack• divided into counties• in 1931 The British Commonwealth of Nations = GB and its former

colonies in Europe, Asia, Africa and America (e.g. Malta, India, Malaysia)

• the Queen the formal head in 16 dominions (e.g. Canada, A&NZ)• member of NATO, UNESCO and the EU• driving on the left, original currency, old measuring units (miles, feet,

pounds etc.)

Divide the UK into some parts.Name the capital cities of these parts.

The United Kingdom & London

• England (London)• Scotland (Edinburgh)• Wales (Cardiff)• Northern Ireland (Belfast)

Four countries:

What are the best known symbols of the UK?

The United Kingdom & London

• the St. George's cross (usually seen as a flag)• the Union Flag (also referred to as the Union Jack) = the Flag of England,

the Flag of Scotland and Saint Patrick's Flag in 1801, Wales is not represented in the Union Flag

• the national anthem: "God Save the King" ("King" replaced with "Queen" in the lyrics whenever the monarch is a woman)

• the Royal Coat of Arms: symbols representing England, Scotland and Ireland (the Sovereign's motto, the lion and the unicorn)

Can you tell me something more specific about each of the four countries?

The United Kingdom & London

England• the largest of the countries• a unified state in AD 927 (name after the Angles England)• the seat of political power (The Houses of Parliament and

Buckingham Palace)• 1707 the Acts of Union union with the Kingdom of Scotland• 1801 another Act of Union GB united with the Kingdom of Ireland• the mountainous Lake District, Pennines• Liverpool (the Beatles), Manchester, Oxford and Cambridge

(universities), Stonehenge (the mysterious stone formation)

The United Kingdom & London

• official language Welsh but English more widely spoken• Plaid Cymru [plaɪd ˈkəmrɨ] = The Party of Wales (political party;

independent Welsh state)• largely mountainous (Snowdon - 1,085m)• rugby is a popular sport

• for many years a violent inter-communal conflict = the Troubles• in 1998 the Good Friday Agreement = NI largely self-governing• industrialised region• athletes from Northern Ireland may compete for either GB or Ireland

at the Olympic Games

Wales

Northern Ireland

The United Kingdom & London

Scotland• apart from English, Scottish Gaelic spoken• Edinburgh (capital, Holyrood House, Royal Mile leading to the

Castle)• Glasgow (the biggest Scottish city)• the symbol + the patron saint: thistle + St Andrew• typical instrument + dress: the pipe + a pleated tartan kilt• quite mountainous: the Caledonian Mountains, the Grampians (Ben

Nevis)• rivers: the Clyde, the Tweed• lakes ("lochs"): Loch Fyne, Loch Lomond, Loch Ness• traditional sports: tossing the caber, curling, tossing the hammer, a

tug-of-war

What do you know about the history of the UK?

The United Kingdom & London

• the Celts (3000 years ago)• 55 BC the Romans (Hadrian's Wall, Christianity, name Britannia)• 5th cent. the Germanic tribes of the Angles (England), Saxons and Jutes• 9th cent. Vikings• William the Conqueror the Battle of Hastings 1066 French• in 1215 King John signed the Magna Carta the parliamentary system• 1455-1485 the War of Roses• Henry VIII (1509-1547, the Church of England, six wives)• Elizabeth I, (1558-1603, 1st English colony in North Am called Virginia)• 1642–1649 a Civil War (Oliver Cromwell England a republic)• Queen Victoria (1837-1901, continuous and stable nature of GB)

legends:• King Arthur and The Knights of the Round Table• Robin Hood (robbed the rich and gave to the poor)

What political system is there in Britain?What does the British Parliament consist of?

The United Kingdom & London

• a constitutional monarchy with the Queen Elizabeth II• run by the government (the Prime Minister: David Cameron)• in Northern Ireland, the sovereign is represented by a governor• the Parliament: the sovereign, the House of Lords and the House of

Commons• the House of Lords (the Upper House; adopt laws, Lord Chancellor;

hereditary members and lifetime peers, archbishops and bishops)• the House of Commons (the Lower House; 650 elected and paid members

= MPs; every 5 years)• the Shadow Cabinet (the main opposition party)• in 1999 the first time in 300 years that Scotland has had its own parliament

Who is the head of the monarchy, what do you know about the British royal family?

The United Kingdom & London

• close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom• the House of Windsor since 1917• His or Her Majesty (HM), or His or Her Royal Highness (HRH)

the Queen:• title: "Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the UK of GB and

Northern Ireland"; surname: when necessary = "Windsor"• official royal residences: Buckingham Palace (home), Windsor Castle,

St. James Palace• doesn't need: a passport or a driving licence• 8 grandchildren (Prince William, Duke of Cambridge; Prince Henry of Wales)

Bibliografické citaceBRIDGE. Great Britain [online]. 2010-2013 [cit. 2013-02-28]. Soubor typu PDF. Dostupné z: http://www.bridge-online.cz/maturita/maturitni-karty

BURNIE, Glen a Rob RAESIDE. Flags of the World. CRW Flags' Online Catalog [online]. 1996-2013, 2013-01-04 [cit. 2013-01-05]. Dostupné z: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/country.html#n

ILIFF, David. Derwent Water, Lake District, Cumbria - June 2009 [online]. 2009 [cit. 2013-02-28]. Obrázek typu JPEG, Creative Commons. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Derwent_Water,_Lake_District,_Cumbria_-_June_2009.jpg

SMITH-DLUHÁ, Gabrielle. Angličtina: otázky a odpovědi nejen k maturitě. 1. vyd. Dubicko: INFOA, 2007, 231 s. Zrcadlový text. ISBN 978-80-7240-489-6.