THE CZECH REPUBLICWhat can you say in ENGLISH about…?

WHERE IS THE CZECH REPUBLIC?

The Czech Republic is located in Central Europe. It shares borders with Germany, Poland, Slovakia and Austria.

It is a land-locked country, which means there is no border with the sea.

The country is made up of three regions, Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE FLAG AND THE COAT OF ARMS IN ENGLISH?

THE CZECH REPUBLIC CONTAINS MOUNTAINS(MOSTLY ALONG THE BORDERS), VALLEYS ANDROLLING HILLS.

SOUTHERN BOHEMIA IS FAMOUS FOR THE CARP FROM ITS MANY MAN-MADE PONDS, SUCH AS ROŽMBERK.

THE LONGEST RIVER IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC IS THE VLTAVA (430 KM), RISING IN THE ŠUMAVA MOUNTAINS AND FLOWING THROUGH PRAGUE.

THE VLTAVA FLOWS INTO THE ELBE (LABE),A MAJOR CENTRAL EUROPEAN RIVER AND ON THROUGH GERMANY TO THE NORTH SEA.

THE COUNTRY HAS A TEMPERATE CLIMATE, WITH WARM SUMMERS THAT ARE SOMETIMES HOT, AND COLD WINTERS WITH SNOW.

THERE ARE 10.5 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND THEY ARE MAINLY CZECH. THE TOP 3 IMMIGRANT GROUPS ARE UKRAINIANS, SLOVAKS AND VIETNAMESE.

THE CZECH GOVERNMENT IS A PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY WITH TWO HOUSES: THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES AND THE SENATE. The president is the head of state and

is in charge of appointing the prime minister, who is the head of government.

The president serves a five-year term; deputies serve a four-year term. Presidents Havel and Klaus were elected by the Members of Parliament.

THE NEW PRESIDENT MILOŠ ZEMAN WAS ELECTED BY POPULAR VOTE IN 2013.

THE CZECH REPUBLIC HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN UNION SINCE 2004 AND OF THE SCHENGEN OPEN BORDER AREA SINCE 2007.

THE CZECH REPUBLIC HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF NATO SINCE 1999 AND PARTICIPATED IN MISSIONS IN BOSNIA, IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.

THE COUNTRY’S CAPITAL AND LARGEST CITYIS PRAGUE, LOCATED IN BOHEMIA, IT HAS ABOUT 1.5 MILLION INHABITANTS.

THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IS BRNO, LOCATED IN MORAVIA, WITH 400,000 INHABITANTS.

OTHER IMPORTANT CITIES INCLUDE OSTRAVA, IN THE NORTH OF MORAVIA AND SILESIA.

PLZEŇ IN WEST BOHEMIA, LIBEREC IN NORTH BOHEMIA.

ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE IN SOUTH BOHEMIA AND OLOMOUC IN CENTRAL MORAVIA.

POPULAR PLACES FOR TOURISTS, BESIDESPRAGUE, INCLUDE ČESKÝ KRUMLOV, WITH ITS HUGE CASTLE AND OLD TOWN ON THE RIVER.

KUTNÁ HORA WAS A RICH SILVER-MINING TOWN FROM THE MIDDLE AGES AND HAS A HUGE CHURCH IN GOTHIC STYLE – UNESCO LIST.

THE TOWNS OF KARLOVY VARY AND MARIÁNSKÉ LÁZNĚ ARE IMPORTANT SPA RESORTS IN WEST BOHEMIA.

THERE ARE MANY MEDIEVAL CASTLES, LIKE THE ROYAL KARLŠTEJN CASTLE NEAR PRAGUE.

THE STALACTITE CAVES AND THE MACOCHA ABYSS IN THE MORAVIAN KARST ARE POPULAR.

PEOPLE LIKE TO GO SKIING IN THE KRKONOŠE MOUNTAINS AND OTHER MOUNTAINS IN WINTER.

KRKONOŠE INCLUDES THE HIGHEST CZECH PEAK - MT. SNĚŽKA, 1,602 M.

BIKING AND HIKING IN THE ŠUMAVA MOUNTAINS IN THE SOUTH-WEST ARE POPULAR SUMMERTIME ACTIVITIES.

THE PRAVČICKÁ BRÁNA NATURAL ARCH LIES IN THE BOHEMIAN SWITZERLAND NATIONAL PARK IN NORTH BOHEMIA.

THE CZECH ECONOMY IS PRIMARILY EXPORT BASED, WITH THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR LEADING THE WAY, INCLUDING ŠKODA, HYUNDAI AND SMALL CARS FROM KOLÍN.

BUSES, TRAMS AND TROLLEYBUSES FROM CZECHIA EXPORTED ALL OVER WORLD.

OTHER IMPORTANT INDUSTRIES INCLUDE: Metals Glass Ceramics Power engineering Electronics

ITS MAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ARE POTATOES, WHEAT, BARLEY AND HOPS.

BEER FROM CZECHIA IS WORLD-FAMOUS

WINE IS MOSTLY GROWN IN SOUTH MORAVIA AND PLUM BRANDY DISTILLED IN WALLACHIA

SO NOW YOU CAN SAY MUCH MORE ABOUT THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN ENGLISH THAN YOU COULD BEFORE!Read through the textUse information from this presentation,

and from the internet to fill in the missing words

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