Срочно краткий пересказ текста The land and people of great britain прооошшшуууу The United Kingdom…
Срочно краткий пересказ текста The land and people of great britain прооошшшуууу
The United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the UK) occupies
most of the territory of the British Isles. It consists of four
main parts: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
London is the capital of England, Edinburgh is the capital of
Scotland, Cardiff— of Wales and Belfast — of Northern Ireland.
The UK is a small country with an area of some 244,100 square
kilometres. It occupies only 0.2 per cent of the world’s land
surface. It is washed by the Atlantic
Ocean in the north-west, north and south-west and separated from
Europe by the North Sea in the east and by the English Channel
in the south. The Strait of Dover or Pas de Calais is the
narrowest part of the Channel. The North Sea and the English
Channel are often called «the narrow seas»; they are not deep
but are frequently rough.
In the west the
Irish Sea and the North Channel separate the UK from Ireland.
The seas around Britain provide exceptionally good fishing
grounds. The country has many bays favourable for shipping. In
their shelter are Britain’s main ports such as London,
Liverpool, Glasgow, Hull and others.
One will not find
very high mountains or large plains in Great Britain. Everything
occupies very little place. Nature, it seems, has carefully
adapted things to the size of the island itself. The highest
mountain is Ben Nevis in Scotland, 4,406 feet high. The longest
river is the Severn in England.
The population of
the United Kingdom is over 57 million people. Foreigners often
call British people «English», but the Scots, the Irish and the
Welsh do not consider themselves to be English. The English are
Anglo-Saxon in origin, but the Welsh, the Scots and the Irish
are Celts, descendants of the ancient people, who crossed over
from Europe centuries before the Norman Invasion. It was this
people, whom the Germanic Angles and Saxons conquered in the 5th
and 6th centuries AD. These Germanic conquerors gave England its
name — «Angle» land. They were
conquered in their turn by the Norman French, when William the
Conqueror of Normandy landed near Hastings in 1066. It was from
the union of Norman conquerors and the defeated Anglo-Saxons
that the English people and the English language were born.
The official
language of the United Kingdom is English. But in western
Scotland some people still speak Gaelic and in northern and
central parts of Wales people often speak Welsh.
The UK is a
highly developed industrial country. It is known as one of the
worlds largest producers and exporters of machinery,
electronics» textile» aircraft, and navigation equipment. One of
the chief industries of the country is shipbuilding.
The UK is a
constitutional monarchy. In law, Head of the State is Queen. In
practice, the country is ruled by the elected government with
the Prime Minister at the head. The British Parliament consists
of two chambers: the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
There are three
main political parties in Great Britain: the Labour, the
Conservative and the Liberal parties.
The flag of the
United Kingdom, known as the Union Jack, is made up of three
crosses. The big red cross is the cross of Saint George, the
patron saint of England. The white cross is the cross of Saint
Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland.
The red diagonal cross is the cross of Saint Patrick, the patron
saint of Ireland.
In the UK cricket is more popular game than in the USA. 9) The British museum is famous, the British National Gallery is famous, too.10) Boat trip along Thames river is exciting, walking along Whispering Gallery in St Paul’s Cathedral is exciting, too. 11) Riding on the London Eye is amazing, boating on Hyde Park lake is amazing, too. 12) Talking to beefeater is interesting, viewing the city from the top of the London Eye is interesting, too. 13) Taking photos in Madame Tussauds waxworks museum is amazing, walking along the Tower Bridge is amazing, too. 14) The London Eye is higher than the Nelson’s Column. 15) The Buckingham Palace is more popular among tourists than other residences of the Royal family in the UK.
Перевод текста:Англия — самая большая часть Соединённого Королевства Великобритании и Северной Ирландии. В состав Великобритании входят четыре страны — Англия, Шотландия, Уэльс и Северная Ирландия.
Он граничит по суше с Шотландией на севере и Уэльсом на западе.
Англия получила свое название от англов, одного из германских племен, поселившихся в V и VI веках. В древнеанглийском языке слово Англаланд означало «земля англов».
→ Население Англии составляет около 51 миллиона человек, около 84% населения
население Великобритании. Лондон является столицей Англии и Великобритании. Это также
крупнейший город Европы.
→ Государственный флаг Англии, известный как Крест Святого Георгия8, является национальным флагом с 13 века. В 1606 году Георгиевский крест стал частью Юнион Джека, флага Соединенного Королевства.
Покровителем Англии является Святой Георгий, а Национальный день Англии — День Святого Георгия, отмечаемый 23 апреля.
Национальным символом Англии является роза Тюдоров, также известная как Роза Англии.
Самые известные английские университеты — Оксфорд и Кембридж.
Самым популярным видом спорта в Англии является футбол, за ним следуют крикет, регби, теннис, бадминтон, сквош и многие другие.
Некоторые известные английские писатели — Уильям Шекспир, Чарльз Диккенс, Агата Кристи, Дж.Р.Р. Толкин и многие другие.
В Англии много известных певцов: Джон Леннон, Пол Маккартни, Дэвид Боуи, Робби Уильямс, Мик Джаггер, Элтон Джон, и это лишь некоторые из них.
→ Известные английские актеры – Роуэн Аткинсон, Дэниэл Крейг, Джуд Лоу, Клайв Оуэн, Майкл Кейн и др.
Чтение текста на русском языке:Angliya — samaya bol’shaya chast’ Soyedinonnogo Korolevstva Velikobritanii i Severnoy Irlandii. V sostav Velikobritanii vkhodyat chetyre strany — Angliya, Shotlandiya, Uel’s i Severnaya Irlandiya.
On granichit po sushe s Shotlandiyey na severe i Uel’som na zapade.
Angliya poluchila svoye nazvaniye ot anglov, odnogo iz germanskikh plemen, poselivshikhsya v V i VI vekakh. V drevneangliyskom yazyke slovo Anglaland oznachalo «zemlya anglov».
→ Naseleniye Anglii sostavlyayet okolo 51 milliona chelovek, okolo 84% naseleniya
naseleniye Velikobritanii. London yavlyayetsya stolitsey Anglii i Velikobritanii. Eto takzhe
krupneyshiy gorod Yevropy.
→ Gosudarstvennyy flag Anglii, izvestnyy kak Krest Svyatogo Georgiya8, yavlyayetsya natsional’nym flagom s 13 veka. V 1606 godu Georgiyevskiy krest stal chast’yu Yunion Dzheka, flaga Soyedinennogo Korolevstva.
Pokrovitelem Anglii yavlyayetsya Svyatoy Georgiy, a Natsional’nyy den’ Anglii — Den’ Svyatogo Georgiya, otmechayemyy 23 aprelya.
Natsional’nym simvolom Anglii yavlyayetsya roza Tyudorov, takzhe izvestnaya kak Roza Anglii.
Samyye izvestnyye angliyskiye universitety — Oksford i Kembridzh.
Samym populyarnym vidom sporta v Anglii yavlyayetsya futbol, za nim sleduyut kriket, regbi, tennis, badminton, skvosh i mnogiye drugiye.
Nekotoryye izvestnyye angliyskiye pisateli — Uil’yam Shekspir, Charl’z Dikkens, Agata Kristi, Dzh.R.R. Tolkin i mnogiye drugiye.
V Anglii mnogo izvestnykh pevtsov: Dzhon Lennon, Pol Makkartni, Devid Boui, Robbi Uil’yams, Mik Dzhagger, Elton Dzhon, i eto lish’ nekotoryye iz nikh.
→ Izvestnyye angliyskiye aktery – Rouen Atkinson, Deniel Kreyg, Dzhud Lou, Klayv Ouen, Maykl Keyn i dr.
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