Transcript United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland is commonly known as the United Kingdom, the
UK, or Britain
It is a country consisting of
four countries: England,
Northern Ireland, Scotland,
and Wales.
Consist of- składać się
History
1534 Henry VIII forms the 'Church of England'.
1536 Act of Union joins England and Wales
1591 First performance of a play by William Shakespeare
1603 James VI of Scotland becomes James I of England
uniting the two kingdoms
1666 Great Fire of London
1800 Act of Union with Ireland
1883 First electric railway
1887 The invention of the gramophone
1914 - 1918 First World War
1920 Republic of Ireland gains independence
1939 - 1945 The Second World War
1952 Elizabeth II becomes the Queen
1973 Britain joins the European Community
National symbols
The Union Flag, popularly
known as the Union Jack, is
the national flag of the
United Kingdom.
It symbolises the
administrative union of the
countries of the United
Kingdom.
Coat of Arms of the
United Kingdom
Coat of Arms- herb
The National Anthem is God Save the Queen. The
British National Anthem originated in a patriotic song
first performed in 1745.
The National Anthem is played whenever
The Queen makes a public appearance and
is played by the British Broadcasting
Corporation every night before closedown.
It is also sung:
•at the end of all Remembrance Day
services.
•Medal ceremonies for Team GB
•England and Northern Ireland football
matches
Anthem- hymn
Originate- powstawać
service- nabożeństwo
whenever- za każym razem
Individual countries of the United Kingdom
Country
England
Patron Saint
St George
St Patrick
Northern
Ireland
Shamrock- koniczyna
National
Flower
National
Animal
Coat of Arms
Tudor Rose
Lion
Coat of Arms
of England
Shamrock
None
Coat of Arms
of Northern
Ireland
Country
Scotland
Patron Saint
St Andrew
St David
National
Flower
National
Animal
Thistle
Leek
Wales
Coat of Arms
Unicorn
Coat of Arms
of Scotland
Red Dragon
Royal Badge
of Wales
Or Daffodil
Thistle-oset
Leek- por
Daffodil- żonkil
Royal- królewski Bagde- odznaka
The British Royal Family
The British Royal Family's surname is Windsor.
The Royal family are members of the Church of England.
The British Queen Elizabeth II
She is a 'constitutional monarch'. This
means that although she is officially
the head of the state, the country is
actually run by the government, led by
the Prime Minister.
The Queen lives at Buckingham
Palace in London.
Although- chociaż
The Royal Family Tree
Queen
Elizabeth II
Harry
Prince of
Wales
Peter
Phillips
Zara Phillips
Edward
Earl of
Wessex
Anne
Princess
Royal
Anrew
Duke of
York
Charles
Prince of
Wales
William
Prince of
Wales
The Queen's
sons and
daughter
Beatrice
Princess of
York
Eugenie
Princess of
York
James,
Viscount
Severns
Lady
Louise
Windsor
The Queen's
grandchildren
Duke-książę
Earl- hrabia
Tourist Attractions
Stonehenge is the
most famous
prehistoric monument
in Britain. People
began building
Stonehenge about
5,000 years ago,
dragging each stone
into place. It is situated
on Salisbury Plain in
the county of Wiltshire.
Monument- zabytek, pomnik
Drag- wlec, zaciągnąć
Plain- równina
County- hrabstwo
Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle has been a royal residence for over 900
years and today is one of the homes of Queen Elizabeth ll.
It was built by the Normans from timber and later rebuilt in
stone.
Timber- drewno
Rebuild- przebudować
The White Cliffs of
Dover are truly one
of the most famous
English landmarks.
Blackpool Tower is a tourist
attraction in Blackpool,
Lancashire in England which
was opened to the public on 14
May 1894.
Landmark- punkt orientacyjny
Buckingham Palace
It is the London home of the British Royal
family. The 600 room palace is surrounded by a
40 acre garden.
Be surrounded - być
otoczonym
The Palace of Westminster, known also as the Houses of
Parliament, is where the two Houses of the Parliament of
the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of
Commons) conduct their sittings. The Palace lies on the
north bank of the River Thames in the London borough of
the City of Westminster.
House of Parliament- izba
parlamentu
Conduct- przeprowadzać
Sittings- posiedzenia
Borough- dzielnica, gmina
Tower of London was built by
William the Conqueror in 1066.
The Tower, or Bloody Tower as
it is known, has been host to
many famous executions and
imprisonments, including those
of Anne Boleyn,Catherine
Howard.
London Eye
It is the world’s biggest ferris
wheel, and will carry 800
passengers at a time on a
thirty-minute ride.
Host- być gospodarzem execution- egzekucja
Imprisonment- kara więzienia
St Paul's Cathedral
The first St Paul's Cathedral was built in 604 AD but burnt
down in 675. The dome of St Paul's Cathedral is the second
biggest dome in the world, after St Peter's in Rome.
Tower Bridge crosses
the River Thames. It
became a symbol of
London.It is the only
drawbridge out of 29 on
the River Thames.
York Minster Gothic Cathedral
in York
Situated in the heart of the city,
York Minster is the largest Gothic
Cathedral in northern Europe.
Cross- przecinać drawbridge- most zwodzony
The Globe Theatre was a theatre in
London associated with William
Shakespeare. A modern reconstruction
of the Globe, named "Shakespeare's
Globe",was opened in 1997.
Associate with- kojarzyć z
The Giant’s Causeway
is located in County
Antrim in Northern
Ireland. According to
Irish legend, the Irish
Giant Fionn
MacCumhaill threw huge
stones into the Irish Sea
in order to reach his wife
in Scotland. The stones
are known as the Giant’s
Causeway.
County- hrabstwo according to- nawiązując do
in order to- aby
throw- rzucać
Edinburgh Castle is a
fort that was built by
David I on an extinct
volcano in Scotland's
capital. It is home to
the Scottish Crown
Jewels.
Westminster Abbey, is a large,
mainly Gothic church, in
Westminster, London, located
just to the west of the Palace of
Westminster. It is the traditional
place of coronation and burial
site for English, later British
monarchs.
Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the
clock at the north end of the Palace of
Westminster in London. It is the largest fourfaced chiming clock and the third-tallest freestanding clock tower in the world. It celebrated
its 150th anniversary in May 2009,
Burial site- miejsce pochówku
chime-wybijać, dzwonić
The Island of Skye, situated
off the West coast of
Mainland Scotland, is the
largest and best known of
the Inner Hebrides.
Loch Ness Lake
It is the largest freshwater lake in
the Britain. It is believed that an
enormous creature lives in the
water – known universally as the
Loch Ness Monster, or ‘Nessie’.
However, there is no proof to
Inner Hebrides- Hebrydy Wewnętrzne
suggest that the monster is a
Freshwater- słodkowodny
It is believed- uważa się
reality.
Proof- dowód
The Snowdonia
National Park is
an area of
outstanding natural
beauty covering
838 square miles
and containing
some of the most
magnificent
scenery in Wales.
It is the second
largest National
Park in England
and Wales.
Outstanding- wybitny,
wyróżniający się
Magnificent- wspaniały
Famous People
Winston Churchill was a British
politician and statesman known
for his leadership of the United
Kingdom during the Second World
War He is widely regarded as one
of the great wartime leaders. He
served as prime minister twice .A
noted statesman and orator,
Churchill was also an officer in the
British Army, a historian, writer,
and an artist. He is the only British
prime minister to have received
the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Statesman-mąż stanu
Leadership- przywódstwo
Orator-mówca
Widely- powszchenie
Wartime-czas wojny
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a
leading British civil engineer, famed
for his bridges and dockyards, and
especially for the construction of the
first major British railway, the Great
Western Railway; a series of famous
steamships, including the first
propeller-driven transatlantic
steamship; and numerous important
bridges and tunnels. His designs
revolutionised public transport and
modern engineering.
Dockyard- stocznia
Railway-kolej
George Stephenson was a British
engineer who designed a famous
and historically important steampowered locomotive named
Rocket, and is known as the
Father of British Steam Railways.
Alexander Bell was a
scientist, inventor, and
founder of the Bell telephone
company.
Bell was born in Edinburgh,
Scotland.
Alexander Fleming is famous as the
discoverer of the antibiotic substance
lysozyme and for isolating the antibiotic
substance penicillin. Fleming was born in
Ayrshire, Scotland.
Sir Isaac Newton was an English physicist,
mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist,
and theologian. Newton built the first practical reflecting
telescope and studied the speed of sound. In this work,
Newton described universal gravitation and the three laws
of motion.
Charles Robert Darwin was an
English naturalist, who created a
Theory of Evolution.
Reflecting telescope- teleskop zwierciadlany
Diana, Princess of Wales
was a member of the British
royal family and international
personality of the late 20th
century as the first wife of
Charles, Prince of Wales .
Diana also received recognition
for her charity work and for her
support of the International
Campaign to Ban Landmines.
From 1989, she was the
president of the Great Ormond
Street Hospital for Children.She
died on 31 August 1997 in a car
crash in Paris.
Royal-królewski personality- osobistość
Recognition- rozpozanie, uznanie
Support- wsparcie
John Winston Ono Lennon, was an
English musician and singer-songwriter
who rose to worldwide fame as one of
the founding members of The Beatles.
on 8 December 1980, Lennon returned
to their New York apartment, where he
was shot in the back four times at the
entrance to the building.
Ian Fleming was a British
author, best remembered for
the James Bond series of
novels.
Found-zakładać
Entrance- wejście
William Shakespeare was an
English poet and playwright, widely
regarded as the greatest writer in
the English language. Shakespeare
was born and raised in Stratfordupon-Avon. He produced most of
his known work between 1589 and
1613. His early plays were mainly
comedies and histories.Then he
wrote mainly tragedies, including
Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth,
considered some of the finest works
in the English language.
Playwright- dramotpisarz
fine- znakomity, świetny
Raise- wychować
Mainly- głównie
Widely regarded- powszechnie uznawany
Celebrities from the UK
Cheryl Cole is an English
singer, songwriter, dancer,
and model.
David Beckham is an English
footballer who plays for the Los
Angeles Galaxy Major League
Soccer team, previously played for
Manchester United, Real Madrid,
and A.C. Milan, as well as the
England national team.
Sean Connery is a
Scottish actor and
producer who has
won an Academy
Award, two BAFTA
Awards and three
Golden Globes. He is
best known for
portraying the
character James
Bond, starring in
seven Bond films
between 1962 and
1983.
Breakthrough- przełomowy
Daniel Craig is an English
actor and film producer. His
early film roles include
Elizabeth, The Power of One,
and the television episodes
Zorro and The Young Indiana
Jones Chronicles: Daredevils
of the Desert. His
breakthrough performances
were in the films Layer Cake,
Some Voices and Lara Croft:
Tomb Raider. He was cast as
the sixth actor to portray
fictional secret agent James
Bond.
Catherine Zeta-Jones is a Welsh actress. She
received an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, a
Screen Actors Guild Award and was nominated for
a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting
Actress. She starred in The Legend of Zorro,
Chicago, Ocean's Twelve.
Orlando Bloom is a British
actor, who became famous
playing Legolas in the The
Lord of the Rings trilogy. He
also had major roles in Black
Hawk Down, Pirates of the
Caribbean, and Troy.
Robert Peter Williams is an English
singer-songwriter, vocal coach and
occasional actor. He is a member of the
pop group Take That.
Leona Louise Lewis is a
British pop and R&B
singer–songwriter. Lewis
was a contestant in third
series of the British
television series The X
Factor, which she won.
Contestant- zawodnik
coach - trener
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tennis
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