Topic. Independence of Uzbekistan

Topic. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Reading: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Vocabulary: country, united kingdom,capital,isle, island, Albion, Union Jack, Commomwealth, royal, Buckingham palace, symbol, british, scottish, welsh, irish Speaking: Answer the questions Writing: Fill in the table.Write a short paragraph about the UK Listening: Watch the video “London sightseeing”

THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

The Map of the British Isles



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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country to the northwest of Europe. The UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea.

The English Channel is also called “Пролив Ла-Манш” (it is the official name of the channel in French). The narrowest part of the English Channel has two names. The English name is the Strait of Dover) because Dover is an English town, but the French name of this strait is Pas de Calais as Calais is a French town.

There are no very big rivers in the UK. The biggest are the Severn (the longest) and the Thames (the deepest).There are quite many lakes in the UK. The sixteen of them are in the Lake District.

There are a lot of mountains in the UK. The biggest mountain chains are the Cheviot Hills (the Cheviots), which separate England from Scotland, and the Pennine Chain (the Pennines), which is also called the backbone of England. The ten tallest mountains in the UK are all located in Scotland. The highest point of the UK, Ben Nevis, is in the Scottish Highlands, too.

The parts of the UK are England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.