Топик по английскому языку по теме "Королева и Парламент"

Plan

1. Introduction (I would like to tell you about the Queen and Parliament)

2. The Queen and the royal family.

3. The British Empire and the Commonwealth.

4. The British parliament: The House of Lords and the House of Commons. What they do.

Members of Parliament: elected or selected? which way?

5. Conclusion: do we have a queen in our country, do we have Parliament?

The Queen and Parliament

1. In Britain the Queen is the Head of State, but in fact she doesn`t rule the country.

2. The Queen is the symbol of the country, its history and its traditions.

3. She travels about the UK, meets different people and visits schools, hospitals and other special places.

4. So does all the royal family: the queen’s husband, their children: a son and a daughter, and their grandchildren.

5. In the 20th century many countries all over the world were ruled by Britain.

6. But in 1949 Britain and the former colonies founded the Commonwealth.

7. The Commonwealth includes many countries such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand and others.

8. The Queen of Great Britain is also the Head of the Commonwealth and the Queen of Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

9. The real power in the country belongs to the British Parliament and to the British Government.

10. The British Parliament has two Houses: the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

11. The House of Commons makes laws about the policy of the country, taxes and many other things.

12. The House of Lords can discuss, change and delay laws.

13. Russia doesn’t have a king or a queen, it has the president.

14. Our parliament is called the State Duma.