Welcome to the unusual UK

WELCOME TO THE UNUSUAL UK

Traditions

The Royal family

guard

flag

Afternoon tea

Fox hunt

KILT

C ab

a red double-dacker

P R O J E C T

Teacher:

N. A. Petrosyan

BUTOVO school N2

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Big Ben

QUEEN

THE UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and NORTHERN IRELAND

God save our gracious Queen! Long live our noble Queen! God save the Queen! Send her victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us, God save the Queen !

U n i o n J a c k

• The flag of the UKconsists of four flags. The meanings of the colors on the flag of England are: white for peace, and red for bravery and hardiness.

English T raditions

• state traditions

• national holidays

• religious holidays

• public holidays

• concerning private life (child's birth, wedding, marriage)

• traditional ceremonies

The Royal family

The Royal family is a part of British life. Queen Elizabeth II is Head of State in many countries besides Britain. Her husband is Prince Philip. Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, is the Queen's eldest son .

transport

Bus

The tipical bus in London is a red double-decker.

Cab

Cab is a shortening of cabriolet.Taxi drivers pass a very difficult driving test ''Knowlidge''. There are most than one thousand streets in London, so taxi drivers learn to drive 3 years.

Все думают , что Лондонское такси одний модели. Это не так. А еще высота потолка в кэбе обусловлен тем, что пассажир может не снимать шляпу-цилиндр, садясь в машину.

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Big Ben

Big Ben is a big clock. . BigBen - this is the name of the clock tower in London. But this name is not only a tower, it's also a big bell inside this tower. Many years ago, when this tower was built, the construction was led by an Englishman named Ben. He was tall, and everyone around him called him Big Ben. In honor of him, this tower was named .

Big Ben

Big Ben

'' To be true to your school tie ''

Public school

state school

School & education

British children go to school at the age of 4 or 5. They go to kinder-garden. Then they go to secondary school at the age of 10 or 11. There are different types of school: grammer, secondary, technical schools. After finishing school they go to Universities or Colleges. In English schools pupils have to adress men teachers ''Sir'' and women teachers ''Miss'' or ''Mrs''.

"A man in a kilt is one and a half of a man".

Bagpipes.

Scotland

The word "kilt" is from Gaelic language, it means "to belt clothes around the body". this word originates from ancient Scandinavian " kjilt" , that came from Vikings, who worn such clothes, but without tartan. Kilt is a skirt worn by Scottish warriors. It's made of 5 or 6 yards of cloth. Tartan is an ornament that consists of different colored crossing vertical and horizontal lines. It was show the social status.

kjilt"

tartan

FOR THE END

All nations have their own customs and traditions. British people are different from other nations. Englishmen are conservative people.

To this day an English family prefers a house with a garden to a flat in a modern house with central heating. English people like gardens.

Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up. It has been the law for about three hundred years that all the theatres are closed on Sundays. No letters are delivered, only a few Sunday papers are published.

Holidays are especially rich in old traditions and are different in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England