Слайд 2Introduction
We are going to talk about the biggest cities of Great Britain
There
are 10 biggest cities in Great Britain
All this cities have important part of Britain economy and culture
Слайд 5London
The capital of England
Is situated in south-eastern England along the Thames River
Founded by Romans in A.D. 43
One of the three main financial centres in the world
Parliament
The river Thames runs thorough the city
Слайд 6Transport in London
Double-deckers
Black taxis
Underground
Planes
Слайд 7London underground
Founded in 1870
One of the biggest in the world
Слайд 8London sights
Westminster Abbey
Windsor Castle
Tower Bridge
Слайд 10Edinburgh
Capital of Scotland
Famous Edinburghers: Bell, Stevenson, Scott, Connery.
Coastal city
Слайд 11Bristol
The largest city in the South West
It has a great harbour
Home of
Rolls Royce
The Concorde factory
Слайд 12Leeds
75 nationalities
731 Bede’s “History of English Church and People”
Centre of wool
& sewing factory
Слайд 13Glasgow
Compaq
Scotland’s largest city
Fishing
Harbour city
Слайд 14Aberdeen
Oil Capital of Europe + 40.000 jobs
The world's first holographic 3D
camera
It’s a coastal city
Слайд 15Manchester
10% of workers
Significant financial sector
The highest weekly earnings-£420.40
Manchester United
Слайд 16Birmingham
Second largest city
Aston Hall
The first steam engine was invented
Warwick Castle
Слайд 17Shakespeare
Stratford Upon Avon
W. Shakespeare (
Слайд 18Liverpool
Capital of culture
The Beatles
Sunday talents
Festival city
Слайд 19Newcastle
Many earthquakes
Harbour
Coal mining