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Phonetics
[æ] travel, capital, gallery
[ei] play, place, stadium
[ju:] museum, new, beautiful
[i] big, pig, different
[a:] park, car, art
[i:] see, meet, week

Agree or disagree
Trafalgar Square is in London.
Moscow is the capital of the UK.
Moscow is different from London.
London is the biggest city of the UK.
There are a lot of places to visit in London.
London is not a beautiful city.

Great Britain
The UK is an English-speaking country. The capital of the country is London. The UK is situated on the British Isles lying off the north-western coast of Europe and separated from the continent by the English Channel.

Test yourself
London
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Westminster Abbey
Buckingham Palace
The west End
Trafalgar Square
is the official residence of the Queen
is the seat of the British Parliament
is the greatest church in Britain
is the richest and most beautiful part
is the geographical centre in London
its political, business and cultural centre

Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey was founded in 1050 and it is situated in the centre of London. Many great Englishmen were buried in the Abbey: Newton, Darwin and other.

Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square is one of them and it is in the centre of the West End. One can see a statue of Lord Nelson in the middle of this square.

Big Ben
Big Ben is the biggest clock bell in Britain. It weighs 13,5 tons.

Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle standing on a rock over looking the river Thames, was founded by William the Conqueror. Nowadays it is a place, where the Royal family can relax.

Whitehall
Whitehall is the street. It is often associated with the government of Britain. Downing Street, which is a small side street of Whitehall, is the home of the Prime Minister who lives at number ten.

London Zoo
Regent’s park, which was also originally a hunting park, is now the home of London Zoo.

England

“My heart…”
My heart’s in the Highlands?
Farewell to the North!
Farewell to the Highlands!
The birthplace of valour
The country of worth!
Farewell to the mountains
High cover’d with snow!
Farewell to the straths
And green valleys below
Farewell to the forests
And wild-hanging woods.
И доблести край!
Отечество славы
В горах мое сердце!
Прощайте, горы!
Под кровлей снегов!
Север, прощай!
Прощайте, вершины
И скаты лугов!
Прощайте долины!
Прощайте поникшие в бездну леса!

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Test yourself
Great Britain consist of …
Great Britain is separated from the continent by …
Britain’s population is …
The head of state in Britain is …
Westminster is a … centre of London
The busiest and most populated region in Britain is …
The national emblem of England is …