Vocabulary Notes

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – Соединенное Королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии

England – Англия

Scotland – Шотландия

Wales – Уэльс

the Northern Ireland – Северная Ирландия

the North Sea – Северное море

the Irish Sea – Ирландское море

the English Channel – принятое в Соединенном Королевстве название пролива Ла-Манш

the Atlantic Ocean – Атлантический океан

the Gulf Stream – течение Гольфстрим

the British Isles – Британские острова

Answer the questions:

1. Where is the U.K. situated?

2. What parts does the U.K. consist of?

3. What are the British Isles washed by?

4. What is the territory and the population of the country?

5. What city is the capital of the U.K.?

6. What language is official in the U.K.?

7. What do you know about the surface of the country?

8. Are there any high mountains and long rivers in the U.K.?

9. Why is the climate moderate and mild?

10. Is the U.K. a highly developed industrial country?

11. What do the British people produce?

12. What is an important part of foreign trade?

13. The U.K. is a parliamentary monarchy, isn’t it?

14. Do you know the name of the Queen of the U.K.?

15. What does the legislative power belong to?

16. The members of the House of Commons are elected by the population, aren’t they?

17. How many parliamentary political parties are there in the U.K.?

18. What are the inhabitants of the U.K. famous for?

19. What can you say about British character?

I. Make sentences

1. by the Atlantic Ocean, the British Isles, the Irish Sea, are washed, the North Sea

2. the territory, occupies, the U.K., 244,000 square kilometers, of about

3. in the U.K., constitution, no, there is, written

4. naturally, are, polite, British people

5. Oxford, are considered, Cambridge, the intellectual centres, to be, of Europe, and.

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