Презентация "Discover Jamaica"

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Jamaica is one of many countries where English is the official language.

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The island of Jamaica was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1494. The first population of Jamaica – the Indians.

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The second population of Jamaica – Spanish people.

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The second population of Jamaica – Spanish people. At the beginning of the sixteenth century Jamaica began to import blacks as slaves from Africa. At the beginning of the sixteenth century Jamaica began to import blacks as slaves from Africa.

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On the shore of a natural harbor in Jamaica was founded a port where pirate ships landed. In 1833 after the abolition of slavery blacks from Africa become free.

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In 1959 Jamaica received internal self-government. In August 1962 Jamaica attained full independence from Britain.

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Jamaica has a very warm climate changing slightly during the year. In January the temperature in Jamaica is 24—25 °С . In July in Jamaica it is 26—27 °С . In the Blue Mountains the temperature is about 4° or 7 ° C.

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200 species of orchids and hibiscus sabdariffa are grown there. There are over 3,000 species of flowering plants in Jamaica.

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You can see the bamboo and eucalyptus. You can also see different fruits and the most common cotton tree there.

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The Jamaican animal life, typical of the Caribbean, includes highly diversified wildlife You can see birds , rats, mice, rabbits, mongoose, turtles, snakes, crocodiles, iguanas and 20 species of bats.

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Also you can see a rare species of kolibri. In Jamaica you can see many species of fish.

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National Park Halliwell in the Blue-Mountains

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Kingston is the capital of Jamaica. It is also the main port city because it is located at the Caribbean Sea . There are a lot of interesting places for tourists in Kingston .

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Bob Marley - a Jamaican musician, a guitarist, a singer and a composer . He was born in Jamaica in 1945 . Star Bob Marley on the Hollywood "Walk of Fame" Bob Marley’s monument in Kingston

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He is a Jamaican athlete, six-time Olympic champion and eight-time world champion. During performances Usain Bolt set 8 world records . He is a current world record holder in the 100 and 200 meters and in the relay 4 × 100 meters in the national team of Jamaica . Usain Bolt monument in Berlin

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http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica images.yandex.ru English-Russian dictionary http://www.lonelyplanet.com/jamaica http://discoverjamaica.com/

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The presentation is made by Anastasia Timofeeva. I'll be very glad if you like it. With the help of this presentation I would like to say that despite the fact that Jamaica is a very small and poor country, it is insanely beautiful, incredibly attractive. I would like to visit it very much . I hope that after watching this presentation, you will also want to fly there!