Великобритания.Мы в Лондоне

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АННОТАЦИЯ Данный фрагмент урока рассказывает о достопримечательностях одного из красивейших городов Великобритании – Лондона. Презентация развивает интерес к культуре, традициям, достопримечательностям англо-язычных стран.

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London – is the capital of Great Britain

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The Tower of London. It has been a palace, a fortress, a prison, a zoo, a royal treasury, and now it is a museum. There are always black ravens in the Tower of London. People keep them and look after them very well as they believe that London will be rich as long as ravens live there.

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Tower Bridge is situated near the Tower of London. It was built in 1894. It regulates a large part of the impressive traffic of the port of London. The Tower Bridge

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A Tower of London Raven

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Big Ben Big Ben is the name of the huge clock in one of the tall towers of the Houses of Parliament. The Houses of Parliament is the largest modern building in the richest Gothic style completed in 1857. It stands on the left bank of the River Thames and is 940 f ee t in length. Those who want to get a fine front view of the building should look at it from a boat on the Thames. The Clock Tower, overlooking Westminster Bridge , is 316 f ee t high and 40 f ee t square. People are allowed to get inside the Tower so that they can see the works of Big Ben. There is no lift and there are three hundred and forty steps up to Big Ben. The faces of the clock are very large. The minute hand is 14 ft long, the hour hand is 9 f eet.

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A View of Trafalgar Square The centre of London is Trafalgar Square. Some people say it is the most beautiful place in London. It was named in commemoration of Nelson's great victory of 1805 over Napoleon. In the middle of the square there stands a tall column. It is a monument to Admiral Nelson. Four bronze lions look at the square from the monument. There also are two beautiful fountains in the square.

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St. Paul's Cathedral St. Paul's Cathedral is a masterpiece of the famous architect Sir Christopher Wren. It took him 35 years to construct this beautiful building. You can see the huge dome with a golden bell and cross on the top. The Cathedral is full of monuments. There is the Whispering Gallery there, which runs round the dome. People say that if someone whispers close to the wall on one side, a person with his ear close to the wall on the other side can hear what is said. Many famous people are buried in the Cathedral: Nelson, Wellington, Wren and others. St. Paul's Cathedral was destroyed in 1666, the year of the Great Fire of London. Then the architect rebuilt it.

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The National Gallery. The Tate Gallery opened in 1897 and is named after Sir Henry Tate, who donated his collection of 65 paintings to the nation. Now it is the National Gallery of Modern Painting. There is a large collection of European twentieth-century art there.

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Quiz ”Do you know London?” Choose the correct variant: 1. The capital of Britain is… a) Glasgow; b) London; c) Ottawa. 2. Britain is a … a) monarchy; b) federal republic; c) parliamentary monarchy. 3. St. Paul’s Cathedral is the city’s greatest monument and Wren’s masterpiece. It is situated in… a) Manchester; b) London; c) Oxford. 4. Stratford-upon-Avon is the birthplace of the great English poet and writer. He was…. a) Ch.Dickens, b) B.Shaw, c) Shakespeare. 5. The biggest bell in Britain is…. a) the Great Bell, b) the Clock Bell , c) Big Ben. 6. Jerome K.Jerome wrote his famous book…. a) Pygmalion, b) The Pickwick Club, c) Three Men in a Boat. 7.Who was an English naval captain and explorer? a) J.Cook, b) Ch.Columbus, c) M.Polo. There are many important parts of London.The oldest part of London is… The East End b) the City c) the West End 9. Walter Scott, the famous writer of historical novels, lived and worked in…. a) Wales b) England c) Scotland.