Презентация для урока по английскому языку: "Trafalgar Square"
презентация к уроку по английскому языку (10 класс) по теме

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Trafalgar Square. Ladies and Gentlemen!!! Welcome to London! It is a city of your dream! One of the most famous places is

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Trafalgar Square is a public space and tourist attraction in central Lon don. It was named Trafalgar Square to commemorate the historical naval victory won on the 21st of October 1805 by the British fleet under the command of Horatio Nelson over the combined French-Spanish fleet commanded by Villeneuve. The battle took place at Cape Trafalgar in the mouth of the Straits of Gibraltar and lasted several hours . The name commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar y (1805), a British naval victory of the Napoleonic Wars . The original name was to have been "King William the Fourth's Square", but George Ledwell Taylor suggested the name "Trafalgar Square". History.

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Nelson's Column, with the statue of Admiral Lord Nelson on top, rises in the centre of Trafalgar Square. This most impressive monument is 170 feet (about 52 m) tall. The statue of Nelson, placed facing towards the sea he loved, measures 17 feet (more than 5 m) in height. Trafalgar Square today.

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To the north-east of Trafalgar Square there is the building that houses the National Gallery of Art - one of the most important Art Galleries in the world and behind is the National Portrait Gallery. There are two statues on the lawn in front of the National Gallery: James II by Grinling Gibbons to the west of the portico, and Geor g e Washington to the east.

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There are many pigeons in the square and Londoners like to feed them. Everybody knows that the dove is the symbol of peace all over the world.

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Quite often the square becomes the location for meetings and in it crowds of Londoners congregate to celebrate political rallies. So it can be said that Trafalgar Square is the heart from which the beat is emitted to all the Londoners.

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We can use Trafalgar Square during the Olympic Games 2012 in London as area for sports competitions. Moreover we can arrange a parade of participants of the Olympic games 2012.