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Focus
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X.:
Ранок, 2010. —
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Unit
1
Country and
People (Britain and the British) 5
Unit
2 Geographical
Position 12
Unit3
History 17
Unit
4 Royal
Affairs 20
Unit
5 London 24
Unit
6
The Cities
of Great Britain 33
Unit
7 Outstanding
People 37
Unit
8 Education
and Culture 42
Unit
9
British Way
of Life 45
Unit
10 Sport 49
Unit
11 England 54
Unit
12
Scotland.. 58
Unit
13 Wales 61
Unit
14
Northern
Ireland 64
Texts
for Listening Comprehension 67
Texts
for Home Reading 76
Some
important dates in British History 86
English-Ukrainian
Vocabulary 87
Key 94Introduction 4
Dear
students,
We
want to present you a new book about Great Britain. We hope you
already know some facts about this country. Try to answer the
questions of this quiz. Put a tick next to the correct answer.
The
Union Jack is
a)
the central chamber of the Houses of Parliament;
b)
the flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland;
c)
the most valuable prize in a game.
The
Welsh national symbol is the leek or the daffodil, but the symbol
for Scotland is
a)
the rose;
Qb)
the thistle;
c)
the shamrock.
An
M. P. is
(Ja)
a Member of the Police;
b)
a Master of Political Science;
c)
a Member of Parliament.
A
public school is
a)
a state school;
b)
a private school;
c)
a religious school.
New
Scotland Yard is
a)
the material used to make bagpipes;
Q
b)
the headquarters of the police in London;
[]c)a
place in Scotland.
A
zebra crossing is
a)
a place to cross the road safely;
[3
b) a television
screen for black and white reception;
c)
a design of two bones used on flags.
A
Tory is
a)
a numbered ticket in a lottery;
b)
a coin worth £ 20;
Qc)a
supporter of the Conservative Party.
A
Building Society is
a)
an organization that preserves historic buildings;'
Qb)
a business which lends money to buy a house or a flat;
c)
a house joined to the house next door.
G.
C. S. E.
is
a)
a system of examinations for school children;
Q
b) the national gas and electricity boards;
c)
the highest award given by the Queen for bravery.
Was
it difficult to answer the questions? If you couldn’t answer some
of them try to read the book and find the answers.
Have
a good time!
Pre-Reading
Task
I
wandered lonely as a, cloud
That
floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When
all at once I
saw a crowd,
A
host of golden daffodils;
Beside
the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
W.
Wordsworth
When
you think about Britain, what things or places come into your mind?
Write down as many things as you can. Compare your list with other
students.
Think
of your country, and especially the part of it where you live. What
do you particularly like about it?
Are
there any differences in your country between:
North
and South;
East
and West;
towns
and rural areas?
Consider
the possible differences: language, dialects, clothing, customs,
food, temperament, climate.
Compare
your ideas with other students.
Reading
Read
the text and find the answers to the following questions.
Why
is it incorrect to call the whole country England?
What
process took several hundred years and was completed in 1800?
How
did the four nations of Great Britain differ from each other?
What languages are spoken in the UK?
WHO
ARE THE BRITISH?
People
often refer to Britain by another name. They call it “England”.
But this is not strictly correct, and it can make some people angry.
England is only one of the four nations of the British Isles
(England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland). Their
political unification was a gradual process that took several
hundred years. It was completed in 1800 when the Irish Parliament
was joined with the Parliament for England, Scotland and Wales in
Westminster, so that the whole of the British Isles became a single
state —
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. However, in 1922,
most of Ireland became a separate state.
At
one time the four nations were distinct from each other in almost
every aspect of life. They were different racially. The people in
Ireland, Wales and highland Scotland belonged to the Celtic race;
those in England and lowland Scotland were mainly of Germanic
origin. This difference was reflected in the languages they spoke.
People in the Celtic areas spoke Celtic languages: Irish Gaelic,
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh. People in the Germanic areas spoke
Germanic dialects
(including
the one which has developed into modern English).
Today
these differences have become blurred. But they have not completely
disappeared. Although there is only one government for the whole
Britain, and people have the same passport regardless of where in
Britain they live, some aspects of government are organized
separately in the four parts of the United Kingdom. Moreover, Welsh,
Scottish and Irish people feel their identity very strongly.
Historical
and poetic names of the country and its parts:
Albion
is a word used in some poetic or rhetorical contexts to refer to
England. It was the original Roman name for Britain. It may come
from the Latin word albus,
meaning “white”. The white chalk cliffs around Dover on the
south coast are the part of England to be seen when crossing the sea
from the European mainland.
Britannia
is the name that the Romans gave to their southern British province.
It is also the name given to the female figure of Britain, always
shown wearing a helmet and holding a trident (the symbol of power
over the sea). The figure of Britannia has been on the reverse side
of many British coins for more than 300 years.
Caledonia,
Cambria and Hibernia were the Roman names for Scotland, Wales and
Ireland. The words are commonly used today in scholarly
classifications and for the names of organizations.
Erin
is a poetic name for Ireland. “The Emerald Isle” is another way
of referring to Ireland,
evoking the lush greenery of its countryside.
Musical
instruments. The harp is an emblem of both Wales and Ireland. The
bagpipes are regarded as distinctively Scottish.
Characteristics.
There are certain stereotypes of national character which are
well-known in Britain. For instance, the Irish are supposed to be
great talkers, the Scots have a reputation for being careful with
money, and the Welsh are famous for their singing ability. These
characteristics are, of course, only caricatures and are not
reliable descriptions of individual people from these countries.
The
Union Jack. The flag of the United Kingdom is known as the Union
Jack. (Jack is a sailing name for a flag.) It has been used as the
British flag since 1603, when Scotland and England were united. The
original design combined the red cross of England with the white
diagonal cross on a blue background of Scotland. The red diagonal
cross of Ireland was added in 1801, when Ireland became part of the
United Kingdom. Wales is not represented on the Union Jack because
it is a principality of England. The red dragon of Cadwallader,
which is now often used as the national flag of Wales, dates from
the 1950s. The Union Jack is most often seen flying from public
buildings or at sports events.
Children may wave small Union Jacks when a member of the royal
family visits their town. During national celebrations strings of
small flags are hung across the street as bunting.
After-Reading
Look
at these maps and match them with the correct phrases.
a)
I’m from England. I’m English/I’m
an Englishman.
b)
I’m from Ireland. I’m Irish/I’m
an Irishman.
c)
I’m from Wales. I’m Welsh/I’m
a Welshman.
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d) I’m
from Northern Ireland. I’m Irish.
e)
I’m from Scotland. I’m a Scot/I’m
Scottish/I’m
a Scotsman.
f)
I’m from Britain. I’m British.
Now
read the sentences and answer where these people come
“I’m
British, but
I
don’t come from England or Wales”.
He comes from ;
“Yes, I’m a citizen of the United Kingdom, but I don’t live in Great Britain”.
He comes from ;
‘This is a map of the British Isles. I live just here. No, I’m not from the UK!”
He comes from :
from.
Do
you know that in Britain:
strangers
usually don’t talk to each other in trains;
it
is polite to queue for everything: buses, theatre tickets,
in
shops;
people
say “Thank you” when they give money to a shop
assistant;
people
do not shake hands when they greet each other;
people
don’t take their shoes off when they enter a house.
In
your country do you talk to strangers?
Do
you find any British
habits strange and unusual?
Do
you share any of these habits with the British?
Imagine
you are a foreigner in your own country. What would you
find
strange? List three of your most unusual habits.
Write
an essay about the people or peoples of your own country,
trying
to bring out their differences.
Solve
the crossword puzzle using the information given in the
unit.
Across:
3. the thing the female figure
on coins wears on her head; 5.
form of
a language, used in a part of a coun-
try; 7. the
part of the country that
became a separate state; 8.
people,
living on a particular territory usu-
ally
speaking a single language.
Down: 1.
Albion is a word used in
a ... context to refer to England;
Ireland
is “The
... Isle”; 4. the sym-
bol of power over the sea; 6. this
red
and white thing you can see on the
British Flag.
Discussion
Listening
Comprehension
Check
^ Listen to
the text and choose the best variant to finish the
sentences.
The
British are often viewed as
the
most talkative and amiable people in the world;
the
most boring people in the world;
the
most absent-minded people in the world.
They
have which is not
understood
by foreigners.
a
specific sense of humour;
a
specific style in fashion;
a
very good taste.
They
are even accused of being hypocritical because
they
always say what they think;
they
never tell the truth;
they
might think one thing and say another.
Talking
to other people they always discuss
their
family matters;
the
weather or general questions;
their
private life.
The
British always queue when
they
are waiting for a bus;
they
are shopping;
they
are taking books from a library.
Generally
speaking, the British are
very
rude;
stupid;
polite
and well-mannered.
The full name of the country |
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The parts of the UK |
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The total area |
|
Population |
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The smaller islands |
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Capital city |
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Large cities |
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Mountains |
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The highest peak |
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Rivers |
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