Презентация на тему Some interesting facts about great britain

same thing. The population of England is 83% of

the total population of Great Britain and England is the historic core of the UK. But apart from England the UK still includes Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Fact 1

shillings began to mint their copper, then covering with

silver. Silver quickly erased, especially in the most protruding parts, which include the nose of the king. Because of this, the king was nicknamed "old copper nose."

Fact 2

not a simple clock tower? Inside the tower is

a cell, which are ready to make any member of parliament, if he dares to break the parliamentary ethics. True, it was last used in 1880. Big Ben is not the name of the building, and only the bell inside the tower. The structure itself is called the Tower of St. Stephen.

Fact 3

does not have a passport, but she can travel

freely around the world? The official website of the United Kingdom said that, as the United Kingdom of Great Britain passports are issued on behalf of Her Majesty, the Queen of the document itself is not needed. All the other members of the royal family have a passport.

Fact 4

If one centimeter of snow had fallen, it is

an event. Cities stand, transport does not work, planes do not fly, they fled to sculpt mangy snowmen and ride with inflatable mattresses. Snowplows communal hardly hold, probably cheaper every year suffer multimillion-dollar losses than to keep equipment ....

Fact 5

in England lunch (dinner) was removed by more and

more recently, has not yet moved to a mark of 19-20 pm? Word dinner historically meant "lunch", we are accustomed to translate it as "dinner." Instead of dinner to designate a day eating the British began to use the word lunch, but this meal was for quite easy.

Fact 6

the union of Scotland and England. A treaty of

alliance, signed in 1707, led to the union of the two countries and the formation of the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Fact 7

of the issuing country in Latin letters. If the

names do not show up - so it's brand Britain. It is exempt from such duties as the first in the history of the country, used stamps.

Fact 8

the efforts of the Russian army, England was forced

to get in touch with Russia and considered with the Emperor Alexander I. Thus the US war with England 1812-1815 gg. was completed in Ghent world through the mediation of the Emperor Alexander I.

Fact 9

the United Kingdom is written in French: "Dieu et

mon droit" («God and my right"). Act of the British Parliament on the compulsory use of English in state courts was also written in French.

Fact 10

acts on Velenje - paper calfskin.
Fact 11