THE UK (THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN

AND NORTHERN IRELAND)

God Save the Queen

shamrock

thistle

rose
daffodil, leek
Loch Ness
Ben Nevis
haggis bagpipes and kilt
Channel Tunnel
Stonehenge
bobby cab
 THE CELTS (750 BC to 12 BC)
• the most powerful
people in central and
northern Europe.
• Celtic languages were
spoken across the
Europe: Irish Gaelic,
Welsh, Cornish
 THE ROMANS (the occupation 43 AD)
• established their colony called BRITANNIA
• Celtic tribes were Romanized
Hadrian‘s wall
 THE ANGLES, SAXONS AND JUTES
(in 5th century)
• came from Germany, Denmark
and the Netherlands.
• looking for new places to farm
• settled in England (meaning
'ANGLE LAND').
• Their languages turned into
the oldest form of English
called Old English
• Everyday objects and things: milk, finger,
horse
• Days of the week: Monday, Tuesday...
• Body parts: head, heart, arms...
• Names for family members: son,
daughter...

• Anglo-Saxons were pagans

• conversion to Christianity began in 597
(Latin was the language used by Church)
• candle, rose, bishop
 THE VIKINGS (vikingr – “the one who
came from fjords” 8th – 11th c.)
• language old norse
• husband – from husbondi
(master of the house)
• town – from tun, referring
to the open space between
buildings.
• sky, skirt
• knife
 THE NORMANS (1066 started ruling the
country)
• french became the language in public
use, of aristocracy
• educated people spoke LATIN or
NORMAN FRENCH
• government, honour, music, colour,
costume,
• country, people, parliament, nation,
• crown, prince, noble, sir, madam...
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The London Eye
The Houses of Parliament with Big Ben
Westminster Abbey
Downing Street number 10
Buckingham Palace
The Victoria Palace Theatre
The Natural History Museum
• Tyrannosaurus Rex
• simulated Kobe earthquake
• gemstones
• blue whale model
 Hyde Park

• originally hunting ground

for royalty
• Speaker‘s Corner – every
Sunday
Oxford Street
Madam Tussaud‘s
Covent Garden
Piccadilly Circus
Trafalgar Square
The Tower of London
Beefeater
Tower Bridge
St Paul‘s Cathedral
double decker, telephone box