Brief introduction

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Brief Introduction

• England
• Scotland
• Ireland
• Weather
• The Union Jack (flag)

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Brief introduction
England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland
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P-2

• The four parts of the country England, Scotland,
  Wales Northern Ireland
• Cities
• England London
• Oxford
• Manchester
• Scotland Edinburgh
• Glasgow
• Aberdeen
• Wales Cardiff- capital, C-university-low
  living-cost
• Northern Ireland Belfast

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• A. England

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Manchester
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Edinburgh
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Edinburgh
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Glasgow
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Aberdeen
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Cardiff
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Belfast
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William Butler Yeats
Nobel Prize in 1923
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Seamus Heaney won the Nobel Prize in literature
in 1995. Born in rural Northern Ireland, he left
his native land to avoid political and religious
violence, but his poetry remained centered on the
people and places he encountered during his early
years in the countryside
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London
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London from the Air
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It's a giant Ferris wheel
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We ride in large capsules
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The view as we begin to climb
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The wheel is on the southbank of the River
Thames
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Rising above Big Ben, Parliament and Westminster
Abbey
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The view as we get higher
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Inside view of the capsule
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We're approaching the top of the wheel
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At the top! 450 feet above the groundLooking at
the adjacent capsule
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Now high above Big Ben Parliament and Westminster
Abbey
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Looking down at the capsule below
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View up the Thames as we start going down
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Looking up at the capsule above us
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View looking south
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Now we're about even with Big Ben
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Trafalgar Square, London
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• London
• Weather

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Big Ben is the great bell in the Clock Tower on
the eastern end of the Houses of Parliament. It
was named after Sir Benjamin Hall, Londons chief
commissioner of works in 1858 when the bell was
hung. The clocks in the 98-m (320-ft) Clock Tower
have been keeping time since 1859.
Big Ben, London
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London, Big Ben
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Big Ben

• The Windsor bell may have struck twelve for
  Falstaff, but Big Ben's famous chimes are the
  true song of London.
• John Buchans 39 Steps

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Big Ben
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Big Ben
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Covent Garden????????????

• The name Covent Garden dates back to when the
  area belonged to Westminster Abbey and was a
  Convent Garden. This was London's Wholesale Fruit
  and Vegetable market for many years. The market
  was moved to Nine Elms some time ago and in 1980
  Covent Garden was turned into a leisure area
  featuring novelty shops, restaurants, cafes and
  pubs. When visiting Covent Garden don't miss the
  opportunity of eating at Porters English
  Restaurant, which specialises in serving quality
  English food at affordable prices.

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Hyde Park
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Wellington Arch

• This monument was built in honour of The Duke of
  Wellington in 1828 as the northern gateway into
  Buckingham Palace, and now stands on the island
  in the middle of the traffic that circumnavigates
  Hyde Park Corner.

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Edwin Lutyens designed and completed building it
in 1920. Its sides are slightly concave and
convex, which represents infinity. The cenotaph
is decorated only with the flags of the three
military services and the Merchant Navy.

• Built originally to commemorate
• those who died in the First World War,
• this monument is now the focal point
• for the memory of those killed in both
• wars and since then.

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Queen Victoria Memorial, The The Mall, London,
SW14 7EN
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5. St James's Palace and the Chapel Royal 6. St
James's Park 7. The Mall The Mall that exists
today is part of a national monument to Queen
Victoria and created in 1903 8. Whitehall The
area known as Whitehall was formerly an enormous
royal palace 10. Palace of Westminster 11.
the Abbey
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Streets Square

• Greenwich

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Oxford Circus, London
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Oxford Street
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SpencerHouse

• From its conception, Spencer House was recognised
  as one of the most ambitious aristocratic town
  houses ever built in London and is, today, the
  city's only great eighteenth-century private
  palace to survive intact.Spencer House was
  built in 1756-66 for John, first Earl Spencer, an
  ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-97).
  Situated in the heart of St James's, Spencer
  House is a short distance from St James's Palace,
  Buckingham Palace and the Palace of Westminster,
  and has a splendid terrace and garden with
  magnificent views of Green Park.The Spencer
  family last lived in the House in 1926, they then
  let the building to a variety of tenants. As a
  result, the state rooms were used as offices from
  the late 1920s until 1985, when RIT Capital
  Partners plc acquired the lease.

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Tower of London, The

• Begun by William the Conqueror in 1078, The Tower
  of London is one of the world? most famous
  fortified buildings, and now welcomes two million
  visitors each year.

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Tower of London, The
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Founded nearly a millennium ago and expanded upon
over the centuries since, the Tower of London has
protected, housed, imprisoned and been for many
the last sight they saw on Earth. It has been the
seat of British government and the living
quarters of monarchs ... the site of renown
political intrigue, and the repository of the
Crown Jewels ... It has housed lions, bears, and
(to this day) flightless ravens ... not to
mention notorious traitors and framed members of
court, lords and ministers, clergymen and
knights.
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The Tower of London Area
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The Tower Bridge spans the Thames River from the
Tower of London to Southwark on the south side of
the Thames. It was the only movable bridge
crossing the Thames when it was completed in
1894. The bridge was designed by Sir Horace Jones
and built by Sir John Wolfe Barry.
Londons Tower Bridge
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Tower Bridge
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The Tower of London
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The Tower of London
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Tower of London
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British Museum, London The British Museum in
London was established in 1753. The museum has
more than 90 galleries of artifacts from around
the world.The national library is kept at the
Museum, where Karl Marx wrote his famous Capital.
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Houses of Parliament The seat of the British
government is in London in the Houses of
Parliament, officially the New Palace of
Westminster. The current building was built in
the mid-19th century and was designed by British
architect Sir Charles Barry.
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Houses of Parliament, The Home of the British
Government, the building is actually called the
Palace of Westminster, but is more commonly known
as the Houses of Parliament, due to the two parts
of government that live here.
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Houses of Parliament, The
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Houses of Parliament, The
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St Paul's Cathedral

• Work on this, the most impressive church in
  London began in 1675 to a design by SIR
  CHRISTOPHER WREN. It was built to replace old St
  Paul's which was destroyed by the GREAT FIRE OF
  LONDON in 1666. The present building has been
  luckier. It survived the World War II bombings
  which flattened a great many of the surrounding
  buildings.

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St Paul's Cathedral
Saint Pauls Cathedral, a major landmark in
London, is one of British architect Sir
Christopher Wrens greatest achievements. After
the Great Fire of London destroyed the old Saint
Pauls in 1666, the city commissioned Wren to
design a replacement, which was completed in
1710.

• This is the fourth Cathedral to stand on this
  site. The first, a Saxon building, was built in
  AD 604. The 360ft high dome which dominates the
  city's skyline is the second largest in the
  world. The church itself is the largest
  Protestant church in England. From inside too,
  the dome is stunning and it is well worth
  climbing, up to the galleries. The whispering
  gallery is so named because of the way a whisper
  will echo there.

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St Paul's Cathedral
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Higher still, there is access to the stone
gallery on the exterior of the cathedral. At the
very top is the Golden Gallery which has arguably
the best view in London. The cathedral is packed
with fine statues and interior detail. The
beautiful woodcarvings are the work of Grinling
Gibbons and the exquisite ironwork is by Jean
Tijou. The mosaic work is mainly Byzantine and
created by Victorian craftsmen to designs by
Wren. Many of the rich or great are buried here.
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St. Paul Cathedral
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St. Paul Cathedral
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London
Buckingham Palace
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Buckingham Palace (in Westminster is the
official London residence of the British
sovereign.)
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Buckingham Palace
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Buckingham Palace
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Buckingham Palace
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Buckingham Palace
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Downing Street Whitehall, London, SW1A 2AB
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Downing Street Whitehall, London, SW1A 2AB
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Empire Theatre, Theatre District of London
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English Opera House, London
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Harrods
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London Sidewalk Café
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Musicals in the Theatre District of London
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Piccadilly Circus
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Saint Jamess Palace in London was the monarchs
principal residence from 1608 to 1837. It was
built by Henry VIII between 1530 and 1560 on the
site of a leper hospital dedicated to Saint James
the Less. Much of the original palace was
destroyed in a fire in 1809. Today it is the
official residence of Charles, Prince of Wales.
Saint Jamess Palace
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Victoria Station, London (Victoria Station is
Londons second busiest rail terminal and the
citys busiest tourist information center. It is
located in the Westminster part of London. The
original station was built in 1860, but it was
rebuilt early in the 20th century.
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St. Mary Le Bow

• Architect Sir Christopher Wren
• Location Cheapside, London, England
• Date 1670 to 1683
• Building Type church 
• Construction System cut stone masonry
• Climate temperate
• Context urban
• Style English Renaissance
• Notes Notable steeple.

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• Photo, exterior of steeple

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Photo, exterior
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Ocean Currents The major surface currents in the
worlds oceans are caused by prevailing winds.
The currents may be cold, as in the instance of
the West Wind Drift, or warm, as the Gulf Stream.
Currents circulate in paths called gyres, moving
in a clockwise direction in the northern
hemisphere and a counterclockwise direction in
the southern hemisphere.
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United Kingdom Climate

• Temperatures
• (Average Daily Lows And Highs)
  Precipitation
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  (Average Monthly)
• London Edinburgh
  London Edinburgh
• Jan. 0C (33 F) 0 C (33 F) 50 mm (2
  in) 60 mm (2 in)
• 7 C (44 F) 6 C (43 F)
• July 11 C (52 F) 10 C (51 F) 60 mm (2
  in) 80 mm (3 in)
• 22 C (71 F) 19 C (66 F)
• The average rainfall is about 1000 mm.
• In some places there are even over 260 rainy days
  a year.

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London Today

• 5 Day Forecast
• TodayTomorrowWedThuFri
• Sunny High 48 Low 34
• Sunny High 48 Low 43
• Showers High 43 Low 41
• Sunny High 43 Low 37
• Sunny High 43 Low 34

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• MonthAvg .HighAvg. LowRecord HighRecord LowAvg.
  Precip.
• January 42/46 F32/36 F 55.0 F
  9.0 F 2.1/2.2 in.
• February43/46 F32/35 F 63.0 F
  7.0F 1.3/1.4 in.
• March 47/51 F 34/38 F 68.0 F
  19.0 F 1.7/1.8in.
• April 52/56 F 36/40 F 73.0 F
  23.0 F 1.7/1.8 in.
• May 59/63 F 42/46 F 83.0 F
  26.0 F 1.9/2 in.
• June 65/68 F 48/51 F 91.0 F
  34.0 F 1.9/2 in.
• July 69/73 F 52/55 F 93.0 F
  39.0 F 1.7/1.8 in.
• August 69/72 F 50/54 F 95.0 F 36.0
  F 1.9/2 in.
• September63/67 F 46/50 F 82.0 F 34.0 F
  2.1/2.2in.
• October56/60 F 42/46 F 77.0 F 24.0 F
  2.2/2.3in.
• November48/52 F 36/40 F 63.0 F 18.0 F
  2.1/2.2in.
• December45/48 F 35/38 F 59.0 F 12.0 F
  2.2/2.3 in.
• centigrade 5 / 9 X(F 32 )
• Fahrenheit C X 9 / 5 32
• 100 F 37.7C
• -20F -28.8 C

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Geoffrey Chaucer
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Questions for Thoughts

• 1. It is said if youre tired of London, youre
  tired of life. Do you think so? Why or why not?
• 2. What do you think of the weather in Great
  Britain? Do you think that the uncertainty of the
  weather really has a definite effect upon the
  Englishmans character? And how does it influence
  the Englishmans character?