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ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES

Do you want to learn more about English-speaking countries?
‘World is a book and those who don’t travel, read only one page’

St. Augustine

England has existed as a unified entity since the 10th century.
The union between England and Wales, begun in 1284 but was not formalised until 1536.

Scotland was an independent nation until the Act of Union in 1707 when England and Scotland joined to form Great Britain
The Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921 formalised a partition of Ireland; 6 northern Irish counties remained part of the United Kingdom as Northern Ireland
The legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland was implemented in 1801, with the adoption of the name the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The current name of the country, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, was adopted in 1927

The United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

London

Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square is London’s most famous square and is the fourth most popular tourist attraction on Earth with more than fifteen million visitors a year.
Trafalgar Square is at the heart of London and is used as a location for concerts, political demonstrations and celebrations such as New Year’s Eve.
The square commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), a British naval victory over the French and a key battle of the Napoleonic Wars. At the center of Trafalgar Square is Nelson’s Column a 46 m (151 ft) granite column that has on its top a statue of Admiral Horatio Nelson, who was killed in the Battle of Trafalgar.

The British Government

The two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) are based at The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament, in London.
The palace lies on the north bank of the River Thames in the London borough of the City of Westminster, close to the government buildings of Whitehall.

Buckingham Palace

Madame Tussaud's museum

She moved to London in 1802. This museum consists of several halls with wax images of outstanding political characters, poets and writers, world-famous film stars and musicians.

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in Paris in 1770

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One of the top London's attractions are Madame Tussaud's and the London Planetarium
by Marie Tussaud,
who later made her
name with
models of victims of the guillotine
exhibition
of waxworks was established

Hyde Park

The Tower of London

For over 900 years, The Tower of London has been standing guard over the capital. As a Royal Palace, fortress, prison, place of execution, arsenal, Royal Mint, Royal Zoo and jewel house, it has witnessed many great events in British history.

The Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, (it served as a cathedral from 1546 - 1556), in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English monarchs.
Westminster Abbey

It was opened in 1881. Its research and educational departments continue to make a vital contribution to the world's store on information about our planet and its inhabitants.
The Natural History Museum

The Natural History Museum
has a fine collection of dinosaurs, birds, mammals and plant life, as well as geology and ecology displays.

The National Gallery

Piccadilly Circus is a famous road junction and public space of London's West End in the City of Westminster, built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with the major shopping street of Piccadilly. In this context a circus, from the Latin word meaning a circle, is a circular open space at a street junction. The Circus is close to major shopping and entertainment areas in a central location at the heart of the West End. Its status as a major traffic intersection has made Piccadilly Circus a busy meeting point and a tourist attraction in its own right.
Picadilli Circus

The Map of Scotland

Let’s Visit Some Important Cities in Scotland
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city.

Wales is very mountainous, Snowdonis the highest mountain in Wales and England.
The Dee River, with its headwaters in Bala Lake, the largest natural lake in Wales, flows through northern Wales into England. Numerous smaller rivers cover the south, including the Usk, Wye, Teifi, and Towy.

Since the 12th century we have records of an annual competition (or Eisteddfod [ais'teSvad] in Welsh), which was held to find the best poets, writers and musicians in the country. Originally only professionals took part, but now the Eisteddfod is open to the public and, because all the events are in Welsh, it encourages a strong interest in the Welsh arts.

The main rivers of NI are the river Foyle and the Upper and Lower Bann.
The river Foyle forms part of the northwestern boundary and flows into Lough Foyle at Derry.
The Upper Bann rises in the Mourne Mountains and empties into Lough Neagh
The Lower Bann flows out of Lough Neagh to the North Channel.
Other rivers: the Lagan, Erne, Blackwater, Bush.

Antrim Plateau
Antrim Plateau

Three main mountainous areas:
The Sperrin Mountains in the northwest
The Antrim Plateau along the northwestern coast
The Mourne Mountains in the southeast

Slieve Donard (2796 ft) – the highest point in the country.

Approximately 150 square miles
the largest lake (in term of surface area ) in Britain and Ireland.
is situated roughly in the middle of Northern Ireland

Lough Neagh

The geographical map of the USA
USA
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Who discovered America? The answer is: nobody knows. North America may have been discovered by Vikings under Leif Eriksson, but Europeans didn’t know about its existence until Columbus’ voyages.
In 1492 three ships- the “Santa Maria”, the “Pinta”, the “Nine” under Columbus landed the continent.
In 1507 Amerigo Vespucci explored the area of South America and introduced a new land to the world. This continent was called after him - “America”.

The USA is divided into 50 states. Hawaii became the 50th state in 1959. Alaska is separated from Russia by the Bering Strait. It is the biggest and the coldest state of the country.
Each of the states has its own capital, government and symbol.


What is special about Hawaii and Alaska ?

Великие озёра — система пресноводных озёр в Северной Америке, на территории США и Канады. Включает ряд крупных и средних водоёмов, соединённых реками и проливами.
Площадь около 245,2 тыс. км², объём воды 22,7 тыс. км³.
К собственно Великим озёрам относят пять крупнейших: Верхнее, Гурон, Мичиган, Эри и Онтарио. С ними связаны несколько средних озёр.
Озера относятся к бассейну Атлантического океана. Сток по реке Святого Лаврентия.
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Великие озера

Ниагарский водопад — общее название трёх водопадов на реке Ниагара, отделяющей американский штат Нью-Йорк от канадской провинции Онтарио. Ниагарские водопады — это водопад «Подкова» , иногда ещё называемый Канадским водопадом , Американский водопад и водопад «Фата́».
Хотя перепад высот и не очень велик, водопады очень широки, и по объёму проходящей через него воды Ниагарский водопад — самый мощный в Северной Америке.
Высота водопадов составляет 53 метра. Подножие Американского водопада заслоняет нагромождение камней, из-за чего его видимая высота — только 21 метр. Ширина Американского водопада — 323 метра, водопада «Подкова» — 792 метра. Объём падающей воды достигает 5700 и более м³/с.
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Ниагарский водопад

Каучуконосы

Мангровые леса

Юкка

Кактусовые леса

Чаппарель

Медведь гризли

Пеликан

Фламинго

Зимородок

Аллигаторы

Бизон

Вилорог

Толсторог

Nationalities: white Americans - 83,5 %
Africans - 12,4%
immigrants from Asia - 3,3%
native Americans (Indians, Aleuts, Eskimos) – 0,8 %

Население
Индейские племена заселили территорию США около 10 тыс. лет назад, а их потомки оставались преобладающим этническим компонентом до конца XVII века. Современные жители — потомки относительно недавних (XVII—XX веков) переселенцев из Европы (преимущественно Западной) и Африки. Необходимо отметить, что полное право называться американцами получают лишь дети иммигрантов, родившиеся в США. В стране сохраняется чёткое разделение на иностранцев и уроженцев, между которыми имеется значительная культурно-языковая дистанция. Этим различием, однако, внутреннее деление ограничивается. Американцы США — разнородная, гетерогенная нация с конфликтным расовым составом. Доминирующей во всех отношениях и регионах (кроме штата Гавайи) в настоящее время является европеоидная раса — выходцы из Соединённого Королевства, Германии, Ирландии и других европейских стран. Далее выделяются афроамериканцы, латиноамериканцы, азиаты, индейцы и прочие, на которых приходится свыше трети населения.
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Административное деление
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Вашингтон
На роль столицы нового государства после Американской революции претендовали многие города. Поэтому в 1790 году было принято решение построить новый город в районе реки Потомак. Столицу назвали Вашингтон в честь первого президента, Джорджа Вашингтона. Первым архитектором, который планировал и проектировал город, стал француз Пьер Ланфан.
Вашингтон — столица США с 1800 года. Вашингтон как отдельный город был упразднён в результате административной реформы 1873 года, поэтому столица США официально носит название округ Колумбия.
Согласно Конституции США и Закону о резиденции, округ Колумбия имеет особый статус как столица федеративного государства.
Площадь — 0,2 тыс. км².
Население: В пределах федерального округа 602 тыс. жителей (2010). С пригородами (в штатах Мэриленд и Виргиния) — 5,4 млн жителей (2010).

The White House is the Residence The Capitol is the highest
of the American President. building in W.,
where laws are made.
No building in the city may
be more than 40 meters high.



The Sights of Washington

Lincoln – memorial with 36 columns A magnificent sculpture (6m.)of
(the number of states Abraham Lincoln inside
in Lincoln days) – in a park on the
banks of the Potomac River.

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the USA

At the entrance to New York Harbour you can see a great statue which is called the Statue of Liberty. It is 46 meters high excluding the pedestal.
The Statue was designed by Bartholdy, a French sculptor, who worked ten years at it. In 1876 the statue was taken to pieces and shipped across the Atlantic as a gift from the French government to the USA for its democratic views.
The Statue of Liberty is
the symbol of New York.
New York (New York) is the city
of contrasts, financial and business centre of the USA.
It was founded some three hundred years ago.
It is situated in the mouth of the Hudson .
Its nickname is “A big apple”,
because everybody wants to bite it.

Washington National Cathedral (St. Peter and St.Paul’s Church Cathedral) – was built in a gothic style. The first stone was laid by Th. Roosevelt (the 26th president) in 1907. Finally it was rebuilt in 1990.

Los Angeles (California) – the nation’s third largest city. It leads the USA in production of aircraft. This city is the world capital of filmed entertainment. The first cinema house in the country was opened here in 1902.


Hollywood – the centre of the US film industry. In 1913 the first film was made there. The biggest film companies are here: MGM, Paramount, 20th century Fox, Columbia Pictures, Warner Bros.
The star avenue

In 1955 a world famous cartoon’s creator Walt Disney founded the first park of entertainment with decorations from popular Disney cartoons in Los Angeles.
10 mln. people visit Disneyworld every year.
Walt Disney (1901-1966)
A world famous cartoon
Director.
His Mickey Mouse and
Donald Duck are known to every child in the world.
A new Disneyland in Florida, built in 1971.

Geographical position

The National Flag of Canada, popularly known as the Maple Leaf is a base red flag with a white square in its centre featuring a stylized, 11-pointed, red maple leaf.
Canada's royal coat of arms is very closely modeled after the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom – those of the Jacobean era in particular – though with distinctive Canadian elements replacing or added to those derived from the UK.

Ottawa is the national capital and an emerging centre of high-technology research. Its population is about 880,000 people.
Scotiabank Place
National Gallary
Business Part

Ontario is known as Canada’s Heartland. Population of about 12,800,000 people. Toronto is the largest city and the capital of Ontario. Ontario produces more than half of Canada’s manufactured goods.
Hamilton. Gore Park
CN Tower
White Trillium
Bruce Peninsula

Canada's Great Lakes
Canada's Great Lakes are some of the largest and most beautiful in the world. The alpine towns sprinkled along the Rockies on the Alberta side are an unspoiled mountain playground where each season has its own unique beauty and selection of activities.

Niagara Falls is a set of massive waterfalls located on the Niagara River, straddling the international border separating the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York. The falls are located 27 km north-northwest of Buffalo, New York, 120 km south-southeast of Toronto, Ontario, between the twin cities of Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Niagara Falls, New York.
Niagara Falls

Animals of Canada are similar to those of Northerh Europe and Asia. Among the carnivores are the ermine sable, beaver, wolferine, coyote, the black bear, lunx, wolf, fox and skunk. The polar bear is destributed to Arctic, the puma is found in BC.

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Австралийский Союз (Австралия) — государство в Южном полушарии.
Столица государства - Канберра.
Расположено на материке Австралия, острове Тасмания и нескольких других островах Индийского и Тихого океанов.
Шестое по площади государство мира, единственное государство, занимающее целый материк.

Australia is a fascinating country. It is full of strange and wonderful places, unusual animals and amazing culture.

Australia is called “ the upside down world”, because it lies in the Southern Hemisphere where winter comes in July and summer begins in December.

Australia is an island, a continent and a country. It’s the world's largest island and its smallest (but oldest!) continent. And it's the only country that has a whole continent to itself!
Australia is located to the south of Asia between the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is separated from Asia by the Arafura and Timor seas.
The total area of the country is 7,7 million square km.

Население Австралии
В основном страна заселена европейцами (среди них большинство англичане и ирландцы - 95%), азиаты составляют 4%, аборигены - 1%.

The native plants are the eucalyptus, the bottle tree, the wattle, the acacia.

Наиболее известными представителями австралийской фауны являются однопроходные животные (утконосы и ехидны), разнообразные сумчатые (коалы, кенгуру, вомбаты), и такие птицы как эму, какаду и кукабарра. В Австралии обитает самое большое количество в мире ядовитых змей.

Животный мир Австралии

Adelaide
Brisbane
Canberra
Hobart
Melbourne
Perth
Sydney

Канберра — столица Австралии (Австралийского союза), административный, научный и культурный центр государства.
Население более 345 тыс. человек.
Площадь столицы — 805,6 км2.
В настоящее время Канберра — одна из красивейших современных столиц мира.
Канберра – столица Австралии

Сидней

Сидней — крупнейший город Австралии. Площадь – 12 тыс. км².
Население - 4,50 миллиона (2009 г.).
Сидней – столица штата Новый Южный Уэльс.
Город был основан в 1788 году Артуром Филлипом, который прибыл сюда во главе Первого флота, и являлся местом первого колониального европейского поселения в Австралии.
Город был назван колонистами в честь лорда Сиднея — бывшего на тот момент министром колоний Великобритании.

Мельбурн
Мельбурн — второй по величине город Австралии, столица штата Виктория, расположившаяся вокруг залива Порт-Филлип.
Мельбурн основан в 1835 году.
Население с пригородами - около 3,8 миллиона (2007 год).
Город считается одним из основных коммерческих, промышленных и культурных центров Австралии. Мельбурн также часто называют «спортивной и культурной столицей» страны

New
Zealand

New Zealand is a country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two large islands – the North Island and the South Island – and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. In Māori, New Zealand has come to be known as Aotearoa, which is usually translated into English as The Land of the Long White Cloud. The Realm of New Zealand also includes the Cook Islands and Niue, which are self-governing but in free association; Tokelau; and the Ross Dependency (New Zealand's territorial claim in Antarctica). New Zealand is notable for its geographic isolation, being separated from Australia to the northwest by the Tasman Sea, approximately 2000 kilometres (1250 miles) across. Its closest neighbours to the north are New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga.

The Maori people are the indigenous people of New Zealand. Maoritanga is the native language. It is believed that the Maori migrated from Polynesia in canoes about the 9th century to 13th century AD. The Maoris lived in tribes called ‘iwi’. They lived in villages and were fishermen, hunters and framers. The present Maori population has increased to about 250,000 and the Maori live in all parts of New Zealand, but predominately in the North Island where the climate is warmer.
Maori

Maori Art refers to all the traditional arts: whakairo (wood carving); kowhaiwhai (rafter patterns); ta moko (tattooing); waiata (songs and chants); haka (dance); whaikorero (oratory); waka ama (canoe racing), etc.
Wood Carving
A Fence
Tattoos
Waka taua
Maori Art

The kiwi bird was named so for the sound of its chirp. This flightless bird, about the size of a domestic hen, has an extremely long beak and plumage more like hair than feathers. It has no tail, almost no wings. It weights about 2 kg. The female kiwi lays only one egg, but it is about 1/5th of her own weight. After laying it she leaves her husband to hatch the egg out. The New Zealand dollar is frequently called the Kiwi. The dollar coin features a kiwi bird on one side.
National Emblem

Flora and fauna of New Zealand

Many of New Zealand’s native animals are found nowhere else in the world:

the kiwi – its egg is about one fifth of its own weight
the kakapo – the world’s largest flightless parrot
the tuatara – the oldest living reptile Tuataras live for 300 years. They can be
traced back 190 million years to the Mesozoic era

kiwi
kakapo
tuatara

Flora and fauna of New Zealand
the biggest earthworms in the world
the smallest bats in the world – the only native land mammals in New
Zealand
the weta – the heaviest insect in the world (70 gm and 20 cm long)
the weta
New Zealand bat

Abel Tasman NP
Mount Aspiring NP
Whanganui NP
Paparoa NP
National Parks

Bungee jumping in New Zealand

Wellington is the capital of New Zealand, the country's second largest urban area and the most populous national capital in Oceania. The population is about 449,000 people. Wellington is New Zealand's political centre, housing Parliament and the head offices of all government ministries and departments, plus the bulk of the foreign diplomatic missions based in New Zealand.
Te Papa Museum
Wellington Parliament
Wellington

Christchurch is the regional capital of Canterbury. The largest city in the South Island, it is also the second largest city and third largest urban area of New Zealand. The Population is about 367,700 people. The city is named after the Christ Church cathedral, which is itself named after Christ Church, a college at the University of Oxford, and the Cathedral of Oxford. The city was originally known as Christ Church, the written form consolidating by the 1880s.
College
Museum
Cathedral
Christchurch

Rotorua is a town on the southern shore of Lake Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty region. The city has a population of 53,000, of which one third is Māori. Rotorua is well-known for geothermal activity. There are a number of geysers, notably the 20-m Pohutu geyser at Whakarewarewa, and hot mud pools located in the city, which owe their presence to the Rotorua caldera.
Geyser
Visitors Centre
Bath-House
Lake
Rotorua

Queenstown is a picturesque tourist destination located in the South Island. The population of the Queenstown is 9,251. The town is built around an inlet on Lake Wakatipu. Queenstown is the adventure capital of the world. Many tourists flock to the area year round to indulge in activities such as white water rafting, kayaking, jet boating, tandem sky-driving.
Queenstown

Rivers and mountains
New Zealand is a very mountainous country. About one third of the islands is covered with mountains. The Southern Alps run along the western coast of the South Island and are the highest in New Zealand. Mount Cook is the highest mountain there (3, 050 metres above the sea level).
the Southern Alps
Mount Cook

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