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Contents What does Great Britain mean? A variety of Britain Strong traditions British nature Who said that Britain is rainy? If you`ll want to stay in the UK forever The list of the used literature
What does Great Britain mean? If you think of Great Britain ancient castles, monarchs, pubs, magnificent modern cities, the British empire, the skyscrapers of London City, medieval little houses of Scotland, colleges of Oxford, museums, Big Ben, the Tower, Shakespeare, the Knights of the Round Table and other things and sights come into your mind.
A variety of Britain This small island represents the whole world. There are strong regional distinctions between the North and the South, the West and the East not only in character, meals, traditions, clothes, but also in language inhabitants of different regions of England sometimes simply cannot understand each other. And a variety of the nature, a landscape, geography, economy transforms small island into the huge country. But the most important is a relation of the Englishmen perceiving their country as not having borders.
Strong traditions Old traditions are observed in Great Britain more than in any other European country. It affects many sides of life of the population. It is preferable for the Englishmen to live in a separate house. National clothes havent been worn here already for a long time. The national costume is kept in some areas of Scotland.
British nature It`s a rich country, one of the richest in the world. The British love of compromise is the result of the physical geography. Britain has mountains, but none of them are very high, it also has flat land, but you can`t travel far without seeing hills, it has no big rivers, it has no active volcanoes. It has a mild climate. It is never very cold or very hot. Thanks to the fact that it has excellent road-building materials and people rarely have severe winter frosts that damage the roads very much, and they don`t suffer from heat, drought or flooding, there are good roads. In this country you are never very far from the coast and there are a lot of seaside resorts.
British nature Britain has a rich, fertile countryside. The climate is ideal for gardening. Home- grown vegetables taste better than those in shops. They also grow lawns of grass which stay green throughout the year.
Who said that Britain is rainy? If to ask any foreigner, what is weather in Britain like, the answer will be itsrainy, vile and boring. Actually, in comparison with the climate in the rest world its simply a wonderful and comfortable weather in Britain. The average winter temperature ranges from 0 up to 6 degrees above zero, in summer it rises up to degrees above zero. By quantity of deposits Britain takes the 46 th place.
If you`ll want to stay in the UK forever Requirements for reception of the British citizenship: - age; - sensible mind; - intention to live in Great Britain; - sufficient knowledge of English language; - sufficient knowledge of way of life in Great Britain; - knowledge of British history.
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