He that travels far knows much Wer reist sehr viel, er weißt viel John Clarke
Welcome to Britain
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland London Cardiff Edinburgh Belfast
London
consists of four main parts City Westminster West End East End
London It is the business centre Bank and offices are situated there
London Westminster It is the administrative centre. The Houses of Parliament
Big Ben London The main clock of Great Britain
London The Tower of London
London The main church of the city
London It is the official residence of British sovereign Buckingham Palace
London
The East End It is an industrial district of the capitol
Cardiff
is the capital and the biggest port of Wales
City Hall
Law Courts
National Museum Welsh Folk Museum
A large park area lies near the centre of Cardiff
Is the capital of Scotland and the most beautiful city in Europe Edinburgh It lies on seven hills From the street in the centre of the city you can see ships coming to Edinburgh from different countries of the world
The Old Town
Edinburgh Castle is 1000 years old
The New Town The modern town The New Town lies at the foot of the hills and has all usual characteristics of a well planned modern city
It is large intellectual centre It has one of the oldest university in Europe, which was founded in 1582 Many great men : Robert Burns Walter Scott Robert Louis Stevenson have lived and worked in Edinburgh.
Belfast is the capital and a chief port of Northern Ireland It is a modern city situated in a district of mountains and rivers
Belfast Castle was built in 1870.
TEST
I ) London is situated on the river... Severn; Thames; Clyde. 2) The commercial centre of London is... the Westminster; the West End; the City. 3) The official London residence of Her Majesty the Queen is... Buckingham Palace; the Houses of Parliament; Westminster Abbey.
4) The Palace of Westminster is usually known as... Westminster ; St. Pauls Cathedral; the Houses of Parliament. 5) Cardiff is the capital of… Scotland Wales. Northern Ireland England, 6) Norman Castle is situated… near the centre of Cardiff on the river Thames by the Cathays Park
7) Belfast Castle was built in… ) The streets of the Old Town are.. narrow wide very long 9) Edinburgh lies … on seven hills between six mountains between seven valleys
10) Edinburgh Castle is… is 1000 years old is 2000 years old is 3000 years old