Презентація на тему «Great Britain» (варіант 2)

content: Great Britain

content: The Palace of Westminster Вестминстерский дворецThe Palace of Westminster, alsoknown as the Houses ofParliament or WestminsterPalace, is the meeting place ofthe two houses of theParliament of the UnitedKingdom—the House of Lordsand the House of Commons. Itlies on the north bank of theRiver Thames, close to thehistoric Westminster Abbey. ThePalace is one of the centres ofpolitical life in the UnitedKingdom.

content: St Mary Axe was a medieval parish in London whose name survives on the street it formerly occupied. (Башня Мэри-Экс, 30 или Сент-Мэри Экс 30, Небоскрёб Мэри-Экс)

content: Piccadilly CircusПлощадь ПикадиллиPiccadilly Circus is a famous road junction andpublic space of London's West End in the City ofWestminster, built in 1819 to connect RegentStreet with the major shopping street of Piccadilly.In this context, a circus, from the Latin wordmeaning "circle", is a round open space at a streetjunction. The Circus is particularly known for itsvideo display and neon signs mounted on thecorner building on the northern side, as well asthe Shaftesbury memorial fountain and statue ofan archer popularly known as Eros. It issurrounded by several noted buildings.

content: Trafalgar SquareТрафальгарская площадьTrafalgar Square is a publicspace and tourist attractionin central London, England.At its centre is Nelson'sColumn. There are a numberof statues and sculptures inthe square. The square is alsoused for politicaldemonstrations andcommunity gatherings, such asthe celebration of New Year'sEve .

content: Hyde ParkГайд-паркHyde Park is one of the largest parks in central London, England and one of the Royal Parks of London

content: The London ZooЛондонский зоопаркLondon Zoo is theworld's oldestscientific zoo. Todayit houses a collectionof 755 species ofanimals, with 16,802individuals, making itone of the largestcollections in theUnited Kingdom.

content: The Regent's ParkРиджент паркThe Regent's Park is thelargest grass area for sports inCentral London and offers awide variety of activities, aswell as an Open Air Theatre,the London Zoo and manycafes and restaurants.

content: St. James's ParkПарк св. ДжеймсаSt James's Park is probably the mostbeautiful of the capital's centralparks.   Now the most ornamental park inLondon with good views ofWhitehall rooftops, St James's Parka popular place to stroll, feed theducks or watch the pelicans. Popular in the summer withsunbathing office workers, a bandplays throughout the summer. There are a lot of ducks, geese,pelicans and black swans on thelake.  The bridge over it gives a viewof Buckingham Palace.

content: WhitehallУайтхоллWhitehall is a road inWestminster, in London, EnglandThe name is taken from the vastPalace of Whitehall that used tooccupy the area but which waslargely destroyed by fire in 1698.Whitehall was originally a wideroad that ran up to the front ofthe palace. Trafalgar Square wasbuilt at its northern extremity inthe early 19th century. Thestreets cover a total distance ofabout 1 kilometre.

content: Oxford UniversityThe University of Oxford (informally Oxford University, or simply Oxford) is a public university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second oldest university in the world and the oldest university in the English-speaking world.The two ancient universities (Cambridge and Oxford)have many common features and are often jointly referred to as Oxbridge.

content: The Sherlock Holmes MuseumМузей Шерлока ХолмсаThe Sherlock Holmes Museum is a popular privately-run museum in London, England, dedicated to the famous detective Sherlock Holmes. It opened in 1990 and is situated in Baker Street.

content: Cleopatra's Needle Игла КлеопатрыAnyone visiting London for the first time and walking along the Thames may be surprised to come across an original Egyptian obelisk.This obelisk is known as Cleopatra's Needle …though it has very little to do with Cleopatra at all.It is known as Cleopatra's Needle as it was brought to London from Alexandria, the royal city of Cleopatra.Cleopatra's Needle stands on the Thames. Two large bronze Sphinxes lie on either side of the Needle. These are Victorian versions of the traditional Egyptian original.

content: Источники:1. http://images.yandex.ru/2. http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/3. http://www.tourister.ru/world/europe/united-kingdom/city/london/placeofinterest