Snapshots of Great Britain (lecture 1)

1. LECTURE 1 SNAPSHOTS OF GREAT BRITAIN

2. Some Aspects of Geography

The UK includes:
- the island of Great
Britain and the northeastern part of the
island of Ireland and
many smaller islands;
- three dependencies of
the British Crown: the
Isle of Man and, by
tradition, the Bailiwick
of Jersey and the
Bailiwick of Guernsey
in the Channel Islands

3. The Four Parts of the UK:

- England
(London)
- Wales (Cardiff)
called by the Welsh
Cymru [kum’ri] : by
the 16th century
- Scotland
(Edinburgh)
poetically called
Caledonia: in 1707
- Northern Ireland
(Belfast): in 1801

4. Symbols of Great Britain

The Union Flag commonly known as
Union Jack

5.

6. The National Flag of Wales

7. The Royal Coat of Arms

8.

The National Anthem of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland “God Save the Queen (King)”
God Save the Queen
God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble Queen, God
save the Queen:
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us:
God save the Queen.
O Lord, our God, arise, Scatter her enemies,
And make them fall.
Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks, On Thee
our hopes we fix, God save us all.
Thy choicest gifts in store, On her be pleased to pour; Long may
she reign:
May she defend our laws, And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and voice. God save the Queen.

9. The national flower of England is the rose (the Tudor rose: a red rose with a white centre)

10. The national flower of Northern Ireland is the shamrock (used by St. Patrick to illustrate the doctrine of the Holy Trinity)

11. The national flower of Scotland is the thistle as a symbol of defence

12. The national flower of Wales is the daffodil

However leek is also a traditional
emblem

13. Great Britain has some historical and poetic names: Britannia

The statue of Britannia in Plymouth

14. Albion

The White cliffs of Dover