Topic Britain and its people at a glance

Topic “Britain and its people at a glance”. The symbols of Britain and Russia and your area. Presentation for the pupils of the 8 th form. Teacher: Rublyovskaya T. V. School № 4, st. Atamanskaya.

What is Britain?

What countries is it made up of?

What do you imagine when you think of Britain and its people?

Can you think of words and phrases that are typical of Britain? • Yes, sir. No, sir. • Excuse me, sir. • Ladies and gentlemen.

Countries often have national symbols or emblems. • Read the texts of exercise 2 page 7. Match the descriptions of the British symbols with the pictures on page 6. • What other British symbols do you know?

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The British flag

The Union Jack • The Union Jack is the national flag of Great Britain, made up of 3 flags: the cross of St. George, St. Andrew, and St. Patrick representing England, Scotland Northern Ireland. • “Union” symbolizes the union of England Scotland in 1606, while “Jack” refers to the flag by which a ship shows its nationality.

The British Royal coat of arms.

The British Royal coat of arms. • You can see two animals on the British royal coat of arms. • One of them is the lion. The “king of the beasts” has been used as a symbol of national strength and of the British monarchy for many centuries. • The other one is a mythical animal that looks like a horse with a long straight horn growing from its forehead and is a symbol of purity.

The British Anthem

The Russian Federation.

What national emblems and colours does Russia have?

The National Flag of the Russian Federation.

The National Flag of the Russian Federation • Is made up of three stripes: white, blue, and red. • The white stripe symbolizes nobleness(благородство) and revelation(откровенность). • The red one – loyalty(верность) and honesty(честность). • The blue stripe symbolizes courage(мужество), generosity(великодушие) and love. • It was introduced by Peter the Great in 1699 as the flag of the Russian trade ship. • Later it become one of the national flag of the Russian Empire. • In 1991 it was adopted as the national flag of Russia.

The Russian coat of arms.

The double – headed eagle • Is the national emblem of the Russian Federation. • It was introduced in Russia in 1497 by Tsar Ivan III after he had married the niece of the last Byzantine Emperor, Sophia. • Ivan looked on Russia as the heir (наследница) to ancient Rome and Eastern (Byzantine ) Empire.

What do you Imaging when you think of Russia?

Fill the gaps , using the texts. double –headed eagle • Russia has a ___________as its symbol. 1993. . • It was introduced in______ • The national flag of the Russia is made up of white, blue and red lines one above the other. ___________________ • Besides, there are other national, symbols, such Georgy Pobedonosets, troika, samovar. as_________________ • Different regions of Russia have their own emblem, too. For example, my region uses

Do you know the symbols of your area?

The coat of arms of Krasnodar Region

The Flag of Krasnodar Region

On the caot of arm of Pavlovskiy district you can see the field, the ear, rising sun, the sunflower and the cog-wheel on the background of Kuban colours.

The Flag of Pavlovskiy district