ПРОЕКТНАЯ РАБОТА

1. ПРОЕКТНАЯ РАБОТА Учениц 8 «Б» класса, школы № 1008 города Москвы Лавровой Анастасии Пронкиной Екатерины

2. GREAT BRITAIN

3. Location and population • The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with an area of 244 000 square miles is situated on the British Isles, which are separated from the European continent by the North Sea, the Strait of Dover and the English Channel. Britain's population is over 56 million. Four out of every five people live in towns. The largest cities of the country are London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh. • The territory of Great Britain is small. Yet the country has a wide variety of scenery.

4. Government UK • The UK is a monarchy: the head of the state is a king or a queen. In practice, the Sovereign reigns, but does not rule: the UK is governed by the Government. The present Sovereign is Queen Elizabeth II.

5. England • The heart of Britain is England. It is the richest, the most fertile and most populated in the country. The north and the west of England are mountainous, but all the rest of territory is a vast plain. In Northwest England, there are many beautiful lakes with green, wooded or grassy shores and grey mountains all around.

6. Wales • The smallest of Britain's countries is Wales. The largest part of Wales is covered with rocky mountains, which are difficult to climb. Most people in Wales live in the coastal plains.

7. Ireland • The structure of the UK territory was forcibly annexed into the XI century. Irish name - Eire, the official English name - the Republic of Ireland. Capital - Dublin. Official languages ​​- English and Irish. Population - about 3.2 million people. The main religion - Catholicism..

8. Scotland • Scotland is a land of mountains, wild moorlands, narrow valleys and plains, famous lakes and no end of large and small islands. The Highlands of Scotland are among the oldest mountains in the world. One-third of the people in Scotland live in or near its capital, Edinburgh, and its great industrial center, Glasgow.

9. London • The capital of Great Britain, London, stands on the Thames. The Thames is the busiest and the most important river in Great Britain, but it is not very long. The climate of Great Britain is mild.

10. Music Bee Gees - British music group. Consisted of three brothers: lead singer Barry Gibb, the second lead vocalist and keyboardist Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb guitarist. World record sales of over one hundred million copies, making it one of the most successful teams in the history of the music industry. Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of the late Freddie Mercury(lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), John Deacon(bass guitar), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals). The Beatles were an English roсk band formed in Liverpool in 1960. They became the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed act in the history of popular music.Their best-known lineup consisted of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.

11. Music One Direction are an English-Irish boy band formed in London in 2010, consisting of members Niall Horan, ZaynMalik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. They signed with Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records after being formed and finishing third in the seventh series of British television singing competition The X Factor. Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (born 5 May 1988), and musician. Her debut album, 19, was released in 2008 to much commercial and critical success. It certified four times platinum in the UK, and double platinum in the US. At the 2009 Grammy Awards, Adele received the awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.