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ROUND LONDON

ROUND LONDON. Sightseeing Tour. УЧИТЕЛЬ ИН. ЯЗ. ШККК Г. шахты МИХАЙЛОВА Дина Владимировна. WELCOME TO LONDON. Sights of London. The Tower of London Tower Bridge The Houses of Parliament St. Paul’s Cathedral Big Ben Buckingham Palace Westminster Abbey Stonehenge.

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ROUND LONDON

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  1. ROUND LONDON Sightseeing Tour УЧИТЕЛЬ ИН. ЯЗ. ШККК Г. шахты МИХАЙЛОВА Дина Владимировна

  2. WELCOME TO LONDON

  3. Sights of London • The Tower of London • Tower Bridge • The Houses of Parliament • St. Paul’s Cathedral • Big Ben • Buckingham Palace • Westminster Abbey • Stonehenge

  4. The Tower of London • The Tower ofLondonisoneoftheworld’smostfamoussights. Ithasbeenapalace, aprisonandevenazoo! Todayit isa museum where theCrownJewelsare kept.

  5. Tower Bridge • Tower Bridgewascompletedin 1894. NowvisitorscanfindoneofLondon'smostunusualandexcitingattractions, videopresentationsandinteractivecomputers, areusedtobringthebridgetolife.

  6. The Houses of Parliament • HomeoftheBritishGovernmentisHouses Parliament.Thesearetwo houses, they are the HouseofCommonsandtheHouseofLords. It was built in 1265.

  7. Big Ben • Possiblythemostfamousclock is BigBenactuallythenameofthebiggestbell (13.5 tons) inside The Clock Tower (98m) whichformspartoftheHousesofParliament.Builtin1858-1859 thebellwasnamedafteroneSirBenjaminHall.

  8. St. Paul’s Cathedral • Workonthis, themostimpressivechurchinLondonbeganin 1675 toadesignby SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN. The presentbuildinghasbeenamazing. ItsurvivedtheWorldWar II bombingswhichflattenedagreatmanyofthesurroundingbuildings.

  9. ST.PAUL’S CATHEDRAL

  10. Buckingham Palace • BuckinghamPalaceistheLondonhomeof The QueenandPrincePhilip. QueenVictoriawasthefirstmonarchtotakeupresidencehereafterthearchitectJohnNashtransformeditfromBuckinghamHouseintoapalace.

  11. The Changing of the Guard

  12. The Queen – Elizabeth II

  13. The Queen

  14. Westminster Abbey • Anarchitecturalmasterpieceofthe13to16 centuries, WestminsterAbbey.Ithasbeenthesettingforeverycoronationsince 1066 andfornumerousroyaloccasions. Todayitisstillachurchdedicatedtoregularworshipandtothecelebrationofgreateventsinthelifeofthenation.

  15. Westminster Abbey

  16. Trafalgar Square • Trafalgar square is in the centre of the West End of London. • In the centre there is Nelson’s Column with the figure of Admiral Nelson who defeated the French at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. the column is about 51 m.

  17. There is Nelson's Column.

  18. THE London Eye is the world’s highest wheel – 137m

  19. The famous Stonehenge There are different legends about it, some say it was used by druids as a calendar, others say it was used as a place for magic though it’s still a magic place which many people visit even now.

  20. The sun clock – modern sight

  21. The egg building – modern sight

  22. The End

  23. Список используемой литературы: • УМК Кузовлев В.П. • http://www.countrystudying.narod.ru/stranovedenie_na_urokah_angliiskogo/ • http://images.yandex.ru/yandsearch?text

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