Places of Interest in London (презентация по английскому языку)

• Trafalgar square - [trq"fxlgq'skweq]
• The Tower of London - ["taVq qv'lAndn]
• The Houses of Parliament - ["haVzIz qv'pRlqmqnt]
• Big Ben - ["bIg 'ben]
• Westminster Abbey - ["wesmInstq 'xbI]
• Tower Bridge - ["taVq 'brIG]
• Buckingham Palace - ["bAkINqm'pxlIs]
• The Tate Gallery - ["teIt 'gxlqrI]
• Royal Festival Hall - ["rOIql festqvl'hLl]
• Piccadilly Circus - ["pIkqdIlI'sWkqs]
• St Paul’s Cathedral - [snt"pLlz kq'TJdrql]
• London Bridge - ["lAndn'brIG]
• Westminster Bridge - ["wesmInstq 'brIG]
• Fleet Street - ["flJt 'strJt]
• Oxford Street - ["Pksfqd 'strJt]
• Strand Street - ["strxnd 'strJt]

Oxford Street is a major thoroughfare in London, England in the City of Westminster. With over 300 shops, it is Europe's busiest shopping street, as well as the most dense.

The street derives its name from being part of the old London—Oxford Road which began at Newgate, City of London.

It runs for approximately a mile and a half (two and a half kilometers).

A staple event in the countdown to Christmas, the switching-on of the Oxford Street lights has once again given the central London parade a healthy glow at night. Over 30,000 revelers came to marvel at this year's glittering display of energy-saving bulbs...

Fleet Street is a street in London, England named after the River Fleet. It was the home of the British press until the 1980s. Fleet Street began as the road from the commercial City of London to the political hub at Westminster. The length of Fleet Street marks the expansion of the City in the 14th century.

The Strand is a street in the City of Westminster, London, England. It currently starts at Trafalgar Square and runs east to join Fleet Street at Temple Bar, which marks the boundary of the City of London at this point, though its historical length has been longer than this.

Temple Bar Memorial

Crosses Thames

Locale London Boroughs:

– north side: Tower Hamlets

– south side: Southwark

Longest span 61 metres (200 ft)

Total length 244 metres (801 ft)

Clearance below 8.6 metres (28 ft)

Opening date 30 June 1894

London Bridge is a bridge between the City of London and Southwark in London, England, over the River Thames.

Carries 5 lanes of A3

Crosses River Thames

Locale Inner London

Longest span 104 m (340 ft)

Total length 262 m (860 ft)

Width 32 m (107 ft)

Clearance below 8.9 m (29 ft)

Opening date 17 March 1973

Carries Motor vehicles Pedestrians

Crosses River Thames

Locale London, England

Design Arch Bridge

Opening date 1862

Westminster

Bridge - 1746

Westminster bridge

nowadays

The Royal Festival Hall is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames. The hall was built as part of the Festival of Britain by Holland, Hannen & Cubitts for London County Council, and was officially opened on 3 May 1951.

It is a 2,900 seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London, England.

The gallery was founded in 1897 as the National Gallery of British Art. When its role was changed to include Modern Art it was renamed the Tate Gallery after Henry Tate, who had laid the foundations for the collection

St Paul's Cathedral

is the Anglican cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London, and the seat of the Bishop of London.

Dates built 1677

Year consecrated 1708

Architect(s) Christopher Wren

Architectural style English Baroque

Length 158m

Width across transepts 75m

Width (nave) 37m

Height (max) 108m

Towers 2

Domes 1

Dome height (external) 99m

Dome height (internal) 65m

Buckingham Palace

is the official London residence of the British monarch. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal hospitality, and a major tourist attraction. It has been a rallying point for the British people at times of national rejoicing and crisis.

Originally known as Buckingham House, the building which forms the core of today's palace was a large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1703 Buckingham Palace finally became the official royal palace of the British monarch on the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837.

Buckingham Palace has 775 rooms comprising of 19 staterooms, 52 royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices, and 78 bathrooms. It also employs 450 people year round.

Piccadilly Circus

is a busy plaza in the heart of London at the junction of five major streets: Regent street, Shaftesbury Avenue, Piccadilly and Covent Street.

The Circus is particularly known for its video display and neon signs mounted on the corner building on the northern side, as well as the Shaftesbury memorial fountain and statue of an archer popularly known as Eros (sometimes called The Angel of Christian Charity, but intended to be Anteros).

Trafalgar Square

It is a square in central London, England. With its position in the heart of London

Trafalgar Square is a tourist attraction; at its centre is Nelson's Column which stands guarded by four lion statues at its base. Statues and sculptures are on display in the square, including a fourth plinth displaying changing pieces of contemporary art, and it is a site of political demonstrations. The present architecture of the square is due to Sir Charles Barry and was completed in 1845.

Westminster Abbey

It is a large, mainly Gothic church, in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English, later British and later still (and currently) monarchs of the Commonwealth Realms. It briefly held the status of a cathedral from 1546–1556, and is currently a Royal Peculiar.

Grave of Newton

Tomb of Henry III

The Houses of Parliament

The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, in London, is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) meet. The palace lies on the north bank of the River Thames.

The palace contains around 1,100 rooms, 100 staircases and 3 miles (5 km) of corridors.

Big Ben

It is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north-eastern end of the Palace of Westminster in London. The nickname is often also used to refer to the clock and the clock tower. This is the world's largest four-faced, chiming clock and the third largest free-standing clock tower in the world. It celebrated its 150th birthday in 2009.

• The bell weighs 13.5 tons
• Big Ben measures 2.7 metres in diameter and 2.2 metres in height.
• The hammer which strikes Big Ben weighs 200 kilogrammes.

The Tower of London

William the Conqueror founded the Tower of London in year 1066. The tower was built by the medieval style. It served as fortress by protecting and controlling the city of London. It was royal residence, prison and the symbol of the royal authority.

Look at the map and write down in English

the names of the places of interest in London

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Check Yourself

• Oxford Street
• Fleet Street
• Strand Street
• Tower Bridge
• London Bridge
• Westminster Bridge
• Royal Festival Hall
• The Tate Gallery
• St Paul’s Cathedral
• Buckingham Palace
• Piccadilly Circus
• Trafalgar square
• Westminster Abby
• The Houses of Parliament
• Big Ben
• The Tower of London

Источники информации

• http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/
• http:// архив картинок google.ru
• http://firstsliveone.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/ buckingham-palace/
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/ london/content/image_galleries/bigben_bell_gallery.shtml