Презентація на тему «The biggest cities of Great Britain»
Kolya Maksema,
Form 11-A
2014
The biggest cities of Great Britain
Introduction
We are going to talk about the biggest cities of Great Britain
There are 10 biggest cities in Great Britain
All this cities have important part of Britain economy and culture
Geography
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is situated on the British Isles. The British Isles are separated from European continent by the North Sea and the English Channel.
Administrative divisions
The UK consists of four main parts: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. England is in the southern and central part of Great Britain. It is the richest, most fertile and most populated part of the country. London is the capital of England.
ENGLAND
The biggest cities
Population of the cities
London
The capital of England
Is situated in south-eastern England along the Thames River
Founded by Romans in A.D. 43
One of the three main financial centres in the world
Parliament
The river Thames runs thorough the city
London sights
Westminster Abbey
Windsor Castle
Tower Bridge
Edinburgh
Capital of Scotland
Famous Edinburghers: Bell, Stevenson, Scott, Connery.
Coastal city
Bristol
The largest city in the South West
It has a great harbour
Home of Rolls Royce
The Concorde factory
Glasgow
Compaq
Scotland's largest city
Fishing
Harbour city
Aberdeen
Oil Capital of Europe + 40.000 jobs
The world's first holographic 3D camera
It's a coastal city
Manchester
10% of workers
Significant financial sector
The highest weekly earnings-£420.40
Manchester United
Birmingham
Second largest city
Aston Hall
The first steam engine was invented
Warwick Castle
Liverpool
Capital of culture
The Beatles
Sunday talents
Festival city
Newcastle
Many earthquakes
Harbour
Coal mining
Summary
There are 10 biggest cities in GB.
Only London & Birmingham have more than 1,000,000 citizens
There are many interesting sights sn Great Britain