Great Britain. 1. Great Britain – Великобритания

1. Vocabulary:

1. Great Britain – Великобритания

2. to be situated – располагаться

3. to lie – располагаться, лежать

4. the British Isles – Британские острова

5. an island – остров

6. the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – Соединенное Королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии

7. to consist of – состоять из

8. to include – включать

9. England – Англия

10. Wales – Уэльс

11. Scotland – Шотландия

12. Northern Ireland – Северная Ирландия

13. the English Channel – пролив Ла - Манш

14. the Strait of Dover – Дуврский пролив = Па–де-Кале

15. the Irish Sea – Ирландское море

16. the Severn – Северн

17. the Cambrian mountains – Кембрийские горы

18. the Cheviot Hills – Червиот – Хилс

19. the Cumbrian mountains - Кемберленсдские горы

20. to separate – отделять

21. surface – поверхность

22. to wash – омывать

23. to be washed – омываться

24. a lake – озеро

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a river – река

26. navigable – судоходный

27. all the year round – круглый год

28. an area – площадь

29. population – население

30. an industrial state – индустриальное государство

31. a harbour – гавань

32. highly developed –высоко развитый

33. the capital – столица

34. a coastline – береговая линия

2. Прочтите и переведите: а) словосочетания, б) предложения

a) European continent, on the British Isles, thousands of small Islands, in the west of the counrty, to the north of England, east of Great Britain, a lot of beautiful lakes, the Island of Great Britain, a flat surface, a mountainous surface, a highly developed industrial country, a densely populated country.

b) 1) The British Isles lie to north-west of Europe. 2) Great Britain is situated on the British Isles. 3) The British Isles consist of two large Islands and a thousand of small ones. 4) Great Britain includes three countries: England, Wales and Scotland. 5) There are many mountains, rivers and lakes in Great Britain. 6) Great Britain is a highly developed industrial country. 7) There are many industrial cities and towns in Great Britain. 8) There are a lot of harbours on the coastline of the British Isles, which serve as ports.

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