UUKK – – people and nationalities, political people and nationalities, political system, economysystem, economy

Autor:Autor: Ing. Vladimír HavlíkAutor je výhradním tvůrcem materiálu.

Datum vytvoření:Datum vytvoření: 20. 07. 2013

Klíčová slovaKlíčová slova: the UK - people and nationalities, political system, economy

Anotace:Anotace: prezentace je určena na získání základních znalostí o obyvatelstvu, politickém systému a ekonomice Spojeného království Velké Británie a Severního Irska.Ve zpracovaném materiálu jsou také cvičení k procvičení.

Způsob využití:Způsob využití: určeno pro výklad a procvičení základních znalostí o obyvatelstvu, politickém systému a ekonomice Spojeného království Velké Británie a Severního Irska. Tyto znalosti je možno využít u maturity z anglického jazyka na středních školách.

Číslo šablonyČíslo šablony: VY_32_INOVACE_ANJ_09

UUKK – – people and nationalities, political people and nationalities, political system, economysystem, economy

PEOPLE AND NATIONALITIESPEOPLE AND NATIONALITIES PopulationPopulation: : total number of people in the UK - 60 million of

people; 233.0 persons per square kilometre; 91.5 percent of people live in cities and 8.5 percent of people live in the country.

Major LanguageMajor Language: English (official). Minority languagesMinority languages:Wales Wales - Welsh language; ScotlandScotland - Scottish

Gaelic = 1 % of Scotland, 30 % of Scottish speak Scots language; in Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland – 7 % of the population in Northern Ireland speak Irish language.

Ethnic GroupsEthnic Groups: e. g. Indian, Caribbean, Pakistani, African, Chinese, Bangladeshi, Arab, Polish.

UUKK – – people and nationalities, political people and nationalities, political system, economysystem, economy

POLITICAL SYSTEMPOLITICAL SYSTEM

The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy. This means that the official head of the state is the monarchmonarch, but his or her powers are limited by the constitutionlimited by the constitution (ústava).

ParliamentParliament is the supreme (nejvyšší) law-making body in the country. It consists of the House of Commonsthe House of Commons and the House of Lordsthe House of Lords.

The House of Commons has 650, they are elected and paid Members of Parliament.

UUKK – – people and nationalities, political people and nationalities, political system, economysystem, economy

POLITICAL SYSTEMPOLITICAL SYSTEM

TheThe House of House of Lords Lords is made up of hereditary (dědičný) and life (na doživotí) peerspeers (aristokrati; lordi), two archbishopstwo archbishops and 24 24 bishopsbishops of the Church of England.

The GovernmentThe Government is formed by the party which has the majority in majority in the Parliamentthe Parliament and the Queen appoints its leader as the Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister appoints a team of main ministersa team of main ministers as the Cabinet (about 20 people).

UUKK – – people and nationalities, political people and nationalities, political system, economysystem, economy

ECONOMYECONOMY

The main industriesThe main industries are steel, metals, vehicles, ship building, shipping, banking, insurance, textiles, chemicals, electronics, aircraft, machinery, distilling.

Important centres of industryImportant centres of industry are Yorkshire, London, Manchester, South Wales.

AgricultureAgriculture - 30% of land is arable (obdělávaný) and the main agricultural products are grains, sugar beet, fruit, and vegetables.

British cattle and sheep breeding earn lots of money.

  

UUKK – – people and nationalities, political people and nationalities, political system, economysystem, economy

ECONOMYECONOMY Britain’s natural richesnatural riches are mainly coal (black coal in Midland

have world significance, this area is called also Black-land). Next tin, oil and gas (in the North Sea), limestone (vápenec), iron,

salt, clay, chalk, zinc and lead.

Major economic activitiesMajor economic activities are manufacturing and trade.

Main exportsMain exports: machinery, chemicals, clothing, cars, lorries, jet aircraft, ships, drugs, scientific instruments, arms, books, whisky (scotch whisky).

UUKK – – people and nationalities, political people and nationalities, political system, economysystem, economy

ECONOMYECONOMY The valid currency in Britain is one pound, which has

hundred pence.

The best known newspapers and magazines in Britain are The Times, The Independent, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and The Daily Mirror.

UUKK – – people and nationalities, political people and nationalities, political system, economysystem, economy

ECONOMYECONOMY There are two main public institutions ensuring television and television and

radio broadcastingradio broadcasting in Great Britain: BBCBBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) and IBAIBA (Independent Broadcasting Authority).

The best known channelsThe best known channels are BBC I, BBC II, ITV and Channel IV. There are also many local televisions, which brings local news, such as Grenada television in Liverpool.

UUKK – – people and nationalities, political people and nationalities, political system, economysystem, economy

CVIČENÍCVIČENÍChoose the correct answerChoose the correct answer::

1.1. Total number of people in the UK is ………. million.Total number of people in the UK is ………. million.

a) 100 b) 80c) 60 d) 50

2. Parliament consists of ……… and ………. .a) The House of Representativesb) The House of Lords c) The House of Commons

UUKK – – people and nationalities, political people and nationalities, political system, economysystem, economy

CVIČENÍCVIČENÍFill in the gaps with information from the ellipse below the text to get correct

statements. You will not use all information there. You will not use all information there.

a) The constitutional monarchy means that the official head of the state is the………. but his or her powers are limited by the ………… .

b) The House of Commons has ……… members. c) The House of Lords is also made up of ………. archbishops.d) The………. appoints a team of main ministers as the Cabinet (about 20

people).

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Zpracoval: Ing. Vladimír Havlík

Bibliografie:Bibliografie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdomhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom

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