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THE BRITISH CULTURE

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THE BRITISH CULTURE

IF WE LOOK TO THE WORLD MAP ANDWE MAKE SOME ZOOM...

WE WILL FIND THE UK.

IT IS COMPOSED BY...

SCOTLAND

NORTHERN IRELAND

ENGLAND

WALES

THE POPULATION OF THE UK

IS 61,4 MILLION PEOPLE.

THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE WASFIRST SPOKEN IN THE MEDIEVALENGLAND.

BUT, NOW, THERE AREDIFFERENT LANGUAGES THATARE BEING SPOKEN THERE.THEY ARE THE ENGLISH, THEWELSH, THE GAELIC AND THESCOTTISH.

THE OFFICIAL COIN IS THEPOUND.

ENGLAND IS A MONARCHY ANDHERE BELOW YOU CAN SEE THEREAL FAMILY WITH THE QUEENISABEL II AT THE FRONT.

IT ALSO HAVE A GOVERNMENTLED BY DAVID CAMERON.

IT IS ALMOST ALWAYS RAINING.IN FACT, THE UK IS ONE OF THEEUROPEAN COUNTRIES WHEREIT RAINS MOST.

THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ARTSTYLE. LOOK AT THEARQUITHECTONIC ONE.

THE ENGLISH FOLKLORE HASBEING DEVELOPED FOR MANYYEARS. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OFA TRADITIONAL DANCE.

THE ENGLISH LITERATURE IS,ALSO, SOMETHING VERYFAMOUS. HAVE YOU EVERHEARD ABOUT WILLIAMSHAKESPEARE OR CHARLESDICKENS?

AND WHAT IS ABOUT THEMUSIC? ONE OF THE MOSTKNOWN MUSICAL GROUPS INTHE WORLD ARE THE BEATLES,ORIGINARY FROM ENGLAND.

THE UK IS THE PLACE WHERE SOMESPORTS LIKE RUGBY, CRICKET ORFOOTBALL WERE CREATED.

ON THE OTHER HAND, LOOK ATTHIS IMAGES. THEY ARE SOMEOF THE MOST TYPICAL DISHESOF THE UK.

FISH AND SHIPS TRIFLE

ENGLISH BREAKFAST

ANOTHER IMPORTANT FACT ISTHE NAME OF THE POLICE INTHERE. THEY ARE CALLED THEBOBBIES AND THEY LOOK LIKETHIS.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THESEARE TWO OF THE MOSTIMPORTANT UNIVERSITIES INTHE WORLD. THEY ARE BOTHIN BRITAIN.

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE