Daniel Slováček
Holidays and festivals
In Great Britain and the USA people enjoy celebrating different festivals throughout the year. Family, food, flowers, sweets, parades, cards and parties are an important part of most celebrations. People in Britain were pagans thousands years ago. They worshiped the sun, the moon, the wind, the rain, animals and trees. When Christianity came to Britain, […]
číst víceThe English language
· language is a principal means of communication (= you mainly/typically use language to communicate with other people) · mother tongue – you learn it from your mother/as your first language · second language – you learn it later in life, not as a baby/small child · third language – another language you learn/know apart […]
číst víceAustralia
– location: in the Southern Hemisphere; washed by the Indian Ocean in the north and south and the Pacific Ocean, Coral and Tasman Seas in the east – size: 7,617,930 km2 (the world´s 6th largest country) – population: 25,537,000 – constitutional monarchy – head: the Queen, represented by the Governor General; a parliamentary democracy GEOGRAPHY: […]
číst víceCanada
– is situated in the Northern Hemisphere, northern part/half of North America. Canada borders (on) the USA in the south, the Atlantic Ocean in the east, the Pacific Ocean in the west and the Arctic Ocean in the north – size: 9,984,670 km2 (3,854,085 sq mi) – the world´s second largest country after Russia […]
číst víceThe United States of America
– is located in the norhern part of North America – is surrounded by Canada in the north and Mexico in the south – washed by the Atlantic Ocean in the east and by the Pacific Ocean in the west – divided into 50 states – 48 continental states – Hawai is situated in the […]
číst víceThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
– location: it is located in north-west Europe – size: UK: 243,610 km2 (=square) – population: 67,545,000 – constitutional monarchy GEOGRAPHY: · Basically, the north is hilly and mountainous, the south is flat · The UK lies in the temperate zone (it doesn´t have very cold winters and summers are not extremely hot either) […]
číst víceThe Czech Republic 2
– location: in central Europe – size: 78,867 km2 – population: 10,649,800 – parliamentary democracy, republic GEOGRAPHY: · border areas are mainly mountainous, interior is mainly hilly or flat · the CR lies in the temperate zone (it doesn´t have very cold winters and summers are not extremely hot either) · The highest peak: […]
číst víceWilliam Shakespeare
SHAKESPEARE AND THE RENAISSANCE: · The Renaissance /renəsɑːns/: the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries: people became interested in Ancient Greece and Rome, human rather than divine affairs MAIN FACTS: · lived in the second half of 16th century and the first third of 17th century (Renaissance and the oncoming Baroque · very little is known […]
číst víceAustrálie, Oceánie, Polární oblasti a oceány
1. Austrálie 2. Oceánie – Papua-Nová Guinea, Havajské ostrovy, Nový Zéland 3. Polární oblasti – Arktida, Antarktida 4. Světový oceán – Tichý oceán, Atlantský oceán, Indický oceán, Severní ledový oceán, Jižní (ledový) oceán A) Austrálie „země protinožců“ – J polokoule; nejmenší kontinent, asi 9 mil km2; podobná Kanadě (státně, zemědělstvím) státní zřízení: konstituční monarchie, člen […]
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