logging in or signing up welcome_to_london[1] teacherM Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 873 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (1) Added: April 11, 2010 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript WELCOME TO LONDON! : WELCOME TO LONDON! Trafalgar Square : Trafalgar Square Trafalgar Square : Trafalgar Square There are always a lot of people and pigeons on the square. Every winter there is a big Christmas tree which is a gift from Norway in the middle of the square. On New Year’s Eve people gather around the tree. In the middle of the square there is Admiral Nelson’s Column. Buckingham Palace : Buckingham Palace This is the Queen’s home. It was built in 1703. There is a great collection of paintings. Westminster Abbey : Westminster Abbey This is a holy place. All English kings have been crowned and buried in the church since 1308. The Houses of Parliament : The Houses of Parliament This big palace is the most famous building in the world – the British Parliament. The building is 280 metres long. There are more than 1000 rooms. Big Ben : Big Ben Big Ben, the big clock tower, is the symbol of London. It strikes hours. Tower : Tower The Tower of London has been a fortress, a palace, an arsenal, a mint, a prison, an observatory, a zoo, the home of the Crown Jewels and a tourist attraction. Imperial State Crown : Imperial State Crown The Tower’s greatest treasure is the Imperial State Crown. There are 2 800 diamonds on it. Beefeaters : Beefeaters The quards of the Tower are called Beefeaters. The legend says that if the ravens leave, the Tower and the country will fall. Tower Bridge : Tower Bridge The most famous bridge in London is a Tower bridge. Tower Bridge : Tower Bridge Tower Bridge is a bascule-bridge. The bascules will open to let ships pass through. St. Paul’s Cathedral : St. Paul’s Cathedral St.Paul’s Cathedral is a famous building too. Prince Charles and Princess Diana married here in 1981. Madame Tussauds Waxmuseum : Madame Tussauds Waxmuseum Here you can see famous people, good and bad, made of wax. This is Queen Elizabeth I. King Henry VIII with his wives : King Henry VIII with his wives Double-deckers : Double-deckers There are big red buses called double-deckers in London. People sit upstairs and downstairs on these buses. Tourists like them very much. Taxis : Taxis Taxis in London are old-fashioned black cars. Telephone booths : Telephone booths From here you can call your friends. River Thames : River Thames Thames flows through London. The River Thames is 338 km long. It is 245 m wide here. Even big seaships can visit London. You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
welcome_to_london[1] teacherM Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 873 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (1) Added: April 11, 2010 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript WELCOME TO LONDON! : WELCOME TO LONDON! Trafalgar Square : Trafalgar Square Trafalgar Square : Trafalgar Square There are always a lot of people and pigeons on the square. Every winter there is a big Christmas tree which is a gift from Norway in the middle of the square. On New Year’s Eve people gather around the tree. In the middle of the square there is Admiral Nelson’s Column. Buckingham Palace : Buckingham Palace This is the Queen’s home. It was built in 1703. There is a great collection of paintings. Westminster Abbey : Westminster Abbey This is a holy place. All English kings have been crowned and buried in the church since 1308. The Houses of Parliament : The Houses of Parliament This big palace is the most famous building in the world – the British Parliament. The building is 280 metres long. There are more than 1000 rooms. Big Ben : Big Ben Big Ben, the big clock tower, is the symbol of London. It strikes hours. Tower : Tower The Tower of London has been a fortress, a palace, an arsenal, a mint, a prison, an observatory, a zoo, the home of the Crown Jewels and a tourist attraction. Imperial State Crown : Imperial State Crown The Tower’s greatest treasure is the Imperial State Crown. There are 2 800 diamonds on it. Beefeaters : Beefeaters The quards of the Tower are called Beefeaters. The legend says that if the ravens leave, the Tower and the country will fall. Tower Bridge : Tower Bridge The most famous bridge in London is a Tower bridge. Tower Bridge : Tower Bridge Tower Bridge is a bascule-bridge. The bascules will open to let ships pass through. St. Paul’s Cathedral : St. Paul’s Cathedral St.Paul’s Cathedral is a famous building too. Prince Charles and Princess Diana married here in 1981. Madame Tussauds Waxmuseum : Madame Tussauds Waxmuseum Here you can see famous people, good and bad, made of wax. This is Queen Elizabeth I. King Henry VIII with his wives : King Henry VIII with his wives Double-deckers : Double-deckers There are big red buses called double-deckers in London. People sit upstairs and downstairs on these buses. Tourists like them very much. Taxis : Taxis Taxis in London are old-fashioned black cars. Telephone booths : Telephone booths From here you can call your friends. River Thames : River Thames Thames flows through London. The River Thames is 338 km long. It is 245 m wide here. Even big seaships can visit London.