The UK

Dorset coastline
 The Dorset coastline was designated a World
Heritage Site in 2001 because of its
geological forms.
 It is also called the Jurassic Coast because
it documents the entire Mesozoic era (began
251 million years ago, ended 65 million years
ago) with its geology and rich fossil record.
Unique landforms
 a natural arch at
Durdledoor
 the cove and limestone
folding at Lulworth Cove
 the Isle of Portland, a
limestone island
 Chesil Beach, a tombolo
Chesil Beach
New Forest
 an area of 571km2
with pasture land,
heathland and forest
 created as a royal
forest in 1079 by
William the
Conqueror for deer
hunting
New Forest
My friends
Bournemouth

 a large town in South England in the county of Dorset

 population: 164 000
 7 miles of sandy beaches
 a regional centre of education and business
 a historically popular holiday resort
 the happiest place in Britain :-)
The residential area
My friends’ house
A typical English house
 fireplace and
mantelpiece
 light-switch
string
 separate taps for
cold and hot
water
The centre
The centre
Pubs
 Food

- English breakfast
- fish and chips
- condiments
Pastries
 tart
 ginger bread
 cookie
 pie
Parks and gardens
Parks and garden
activities
The sea front
The piers
 a raised walkway
over the water
supported by
pillars
 used for handling
cargo, fishing,
pleasure
The piers
The beach
The beach
It’s freezing!
But…
Literature references
 In Thomas Hardy’s (1840-
1920) novels as
Sandbourne
 In the fourth book of
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the
Galaxy by Douglas Adams
 Tolkien spent 30 years
taking holidays in
Bournemouth
 Mary Shelley an English
romantic/gothic novelist
and the author of
Frankenstein is buried
here.
London
Tower Bridge
Piccadilly Circus
National Gallery
 situated on
Trafalgar Square
 collections include
works of Leonardo
da Vinci,
Michelangelo,
Botticelli, Raphael,
Titian, Caravaggio,
Rubens, Velàzquez,
Rembrandt, Monet,
Cézanne, Van Gogh,
etc.
Tate Modern

- old power station

- Picasso, Andy Warhol,
- Lichtenstein etc
And many more I haven’t
mentioned…
 Buckingham Palace
 Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s Cathedral…
 The Houses of Parliament or Westminster
Palace
 British Museum
 Globe Theatre
 Big Ben
 Covent Garden, Hyde Park, Kensington
Gardens, Green Park, St. James’s Park…
 Greenwich and its maritime history
 Soho…
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