Презентация "The facts about London" (5 класс) – проект, доклад

The facts about London. Lets go !

Fact 1

Cars in London go on the left side of the street, and radical Londoners are firmly convinced that this side of the road – the most correct.

Fact 2

At the disposal of London is the whole five international airports one of which – Heathrow – is the most loaded airport of the world

Fact 3

In the downtown practically never happens traffic jams - most likely because entrance to the center of the capital paid

Fact 4

The taxi driver in London to become very difficult – in the city it is more than 1000 streets, and each taxi driver has to know them by heart. For this purpose drivers of 3 years take the special training courses

Fact 5

On average each Londoner daily appears on 50 surveillance cameras and 15 tourist pictures therefore inhabitants try to smile more often here

Fact 6

It is interesting that the quantity of capsules for passengers symbolizes number of suburbs of London — them 32. Each such "booth" weighs about 10 tons, and can accomodate in itself 25 people.

The facts about Great Britain

And you know, what the official holiday "Birthday of the British monarch" doesn't coincide with the actual date of birth of the queen of Great Britain? Elizabeth II was born on April 21, but birthday is officially celebrated on the third Saturday of June.

Distinctive feature of the British subway it is possible to call that not only lines on schemes, but also cars of different lines are painted in the corresponding colors.

Edinburgh was the house for Gray's Skye Terrier of Frayerz Bobbie (Grey Friar's Bobby) who won the hearts of the nation that sat on a tomb of the late owner for 14 years.

In England police officers are called by bobby. The word happens on behalf of the prime minister of Great Britain - Roberta Pilya (abbr. from Robert - Bob or Bobbie).

Lucky Daymond Rich's person who is most tattooed in the world lives on the island of Skye in Scotland. 99,9% of a surface of his skin are covered with a tattoo which repeats a pattern of a skin of a leopard.

One of the most known Scottish drinks, whisky, actually invented in China.

The facts about the USA

flowers are on sale deshy in all supermarkets, but men give them to women very seldom. The flower brought on appointment will suggest the girl an idea that the guy the loser and desperately tries to win its arrangement.

Potato chips at Americans are considered as part of a dish — a garnish, as at Russians, for example, fried potato.

Traveling to other countries, Americans never try to learn local language.

All modern houses and apartments are designed with the obligatory built-in wardrobes. Usually in them sliding doors which can be replaced on mirror for an additional fee.

1 of 3 Americans has obesity.

If you have $10 of the USA in bank, and there are no the issued credits, you are richer, than 25% of inhabitants of America.

The facts about Washington

Whether you know, what in an arsenal of an urban area 715 libraries are? And it, doesn't grant the right to Washington to be in the lead; by calculations, the first place is given to New York, libraries already of 833 pieces there.

Whether you know that the National park on the area is 1,5 times more, than Vatican

Whether you know, one of the most popular museums of the world - the National museum of aircraft and astronautics, exists in Washington? Here he was visited by about 220 million people only for the first 25 years from the date of opening.

Whether you know, what profit is got by Washington from us, tourists? Nearly 6 billion dollars a year.

Whether it is known to you, what on Saturday and on Sunday the approximate number of the people living in Washington - about 600 000, and in other everyday life, that is the working days, them nearly 1 000 000?

Whether you know, what in Washington production of candies on a stick is officially forbidden?