Englisch Präsentationen

- known as the inside-out building

- was built between 1978 & 1968

- construction was designed by Richard Rogers

- design was influenced by Archigram's work

- services (such as staircases, lifts, electrical power conduits and water papes) are placed on the ouside of the building

- 12 glass lifts in the building were the first of their kind in the UK

- consists of 3 main towers and 3 service towers

- 33'510 cubic  meters of concrete (Beton), 30'000 square meters of stainless steel cladding and 12'000 square meters of glass were used during the construction

- is 88m to the roof and incl. 14 floor

- overall height is 95.1m

- cost about 75mio. Pounds

- developed around the 13th or 14th centuries

- town was burned down by the French in 1514 and now only the street pattern remained

- bounded by the East Street, North Street, West Street and the sea

- most well-known for the Clock Tower, the Lanes, small restaurants and cafés

- collection of narrow streets and alleyways

- formed out of the North Street to the north, the Ship Street to the west and the Prince Albert Stress and the north side of the Bartholomew Square to the south

- eastern boundary is imorecise and called either East Street or Market Street

- constructed arount the late 18th century

- museum was opened at 1861 by Richard Owen 

- one of first built museums in England

- at beginning known for the town art collection and some natural history specimens

- soon outgrew the pavilion and town authorities plannned to creat a larger and even more professional museum

- now museum entrance in the royal pavilion gardens with spacious foyer and souvenir shop

- worked with many community groups

- a lot of local people are examples for these collaborations

- is a project of the city to make it a culture centre and the heart of Brighton

- spectacular seadie palace of the Prince Regent transformed by John Nash

- most impressive and exotic buildings in the British Isles

- Royal Pavilion Tearoom overlooks the pavilion garden, which is not only an attraction for tourists but also for local people

- was opened in the year 1899

- place to meet up with friends and family 

- has cost £ 137'000

- Pier has a length of 524m

- is the only Pier in Brighton

- it's rival was closed in 1975 because of fires and storms

- also known for food and drink

- you can find also 3 bar's; Victoria's, Horatio's and Glitter Ball

- designed and built in 1872

- most astonishing thing of all is the Centre's glass tunnel walkthrough, which allows to get to the centre of the exhibiton and a view to many varieties of bright, unusual fish up close and all around you

- constitutional democracy with a monarch & the prime minister

- Queen executes the executive power

- government is formed by the party with the majority support in the house of commons

- Prime Minister selects entire remaining ministers who form together the Cabinet

- Legislative power is held by the two chambers of Parliament: House of Commons (lower house) and House of Lords (upper house)

- Members of the house of commons are elected by the 650 districts and stay there for 5 years

- Members of the House of Lords are titled and appointed

- Royal Family has some influence on the legislative  process

- Judicative is independent of the executive and legislative

- UK has no single constitutional document, British constitution can be found in a variety of documents

- also known as number 10

- official residence and office of the First Lord of Treasury and NOT the Prime Minister

- as all Prime Ministers have been First Lord of Treasury as well, street play important role for the Head of Government

- street is older than 300 years and incl. nearly 100 rooms

- situated in the City of Westminster near Buckingham Palace and Palace of Westminster

- was closed  because being reuined multiple times because of it's age

- starcases had siml 10cm and some steps were bended

- was rebuilded with as much old material as possible

- renovation costs £3'000'000 instead of £400'000

- GB icon is the Palace of Westminster

- Palace is situated on the northern bank of the River Thames in the City of Westminster

- name comes from neighbouring church Westminster Abbey

- only the Westminster Hall escaped from the fire

- Hall was construceted in 1907 and has several funtions such as: showroom for funerals, coronation ceremonies or judicial objects)

- whole Palace owns three main towers: Central tower (91m), Victoria Tower (98m) and Elizabeth Tower (98m, most popular and place were documents of the two chamber are archived)

- Palace of Westminster is listted since 1970 as a building for its special Architecture and since 1987 part of UNESCO World Heritage Site

- school is compulsory between the ages of 5 to 16

- school year is from September to July and divided in three therms (autum, spring and summer)

- terms go 12weeks and have 1 week holiday after 6weeks of school

- on easter & christmas there are also 2weeks holidays and 6weeks at summer break

- between the age of 2-5 children go to preschool

- primariy school divided in three stages: foundation stage, key stage one and key stage two

- first class (called reception class): every child moves automatically into next class

- subjects: English, Mathematics, Science, History, Geograph, Music, Art & Physical Education

- at the end of a stage children habt to do Standard Attainment Targets (tests) which are specified by the National Curriculum

- between the age of 11 to 16

- divided in key stage three and key stage four

- at the age of 16 there are GCSE (General Certificate of Seconday Education) exams

- afterwards they move to technical or taining college

- Lower sixth (L6) and upper sixth (U6) = school year 12 and 13

- few students go to Sixth school form as they went go University

- public school in England = private School in Swiss

- public schools don^t follow the National Curricum and Standard Atainment Targets

- support a team of raltionship managers and obtain new client relationships

- important assignments: obtain the responsiblities from the realtionship with the client

- should speak more than one language

- habe a bachelor's degree or equivaltent

- have a good communication skill

- Black tea is served to every meal

- 5 o'clock meal is acompanied by an entire meal

- british food is pretty fatty

- fork is been used for skeweing everything and not scooping

- fork and spoon are turned around before getting into the mouth

- in England you did not say anything before eating (as for example en guete)

- a tip at the restaurant should always be given (in some restaurants already inc. in the bill)

- British avoid too much physical contact

- If someone ask how are you you say fine and ask the same question and not more

- British will always react very exited to many statements you make

- delay of 15min is absolute acceptable

- Walser's, Scott's and Ire's aren't English but British

- Victory sign in Britain = flipping someone off

- Avoid beeing part of a discusson about the Second World War

- when doing a toast stand up and mostly it's spoken out to the queen

- Britain's most popular seaside town

- situated on the south coast of England and belongs to the East Sussex county

- 276'000 residents and over 8.5 mio. visitors per year ejoy the many advantages of Brighton

- 13'563 people are emplyed

- began as Saxon village after the Romans left the

- Saxons landed on Sussex and founded the Kingdom of Sussex incl. village of Brighton

- majority of the habitants were farmers and fishermen

- in 1313 Brighton received a charter and became a busy little market town

- in 16th century Brighton burned down by French inruders

- some years later Brighton was Sussex's most populous and important town

- they had 80 fishing boats which was a lot for this time

- fishing industry decreased -> reason were series of wars with the French and Dutch

- Fishermen weren't able to leave the harbor

- after some name Brighton was first mentioned in a document in 1660 but it turn oficial only at 1810

- brightopm was damaged from several storms and suffered from an economical depression

- rough ocean began to destroy the houses under the cliff and the cliff itself

- thanks Dr. Richard Russell the town turned popular as he said that bathing in seawater was very good for aperson's health

- during this time the firsh theater, grammer school, market hall and two assembly rooms were built and a lot of new streets and houses emerged

- 1823 the first pier was built and some years later the railway to London was opened

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- was a royal residence

- Tudor period marked the beginning of the decline in the residence of the monarchy

- was used as a prison, thougt it was not its primary use

- tower served also as an armoury and a treasury -> turned into a house for ammunition for the purpose of prectecting London

- today marked as a UNESCO World heritage site

- is named after the Tower of London

- bascule bridge, which haws moveable parts, so that ships cas pass through the river Thames

- ships have precedence to vehicles

- in the late 90's the bridge got a facelift and is often referred to as London Bridge

- was originally a private ownership

- today residence of the monarchy of the UK

- has an area of 77'000 square meters -> 52 royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff rooms, 98 offices and 78 bathrooms

- change of guards everyday at 11.30 am

- is open to the public from August to September, during the Queen's visit to Balmorals

- largest park in London -> area of 2.53 square kilometers (bigger than Monaco)

- originally it was a private hunting ground

- today used for demonstrations, concerts and speeches, which often have high attendance

- open from 5am until 00.00 everyday

- oldest subway of the world

- biggest in Europe -> line-length of 402km

- ca. 3.2 mio. people take it every morning

- during christmas closed but on new years eve they operate for free and non stopp

- during world war 2 many stations were used as bomb shelters 

- one tube station alsoturned intoan aircarft factory and remained a secret until the early 80's

- Big Benn is nickname of the clock

- actual name is Elizabeth Tower (previously called Clock Tower)

- clock has the second loudest chiming in the world

- beyond the height of 55m the tower slightly leans northwest by 2.3cm

- known best for football matches

- second largest football stadium in Europe

- renovated nand reopended in 2007

- has 90'000 seats and a movable roof

- national stadium for England

- used for the Olympic Games in 2012

- concerts, car racing and American football have also place there

- Marie Tussauds opened first wax figure museum in London in the early 19th century with the help of her sons

- re-established itself after a couple of catastrophes such as a fire and from bombing during the second world war

- 19 other museums worldwirde were opened

- originally an amphitheatre

-  built in 1599 to be used as a brothel and a place for gambling

- was destroyed by a fire in the early 17th century

- an seconde globe theatre was built on the same site

- a modern reconstruction named Shakespeares' Globe has been done

- fire started on 2 September 1666 and ended only 3 days later

- fire started in a small bakery in the pudding lane

- fire destroyed over 13'200 houses and 87 churches

- only 6 deathes were recorded, but historians did not believe that

- after the fire nearly 88% of the population lost their homes

- on the 10 January 1863 the first underground railway in the world opened

- reached from Paddington to Farrington

- on opening day 38'000 people were transported

- today it has a length of 402km and 207 stations

- per year around 1.3 bio people are transported

- was an unknown serial killer 

- as he never was caugth nobody knows his real name

- rumors are that he was active from 1888-1891 

- number of vitims is unknown, although 5 are confirmed (also kows as the canoncial 5)

-  last kill that goes on Jack the Rippers account was on 24.04.1891

- starting on September 7th 1940, London was bombed for 57 nights straight

- in space of 8 months London was attacked 71 times

- over 1 mio. houses were destroyed

- around 40'000 civilians were killed

- Lufteaffe wounded around 140'000 London people & dropped around 100 tons of explosives over London -> consequence  over 3300 solders of German lost their lives

- only 8monthes, 1week and 2days later, the bombing was stopped

- historical moment of football

- England and West German were playing in the World CUp final

- game went in to extra time (2-2)

- But 10min after Geoff Hurst shots the decesive goal, which did not was sure, as the ball did not went right into the goal

- modern research shows that the goal was not one

- about 8'630'000 inhabitants

- 43 districs

- international city -> nearly ecery nationality is represented there

- all religions are represented ( 50% Christians, 20% didn't have religion & 12% are muslims)

- nowherer difference between poor and rich as big as in England

- 20th cenutry classes grouped according different activities, origins, property assets and educations

- today grouped accoring economic, cultural and social terms as the same as in the 20th cenutry

- industrial revolution reason why classes have changed from 3 to 7

- 6% of the Britigsh population

- most privileged class

- only 4000 members

- people who have a high level in economic, cultural and social

- most children visit a private school

- to enter school children have to pass an qulifying exam which is known as an common entrance exame

- parents have to pay a large amount of money

- 25% of the british population

- people are gregarious and culturally

- person who represent this class are electrical engineers, occupational therapists, midwives, environmental professionals, police officers, quality assurance etc.

- have high economic capital and high staus of social contacts

- 6% of the british population

- new and a small class

- have high and social capital but aren't interested in cultural capitals

- representants are: medical radiographers, aircraft pilots, pharmacists, business and administrative jobs