Friday, 16 October 2009

The 4 nations of Britain

As we learnt from the last class, we know that Britain contains four parts, England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. In today's lesson, Emma told us something about the General situation about the four nations.


Flag
England's national flag is called St George's Cross.
Wales's national flag is Dragon of Cadwallader.
Scotland's national flag is named St Andrew's Cross.
Republic of Ireland's flag is St Patrick's Cross.






















Plant
England,Rose.
Wales,Leek/Daffodil.
Scotland, Thistle.
Republic of Ireland, Shamrock.










Saint's Day
England,23 April.
Wales, 1 March.
Scotland, 30 November.
Republic of Ireland, 17 March.


Patron Saint
England,St George.
Wales, St David.
Scotland, St Andrew.
Republic of Ireland,St Patrick.
We learnt a lot about the Great Britain.Not only the history, but also the geography.It is very useful for our study and it is helpful to our understand the Brirish cluture.Hope we will learn more about the Uk, and we will try our best to adapt to the culture here in UK.

No comments:

Post a Comment