quinta-feira, 18 de novembro de 2010

geografic

Fusuorario of Brazil and England

The England's fusuorario is approximately 2 hours from Brazil.



Ocean that bathe England

England is bathed in the west cost by the Ocean Atlantic, in east Irish, in the south the Ocean Celtic Sea in the North is north sea.



Seasons of the year

Summer - the time for going out and holidays.
In the summer, the weather can be very hot (32°C) or (90°F), but most of the time the temperature only reaches 26°C. The high temperature in London from June, July, and August is around 70°F/21°C and the low is around 51°F/12°C.

Autumn - The leaves begin to change colour,
transforming England’s places in a very colorful country.

Winter - the time for snow and skiing. In the winter, the temperature can drop below (0°c) or (32°F) but not much below. It is cold, wet and windy and it sometimes snows between December and March. In the mornings we have to take the ice from our cars.
The winter temperature is (7°C).

Spring - the countryside is full of flowers and life is all around.

quinta-feira, 11 de novembro de 2010

Christmas Traditions in England

In England Christmas traditions are taken very seriously. No wonder, as the country celebrates Christmas for over 1000 years. Christmas gifts, Christmas trees decorated and Christmas music are more common in England than in any other country in the world.

Around the World

One of the most notable British sailors was Francis Drake.
He made himself a sailor and a child at eighteen it was owner and captain of a ship, which began its journey when it came to the Isthmus of Panama and saw the Pacific Ocean where the Spanish ships sailed crammed with gold and return to England

terça-feira, 9 de novembro de 2010

Curiosities of England


Canal in London
The Thames is also a mayor attraction in itself. The bridges, the banks, the boats rides, the night life are just part of it. Day and night there are people from Piccadilly Circus to Leicester Square, continuing the crowd at Trafalgar Square and Covent Garden. Shopping is also another great experience although have to be careful not to exceed the customs limits (on the way back at the airport).
Must of the moving about the city we did using the underground, or tube. A few times we were out there past midnight, which is the time of the last underground train, we took taxis to the hotel, although we could have used the buses. During the working ours of the underground, we never had a need for any other type of transportation, except of course, walking
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  • The telephone cabins are curiosities by themselves,
    just pointing out that not all of them are red
  • Statue of a man talking on a phone,
    one of the curiosities of London
  • Police women on horses

segunda-feira, 1 de novembro de 2010

A part of England's history


England is a country that is part of the U.K. The area now called England has been settled by people of various cultures for about 35,000 years, but it takes its name from the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes who settled during the 5th and 6th countries. England became a unified state in ad 927, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact of the wider world.The English language, the Anglican Church, and English law the basis for the commom law legal systems of many other countries around the world developed in England, and the country's parlamentary system of government.


Peaceful settlement

Some Anglo-Saxons came to Britain to fight, but others came peacefully, to find land to farm. The Anglo-Saxons knew Britain was a rich land. Their own lands often flooded, making it difficult to grow enough food. There was not enough land for everyone.
Whole families set off across the North Sea in small boats. Each boatload of people formed a settlement with its own leader. They brought their tools, weapons, belongings and farm animals with them to Britain.


How did England get its name?
The Roman Britons spoke Latin or local Celtic languages. The newcomers spoke their own languages, which in time became a language now known as Anglo-Saxon or Old English. The Anglo-Saxons themselves called it 'Englisc'. The country taken over by the new settlers became 'England'.
Some Britons settled down with the newcomers. Others moved west and north, taking their Latin-Celtic culture with them. Place names give clues to where the new 'English' lived. A place-name ending in -ham, for instance, shows it was once a Saxon settlement. Ham in Anglo-Saxon English meant 'village'.