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EnglandThe Lake District, Nottingham, the
Yorkshire Dales, Uffington Hills, Cornwall, Eden Project, Hurst Peninsula
July 2010 – October 2010By Evelyn Kurg
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The map of EnglandFind:Isle of WightHurd Peninsula (west of Isle of Wight)Eden Project (north-west of Exmouth)Uffington (South-East of Oxford)NottinghamSherwood Forest (North of Nottingham)Yorkshire Dales (North of Leeds)Lake DistrictHadrian Wall (near Carlisle, on the Scottish border)
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http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/europe/england/
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Nottingham
292,000 people (2008)
Best-known companies: Boots (pharmacy and cosmetics), Siemens (electrical
devices), Speedo (sport clothes and equipment)
Main tourist attractions: Nottingham Caves, Sherwood Forest, shopping in Broadmarsh Shopping Centre, visiting the museum of the Galleries of Justice
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Nottingham Caves – terrible smell (leather), around +10C year round, damp, dark, stuffy
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Nottingham Caves – made people short, age quicker and die at an early age
He is said to be 35 years old and 1.55 tall.
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Digging out a mammoth tooth
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The City of Caves
• The caves were inhabited already before 11th century
• Many were inhabited until 1845, when rental of cellars and caves as homes for the poor was banned
• Was used as an air raid shelter during WWII and is open to the public today
• You can learn about the appalling living conditions in the Victorian slum
was banned – keelustati; air raid shelter – õhurünnakute varjend; slum - agul
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The oldest inn in England, established in 1189 AD
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Landscape near Sherwood Forest – most of the forest is cut down. Robin Hood was believed to live in this area.
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Hadrian’s Wall
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Hadrian’s Wall
1) The Romans started to build it 122AD
2) It took 6 years to complete it3) It used to be 117km long, 3-6 metres wide4) There were many forts built on the route
Fort - kindlus
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Lake District – has the highest mountains in England
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Scafell Pike 978 metres
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Camping in Lake District
In England you can put up a tent only in private camping sites which all cost. (£5 - £20 per person). Very often there are 1,000 or more people in one camping site, each tent has to be at least 6 metres apart.
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Lake District
• Mountainous region in North-West England• Lake District National Park is the largest of all
13 national parks in England and Wales• The highest peak is Scafell Pike (978 metres)
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On the motorway, to Plymouth – you can drive up to 70 miles per hour, many people drive with 90-100 miles per hour. There are no policemen checking your speed, but many automatic speeding cameras.
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The Isle of Wight, seen from Hurst Peninsula
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Uffington Hills, White Horses
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Pendon Model Railway Museum
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Plymouth – these colourful bathing huts are owned or rented out.
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View from the hotel, Plymouth
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Cornwall was once conquered by Celtic tribes and a distinctive language has remained in use. All signs are in English and Cornish. Cornish is similar to Welsh language.
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County of Cornwall: rocky, lots of pastures and some farmland, no forests, windier and chillier than in other places in England, lot of sheep
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Eden Project, in Cornwall near small town St Austell
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About Eden Project
• It is the world’s largest greenhouse• The project took 2½ years to construct and
opened to the public on 17 March 2001.• There are: 2 biomes, planted landscapes,
vegetable gardens, sculptures ( giant bee and a robot )
• Located in the county of Cornwall, 5km from town St Austell
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Eden Project was built into closed quarry
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Life without plants: no food, no furniture, no clothes, no oxygen....
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What happens if there were no plants on Earth?
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On the skating rink
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The Bee
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Vegetable Garden – can be enjoyed in restaurants and cafes and bought from the Eden Project shop
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Tropical / Rainforest Biome
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Rainforests
• How many? - Over 1,100 different species, roughly 16,000 individual plants grow in the biome
• How hot? - Temperature in the dome ranges from +18C to +35C, humidity 90% (on 24 Oct 2010 it was +27C)
• How big? - Rainforests cover 5% of the Earth and are home to half the world’s plant and animal species.
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Where? - South-East Asia, tropical islands, West Africa, Tropical South America
Brazil IndonesiaMalaysia
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In the Tropical Biome – Malaysia. High humidity causes such “fog”.
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In the Tropical Biome - Waterfall
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Spice Ship
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Mediterranean Biome
• Where? – around the Mediterranean Sea, South Africa, South West Australia, Central Chile, and California have the Mediterranean climate.
• How hot? - Mediterranean climate is defined by hot, dry summers and frost-free, rainy winters, 30-40C in the summer (in the dome +9 to +25C)
• What plants? - citrus, olives, herbs and vines, aloes, poppies, lupins,
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Orange tree
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North American deserts, a type of aloe
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Cork oak tree – what is made of it?
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Tobacco
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Raising funds for an owl hospital
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Vineyard – characters from Greek mythology
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Thank you for your attention!
Reference: www.wikipedia.org; www.edenproject.co.uk;
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