Angol nyelvi haladó jegyzet [antikvár]

1. BRITAIN IN BRIEFG.B. and The U.KGreat Britain consists of England, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Great Britain and Northern Ireland together jmake up the United Kingdom. Northern Ireland has a separate Parliament; Scot land and Wales do not, but Scotland has its own legal system. The U.K. is divided into 91 counties. (At the date of the 1971 census, there were 53, tsz 1,364 inhabitants in Great Britain and 1,525,187 in Northern Ireland. 1Languages.Apart from English, small numbers of people speak Welsh in Wales, Gaelic in Scotland, Manx in the Isle of Man (these three languages are related to Breton), and French in the Channel Islands.PoliticsThere are two main political parties: Conservative (right-wing) and Labour (left-wing): the differences between them are not very big. Extremist political parties exist, but their membership is small. Elections are held every fivers ?lxs (at most); the leaders of the sue-, cessful party become Prime Minister and Cabinet ministers, and form the goverment of the country. The Queen is the ceremonial head of State, but has no political power.5