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3. House of Lords C The 659-member elected chamber of parliament of MPs
4. Lords Spiritual D The 695-member appointed chamber of parliament of peers
5. Lords Temporal E The 26 senior clerics of the Church of England appointed to
the House of Lords
6. Westminster system F A sovereign country that is part of the Commonwealth

3. Read and translate the text.
The United Kingdom is situated on the British Isles. The British Isles consist of two
large islands, Great Britain and Ireland, and a great number of small islands. Their total area
is over 244,000 sq km.
The British Isles are separated from the European continent by the North Sea and the
English Channel. The western coast of Great Britain is washed by the Atlantic Ocean and
the Irish Sea. Northern Ireland occupies one third of the island of Ireland. It borders on the
Irish Republic in the south.
The island of Great Britain consists of three main parts: England (the southern and
middle part of the island), Wales (a mountainous peninsula in the west) and Scotland (the
northern part of the island).
There are no high mountains in Great Britain. In the north the Cheviots (the Cheviot
Hills) separate England from Scotland, the Pennines stretch down North England almost
along its middle, the Cambrian Mountains occupy the greater part of Wales and the
Highlands of Scotland are the tallest of the British mountains. Ben Nevis, the tallest peak of
the Highlands, is only 1,343 m high.
There is very little flat country except in the region known as East Anglia.
Most of the rivers flow into the North Sea. The Thames is the deepest and the longest
of the British rivers; it is over 300 km long. Some of the British greatest ports are situated in
the estuaries of the Thames, Mersey, Tyne, Clyde and Bristol Avon.
Great Britain is not very rich in mineral resources; it has some deposits of coal and
iron ore and vast deposits of oil and gas that were discovered in the North Sea.
The warm currents in the Atlantic Ocean influence the climate of Great Britain.
Winters are not severely cold and summers are rarely hot.
The population of the United Kingdom is over 63 million people. The main
nationalities are: English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish. In Great Britain there are a lot of
immigrants (black and coloured) from former British Asian and African colonies. The main
industrial centres are London (Greater London), Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds,
Liverpool, Glasgow and Bristol. The capital of the country is London.
Great Britain hasn’t changed beyond recognition. The United Kingdom is a
parliamentary monarchy.

4. Find in the text English equivalents for these word combinations.
1. і велика кількість невеликих островів. 2. Дві треті північної частини о-ва Ірландії. 3.
Пеннінські гори простягаються. 4. найвища вершина. 5. довжиною більш ніж 300 км.
6. які були знайдені. 7. нові прмислові заводи. 8. змінитись до невпізнаваності.
5. Give Ukrainian equivalents for these sentences.
1 Their total area is over 244,000 square km. 2. The island of Great Britain consists of three
main parts. 3. There is very little flat country except in the region known as East Anglia. 4.
It has vast deposits of oil and gas. 5. Summers are rarely hot. 6. New industries have been
developed.
6. Write out from the text all the sentences containing verbs in the Passive Voice and
translate them.

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