All About Britain

The climate in England is mild , In the winter, the temperature drops below freezing point.

• The climate in England is mild , In the winter, the temperature drops below freezing point.
• It is cold, wet and windy and it sometimes snows between December and March.
• In the summer, it can be as hot as 32°C but mostly the temperature only reaches 26°C.

The best months to travel in England are May, June, September and October. These months generally have the most pleasant temperatures and less rain. July and August are the warmest months, but they are also the wettest.

• The best months to travel in England are May, June, September and October. These months generally have the most pleasant temperatures and less rain. July and August are the warmest months, but they are also the wettest.

British symbols

• Symbols are objects, places or people that remind us of a particular thing.
• Here are a few symbols that remind us of Britain.

British symbols

• Double-decker bus

• Taxi

• Post box

• Telephone box

• A cup of tea

• Wimbledon

• English rose

• Cricket – Britain’s national sport

Famous Landmarks

• Britain is full of famous places.

• Stonehenge

• It is the most famous Prehistoric
• monument in Britain.
• People began
• Building Stonehenge
• about 5,000 years ago.

• Big Ben

• Big Ben is one of the most famous landmarks in the world.
• The clock tower is situated on the banks of the river Thames.

• Buckingham Palace

• Who lives here?

• The Buckingham Palace is the residence of the royal family. The 600-room palace is surrounded by a 40-acre garden.

• Tower of London

• The Tower has been host to many famous executions and imprisonments.

• Mealtimes

• the British people tend to have a big breakfast before they go to work and the meal at midday is not spent with the members of the family but with workmates or schoolmates.
• Lunch is normally eaten between 12.30 pm and 1.30pm. Most people finish work at five thirty. It often takes at least an hour to get home from the school or workplace so people tend to eat their evening meal or "dinner" between 6.30pm and 8pm.

• On Sundays people don't have to work so they take the opportunity eat together with their family.
• Sunday lunch is usually the best meal of the week and many of the meals which are considered typically British are eaten for Sunday lunch. For example roast beef and yorkshire pudding.

• This is a typical British family eating together on Sunday. After lunch the father will smoke his pipe and read the newspaper sitting on his favourite armchair while his wife washes the dishes. The children will play traditional English games such as hopscotch, skipping or doctors and nurses.