The United Kingdom - Video and Wordlist

This episode of the famous BBC programme offers you a very clear introduction to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. For my third year students and all those who are interested.

The United Kingdom (Wordlist)

across

aircraft

Angles

arrive

Atlantic Ocean

automobile

beautiful
beans
beanstalk

British Isles

Cabinet of Ministers 
castle

chain

changeable 
chief

city
climate

coal-mining

coast

consist of

constitutional

contain

continent

conversation

country
county

daffodil
Denmark

descendants

divide into

due to

during

each
east

electrical engineering

electronics

England

English Channel
enormous
Europe

European

executive body

fairy tale
field of industry

fishery

formation

France

geographical
Germany
giant 
golden
government 
Gulf Stream

harp
head (verb)

head of the state

highest point

highlands

highly developed
hill

House of Commons

House of Lords
huge

industrial
influence

in its turn

invade

invader

invasion

Irish Sea
Ireland

island

isles
Italy

Jutes

key
king

kingdom

lake 
lane
large

largest
lay eggs

legislative body

lie off

made of

mile

monarchy
mountain

narrow
Normans
north

northern

Northern Ireland

North Sea

Norway

ocean
offer

official

part

parliament

Pennine Chain
population

Prime Minister

queen

reign
river

Romans

rule (v)

Saxons
Scotland

separate from
Severn
shamrock

since

ship-building

situated
south

state
steal (stole, stolen)
Strait of Dover

take centuries

temperate

textile

Thames
thistle

throughout the world
turn (in its turn)

Ulster
Union Jack
united
United Kingdom

well-known
west

wide
widest part

Vikings