英国旅游景点英文版,travel in British.ppt

n 1.The Buckingham Palace n 2.The Tower Bridgen 3.The Big BannItsanearlierhouseownedbytheDukesofBuckinghamin1703andalsocalledBuckinghamPalacewhichlocatedintheCityofWestminster.nThehousewhichformsthearchitecturalcoreofthepresentpalace.nBuckinghamPalaceisasymbolandhomeoftheBritishmonarchy,anartgalleryandtouristattraction.ThepalacealsohousestheofficesoftheRoyalHouseholdandistheworkplaceof450peoplenBuckingham Palace,is the official residence and office of theBritish monarch.nThepalaceisasettingforstateoccasionsandroyalhospitality.IthasbeenafocusfortheBritishpeopleattimesofnationalrejoicingandcrisis.nOriginallyknownitwasalargetownhousebuiltfortheDukeofBuckinghamin1705onasitewhichhadbeeninprivateownershipforatleast150years.nItwassubsequentlyacquiredbyGeorgeIIIin1761asaprivateresidenceforQueenCharlotte,andknownasTheQueensHouse.nBuckingham Palace finally became the official royal palace of the British monarch on the accession ofQueen Victoriain 1837.n The last major structural additions were made in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.nQueen Victoria,the first monarch to reside at Buckingham Palace,moved into the newly completed palace upon her accession in 1837.nHowever,the palace chapel was However,the palace chapel was destroyed by a German bomb in destroyed by a German bomb in World War II World War II nthethe Queens GalleryQueens Gallery was built was built on the site and opened to the on the site and opened to the public in 1962 to exhibit works public in 1962 to exhibit works of art from theof art from the Royal Royal CollectionCollection nTheBallroomisthelargestroomatBuckinghamPalace.ItwasaddedbyQueenVictoriaandisusedforceremoniessuchasinvestituresandstatebanquets.Thispicturedatesfrom1856.nThe state rooms,used for official and state entertaining,are open to the public each year for most of August and September.nThese very formal rooms are used only for ceremonial and official entertaining,but are open to the public every summer.nthe Tower Bridge is the statue of London which was built in 1886.nThe proximity of the harbor and its location in the direction of the sea required for the bridge to allow the passage of large vessels.So the decision to create a moveable bridge which can be opened to accommodate boat traffic was made.The mechanism to open the bridge is hidden in the two towers.nEachdeckismorethan30meterswideandcanbeopenedtoanangleof83degrees.Whenopenedthebridgehasaclearanceofalmost45meters.Itusedtoopenalmost50timesadaybutnowadaysitisonlyraisedabout1,000timesayear.nBridgeliftsarepre-scheduled(forcruiseships,etc)sovisitorscancheckthebridgeswebsitetofindoutwhenitwillriseandlower.nInsidethebridgeistheTowerBridgeExhibition,adisplayareathatencompassesthewalkwayandthetwofamoustowerswhereyoucanobservetheVictorianengineroom.Visitorscanlearnaboutthehistoryofthebridgeviaphotos,films,andothermedianPlansforweredevisedaround1876whentheeastofLondonbecameextremelycrowdedandabridgeacrosstheThamesinthatareaofthecityseemedanecessity.nThe clock tower of the Houses of Parliament in London is often called Big Ben,but the name really belongs to an enormous bell inside the tower.The tower of Big Ben is an important London landmark.The clock is known for being an excellent time-keeper,and the bell is known for the sound it makes as it chimes every hour on the hour.Four smaller bells in the tower chime the quarter hours.For two years duringWorld War I,Big Bens bell was silent to prevent enemy aircraft from using it to hone in on the Houses of Parliament,and duringWorld War IIits clock was not illuminated for the same reason.In 1934 and 1956 the bell was restored and repaired.Maintenance work was performed on the clock in 2007.it survived and continue strike the hours.Thesouthclockfacebeingcleanedon11August2007nTheclockhasbecomeasymboloftheUnitedKingdomandLondon,particularlyinthevisualmedia.Whenatelevisionorfilm-makerwishestoindicateagenericlocationinBritain,apopularwaytodosoistoshowanimageoftheClockTower,oftenwithareddouble-deckerbusorblackcabintheforeground.nTheClockTowerisafocusofNewYearcelebrationsintheUnitedKingdom,withradioandTVstationstuningtoitschimestowelcomethestartoftheyear.nTheClockTowerhasappearedinmanyfilms,mostnotablyinthe1978versionofTheThirtyNineSteps,inwhichtheheroRichardHannayattemptedtohalttheclocksprogress(topreventalinkedbombdetonating)byhangingfromtheminutehandofitswesterndial.ThankYou!