1. Obchodní akademie, Ostrava-Poruba, příspěvková organizace Vzdělávací materiál/DUM VY_32-INOVACE_05C/14 Great Britain / Life in Britain Autor Mgr. Jana Kondeková Období vytvoření Srpen 2013 Ročník/věková kategorie 4. ročník / 18-19 let Vyučovací předmět/klíčová slova Great Britain / Life in Britain Anotace Práce slouží k procvičení reálií s tématikou Great Britain /Life in Britain jako příprava k maturitní zkoušce.

2. Great Britain Part Fourteen Life in Britain

3. Work Housing Social Welfare Press and Broadcasting Road Traffic Some Useful Information British Currency Coins and Banknotes Quid

4. Work The normal working week is arranged as a five-day week and gives about 40 hours for manual workers and about 38 for non- manual work. Factory workers usually start at 8 a.m. and offices, shops and schools start at 9 a.m. Wage-earning workers are paid weekly, salary earners are paid once a month. Manual workers have 3 week holidays and professional workers (people with higher education) have usually longer holidays. In addition to this they have “bank” or “public holidays”. They are e.g. (New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday.

5. Housing An average Englishman likes to live in his own house. About 64 per cent of houses in Britain are owned by people who live in them, the rest is owned by public authorities and is rented. Houses are made of red bricks or concrete, stone and wood, somewhere you can still find half-timbered houses with thatched roofs. The houses have usually 4 to 6 rooms, two floors, small front and back gardens and are either semidetached (joined to another house on one side only) or terraced house (joined on both sides) or detached house (stay alone).

6. Housing On the ground floor there are: a hall, a kitchen, a living room with a fireplace and on the first floor there are parent’s and children’s bedrooms and a bathroom. The prices of houses vary and depend on the area – the most expensive are the houses in London and South England, smaller houses in other areas are cheaper. A house, a garden and a place to wash the car is a British ideal. „My home is my castle“ is still a living truth in Britain.

7. Social Welfare Social welfare The National Health Service (NHS) gives largely free treatment for everyone living in Britain. People can choose their family doctors (GP = general practitioner). In case of emergency you can call an ambulance by dialling 999 from any telephone. About 7 per cent of hospital, dentist and family doctors care is private. A small number of hospitals is run by religious or charitable organizations. Social Welfare includes also various benefits, e.g. retirement pensions (men above 65 and women above 60), sickness benefits, invalidity pensions, injury benefits etc.

8. Welfare UK welfare spending: how much does each benefit really cost?. http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/jan/08/uk-benefit- welfare-spending http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/jan/08/uk-benefit- welfare-spending (accessed Aug 20, 2013).

9. Press and Broadcasting There are many daily and Sunday newspapers, many weekly papers and many periodical publications. The oldest newspaper is The Times. Other famous newspapers are Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Daily Mail etc. The British TV service was the world’s first public TV service. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) operates 2 national TV channels and 4 national and 32 local radio stations. Its overseas service – The BBC World Service transmits in English and other 36 languages.

10. The Times Times Media. http://newscommercial.co.uk/timesmedia/products/the-times http://newscommercial.co.uk/timesmedia/products/the-times (accessed Aug 20, 2013).

11. BBC TV Centre in West London BBC Television centre sell-off Q&A. http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jun/13/bbc-television- centre-sell-off1 http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jun/13/bbc-television- centre-sell-off1 (accessed Aug 20, 2013).

12. Road traffic Road regulations are given in the Highway Code. The majority of British traffic signs are to international standards. In Britain they drive on the left and overtake on the right. The wearing of seat belts is compulsory for driver and front-seat passenger.

13. British Cars 1959 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud I 1959 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud I. http://www.remarkablecars.com/main/rolls- royce/rolls-royce-00028.htmlhttp://www.remarkablecars.com/main/rolls- royce/rolls-royce-00028.html (accessed Aug 20, 2013).

14. Black Taxi Cab Londýnské elektrotaxi skutečností. http://www.hybrid.cz/novinky/londynske-elektrotaxi- skutecnosti http://www.hybrid.cz/novinky/londynske-elektrotaxi- skutecnosti (accessed Aug 20, 2013).

15. Some Useful Information British money: pound, pence (notes, coins). Major credit cards are widely accepted. Passport and customs control: Foreign visitors are asked to fill in a landing card. The customs procedures operate with a green and red “clearway system”. In Britain Value Added Tax (VAT) is charged on most goods or services at a rate of about 15 per cent. Visitors buying goods for export can reclaim VAT.

16. British Currency The British currency is the pound sterling. The sign for the pound is £ GBP = Great British Pound £ They do not use the Euro. Although a few of the big shops will accept Euro, it is rarely used across Britain. Since decimalisation in 1971, the pound has been divided into 100 pence. The pound (£) is made up of 100 pence (p) exactly like the dollar is split into 100 cents.

17. Coins and Banknotes The singular of pence is "penny". The symbol for the penny is "p"; hence an amount such as 50p is often pronounced "fifty pee" rather than fifty pence. They have both coins and banknotes. Current coins are: 1 penny, 2 pence, 5 pence, 10 pence, 20 pence, 50 pence, 1 pound, and 2 pounds. New coins revealed April 2008 Current bank notes are: the 5 pound note, the 10 pound note, the 20 pound note and the 50 pound note.

18. Quid The slang term for a British Pound is Quid. One pound sterling is referred to as "A QUID", five pound sterling as "Five Quid" and ten pound sterling as "Ten Quid". Other names for a pound coin include a smacker, or smackeroon. The two Banknotes with other names are the "Fiver" (£5) or the "Tenner" (£10). For example "It only cost me a tenner"

19. British Money Britská money. http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view- image.php?image=2623http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view- image.php?image=2623 (accessed Aug 20, 2013).

20. Biography BRENDLOVÁ, S. Basic Facts on English-Speaking Countries. Fraus, 1996. ISBN 8085784874. SHEERIN, S. Spotlight on Britain. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. ISBN 0194327884. VESELÝ, K. The English Speaking Countries. SPN, 1983.

21. The End of Part Fourteen Thank You for Your Attention. Mgr. Jana Kondeková jana.kondekova@oa-poruba.cz