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=My impressions of Ireland=

To be honest my knowledge of Ireland was very poor, only now after our lessons I"ve learned a lot of information about it. Irish cities are fascinating, about its existence I"ve never heard about. (except Dublin)

My impressions of New Zealand
To be honest,I knew about NZ very little information .It was the colony of the UK and that's why the head of the state as in Canada is Elizabeth II. The national sports is rugby and the capital is Welington.

But after our lessons I"ve enlarged my knowledge about that country. i have never known the nickname of NZ. "Great Britain on the PAcific". It's not difficult to guess why. Everybody feels the influence of Great Britain there. For example, national celebrations such as Guy Fawkes or Great Red Nose day. the national flag has some similarities. with Great Britain . Even the language surprisingly reminds us of British english than American. But there're some pecularities in pronounciation. I was astonished by the attitude of NZ's government to education. It's worth admiring. There're are a great number of architectural awards in that country. It shows that government take care of their future

Its landscapes are marvelous. As you know NZ is situated on small islands and surrounded by the Pacific ocean and some seas. Its nature is incredible. We could jidge by the film "Lord of the rings ", which was taken there by P.Jackson. By the way, he is a New Zealander as R.Crowle and Sam O'Neil. Of couse P. ja ckson wanted to show beauty and originality of his country. What is more its cities and towns are magnificient. There're plenty of tourist attractions there.

Qiwi is a national bird and that' why NZ are often called qiwi. The first nations there is Maori. They saved their unique culture and traditions despite the development of NZ. Their traditional songs, dances are enchanting..


 * British Heritage in English-speaking countries**

There're six english -speaking countries in the world. We can find traces of British Heritage there. In my opinion they copied and modified some customs, traditions, geographical names. They use the same language but with various modifications. You know there're US English,Canadian English, NZ English, Ausrtalian English. Each type of English has its own pecularities in pronounciation, spelling, meaning.

It's never occured to me that geographical names in the USA are of British origin: New England, New York, New Hampshire. To my mind it's fascinating stories of the USA exploring. British Heritage is not connected only with geographical names. In New Zealand the tradition to celebrate Guy Fawkes Night

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