Poland in English
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Transcript of Poland in English
POLAND
Poland
Our neighbours
The teritory of Poland:On land 311889 km2
On the sea -inter 2004 km2
On the sea- outteritorial 8682 km2
borders 3511 kmIn the North Baltic Sea
In the South The Sudety and KarpatyMountains
In Poland there are 16 voivodships
National symbols
Flag
Emblem
National Anthem-Mazurek
Dąbrowskiego
There are more than 38 milion people in Poland.We are the 32nd nation in the world and the 6th in
EU.
The biggest ethnicminirities are : Germany (152 900 .), Bielarus (48700 ), Ukraine (31000 tys), Gipsy (12900 tys), Russia (6100 tys.), Łemkowie (5900 tys.), Lithuania (5800 tys.)
The official languagein Poland- Polish
.
There are 138 officiallyregistered Churches and religiousassociations
About 95 % of Polish people are Catholic
The second religionis Orthodox
Church
The third is Protestant Church
The political system of The Republic of Poland isestablished by the Constitution of 2nd April, 1997.
The Political System in Poland
According to the Constitution Poland is a ParliamentaryRepublic and accomplishes the rules of independence,
democracy, legal and civil rights of the citiziens along withpluralism and legalism.
The uthorities/powers:
legislative:
executive:
judicial: Courts and Tribunals
The Presidentof Poland -Bronisław
Komorowski
Parliament and Senate
The Council of Ministersand the President
Currency:
Polish zloty (PLN) 1 zł=100 groszy
W Polsce panuje klimat umiarkowany o charakterze przejściowym pomiędzy klimatem morskim a lądowym. Jest to efekt ścierania się mas wilgotnego powietrza.
Występują cztery pory roku
Klimat
SPRING SUMMER
AUTUMN WINTER
Temperatura 5 – 150C Temperatura powyżej 200C
Temperatura 15 – 50C Temperatura poniżej -50C
The Capital of Poland isWarsaw - Warszawa
Beautiful views of Warsaw
Other beautiful cities in Poland
Gdańsk
Kraków
Poznań
Wrocław
Sandomierz
Kazimierz Dolny
Cracow –was the second capital city of Poland
Cracow’s monuments
Sukiennice – old shopping centreIn Cracow
Gdańsk – one of the most famous placeson the Baltic Sea
Westerplatte-Peninsula in Gdansk,
symbol of the outbreak of world war II.September 1,2003, it was
included on the list of historical monuments.
Old houses and the harbour in Gdańsk
Wrocław- It’s another very nice city.
Wrocław - city on some islands withplenty bridges
One of the attractions in Wrocław is mainmarket with plenty small dwarfs. Nobady
knows why they are there.
Beautiful landscapes
Mieszko I – the ruler of Polan tribe, regarded
for the first builder of the Polish state.
Round TableDebates 1989, when the decisionof independent election was undertaken. Itstarted thedemocraticchanges in Poland and Europe.
Biskupin – the oldestSlavonic Settlementosada słowiańska from 2700 yearsago.
The Second World War1939 - 1945
13th December 1981- thebeginning of martial law (1981-1983)
some facts from our history
Important Poles in the History
Karol Józef Wojtyła – Pope John Paul II.
Lech Wałęsa – Polish labourer, (electrician) politician, Trade Union activist(electrician). Thefirst leader of Solidarity.
Mikołaj Kopernik – Nicolaus Copernicus; one of thegreatest astronomers. - „he stopped the Sun and moved the Earth”
Fryderyk Chopin - genius of XIX century. Composer of Romanticism Era.
Polscy laureaci Nagrody Nobla
Maria Skłodowska-Curie
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Władysław Stanisław Reymont
Czesław Miłosz
Lech Wałęsa
Wisława Szymborska
Polish greetings
Good morning Dzień dobryGood afternoon Dobry wieczórGood night DobranocHello CześćHow are you? Jak się masz?Goodbye Do widzeniaHi Cześć
Interesting vocabulary
zamek zamek zamek
pączek pączek
babkarondo
A savory stew of cabbage and meat, with no standard recipe, as recipes vary considerably from region to region and from family to family. Typical ingredients include white cabbage (sauerkraut, kapusta kiszona in Polish), various cuts of meat and sausages, often whole or puréed tomatoes, honey and mushrooms. The meats may include pork (often smoked), ham, bacon, beef, veal, sausage, and, as bigos is considered a hunters' stew, venison or other game; leftover cuts find their way into the pot as well. It may be seasoned with pepper, caraway, juniper berries, bay leaf, marjoram, pimento, dried or smoked plums and other ingredients.
The Polish national dish
Gdyby kózka nie skakała,
Proverb
toby nóżki nie złamała…(In a very simpletranslation-”if you don’tjump, you won’t break your leg”)
Popular sports in our country
football
Ski jumping volleyball
Fairy tales and other characters
Presentation made by thestudents and the teachers of Primary School nr 4 Marki,
Poland
