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Hello everyone and welcome to the English Ambassador.

In the way today we will read the British culture.

In the way we have known the culture and civilization and now we will read more about the United Kingdom,

the UK, Britain or the United States and we will read more about why you are staying in it before, how did the asset have been?

and what was it in the same way?

let's start with the first thing

Where is the UK?

Where is the United Kingdom?

The United Kingdom is situated in the North West of the European continent.

The continent is the European continent.

It is the North West.

Europe is the North West.

between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea here the Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf,

from the American side and the North Sea It has a total land area

Land area Land area

Land Land Land Land Land Land The earth has 244 ,100 km²

It has 244 ,100 km² of

which nearly 99 % is land 99 % of its earth and a reminder land water

from north to south it's about 100 km long where is what is the official name of the UK

the official name of the UK is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

This is the real name.

The official name is United Kingdom.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain.

Britain is the largest and most of the world.

And Ireland is the main name.

The name refers to the union of what were once four separate nations.

This is the name that comes back to the country and they were in a country,

England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland now they are not in the middle of it they have this name,

the UK you can see this, this is England this is Oxford,

London and Wales Wales is in the middle of it and then

Northern Ireland this is Northern Ireland see Scotland is here from above England,

Scotland this is Scotland Wales here is Northern Ireland here is Atlantic Ocean and here is North Sea

Ocean is the sea sea is the sea and this is the sea

here we know where they are and why they are called these are the countries that we have told them England, Scotland, Wales

and the other one is Northern Ireland these are the capital of England the capital of England is London

if you go to England, it is London and Scotland is Edinburgh Wales Wales,

if you know, Princess Diana was the princess of Wales So,

she had a few whales in the middle of you

The island of Wales is Cardiff And we have

Northern Ireland The capital is Belfast But when you say what is the capital of the UK?

The United Kingdom is the capital of the United Kingdom

here we will see something that we have said

that the united kingdom is made up of england scotland wales and northern ireland

here we are going to think about the irish world of independence this is what you say,

Ireland is the country of Ireland we are Algerians

but we are Irish in Algeria they are Irish and we are Irish people meanwhile,

they had been in English colony since the 12th century irlanda was under the English Revolution from the 10th century

and after the emergence of Great Britain irlanda was under the influence of the British crown

irlanda was under the influence of the British crown here Ireland was with them the United Kingdom of Great Britain

and Ireland what was it called?

the United Kingdom which became known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland or the United Kingdom for short

however the union lasted only until 1922 until 1922

when Ireland with the exception of six counties in the north

succeed يعني Ireland قلت لهم نخرج من هاد التكثر من نكونش

معاكم غير كانوا شوية مناطق من الشمال على بيها هنالي كانت لاحظون قولوا North Ireland هادي هي

Now we are going to another topic which is the British Isles

Here the British Isles are in the north west of Europe

On their west we find the Atlantic Ocean And on the east And on the north

They are separated from the continent of Europe jayat mutfarqa min

lalqarra al -eurobiyya by the English channel bil qanat l -inglesiyya ta 'al al -bahar

The British Isles are true are two great islands exist in the region in this region

Great Britain and called great because it is the greatest of the Isles

and Ireland as well as many smaller ones such as the Sheetland Island,

the Orkney Island and the Hebrides and the Isle of Man.

and then the other one

is called the British Isles

as you can see the British Isles,

the Great Britain, the Great Britain is isle is a geografic term the great britain is a geographic term

referring to the island also known simply as britain we call great britain

it's also a political term

and there are small islands that are not very important

means ma man the united kingdom on the other hand is purely a political term it's the the independent country

that encompasses all of great britain and the region known called Northern Ireland.

Here I would like to say this.

We are called Great Britain and called the UK.

The Great Britain is England, Scotland, Wales.

We love the UK is Great Britain plus Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland was the Irish world of independence

In 1922 it was the Republic of Ireland This is 1922

Here we are coming to our class and we are looking at what is the UK Sorry,

we are looking at what is the official name of the UK The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Here we are looking at the capitals

Like London, England, Edinburgh, Scotland,

Cardiff, Wales and Belfast, Northern Ireland We are on the Irish War of Independence

which we said 1922 and the British Isles which are England,

Tenic and others and we are also on the name of the other

So I hope you understood and if you understood anything you would like to read in the comments

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Civilization: The UK – Definition |👩‍🏫 شرح درس 💯✅️”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: ireland, britain, kingdom, wales, northern. This video has 89 sentences and 1027 words to shadow. The speech runs for 11:22. The speaker talks slowly, about 90 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 92% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
continent noun	/ˈkɑntɪnənt/	One of the main contiguous landmasses, separated by water or geological features, on the surface of a planet, sometimes including its continental shelves and…
refer verb	/ɹɪˈfɜː/	To direct the attention of (someone toward something).
aisle noun	/aɪ̯l/	A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.
topic noun	/ˈtɑpɪk/	A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest.
meanwhile adverb	/ˈmiːnwaɪl/	During the time that something is happening, often specifically in a different place.
exception noun	/əkˈsɛpʃən/	The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
succeed verb	/səkˈsiːd/	To follow something in sequence or time.
asset noun	/ˈæsɛt/	A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows.
situated adjective	/ˈsɪt͡ʃueɪtɪd/	Located in a specific place.
colony noun	/ˈkɔl.ə.ni/	A geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area.
reminder noun	/ɹɪˈmaɪndə(ɹ)/	Someone or something that reminds.
purely adverb	/ˈpjʊɹli/	Wholly; really, completely.
civilization noun	/ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/	An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical…
whale noun	/ˈweɪl/	Any large cetacean, usually with the exclusion of dolphins and porpoises.
geographic adjective	/d͡ʒiəˈɡɹæfɪk/	Pertaining to geography (or to geographics).

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is situated · are called · is made
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	have known · have been · have told
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	topic which is · Isles which are

Pronunciation to watch

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: exception /əkˈsɛpʃən/, civilization /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like continent, refer, aisle.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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