SOUTH AFRICA
CELIA DÍEZ:
Hello, she is Daniela Coloma and I am Celia Díez. Today we are going
to talk about one of the of the world’s English speaking countries: South
Africa.
Its continent is Africa.
Although Pretoria is considered to be the capital of South Africa, the
country actually has three capitals: Pretoria
(administrative capital), Cape Town (legislative capital) and
Bloemfontein (judicial capital).
Some of the most important and famous cities of South Africa, apart
from the capital cities, are Johannesburg, Durban, Kimberley, Port Elizabeth,
Nelspruit and Polokwane.
The design of South Africa´s flag has a black triangle surrounded by
different color stripes. There are some colored horizontal lines.
Actually, the population is around 57, 172 million people.
The currency of South Africa is the rand. The notes have a photgraph of
Nelson Mandela and on the other side they have South African animals. The coins
have animals and plants. A South African
rand is equal to 7 Spanish cents.
The highest mountain of this country is Thabana Ntlenyana with 3482
metres. Then, Makheka and Thaba Putsoa with 3463 and 3455 metres high.
The main rivers are Orange River, Tugela River and Vaal River. If you
add up all their lengths the result will be 3840 kilometres.
DANIELA COLOMA:
The is a big variety of animals in South Africa, but the most common
ones are elephants, buffalos, zebras, lions and cheetahs.
The most famous places of this country are the Drakensberg, the Table
Mountain, the Kruger National Park and the Robben Island.
Some of the most visited monument are Voortrekker, the Afrikaans
Language Monument, the Women's Monument and Nelson Mandela Monument.
Cricket, Soccer and Rugby. These sports are the three most practiced
ones in South Africa.
The most heard music by South Africans are Afrikaans, Kwela, Reggae,
Jazz and Zulu.
The people who live there love meat, but the typical meals are the
Bobotie, the Bunny Chow and the Chakalaka. Bobotie consists of spieced minced
meat, decorated with an egg. Bunny Chow is a bread stuffed with curry inside.
And Chakalaka consists of a spicy dish with carrot, tomato, pepper, etc.
Some of the most famous people of South Africa are Charlize Theron,
an actual well known actress; Miriam Makeba, who was a popular singer and
Sharlto Copley, an actor and film director. But the most famous person in this
country was Nelson Mandela, who won a Nobel Prize because of his work of making
a peaceful world.
With this examples of popular South African people, we finish our
section. Let’s go with (next country).
POWERPOINT
La Catedral de Ulm es la principal catedral luteeana de la
Ciudad de Ulm, situada en Alemania (se dice que es catedral, pero nunca ha
residido un obispo allí). Es de estilo gótico. Su construcción comenzó en el
año 1377 y fue terminada en el año 1890. Es la iglesia más alta del mundo con
una aguja de 161,53 m de altura.
La planta de esta catedral tiene 123,46 m de largo, por
48,8 m de ancho; la superficie total es de 8.260 metros cuadrados.
