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Téma hodiny The Czech Republic

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Materiál slouží k procvičení tématu The Czech Republic. V první části hodinysi studenti za pomoci prezentace oživí fakta, v druhé části odpovídají na otázky.

The Czech Republic

- A member of the United Nations (UN)- A member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) – since 1999

- A member of European Union (EU) – since 2004- participates in the Visegrad Group and the Central European Initiative (CEI)

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- A landlocked country in central Europe

- Surrounded by 4 countries (see the map)- 3 regions – Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia

Area: 78,866 sq km, distance E-W 490km, N-S 280km

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Government – RepublicHead of state – The President

Head of Government – Prime MinisterThe Czech republic adopted a new constitution, creating a parliamentary democracy in 1993.

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Czech lion with a double tail first time appeared in the 13th century.

Political Parties

• The centre left Czech Democratic Party (ČSSD)• The centrist liberal political movement (ANO)• The centre-right Party (TOP 09)• The centre-right Civic Democratic Party (ODS)• The centrist Christian Democratic Union – Czech

People´s Party (KDU-ČSL)• The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia

(KSČM)• The Green Party (SZ)• others

Anthem – Kde domov můj by František Škroup and Josef Kajetán Tyl (first perfomed in 1834) –since 1918 together with the Slovak Anthem, since 1992 without the Slovak part

Official Language – CzechEthnic groups – Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, others

Population -10.5 mil. peopleCurrency – Czech Crown - CZK

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Two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red with a blue isosceles triangle on the left side- Adopted 1920, thenagain 1993

The Capital – Prague – the largest city- population 1,2 mil.- on The Vltava River

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Václav Havel- the ninth and last president of Czechoslovakia 1989-1992- the first president of the Czech republic 1993-2003- playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and politician

- the founder of the VIZE 97 Foundation - one of the signatories of the Charter 77 manifesto

- wives (Olga Šplíchalová, Dagmar Veškrnová)

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Places of interest

Říp Mountain - 459 m solitary hill rising up from the central Bohemian flatland where, accordingto legend, the first Czechs settled

- located 20 km south-east of Litoměřice- geologically, Říp is the erosional remnant of a volcano

- the place where the first Slavs, led by Praotec Čech, settled. The land was named after the leader.

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Sněžka (in Krkonoše mountains)- a mountain on the border between the Czech republic andPoland

-1,602 m high- the highest natural point in the Czech republic

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Šumava – The Bohemian Forest – a low mountain range in Central Europe- geographically the mountains extend from South Bohemia in the Czech Rep. to Austria and

Bavaria in Germany- create a natural border between the Czech rep. and Germany and Austria

- the Bohemian and German sides have different names: in Czech, the Bohemian side is calledŠumava and the Bavarian side Rear Bavarian Forest, while in German, the Bohemian side is called

Böhmerwald (Bohemian Forest), and the Bavarian side Bayerischer Wald (Bavarian Forest).

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Brno – in the southeastern Czech republic

- the second largest city in the Czech rep. (the largest city in Moravia)- founded in the 9th century

- on the Svitava and Svratka rivers confluence- the centre of Czech wool manufacturing

- the capital of Judicial authority of the Czech Republic – it is the seat of the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, the SupremeAdministrative Court, and the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office.

- the seat of a number of state authorities like Ombudsman- most visited sights – castle Špilberk and the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul

- many museums, theatres and other cultural institutions- a university city with about 90,000 students

- a number of festivals and other cultural events

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Ostrava – a centre of metallurgical industry- one of the most polluted cities (the last underground mine was closed down shortly after the

Velvet revolution 1989) – mining museum opened in 1990- some of the largest industrial companies still lie there

- VŠB– Technical University of Ostrava- 4 theatres

- has teams in the 4 major Czech Rep. professional sports leagues – football, ice- hockey, basketball, floorball

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Hluboká nad Vltavou– a favourite town of Charles IV.- the best known for its Windsor style chateau- the original royal castle of Přemysl Otakar II.

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Svatý Kopeček – magnificent baroque church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary- overlooks the Olomouc city

- John Paul II visited it and promoted the church to Minor BasilicaOlomouc – located on the Morava River

- historical capital city of Moravia- the Palacký University of Olomouc – the oldest in Moravia the second oldest in The Czech Rep. –

founded in 1573

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Plzeň – famous for its breweries – known worldwide for Pilsner beer- the 4th most populous city in the Czech rep.

- located about 90 km west of Prague at the cofluence of 4 rivers (the Radbuza, the Mže, theÚhlava, The Úslava – which form the Berounka River

- The University of West Bohemia in Plzeň is well known for its School of Law, School ofmechanical Engineering, and School of Applied Science

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Nuclear power presently provides about 30 percent of the total power needs.The largest Czech power resource is Temelín Nuclear Power Station.

In the photograph: Nuclear power Plant Dukovany

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34 % of the country – forested4 Czech national parks

the coldest month – Januarythe warmest month - July

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The Czech republic has a rich tradition in visual arts, literature and music- most towns have a theatre, where people can see excellent opera, ballet performances and

music concertsFamous writers – Franz Kafka, Jaroslav Seifert Bohumil Hraba, Ota Pavel….., contemporary –

Michal Viewegh, Kateřina Tučková…..Famous composers – Leoš Janáček, Antonín Dvořák, Bedřich Smetana, Karel Svoboda….

Famous artists – Alfons Mucha, Mikoláš Aleš, František Kupka, contemporary – David Černý (Entropa)

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Sports – the most popular – ice-hockey, football, tennis, sport shooting(The Czech ice hockey team – the gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics)

Famous sportsmen: Věra Čáslavská, Jaromír Jágr, Ivan Lendl, Emil Zátopek, Dana Zátopková, Pavel Nedvěd, Petr Čech……

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A Czech diet usually consists of a lot of meat such as pork, beef, poultry, and a lot of organ meats like liver, kidneys and brains, also tongue. The meat is frequently prepared with gravy and then eaten with dumplings, cabbage, potatoes, rice or pasta. Czechs also really enjoy their sweets

such as fruit dumplings, buchty (buns filled with jam or chocolate/pudding), koláče (small poppy seed cakes), and apple strudel.

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Try to answer following questions:

• Which organizations is the Czech republic member of?• How can you devide the Czech republic?• Can you name some political parties in the Czech republic?• Describe the Czech flag.• What is the population of the Czech republic and Prague?• What is the name of the first president of the Czech

republic? What do you know about him?• Name two places of interest and say a few facts about

them.• Name some famous Czechs and speak about them.• What is popular drink in the Czech republic?• What are favourite meals?

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