The United Kingdom（Period 6 Reading and Writing）
4.it’s celebrated on february 14th.(valentine’s day) 5.this solemn day is the friday before easter.(good friday) 6.it’s celebrated on the first sunday, after the first full moon, after march 21st.(easter sunday) 7.this festival is held on april 1st.(april fools day) 8.this is a bank holiday held on may 1st.(may day) 9.this holiday used to be held 50 days after easter but now it is held the last weekend of may.(whitsun) 10.this celebration is held the second saturday in june.(trooping of the colour) 11.it’s celebrated on october 31st.(halloween) 12.it’s celebrated on november 5th.(bonfire night) 13.this anniversary is held on november 11th or the next sunday.(remembrance sunday) 14.it’s celebrated on december 25th.(christmas) 15.this holiday is held on december 26th.(boxing day)politics of the united kingdom the united kingdom is a constitutional monarchy, with executive power exercised by a government headed by the prime minister and the other ministers of state who form the cabinet.the cabinet is theoretically a subcommittee of the privy council, the ancient council that officially advises the monarch.executive power is vested in the monarch, who serves as head of state, but in reality her (his) majesty’s government is answerable and accountable to the house of commons, the lower and only directly elected house in britain’s bicameral parliament. by constitutional convention, ministers of state are chosen largely from among members of the commons with a small number chosen from the mainly appointed upper house, the house of lords.ministers of state are automatically appointed to the privy council and have the ability to exercise to both prerogative and legislative powers.the prime minister is usually the leader of the largest party in the house of commons and is commissioned by the monarch to form a government based on his or her ability to command the support of the commons.the current prime minister is tony blair of the labour party, who has been in office since 1997.
教學(xué)資源，完全免費，無須注冊，天天更新！" type="#_x0000_t75">the british system of government has been emulated around the world because of the united kingdom’s colonial legacy.nations that follow british-style parliamentarism, with an executive chosen from, and (theoretically) answerable to the legislature, are said to operate under the westminster system of governance. the current monarch is queen elizabeth ⅱ who acceded to the throne in 1952 and was crowned in 1953.in the modern united kingdom, the monarch’s role is mainly, though not exclusively, ceremonial.her majesty has access to all cabinet papers and is briefed weekly by the prime minister.constitutional writer walter bagehot asserted that the monarch had three rights: to be consulted, to advise and to warn.these rights are exercised rarely but have proved important at key times—such as when there is a“hungparliament”.each year, normally in november, on the occasion of the state opening of parliament, the monarch officially opens parliament, and makes a speech announcing what the government plans to do during the next year.