Примерное высказывание по билету № 15 "Королева и парламент" для учащихся 5-х классов

Примерное высказывание по билету № 15 "Королева и парламент" 

для учащихся 5-х классов  

  Card 15  

Give a talk on the Queen and the Parliament of the UK. 

Remember to say: 

 - who the Head of State in Britain is  

- what the Queen does 

 -  who the real power in Britain belongs to 

 - what you know about the British Parliament   

I'd like to give a talk on the Queen and the Parliament of the UK. 

I should say that it's difficult to understand  the British way of ruling the country. In Britain the Queen is the Head of State, but in fact she doesn't rule the country as she has no power.The Queen is the symbol of the country, its history and its traditions.  

The Queen travels about the United Kingdom, meets different people and visits schools, hospitals and other special places. So do all the members of the Royal Family: the Queen's husband, her son Prince Charles, the Queen's daughter Princess Anne and Princess Margaret, the Queen's sister.  The Queen of Great Britain is also the Head of the Commonwealth and the Queen of Canada, Australia and New Zealand. 

But the real power in in the country belongs to the British Parliament and to the British Government. The British Parliament has two houses: the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The House of Lords doesn't have much power but it is very important as it can discuss and change laws, it can delay laws, too. The House of Commons makes laws about the policy of the country, taxes and many other things. The members of the House of Lords are not elected, they are selected. These members are permanent. They are often aristocrats, people of the church, lawyers and former politicians or life peers. The members of the House of Commons are elected. The British people elect 650 members of the House of Commons every five years. 

That's all I wanted to say. Thank you for listening.