This book is a great resource of 17 different topics for conversation which usually may occur at Matura Exams for foreign language learners. Contents The Slovak Republic Bratislava The Slovak System of Government The Slovak System of Education Traditions. Holidays and Feastdays Science and Technology The Country Environmental Weather, Time Food Health Character Description Clothes and Fashion Sports and Games Travelling Cultural Life in Our Town Music and the Fine Arts Bibliography. | Contents The Slovak Republic . 5 Bratislava . 9 The Slovak System of Government . 13 The Slovak System of Education . 17 Traditions Holidays and Feastdays . 22 Science and Technology . 27 The Country . 33 Environmental Protection . 38 Weather Time. 42 Food . 47 Health . 52 Character Description . 58 Clothes and Fashion . 64 Sports and Games . 69 Travelling . 73 Cultural Life in Our Town . 77 Music and the Fine Arts . 82 Bibliography . 87 3 The Slovak Republic The Slovak Republic has entered the history as a new country on January 1 1993. It is located in Central Europe. Its area is 49 036 sq km and the number of population is 5 356 207 people on 31 December 1994 . In the vicinity of the historical town of Kremnica at the top of the Krahule hill there is the geographical centre of Europe. The landscape of Slovakia is characterised by great difference in height. The lowest lying place is the town of Streda nad Bodrogom 95 m above sea level in eastern Slovakia the highest point being the Gerlach Peak 2 655 m above sea level in the High Tatra mountains. In northern and central Slovakia the countryside is hilly - covered with the Carpathian mountain range. In the south the Danube and East Slovakia Plains form important agricultural areas. The Danube creates a waterway which connects Slovakia with the Black Sea ports and through the Rhein - Main - Danube canal also with the ports of western Europe. The climate is mild the warmest areas being in the South Slovakian and East Slovakian Plains. The Slovak Republic is an industrial as well as agricultural country. The greatest percentage is represented by the chemical engineering and metallurgy industries. The food industry is mainly based on the production of local agricultural co-operativcs and farms. As for the population make-up per cent of the total are Slovaks the rest consisting of the Hungarian. Czech Ruthenian Ukrainian German Polish and Romany national minorities. From the historical point of view the territory
