英国概况unit 1

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1、英美文化与国家概况BritishandAmericanStudies(BritishPart)UnitOne大学英语第一教研室余非编2013年2月8Unit1TheCountryandthePeopleContents:1.GeographicFeatures2.PeopleandReligion3.OfficialandLocalLanguages------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1.GeographicFeatures1.

2、1Component（组成部分）²TothewestandofftheEuropeanContinent,severalthousandofislandsexistontheContinentalShelf.TheyaregenerallycalledtheBritishIsles（不列颠群岛）.²Ofalltheseisles,thelargestoneiscalledGreatBritain（大不列颠；英国）.Forthesakeofconvenience,GreatBritainisoftenshortentoBritain.²TheislandofGreatBritainrunsnea

3、rly1,000kilometersfromsouthtonorth.Itextends,atthewidestpart,about500kilometersfromwesttoeast.²StilltothewestofGreatBritainisIreland,thesecondlargestisland.Itispoliticallydividedintotwoparts,theRepublicofIrelandandNorthernIreland.²TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland(大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国)ismade

4、upofGreatBritain,NorthernIrelandandanumberofsmallerislandsaroundthem.ThetotalareaofU.K.isover245,000squarekilometers.Itstotalpopulationisabout60.94million(2008)vTraditionally,GreatBritainisdividedintothreecountriesorpoliticalregions:²Englandinthesouth²Scotlandinthenorth²Walesinthesouthwest.vEngland:

5、²Thelargestareaofallthethree²Itsarea:almost60%ofthewholeisland8²Itspopulation:over50million.²TheimportanceofEnglandissogreatinBritainthatsomeforeignersjustsay“England”whentheymeanBritain,andtheysaythe“Englishpeople”whentheymeantheBritishpeople.vScotland:²Thesecondlargestbothinareaandpopulation²Itsar

6、ea:about78,760squarekilometers²Itspopulation:morethan5million.vWales²Thesmallestofthethreebothinareaandpopulation²Itsarea:about20,700squarekilometers²Itspopulation:about2.7million.vNorthernIreland²Itsarea:about14,000squarekilometers²Itspopulation:about1.5million.vSupplement1¨Ireland²Irelandwasaninde

7、pendentkingdombeforetheAnglo-Norman（盎格鲁-诺曼语的）invaderscame.HenryVIII（亨利八世）wasthefirstEnglishkingtoconquerIrelandandforceEnglishlawontheIrishpeople.Soonaftertheconquest,largenumbersofScottishimmigrantsc