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1、Unit1ABriefIntroductionoftheUKMajorpointsAcomplicatedcountrywithacomplicatednameandcomplicatedpopulationmake-upTheimperialpastanditseffectsontoday’sUKItsclassandraceItsregionsPartIWarm-upquestions1.Whatarethe4constituentcountriesintheU.K.?England,Scotland,Wa
2、les,andNorthernIreland2.Aloose(andvoluntary)organizationexistsamongthecountriesthatusedtobepartoftheBritishEmpire.Whatistheorganizationcalled?CommonwealthofNations3.WhendidtheU.K.becomeamemberoftheEuropeanUnion?TheUKhasbeenamemberoftheEUsince19734.Whatistheo
3、rganizationG7?IstheU.K.itsmember?ItisamemberoftheGroupofSeven(theUnitedStates,Britain,Germany,France,Japan,ItalyandCanada)GroupofSeven(G7)Aninternationalorganizationofficiallyestablishedin1985tofacilitateeconomiccooperationamongtheworld’slargestindustrialnat
4、ions.TheleadersofG7nationsmeetannuallyinmembercountries.G8,consistingoftheG7nationsplusRussia,wasofficiallyestablishedin1998.G20in1999.RegionsoftheUKEnglandWalesScotlandNorthernIrelandOfficialname:theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.Thedefinitio
5、noftheUK.,GreatBritain&England.England,Scotland,WalesNorthernIreland.GreatBritainIrelandhundredsofsmallones.TheUKGreatBritainTheBritishIsles:1.AcomplicatedcountrywithacomplicatednameTwolargeislandsseveralsmallonestwostatesTheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNor
6、thernIreland.England,WalesScotlandBritishIslestheUKGreatBritainEnglandUKBritishIslesGreatBritainQ:TheislandofGreatBritainismadeupofEngland,Scotland,WalesandNorthernIreland.TrueorFalse?False.BecauseNorthernIrelandisontheneighboringislandofIreland.NationalEmbl
7、em“UnionJack”---NationalFlagTheUKflagconsistsofthreeelements:thecrossofSt.George(redonwhite)forEngland,thecrossofSt.Andrew(whitediagonalonblue)forScotland,andthecrossofSt.Patrick(reddiagonalonwhite)forIreland.---Nationalanthem：“Godsavethequeen”（如在位的是男性君主，国歌改
8、为“Godsavetheking”）---Nationalflower：Rose---Nationalbird：红胸鸽(redbreast/robin)Theimperialpastanditseffectsontoday’sUKItwasaproductoftheAgeofDiscovery,whichbeganwiththemaritimeexplorationsofthe15th
