英国国家概况.ppt

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1、AnIntroductiontotheGeographyofGreatBritainThelandThenameofthecountryTheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland（大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国）TheUnitedKingdomU.K.GreatBritainBritainNationalflagofUK---theUnionJackTheLocationLondonEdinburghCardiffBelfastriverstheThamesRiver泰晤士河PastoralsceneinLakeDistrictDove

2、CottagewasthehomeofWilliamWordsworth(1770-1850),oneoftheearliestandperhapsgreatest,oftheEnglishRomanticpoets.TendingsheepinCumbriaThePeoplepopulationdistribution人口分布：Britainhasapopulationofabout58millionsanditisveryunevenlydistributed.90%ofthepopulationisurbanandonly10%isrural.英国人口约580万，分布极不均匀，90

3、%是城市人口，只有10%是农村人口。America'spopulationNowweare300,000,000Oct12th2006

4、HOUSTONFromTheEconomistprinteditionthePeopletheEnglish英格兰人theScottish苏格兰人theWelsh威尔士人theIrish爱尔兰人TheancestorsoftheEnglishareAnglo-Saxons.ThepopulationofBritainismadeupmainlyoftheEnglish(81.5%),theScottish(9.6%),theWelsh(1.9%),th

5、eIrish(2.4%),theNorthernIrish(1.8%)andotherpeoples(2.8%).ThemajorlanguagesspokeninBrain:EnglishGaelic盖尔语Welsh威尔士语MajorperiodsinthehistoryofEnglish:OldEnglishMiddleEnglishModernEnglishManyofthemostbasictermsintheEnglishlanguageoriginatefromoldEnglish.Forexample,mannmancildchildThedifferenceinchara

6、cter个性差别：TheWelshareemotionalandcheerfulpeople.Theyaremusicloversandareproudoftheirpast.威尔士人感情丰富，情绪高涨，热爱音乐，为过去感到自豪。TheScotsaresaidtobeaserious,cautiousandthriftypeople,andtheyarealsohospitable,generousandfriendly.苏格兰人通常被认为严肃、谨慎而且节俭，但是他们同样也热情、大方且友好。TheIrisharefullofcharmandvivacity.爱尔兰人充满魅力，生性活泼。P

7、rincipalCities(主要城市)LondonEdinburghCardiffBelfastbackBuckinghamPalaceWestminsterAbbey(西敏寺)BritishMuseum大英博物馆BritishLibrary'sReadingRoom伦敦塔桥(LondonTowerBridge)London大本钟MadameTussaud's;LondonWaxMuseum伦敦蜡像馆ChinaTownbackEdinburghBACKCardiffxalbertclockBACKBelfastBACKThankyou.