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1、AGUIDETOENGLISH-SPEAKINGCOUNTRIESWhenEnglishjumpstolife,itdisplaysastartingquality.Nowadays,theconnectionsamongcountriesareincreasingfrequently,Englishisbecomingmoresignificant.Afterlearningthiscourse,IknowmoreaboutsomeEnglish-speakingcountries,likeCanada,AustraliaandNewZealand,especiallytheUKand
2、America.Britain,thewholeistheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland,inancientBritainisknownasthe"daynotfall",includesEngland,Scotland,WalesandNorthernIreland.EnglandisthelargestpartofGreatBritain.TherearemanyriversinGreatBritain.AmongthemostimportantriversistheThames,whichflowsintotheNorth
3、Sea.Itslengthis336kmanditisthedeepestriveinBritain.ItisnavigableasfarasthecapitalofGreatBritain–London.ThelongestriverinBritainistheSevern.Itslengthis354km.LondonisalsocalledfoggyLondonastheclimateofBritainisclassifiedastemperate,withwarmsummer,coolwintersandplentifulprecipitationthroughouttheyea
4、r.Britainalsohasalonghistory.TheearliestsettersincludeIberians(3000BC),theBeakerfolkandCelts.Buttherecordedhistorydatesfrom55BC,whenJuliusCaesarandhisromantroopsinvadedtheisland.Andthenthroughthemedievalperiod,theindustrialrevolution,thecolonialexpansion,andtheWorldWarII,thehistoryhasbeeninthepre
5、sentday.Britainisaparliamentarydemocracywithaconstitutionalmonarchy.AlthoughtheQueenistheheadofstate,theirpowerislargelysymbolic.ThegovernmentiselectedbypeopleandgovernsaccordingtoBritishconstitutionalprinciples,andthatelectionisheldeveryfiveyears.However,parliamentisthelaw-makingbodyofBritain.St
6、rictlyspeaking,itconsistsoftheCrown,theHouseofLordsandtheHouseofCommons.TheHouseofCommonsiselectedbyuniversaladultsuffrageandconsistsof651MembersofParliament.ItisintheHouseofCommonsthattheultimateauthority.Britainisdivided651constituencies.EachoftheconstituenciesreturnsonemembertotheHouseofCommon
7、s.AgeneralElectionmustbeheldeveryfiveyearsandisoftenheldatmorefrequentintervals.Britainhasanumberofparties,butthereareonlytwomajorparties.ThesetwopartiesaretheConservativePartyandtheLaborParty.Since1945,eithertheConser
