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1、.ChapterOneBritishSectionone:thecountryanditspeople1.nameandposition:name:TheUnitedkingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland(U.K)position：TothewestandofftheEuropeanContinent,containingtheGreatBritainandthenorthernpartofIreland.Territoryproportion:approximately240

2、,000squarekm.Population:62.262millionThreepoliticalparts:England,WalesandScotlandEngland(capitalcity:London):thebiggest,themostdevelopedaswellasthemostpopulatedcountryintheU.K(capitalcity:London)Scotland(capitalcity:Edinburgh):Wales:smallestpartIreland:HenryVII

3、IwasthefirstkingtobringIrelandundercontrol;gainitsindependencein1927.2.GeographicFeatures:..NortheasttotheEuropeanContinentandeasttotheAtlantic,toitsnortheastisachannelcalledEnglishChannelbetweentheU.KandFrance.Neighboringcountrythatshareborder:IrelandonlyBrita

4、inisanislandcountry,morethan1,000kilometresfromsouthtonorthand500kilometresformeasttowest.HighLandzone：innorthandwestLowLandzone:inthesouthandeast(includingLondon).3.EnglishTunnelFinishedin1994,wasbuildupbyprivatecompaniesfromU.KandFrance.4.ClimateandWeather:Cl

5、imate:maritimeclimate.Maincharacter:abundantandevenlydistributedrainfall.AutumnistherainiestseasonInfluentialfactors:NorthAtlanticDrift(warm)Southwesterlywind(warmandwet...winter)Weather:changeable5.inlandwater:Longestriver:SevernRiverMostimportantandsecondlong

6、estriver:ThamesRiverLakes:intheLakeDistrict6.Peopleandlanguages:Mainpeoples:CeltsandAnglo-SaxonsLanguages:Englishisoverwhelming,somepeopleinspeaksGelticLanguage7.Religion:ThemajorityoftheBritishpeoplebelieveChristianity.Religiouseducationandcollectiveworshipare

7、requiredbyBritishlaw.8.nationalflag:TheUnionJackorUnionFlag..Sectiontwo:theBritishGovernment1.Politicalsystem：ConstitutionalMonarchyDefinition:itmeanstheheadofstateismonarchwithlimitedpowers.Themonarchreigns(统治),butdoesnotrule（统制）2.GovernmentComponent:Centralgo

8、vernment:consistsofMonarch,ParliamentandCabinetLocalgovernments3.StructureoftheBritishgovernment:Thehead----monarchLegislatureinstitution:Parliament(consistsHouseofCommonsan