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yournameABriefIntroductiontotheUnitedKingdomWeek1Aug,2011yourname•Thefullnameofthecountry:theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland•TheUKincludes4partswithintheonenation-state•TheislandofGreatBritainismadeofEngland,ScotlandandWales,andNorthernIsland,aprovinceontheneighboringislandofIreland.GeneralPictureofUKyournameyournameyourname“acomplicatedcountrywithacomplicatedname”•imperialpast•“theempireonwhichthesunneversets”•UKisnolongeranimperialcountryyournameTheCommonwealthofNations•anorganizationthroughwhichthefiftyormorecountrieswhichusedtobeapartofthatempireandmaintainlinks.•Immigration:non-Europeanethnicity•fromsomeofthoseCommonwealthcountrieslikeIndiaorPakistan,andthecountriesofCaribbean.yourname•AmemberoftheEuropeanUnion;•AmemberoftheGroupofEightlargedevelopedeconomies(“G8”)八国集团首脑会议(G8Summit)由西方七国首脑会议演变而来，与会八国也被称为八国集团。八国是指美国、英国、法国、德国、意大利、加拿大、日本和俄罗斯。•Amulticulturalsociety:Christians,Muslims.yourname•Britainhistoryhasbeenahistoryofinvasions:Celtic(750B.C.)RomanEmpire:(55B.C.–410):EnglandandWalesGermanic(410—871):theAngles,theJutesandtheSaxonyournameRaidersfromScandinavia,theferociousVikingsNormans:fromnorthernFrance,whoweredescendantsofVikings.ThenextfewhundredyearsfollowingtheNormaninvasioncanbeseenasaprocessofjoiningtogetherthevariouspartsoftheBritishIslesunderEnglishrule.yournameEnglandyourname•Physicallythelargestofthefournations;byfarthelargestpopulation•CulturalandeconomicdominanceyournameLondon•dominantinallsortsofway•Theseatofgovernment;•Culturalcenter•Businesscenter•FinancialcenteryournameBuckinghamPalaceyournameTrafalgarSquareyournameWestminsteryournameyournameyournameLondonToweryournameyournameyournameScotlandyourname•Themostconfidentofitsownidentity•Thesecondlargestofthefournations,bothinpopulationandingeographicalarea•TheHighlandsinthenorthandtheSouthernUplands•ThelargestcityisGlasgow,thecapitalcityisEdinburghyourname•In1707,byagreementoftheEnglishandScottishparliaments,ScotlandjoinedtheUnion.•Thenfollowedtworebellionsin1715and1745yournameyournameyournameyournameyournameyournameyournameyournameyournameyournameyournamekiltyournameBagpipesyournameBagpipesyournameyournameWalesyourname•ThecapitalisCardiff•ThissouthernareawasanimportantelementinBritain’sindustrialrevolution,asithadrichcoaldeposits.•ItisveryclosetothemostdenselypopulatedpartsofcentralEngland.yourname•WaleshasbeendominatedbyEnglandforlongerthantheothernationsoftheunion.•Italsoretainsitsownlanguage,Welsh,aCeltictonguecompletelydifferentfromEnglish.•In1536,Waleswasbroughtlegally,administratively,andpoliticallyintotheUKbyanactoftheBritishparliament.yourname