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ThecultureofMajorEnglish-speakingCountriesSectionALand•TheUK•TheUSTheUKQuestions:whatistheofficialnameofthiscountry?Whatarethegeographicfeaturesofthecountry?TextATheLandofTheUK•Afterthefirstparagraph,thequestions:•1.itslocation,areaandcomponents.•2.itsgeographicfeatures:surroundedby…,•3.itsclimate•4.itspopulation•5.language,religionandclassstucture•6.capitalSummer•英国地处西半球大西洋东岸,是北温带海洋性气候,其夏季是温馨宜人的季节,人们常常用“美好”、“可爱”、“温和”来形容它。因此莎士比亚在他的一首十四行诗中把爱人比作夏天,“ShallIcomparetheetoasummers'day?CommonwealthofNations/BritishCommonwealth英联邦•TheCommonwealthiscomposedoftheUKanditspreviouscoloniesandthedependentcountries.itincludes54countriesnow.Canada,Australia,Neazealand,SouthAfrica,Malaysia,Singapore•theheadistheEnglishqueen•PiratesoftheCaribbeanWestminsterChurchSt.Paul'sCathedraldifferentlifestyle•在英国，“upperclass”很多都有两名servants、一艘游艇yacht；middleclass大多在法国或西班牙海滨拥有第二处房产；与此相反，工薪阶层workingclass的日子过得有点“抠门”；而领取救济金alms的穷人则住在伦敦东区和南区由政府建造的简易高楼里。•上流社会：300万英镑是门槛BritishMuseumtheTateGalleryThefourpartsoftheUK•Questions:•WhichpartoccupiesmostoftheislandofGreatBritain?•Whichnationhasthestrongestnationalidentity?England•Thelargestandmostpopulousconstituentpart•Inhabitantsaccountformorethan82%ofthetotalpopulationoftheUK•Regionalandculturaldifferences•Highlyurbanized,bigcities•whyforeignerswouldcalltheUKasEngland•thecharacterofEnglishpeopleScotland•second,themostruggedpart.geography(lowland,highland)•Capitalcity,Glasgow,AberdeenDundee•locallanguages,thetipicalScottishgarment•thecharacterofScottishWalesitismountainous,coastlineconsistsofbays,beaches,peninsulasandcliff,CardiffWelshretainapowerfulsenseofdifferencefromEngland.thedistinctionbetweenthenorthandthesouthofWalesthecharacterofWelsh.NorthernIreland•itsgeographicfeatures•whatisitquitefamousfor?•itslanguagesNorthernIrelandHomework•1.regionalandculturaldifferencesexistbetweenthenorthandthesouthofEngland.whatarethey?•2.regionalandculturaldifferencesexistbetweenthelowlandandhighlandofScotand.whatarethey?•3.NorthernIrelandisfamousforitspoliticalproblem,why?TheUS•TheLandoftheUnitedStatestwoquestions:1.whatisthecommonabbreviationforthiscountry?2.Whyisthecountrydescribedasameltingpot?TheLandoftheUnitedStates•itslocation,areaandadmistrativestates•itsclimatethereasonforthenameofmeltingpot•thecapitalcityandthelargestcity.thereasonforthenameofmeltingpot•large-scaleimmigration;thewhitesarethelargestracialgroup,AfricanAmericansthelargestracialminority,AsianAmericansrankthesecondlargest.HispanicAmericanisamajortrend.thereisracialdiscrimination.Washington,D.C.•allbranchesoftheAmericanfederalsystemareheadquarteredinit.theCongress,theSupremeCourt,theofficeofthePresident.theCongresstheWhiteHousetheSupremeCourtPhysicalRegionsoftheUnitedStates•thepacificcoast•theintermountainregion•therockymountains•theinteriorplains•theAppalachianMountains•theCanadianShield•theCoastalPlains•theHawaiianIslandsthePacificCoast/theIntermountainRegion•highmountainrangesstretchingfromAlaskatoMexicoalongthePacificOcean.Seattle,SanFrancisco,LosAngels•eastofthecoast,highplateaus,deepcanyons,desert.theGrandCanyonandtheGreatSaltLake.SaltLakeCity,PhoenixtheGreatCanyonTheRockyMountains/theInteriorPlains•thewesternpartoftheInteriorPlainsiscalledtheGreatPlains,theeasternpartiscalledtheCentralPlains•cities:Chicago,St.Louis,DallasTheLandofCanada•itslocation,havingthelongestcoastlineintheworld,itsareaandrank.•itsphysicalgeographies:mountains,forest,oceans,riversandprairies•lakesTheLandofCanadaadministrativedivision:tenprovincesandthreeterritories(theYukon,theNorthwestTerritoriesandNunavut;fiveregions:thenorth,thewest,theprairies,centralCanadaandtheAtlanticRegionBritishColumbia(BC)•thewestern-mostprovince,threemountainrangesrunningthroughit,theRockies,LakeLouiseisthemostfamousimageoftheCanadianlandscape•theprairies(Alberta,SaskatchewanandManitoba),suitableforfarmingandrichinenergyresources.LakeLouiseTheCentralCanada•theindustrialheartland,themostdenselypopulatedprovinces.•capitalcity(Ottawa),thelargestcity(Toronto)thesecondlargestcity(Montreal)theworld'smostfamouswaterfallsTheHorseshoeFallTheNiagaraFalltheAtlanticprovinces•knownastheMaritimes,famousfortourism,smallinpopulationandlargelyreliesonthefishingindustry.TheClimate•Winterisharsh,execeptBC.•thepopulationdensity:total:30.6million,3.5/perkm,thelowestintheworld.WhyHasitTheBestLivingStandards•beautifulenvironment,richnaturalresources,advancededucation,highdevelopmentinhealthcareandsocialwelfare.TheLandofAustralia•itslocation•the6thlargestcountryintheworld,theworld'slargestisland,theworld'ssmallestcontinent.•componentsthemainland,islandofTasmaniaandanumberofotherislands.SixStatesandTwoMajorTerritories•NewSouthWales,Victoria,Queensland,SouthAustralia,WesternAustraliaandTasmania.•AustralianCapitalTerritory;theNorthernTerritory•CanderraThreeTopographicalRegions•theGreatWesternPlateau,theCentralEasternLowlands,theeastHighlands•thedriestinhabitedcontinent,thelargestpartofAustraliaisdesertorsemi-aridareaTheLandofNewzealand•itslocation:betweenequatorandtheSouthPole.alarge,longgroupofislands.separated