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CollegeofForeignLanguages,HainanNormalUniversityAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesChapter1GeographyandPeople1stWeek,2014CollegeofForeignLanguages,HainanNormalUniversityAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesMarch29,20202NameOfficialNameTheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国Shortened/abbreviatedformsTheUnitedKingdomorTheU.K.NicknameJohnBull约翰牛Why?CollegeofForeignLanguages,HainanNormalUniversityAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesMarch29,202033(GREAT)BRITAIN(大)不列颠岛ENGLAND英格兰GeographicalNamesBRITISHISLES不列颠群岛TheUnitedKingdomCollegeofForeignLanguages,HainanNormalUniversityAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesMarch29,202044Location★Howtodescribeitsposition?CollegeofForeignLanguages,HainanNormalUniversityAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesMarch29,20205Sep20095广西236,000km2广东180,000km2+海南34,000km2AREA:243,000km2Nopartismorethan120kmfromthesea.CollegeofForeignLanguages,HainanNormalUniversityAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesMarch29,202066UnitedKingdomEnglandScotlandWalesNorthernIrelandCollegeofForeignLanguages,HainanNormalUniversityAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesMarch29,20207SCOTLAND苏格兰WALES威尔士NORTHERNIRELAND北爱尔兰ENGLAND英格兰4NATIONSCollegeofForeignLanguages,HainanNormalUniversityAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesMarch29,20208ENGLAND英格兰StGeorge’sFlagRose130,410km260%TheRiverThemes泰晤士河ThePennines奔宁山脉:the‘backbone’ofEnglandLakeDistrict湖区:LakePoets湖畔(派)诗人Features:mostpopulouswealthiesthighlyurbanizedLondon:capital,largestcityBirmingham伯明翰:2ndlargestcityCollegeofForeignLanguages,HainanNormalUniversityAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesMarch29,20209Thistle蓟StAndrew’sFlagmostimportantriverinScotland:ClydeRivertallestmountainrange:GrampianMountains格兰扁山脉tallestoneoftherangeBenNevis本·尼维斯Capital,2ndlargestcityinScotland:EdinburghlargestcityinScotland:Glasgow格拉斯哥Features:tourism(oneofmostimportantindustries)BeautifulsceneryScotchwhiskyScottishkiltsBagpipeSCOTLANDCollegeofForeignLanguages,HainanNormalUniversityAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesMarch29,202010WALESDaffodil水仙花Welshdragon/St.DavidCapitalcity:CardiffyoungestcapitalinEuropesince1955(P5)longestriverofBritain:TheSevernRiver(354km)cf.TheRiverThames(338km):mostimportantriverFeatures:beingdominatedbyEnglandlongestof3retainingapowerfulsenseofitsdifferencefromEnglandWelshspokenby20%CollegeofForeignLanguages,HainanNormalUniversityAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesMarch29,202011NorthernIreland/UlsterSt.Patrick’sflagShamrock三叶草smallestBelfast:capital;biggestcityinNorthernIrelandLoughNeagh:largestfreshwaterlakeinUKTheGiantsCauseway巨人堤道:WorldHeritageSiteCollegeofForeignLanguages,HainanNormalUniversityAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesMarch29,202012BRITISHISLESUNITEDKINGDOMGREATBRITAINENGLANDSCOTLANDWALESNORTHERNIRELANDCollegeofForeignLanguages,HainanNormalUniversityAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesMarch29,202013MatchthefollowingsScotlandEnglandNorthernIrelandWalesUSDaffodil水仙花Thistle蓟RoseShamrock三叶草CollegeofForeignLanguages,HainanNormalUniversityAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesMarch29,202014MajorMountainsandRivers1.Highestmountain2.LongestRiver3.Largestlake4.BackboneofEngland5.Mostimportantriver6.LakeDistrict7.Giant’sCauseway(Scotland):BenNevis(Wales):TheSevernRiver(NorthernIreland):LoughNeagh(England):ThePennines(England):TheThamesEnglandNorthernIrelandCollegeofForeignLanguages,HainanNormalUniversityAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesMarch29,202015MajorCities1.London2.Birmingham3.Glasgow4.Edinburgh5.Cardiff6.Belfast(England):thelargestandcapitalcityinUK(England):the2ndlargestcityinUK(Scotland):the3rdlargestcityinUK(Scotland):thecapitalcityinScotland(Wales):thecapitalcityinWales(NorthernIreland):thecapitalcityinNorthernIrelandCollegeofForeignLanguages,HainanNormalUniversityAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesMarch29,202016AdministrativeDivisionAreaSizePopulationUnitedKingdom243,000km²63,000,000England130,281km²53,000,000Scotland78.772km²5,200,000Wales20,780km²3,100,000NorthernIreland14,135km²1,800,000PopulationCollegeofForeignLanguages,HainanNormalUniversityAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesMarch29,202017UKisdenselypopulated.UnitedKingdom246/km2China138/km2Worldaverage44.7/km2Europeanaverage117/km2France110/km2USA31/km2Canada3.2/km2Australia2.6/km2Monaco摩纳哥16,905/km21stSingapore6,814/km22ndCollegeofForeignLanguages,HainanNormalUniversityAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesMarch29,20201818OfficialLanguage:EnglishOtherLanguages:Welsh威尔士语:about20%ofthepopulationofWalesScottishGaelic苏格兰盖尔语:about60,000(1%)inScotlandIrishGaelic爱尔兰盖尔语CollegeofForeignLanguages,HainanNormalUniversityAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesMarch29,20201919NATIONALFLAGCorrectWayUpsideDown!FLAG20FLAGWaleswasruleddirectlyfromLondon,before1stversionofUKflag,WaleshadalreadybeenconqueredandconsideredtobepartofEngland.TheRedDragonWhyistheWelshDragonnotrepresentedintheUKFlag?2121UnionFlag/UnionJackthenameofBritishnationalflagEnglandScotlandIrelandFLAG2222FlagofAustraliaFlagofNewZealandFlagofTuvalu图瓦卢2323NationalEmblem/TheofficialcoatofarmsNationalMedal/Badge英国皇家徽章/国徽ScotlandRedlionreadytofightIrelandDavid’sh