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MajorEnglish-SpeakingCountries:ASurveyTherequirementofyourmajorCommunicationTEM-82.Howtolearnthecoursemoreefficiently?Preview:dopre-readingwithpreassignedquestionsIn-classworkReview:After-classworkMassReadingExercise3.CourseArrangementTheUnitedKingdom9HOURSTheUSA9HOURSCANADA4HOURSAUSTRALIA5HOURSNewZealand3HOURSMajorEnglish-SpeakingCountries:ASurveyBigBenUKCanadaUSAAustraliaNewZealandSydneyOperaHouseMountRushmoreQuestion:Ifgiveyouachance,whichEnglish-SpeakingCountrywouldyouliketogo?I.TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandII.TheUnitedStatesofAmericaIII.CanadaIV.AustraliaV.NewZealandTheUnitedKingdomSUMMERAUTUMNWINTERClimateisgood.Summer:20℃-22℃Winter:4℃-5℃TheUnitedStatesofAmericaINTHENORTHChicago:heavyindustryINTHESOUTHMississippi:transportationCanada89%SNOW&FORESTAustralia4/5DESERTkangarookoalaNewZealandEarthquakeHousingindustryisgood.VolcanoHotspringisgood.MajorEnglish-SpeakingCountries:ASurveyculturesocietyeconomypoliticshistorypeoplecountrycontentsLectureOne:TheUnitedKingdomLondonBridgeNationalEmblemTheCountryTheCountry1.OfficialName;2.Fourpoliticaldivisions;3.Capital;Nationalflagandnationalanthem;4.Positionandborders;5.Components;6.Topography;7.Rivers,Lakesandcoastline;8.Climatepara.1onPage21.officialname:2.shortenednames:3.fourpoliticaldivisions:4.size:5.population:6.capital:7.nationalflag:8.nationalanthem:TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland1.OfficialName:2.theUnitedKingdomtheUKBritain3.FourPoliticalDivisions4.Area:242,514squarekilometres≈24万平方公里5.Population:60,943,912(2008)≈6000万人6.Capital:LondonLocatedonthebankoftheriverThamesinsoutheastEngland.7.NationalFlagNationalFlagTheUnionFlagorUnionJack,whichembodiestheemblemsofthethreecountriesunitedunderoneSovereigntheKingdomsofEnglandandWalesofScotlandofIrelandScotlandIrelandP98.NationalAnthem:P9GodSavetheKing/Queengodsaveourgraciousqueen,longliveournoblequeen,godsavethequeen:sendhervictorious,happyandglorious,longtoreignoverus:godsavethequeen.thychoicestgiftsinstoreonherbepleasedtopourlongmayshereignmayshedefendourlawsandgiveusevercausetosingwithheartandvoicegodsavethequeenQueenElizabethIIPara.1onpage3Inoldtimes:“thesunneverset”Inmoderntimes:1.politically:2.economically:3.socially:4.culturally:BritishCommonwealthsharesthesamemonarch------QueenElizabethIIP9QueenElizabethIITheQueenofTheUnitedKingdom;NewZealand;AustraliaPositionandBordersItisborderedonthesouthbytheEnglishChannel,whichseparatesitfromthecontinentofEurope.ItisborderedontheeastbytheNorthSea,separatingitfromBelgiumandHolland.TheUKisborderedonthesouthbytheEnglishChannel,whichseparatesitfromthecontinentofEurope.≈ColoradointheUS≈GuangxiAutonomousRegionComponentsFourparts:England,Scotland,Wales,NorthernIreland★Thedifferenceofthetermsa.Officialname:TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland(U.K.)b.Geographicalnames:GreatBritain,England,theBritishIslesc.Fourparts:England,Scotland,WalesandNorthernIrelandEnglandScotlandWalesGreatBritainUKBritishIsles不列颠群岛大不列颠岛Englandisthelargest,mostpopulous,andwealthiestdivisionofUK.Seatofgovernment:LondonEnglanddominatesGreatBritainThisEnglishdominanceissuchthatmanypeopleuse“England”torefertothewholeUnitedKingdom,theentireislandofGreatBritain,ortheBritishIsles.Scotlandisthesecondlargestinareaandpopulation.Capitalcity:EdinburghLargestcity:GlasgowScotlandItspopulationdensityisthelowestinthecountry,becauseScotlandisruggedandunsuitableforpeopletolive.Threenaturalzones:theNorthernHighlandzonetheCentralLowlandzonetheSouthernUplandzone¾populationliveinlowlandzoneScotlandCapitalofScotland:EdinburghGlasgow----LargestCityinScotlandScotlandhasretaineditsdistinctculture.whiskey,tartanandbagpipeTartan苏格兰格Wales,apeninsularjuttingfromEnglandintotheIrishSea.WalesCapital:CardiffLanguage:English,WelshNorthernIrelandCapitalcity:BelfastTheLoughNeagh(内伊湖)isthelargestlake(396km2)inBritain.TopographyGreatBritainhasbeendividedintotwomajornaturalregions:1.aHighlandzoneinthenorthandwest;2.aLowlandzoneinthesouthandeast;HighlandzoneisintheN&W.LowlandzoneisintheS&E.ThehighlandzoneThelongestmountain:thePennies(奔宁山脉)，the“backboneofEngland”(inEngland)Thehighestmountain:BenNevis(1343km)(本尼维斯山脉)(inScotland)Rivers,LakesandCoastlineThelongestriver:theSevernRiver(354km)(塞文河)Themostimportantriver:theThamesRiver(336km)(泰晤士河)ThelargestlakeintheUK:LoughNeagh(内伊湖)(inNorthernIreland)TheUK’scoastlineisverylong.LondonTheThamesRiver“MotherRiver”ThesecondlargestbutmostimportantriveristheThames,whichflowsthroughOxfordandLondon.LakeDistrictliesinthenorth-westEnglandandNorthWales.LakePoetsWilliamWordsworth(威廉·华兹华斯)1770-1850•SamuelTaylorColeridge(柯勒律治)•1772-1834RobertSouthey(骚赛)1774-1843ClimateFeatures:1.Climate:atemperatemaritimeclimateItischangeablebecauseoftheAtlanticOceanandthewarmdriftoftheGulfStream.2.Rainfall:Rainisfairlywelldistributedthroughouttheyear.3.Temperatures:rarelylowerthan0℃inwi