新高二 Britain and Ireland 的背景知识课件.ppt

该课件由【语文公社】友情提供 Britain and Ireland Please look at the map of the islands of Britain and Ireland, and try to talk about this map as much as possible using all your knowledge you’ve learned from your geography teacher. This is a map of the islands of ________ and _____. The larger of the two islands is _____, which lies to the east of _____. The two are separated by the ____ ____. “UK” stands for ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ________. It is made up of _____ countries. In the north is _______, with its capital ______. Scotland is famous for its _______ _______. ____ lies to the ____ of England. Its capital is Cardiff. The first language in North Wales is _____. ______, the largest country in Britain, is in the _______. London lies on ____ ____ _____ and has a population of _____ ____. Ireland is divided into two countries. In the north, _______ _______, with its capital Belfast, belongs to the UK. The ________ part of the island is a separate country, called ____ _______ ___ ____ with Dublin as its capital. Generally, the weather in Britain is neither ____ ____ in wither nor ____ ____ in Summer. It is colder in the _____, warmer in the ______, drier in the ____ and wetter in the ____. Background Information What is the difference between British Isles(不列颠群岛), Britain, United Kingdom and England? These terms (术语) are familiar(熟悉), but puzzling to us Chinese. The British Isles are made up of two large islands: One is Britain and the other Ireland. Britain, or Great Britain, is the larger of the two islands, and is divided into three parts: England, Scotland and Wales. The United Kingdom(UK) is the short for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. UK consists of Scotland, Wales and England(i.e. the whole of Britain), and also about one-sixth of Ireland, i.e., the northern part. The rest of Ireland is self-governing. England is the largest, and also the most populous, and generally speaking, the richest