英语国家社会和文化.pptVIP

Welcome By Xiaogu（小古) 学号：129999 班级：1英本20班 A brief introduction to the United Kingdom I The United Kingdom A Brief Introduction to the United Kingdom England Scotland Wales A brief introduction to the United Kingdom A complicated country for complicated names: Britain, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, England, the British Island British Commonwealth of Nations, the British Empire The effect of its imperial past: immigration, multiracial society and so on Remarkable class, region and economy: differences between north and south London’s role: a huge weight in Britains economic and cultural life England Population:48.7million(Untied total 59.6 million) Area: 130 423sqkm(UK total 244 820 sqkm) England A highly urbanized country Largest of 4 nations and has largest population Largest city: London(dominant in the UK government , cultural and economic ) Won’t call themselves English Before the 1st century was made up of many tribal kingdom of Celtic people In 43 AD was invaded by the Roman Empire The conquest of Britain: the legends of King Arthur Two more groups of invaders: Scandinavia and ferocious Vikings Norman invaders History of invasions introduction Windsor castle Leeds castle Scotland Second largest of the 4 nations 1: the most confident of its own identity 2: the most rugged part of UK 3:the largest city is Glasgow and the capital is Edinburgh 4:Scotland was neither conquered by Anglo-Saxons nor by Angle Kingdom 5:about 6 century AD people from Ireland invaded the south-west 6:The were called Scots and gave the modern country Scotland name More introduction about Scotland The battle of Bannockburn Time:24th June ,1314 What happened: Scots under the leadership of Robert Bruce and English army and at last Scots were victorious ,leading to 300 years full of independence In 1707,union with England Event: in 1603, Queen Elizabeth died, James took the throne Scotland maintained its separate political identity in1707 Scotland joined