英语国家概况复习笔记TheUK研讨.doc

The UK Unit 1 1.The official name：The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Since 1927) national flag：The Union Flag OR popularly known as the Union Jack national anthem（国歌）：GOD SAVE THE QUEEN national capital of the country ： London： Greater London大伦敦都市区: the City of London + 32 boroughs[?b?r?]（自治的市镇） The City of London伦敦城 : at the center of the metropolitan-the financial center of the country Inner London: the City of London + its 12 boroughs Outer London: 20 boroughs [?b?r?]（自治的市镇）surrounding Inner London 2. The location and size of the country （了解） 3. The terrain [t??re?n]（地形）, rivers and mountains of the country Roughly two kinds of terrain---highland and lowland. The highland area --- in the northern part of the country, comprising the mountainous regions of Scotland, Northern Ireland, northern England and north Wales. The lowland area --- especially in the Midland, southern and eastern England. The longest river in the UK is River Severn（塞文河）. Among the most important rivers is the Thames（泰晤士河）, which is second longest but is the deepest river in the county. Ben Nevis（本·尼维斯）is the highest peak of the UK. （大不列颠境内的最高山峰， 海拔1，343.8米， 位于苏格兰西部的格兰扁山脉) Lough Neagh (396km2)(內伊湖): the largest lake in the whole country 4. The natural resources of the country Coal 煤 Britain has a rich deposit of coal with major coal mines in central and southwest of England. For the last decades, there has been a steady decline in both coal production and number of coal mines. Petroleum [p??tr?uli?m] 石油 1965 saw discovery of big oil and oil fields under the North Sea, east of Britain. 5. The climate of the country Temperate maritime climate（温带海洋性气候） What are the characteristics of the climate in Great Britain? Foggy Rainy Uncertain and changeable 6. Major cities London ; Edinburgh [?edn?b?:r?] 爱丁堡 ; Cardiff [?kɑ:d?f] 加地夫（威尔士的主要海港）; Belfast [?bel?f?st] 贝尔法斯特（北爱尔兰首府）; Birmingham [b?:m???h?m] 伯明翰市（英国中部城市，第二大城市） Manchester: the Gu