英语国家概况unit2thepeople.pptVIP

浙江外国语学院英师2班 Ethnic Composition Demographic Composition The population of the United Kingdom has been increasing since at least 1086 AD The population in the United Kingdom has increased to 62,041,708 (statistics in 2010). However, there are some setbacks, and the most serious of which was the Black Death pandemic of the mid-14th century. The population took on the characteristics of a modern ,developed and prosperous state From : The characteristic can also be seen in the age bracket The pie chart shows the percentages of age structure throughout the United Kingdom the population density of the UK the density of each country Another characteristic:the UK population is overwhelmingly urban. 89.4 percent lives urban areas and 10.6 percent lives in rural areas. The central belt contains around half of the UK’s population. Linguistic Composition Class Structure A comedy Upper class man: I look down on him because I am upper class. Middle class man: I look up to him because he is upper class but I look down on him because he is lower class. I am middle class. Working class man: I know my place. I look up to them both but I don’t look up to him as much as I look up to him because he has got innate breeding. Social Class Britain was once a class-ridden society. The British society has often been considered to be divided into three main groups of classes: the Upper ClassOften people with inherited wealth, including some of the oldest families, with many of them being titled aristocrats. the Middle ClassThe majority of the population of Britain. They include industrialists, professionals, business people and shop owners. Lower or Working ClassPeople who are agricultural, mine and factory workers. The British Class System today Although some people in the UK still refer to themselves as working-class, lower-middle or upper-middle (and of course there are those who think of themselves as the elite class),