八级英语国家概况.doc

《英语国家概况》要点提纲 Britain 1.The full name :The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland． The UK or Britain (simply) England or Great Britain (wrongly) The UK ←England+Wales+Scotland+Northen Ireland Great Britain ←England+Wales+Scotland 2.location situated in North-western Europe, to the north of France and the west of the Netherlands and Denmark, separated from the rest of Europe by the English Channel in the south and the North Sea in the east 3.People England –biggest people ---English----London Scotland---Scottish ----Edinburgh Wales-----Welsh-----Cardiff Northern Ireland ---- Irish -----Belfast 4.Religion → Christianity A.Protestantism------church of England B.Roman Catholicism---church of Scotland 5.Rivers Lakes .River Severn -- the longest → the Atlantic Ocean .the Thames --- the second most important .River Mersey --- Liverpool port .Lough Neagh --- largest fresh lake 6.Climate The climate of Britain is moderated by the Atlantic Gulf stream. Changeable, but not very cold in winter, not very hot in summer 7.main cities (1).London – the capital of England and of Britain. the political center of the Commonwealth. in the south of the country the largest city in the country the cultural, business, financial center one of the 3 major international financial centers in the world North bank of the Thames: one of the world’s leading banking and financial centers(Bank of England). City of Westminster ==west end the political center (Downing Street 10). Royal family (Buckingham Place). East End ==area of the poor South bank of the Thames— center of arts and music (2). Birmingham – market center of the Black Country (James Watt—steamer ) (3).Glasgow—the largest city of Scotland; main im