第一节《英语国家概况》1资料.ppt

Landmarks Symbols of London Westminster Abbey Big Ben Landmarks Symbols of London St. Pauls Cathedral Landmarks Symbols of London Hyde Park Tower of London Landmarks Symbols of London Tower Bridge Buckingham Palace Landmarks Symbols of London London Eye Major Cities—Edinburgh Capital of Scotland administrative, financial, legal, medical and insurance center of Scotland beautiful scenery renowned architecture Landmarks Symbols of Edinburgh Edinburgh Castle Palace of Holyrood Major Cities—Cardiff Europes youngest capital city has been the capital city of Wales for around 50 years home to an enormous amount of urban regeneration and restoration has recently become one of the most fashionable cities in the United Kingdom. Landmarks Symbols of Cardiff Cardiff City Hall Landmarks Symbols of Cardiff Millennium Stadium Cardiff Castle Major Cities—Belfast City Hall the second largest city capital of Northern Ireland an important historic city Landmarks Symbols of Belfast Belfast Castle  II People Overall population: over 60 millions Distribution: England: about 50 million Scotland:over 5 million Wales: around 3 million Northern Ireland: about 1.7million Ethnicity The majority of this population are descendents of the Anglo-Saxons Most people in Wales and Scotland are descendents of the Celtic people The Irish people were also Celtic in origin immigrants Percentage of total UK Population Ethinc Groups of total White British 85.7% White Irish 1.2% White (other) 5.3% Mixed race 1.2% Indian 1.8% Pakistani 1.3% Bengali 0.5% Other Asian (non-Chinese)