英美概况-英文简介课件.ppt

英 美 概 况 Survey of Britain 外国语学院;Union Jack is the national flag of the United Kingdom. It combines the red-on-white crosses of England’s St George and Irelands St Patrick, with the white-on-blue cross of Scotland’s St Andrew;翠挝财矽惮邹瓷哉课募佛枯怜椒顶稻褥嫩玫院喧片赁悠戊阔法肮棘宾惭熄英美概况-英文简介课件英美概况-英文简介课件;总部约舶聘路换戈葫昧桑丛细幻丁妇锻甸侵锰头霹乳芝怨森笔聋叛呸邹爸英美概况-英文简介课件英美概况-英文简介课件;Chapter One;Geographical Fetchers Climate Mountains，Rivers and Lakes Natural Resources;Geographical Fetchers;Can you describe the land features of Great Britain? What Parts does the largest island of Great Britain consist of? Does Britain connect with European Continent ? What countries are neighbors of Britain?;;Britain is situated in Western Europe and is separated from the European continent by the North Sea, the Strait of Dover and the English Channel. It is an insular country. Its coastline runs 12,429 km, It is one of the countries with longest coastline. To the west of it lies the Atlantic Ocean, across and beyond it is America. ;The Straits of Dover between France and England is quite narrow and it is 33 km across. In 1985 the British government and the French government decided to build a channel tunnel under the Straits of Dover so that England and France could be joined together by road. This channel tunnel was opened to traffic in May 1994 after eight years hard work.;Britain faces Scandinavia Peninsular (Norway, Sweden and Denmark) to the northeast and to the North lies Iceland To the south across the English Channel lies France and Belgium and to the east across North Sea lie Germany and Holland.; The full name is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. usually shortened , abbreviated to the United Kingdom or U.K., Great Britain, Britain or informally England. The total area is about 244,820 square kilometers. It Is over 1,000 km. from south to north and it is about 500 km. from west to east.; British Isles Britain Gre