英美概况Unit2.pptVIP

Unit Two People and Language People Population In 2001, the population of the United Kingdom was recorded at just under 59 million people. In mid-2005 the UK was home to 60.2 million people Great Britain is heavily populated compared with many other countries.Britain is a relatively densely populated country: it is more than twice as densely populated as France (106 people per sq.km), nine times as densely populated as the USA (27 people per sq.km) and 100 times as densely populated as Australia (2 people per sq.km). Britain ranks 18th in the world in terms of population size. The population is very unequally distributed over the four parts of the UK: England more or less constantly makes up 84% of the total population, Wales around 5%, Scotland roughly 8.5 %, and Northern Ireland (since 1921) less than 3%. Population belt Population density: 246 per sq.km Why is the United kingdom called a country of town-dwellers? The four peoples: the English, the Scots, the Welsh, the Irish The four territories have a strong sense of nationality. English 84% Angles, Saxons,Jutes Scots/Scottish 10% Gaels Welsh 4% Brythons Irish 2% Gaels Enthnic Origin The ancestry: pre-Celts, Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Jutes, Danes, and Norsemen. There are two important racial mixtures: 1. In British history, the racial mixture between the Iberians and the Celts in the pre-historical period is taken as the first important event in the forming of the nation. The pre-Celts were the Iberians and the Beaker Folk. 1/. Iberians (3000-2000 BC) were the earliest forefathers to British people. 2/. Beaker Folk (after 2000 BC) came and met the Iberians. 3/. Celts Gaels--- modern Scots and Irish Brythons--- modern Welsh Belgic people The Iberians merged with the Celtic invaders to different degrees. 4/.Roman Occupation (43-408 AD): the English upper class became Roman landlords and officia