[文学]Lecture 1 The Land and People.ppt

Lecture 1The Land and People UK: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK is located in the northwest of the European continent, separated by the English Channel. What is the difference between Britain the UK? Britain is short for Great Britain which consists of ___ parts: England, Scotland Wales. Sometimes we simply call the UK Britain. The Union Flag (The Union Jack) National Anthem of U.K. God Save the Queen Queen Elizabeth II Labour Party leader Tony Blair (1997-2007) David William Donald Cameron (pronunciation: /?k?mr?n/; born 9 October 1966) is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and Leader of the Conservative Party. Cameron represents Witney as its Member of Parliament (MP). 首相第一财政大臣兼文官大臣For more, please visit /wiki/David_Cameron System of Government The United Kingdom is a Constitutional Monarchy (立宪制君主国). The monarch (君主) theoretically holds all the power but in practice this power is exercised by the Parliament, headed by the Prime Minister. Some Distinctions of the UK The UK is made up of 4 different parts, so when discussing Britain the British some consideration has to be made. E.g., a woman from Scotland would not be pleased if we were to call her an “Englishman”. She is Scottish female sees her identity as different from that of men separate from the English. Britain is a society with a very obvious class-structure: the middle class the working class. The culture of a factory worker whose father was a factory worker may be quite different from that of a stockbroker whose father was a stockbroker: they tend to read different newspapers, watch different TV programs, speak with different accents, do different things in their free time have different expectations for their children. Difference between the capital the provinces: London is dominant in the UK: It’s the largest city, with about 1/7 of