英美概况—英国.docxVIP

Lesson One: The landThe full and official name of the country is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and North Ireland, and usually called the United Kingdom or UK, Great Britain, or simply Britain or England.Britain is located in Western Europe, was surrounded by the North Sea, the Strait of Dover and the English Channel. It is a small country that only with 244,019square kilometers in the world, which ranking about the 75th in size among countries in the world. On the other hand, Britain was ever one of the oldest and strongest colonial powers in the world and ruled a vast empire that has played an important role in shaping the modern world.Britain has four nations that include England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Britain is divided into the lowland area and the highland area.England has a total area of more than 130,000square kilometers that is made up of three landform regions: the east and the southeast are plains, middle England is mountains with the average altitude between 200 and 500 meters; the north and west of England are hilly. Scotland has an area of 78,760 square kilometers with two thirds of them is covered by the highland. Wales has an area of about 20,700 square kilometers, which is divided into the industrial south, the central plateaus and the lakes and the mountainous north of the farmers and tourists.The rivers in Britain are short and swift, and only a few of them are navigable. The Thames River, the Severn River, The Mersey River, the Humber River are the several mainly important rivers in Britain.The coast of islands Britain has a great length of coastline and is varied.The climate in Britain is a temperate maritime climate, and it has three features, which makes Britain damp and warm all the year round.Coal and petroleum are the most important natural resources in Britain, natural gas, iron ore, limestone, clay, shale, chalk and tin are also take a great part in country’s resources.Lesson Two: The PeopleThe total population of Bri