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Presbyterian: ?长老派成员（长老会为苏格兰国教及英国最大教会之一） Methodist：循道宗信徒（18 世纪从英国国教分离出的基督教新教教徒） Hindu：印度教教徒 II. Scotland1. Introduction Scotland, the most northerly one of the four parts of the United Kingdom, occupies about one-third of the island of Great Britain. It is bounded by England in the south and on the other three sides by sea: by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and north and by the North Sea on the east (See the map). It is the second largest both in area and population. Its mainland area is 28,269 square miles (73,217 square kilometers). Including inhabited islands, it has an area of 30,418 square miles, taking up less than 30% of the total area. Its population covers 5,000,000. This does not exceed 10% of the whole population. Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, and Glasgow is its largest city (a port on the Clyde in western central Scotland; one of the great shipbuilding centers of the world) . ★英国首相布朗(Gordon Brown)生于1951年2月20日，格拉斯哥(Glasgow). ★The River Clyde is a major river in Scotland. It is the ninth longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third longest in Scotland. Flowing through the major city of Glasgow, it was an important river for shipbuilding and trade in the British Empire. 苏格兰（盖尔语：Alba）是大不列颠与北爱尔兰联合王国下属的王国之一，位于大不列颠岛北部，英格兰之北，以格子花纹，风笛音乐，畜牧业与威士忌工业而闻名。虽然在外交、军事、金融、宏观经济政策等事务上，苏格兰是受到位于伦敦西敏寺的英国国会管辖，但是对于内部的立法、行政管理上，拥有一定程度的自治空间，是联合王国内规模仅次于英格兰的地区。 Firth of Forth(福斯湾): a large firth on the east coast of Scotland and the estuary of the Forth River It is the third largest city in UK. Edinburgh Glasgow 英语国家社会与文化 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 Chapter One Geographical Fetchers Climate Mountains，Rivers and Lakes Natural Resources Geographical Fetchers Where does Britain Lie? What is its full name? What is the total land area of the United Kingdom? What is British Isles? How long does its c