英语国家概况 课件.pptVIP

LOGO Chapter One Geography, People and Language 1 PPT 课件 Contents Geography I People II The English Language III 2 PPT 课件 I Geography ? 1. Geographical Feature ? 2. Climate ? 3. Major Cities 3 PPT 课件 Map of the UK Read the map to find: ? Atlantic Ocean ? North Sea ? Irish Sea ? The English Channel (The Channel Tunnel ) ? The Republic of Ireland 4 PPT 课件 Geography The official title of the UK the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland The UK is made up of: ? Great Britain (the formerly separate England and Scotland , and Wales . ) ? Northern Ireland ? Numerous smaller islands Title and Make up of the UK 5 PPT 课件 Location and territory Location of the UK: The mainland areas lie between ? latitudes 49 ° N and 61 ° N and ? longitudes 8 ° W to 2 ° E Total territory: 242,910 square kilometers Interesting Fact: No one in the UK lives more than 120 km (75 miles) from the sea. 6 PPT 课件 Topography Northern Ireland: Its mostly hilly. Wales : Its mostly mountainous. South Wales is less mountainous than North and Mid Wales. Scotland : Its geography is varied, with lowlands in the south and east and highlands in the north and west. England: it consists of lowland terrain, with some mountainous terrain in the north-west, north and south-west. Ben Nevis in Scotland — the highest point in UK 7 PPT 课件 Rivers and Lakes ? The longest river: Severn River (354 kilometers long) ? The second longest river: Thames (332 kilometers long) ? The largest Lake: Lough Neagh Thames 8 PPT 课件 Lake District 9 PPT 课件 Lake poets I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud ---William Wordsworth I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high oer vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossin