英语国家概况知识点总结 (1).doc

U.K.Ireland

1.WhatisthefullnameoftheUnitedKingdom?

theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国

itsshortterm:UK:theUnitedKingdom(大不列颠)联合王国

2.Whataretheothernames?

GreatBritain(大不列颠，英国）itsshortterm:G.B.GB

Britain(不列颠,英国)

England英格兰(themainpartofBritain)英国

theBritishEmpire大英帝国(ahistoricalterm)

theBritishCommonwealth英联邦

3.WhatarethetwolargeislandsthatmakeuptheBritishIsles?

TheBritishIsles（不列颠群岛）：aremadeupoftwolargeislands---GreatBritain(thelargerone)andIreland,andhundredsofsmallones.

GreatBritainandIreland

4.WhatarethefourpoliticaldivisionsoftheUnitedKingdom?

ThreepoliticaldivisionsontheislandofGreatBritain:England,Scotland,WalesandNorthernIreland

5.What’sitsrespectivecapital（首府）?

England:London

Scotland:Edinburgh

Wales：Cardiff

NorthernIreland:.Belfast

6.What’sthenationalanthem?

GodSavetheQueen/King

7.What’sitsnationalflower?

Rose

What’sitsnationalflag?

theUnionJack

9.What’sitsnickname?

JohnBull.ApersonificationoftheBritishnationoratypicalBritishman

WhatkindofcountryisBritainintermsofitsgeographicalfeature?

Anislandcountry

11.WhichriverisimportantinBritain?

TheThamesRiver

12.CanyoutellmesomethingaboutthelocationofBritain?

ItliesintheNorthAtlanticOceanoffthenorthcoastofEurope.ItisseparatedfromtherestofEuropebytheEnglishChannelinthesouthandtheNorthSeaintheeast.

13.What’stheclimatelikeinBritain?WhydoBritishpeopletalkaboutweatherveryoften?

Britainhasamaritimeclimate------wintersarenottoocoldandsummersarenottoohot.Ithasasteadyreliablerainfallthroughoutthewholeyear.Thetemperaturevarieswithinasmallrange.That’swhyBritishpeopletalkaboutweatheralot.

14.WhatarethesymbolsofEngland?

Theroyalpoliceman,RoyalCoatofArms(皇家徽章),BlackTaxi,FootGuard,