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英语国家概况复习要点

PartOneUK

TheCountry

DifferentNamesforBritainanditsParts

Name：EnglandBritainGreatBritain(GB/G.B.)BritishIsles

BritishEmpireTheCommonwealthTheUnitedKingdom(TheUK)

TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland

Parts：EnglandScotlandWalesNorthernIreland

2.Officialname:theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.

Geographically,theBritishIslesincludesGreatBritain,thewholeofIreland,andalltheoffshoreislands

Politically,theBritishIslesismadeupofU.K.andRepublicofIreland.

3.thehighestmountaininBritain：BenNevis(本尼维斯山)

thelargestmountainrangeinBritain：theGrampians（格兰扁山脉）

thelongestriver：TheSevernRiver(塞文河)

ThemostimportantriverinBritainandthesecondlongestriver:

Thames（泰晤士河）

5.thelargestlakeinBritain：LoughNeagh（内伊湖）(NorthernIreland)

6.BackboneofEngland：thePennies（奔宁山脉）

Thepeople

7.ThefirstknownsettlersofBritainweretheIberians.

人们所知的英国最早居民是伊比利来人。

8.BasisofModernEnglishrace?

TheearlistpeopleknowninBritainwerenomads（游牧者）frommainlandEurope

intheOldStoneAge（旧石器时代）,followedbyNeolithic（新石器时代）Iberians

（伊比利亚人)andtheBeakerFolk(比克人）intheBronzeAge（青铜器时代）

9.thecontributionsmadebyAnglo-SaxonstotheEnglishstate?

①.establishedOldEnglish

②.laidthefoundationsoftheEnglishstate

③.dividedthecountryintoshires

④.createdtheWitantoadvisetheKing(thebasisoftheCabinet)

differentinvaders?

Firstinvasion—In55BC,JuliusCaesar

Second—Caesarssecondraidin54BC

Thirdandfinal—In43AD,EmperorClaudius,finalandsuccessfulRomaninvasionofBritain(recorded)

Left—In410,GermanicbarbarianattackRome,forcingRomantroopstoleaveBritain,andthusendingitsoccupationoftheisland

History

Whoisknownas“thefatheroftheBritishnavy”?SirFrancisDrake

10.TheNormanConquestanditsconsequences

The