資源描述:
《英國國家概況.ppt》由會員上傳分享,免費(fèi)在線閱讀,更多相關(guān)內(nèi)容在教育資源-天天文庫。
1、AnIntroductiontotheGeographyofGreatBritainThelandThenameofthecountryTheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland(大不列顛及北愛爾蘭聯(lián)合王國)TheUnitedKingdomU.K.GreatBritainBritainNationalflagofUK---theUnionJackTheLocationLondonEdinburghCardiffBelfastriverstheThamesRiver泰晤士河PastoralsceneinLakeDistrictDove
2、CottagewasthehomeofWilliamWordsworth(1770-1850),oneoftheearliestandperhapsgreatest,oftheEnglishRomanticpoets.TendingsheepinCumbriaThePeoplepopulationdistribution人口分布:Britainhasapopulationofabout58millionsanditisveryunevenlydistributed.90%ofthepopulationisurbanandonly10%isrural.英國人口約580萬,分布極不均勻,90
3、%是城市人口,只有10%是農(nóng)村人口。America'spopulationNowweare300,000,000Oct12th2006
4、HOUSTONFromTheEconomistprinteditionthePeopletheEnglish英格蘭人theScottish蘇格蘭人theWelsh威爾士人theIrish愛爾蘭人TheancestorsoftheEnglishareAnglo-Saxons.ThepopulationofBritainismadeupmainlyoftheEnglish(81.5%),theScottish(9.6%),theWelsh(1.9%),th
5、eIrish(2.4%),theNorthernIrish(1.8%)andotherpeoples(2.8%).ThemajorlanguagesspokeninBrain:EnglishGaelic蓋爾語Welsh威爾士語MajorperiodsinthehistoryofEnglish:OldEnglishMiddleEnglishModernEnglishManyofthemostbasictermsintheEnglishlanguageoriginatefromoldEnglish.Forexample,mannmancildchildThedifferenceinchara
6、cter個性差別:TheWelshareemotionalandcheerfulpeople.Theyaremusicloversandareproudoftheirpast.威爾士人感情豐富,情緒高漲,熱愛音樂,為過去感到自豪。TheScotsaresaidtobeaserious,cautiousandthriftypeople,andtheyarealsohospitable,generousandfriendly.蘇格蘭人通常被認(rèn)為嚴(yán)肅、謹(jǐn)慎而且節(jié)儉,但是他們同樣也熱情、大方且友好。TheIrisharefullofcharmandvivacity.愛爾蘭人充滿魅力,生性活潑。P
7、rincipalCities(主要城市)LondonEdinburghCardiffBelfastbackBuckinghamPalaceWestminsterAbbey(西敏寺)BritishMuseum大英博物館BritishLibrary'sReadingRoom倫敦塔橋(LondonTowerBridge)London大本鐘MadameTussaud's;LondonWaxMuseum倫敦蠟像館ChinaTownbackEdinburghBACKCardiffxalbertclockBACKBelfastBACKThankyou.