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1、LectureoneGeneralInformationontheUKQ1:WhereistheUK?TheUKissituatednorth-westoftheEuropeancontinentbetweentheAtlanticOceanandtheNorthSea.Ithasatotallandareaof244,100squarekilometers,ofwhichnearly99%islandandtheremainderinlandwater.Fromnorthtosouthitisabout1,000kilometers
2、long.TheUKpartofEuropeandisamemberoftheEuropeanUnion(EU).Q2:WhatistheofficialnameoftheUK?TheofficialnameoftheUKisthe"UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland".Q3:WhyisEnglandortheUKsometimescalledBritain?"England"issometimes,wrongly,usedinreferencetothewholeUnitedK
3、ingdom,theentireislandofGreatBritain(orsimplyBritain),orindeedtheBritishIsles.ThisisnotonlyincorrectbutcancauseoffencetopeoplefromotherpartsoftheUK.England,Scotland,Wales,GreatBritainrefertodifferentpartsoftheUK.TheBritishIslesincludesmanyislandsnotevenpartoftheUK.Q4:Wh
4、atcountriesmakeuptheUK?Thenamereferstotheunionofwhatwereoncefourseparatenations:England,Scotland,WalesandIreland(thoughmostofIrelandisnowindependent.OnlyNorthernIrelandispartoftheUKnow).TheUnitedKingdomismadeupof:England-ThecapitalisLondon.Scotland-ThecapitalisEdinburgh
5、.Wales-ThecapitalisCardiff.NorthernIreland-ThecapitalisBelfast.England,ScotlandandWalestogetherformGreatBritain.GreatBritainandNorthernIrelandtogetherformthe"UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland"(UK)HistoryofthemakingoftheUK1536-ActofUnionjoinsEnglandandWales17
6、07-ActofUnionunitesScotlandandEngland,togetherwithWalestoformtheKingdomofGreatBritain.1801-TheIrishParliamentvotedtojointheUnion.ThethenKingdomofGreatBritainbecomestheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIreland.1922-NamechangedtoUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland,w
7、henmostoftheSoutherncountiesinIrelandchooseindependence.England:Englandisinnorth-westEuropeandisinthesouthernpartofGreatBritain.ItisanislandcountryandalsopartoftheUnitedKingdom(UK).EnglandisthelargestcountryinGreatBritainandtheUK.Nearly84%ofthepopulationoftheUKlivesinEn
8、gland,mainlyinthemajorcitiesandmetropolitanareas.Scotland:Scotlandisinnorth-westEuropeandispartofGreatBritain,
