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1、ChapterI1.Geography，PeopleandtheLanguageI.GeographyGeographicalFeaturesofBritishIslesLocationintheWorld1).BritainislocatedinthenorthwestofEurope.2).South:cutofffromthecontinentbytheEnglishChannel.(BritaindoesnotsharelandborderwithanycountriesexcepttheRepublicofIreland.)3)
2、.NorthandEast:NorthSea4).West:theAtlanticOceanNameandAreanFullname:theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland(大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国）nOthernames:Britain,GreatBritain,England,theUnitedKingdomortheU.K.nNickname:JohnBull约翰牛约翰牛是英国的绰号。原是18世纪英国作家约翰·阿布什诺特在《约翰·布尔的历史》中所创造的形象——一个矮胖愚笨的
3、绅士，用来讽刺当时辉格党的战争政策。由于“布尔”在英文中是牛的意思，故译为“约翰牛”。AREAandFourRegionnTotalarea:242,910sq.km.nFourregionsofGreatBritain:¡England英格兰¡Scotland苏格兰¡Wales威尔士¡NorthernIreland北爱尔兰EnglandAreanThelargestpartofBritain,coveringnearly60%ofthewholeisland.nLocatedinthesouthoftheisland,withWales
4、tothewestandScotlandtothenorth.nThemostpopulousandwealthiestpartofthecountry.nItishighlyurbanized,with80%ofthepopulationlivingincities,only2%inagriculture.nImportantRiverThamesRiver泰晤士河:isthesecondlargestandmostimportantriverinBritain.ItrisesinsouthwestofEnglandandflowsth
5、roughtheMidlandsofEnglandtoLondonandoutintotheNorthSea.TheThamesRiverisfamousforTowerBridge塔桥ofLondon;OxfordisonthebankofThames.CapitalCityofEngland:LondonnLondonistheCapitalofbothEnglandandtheU.K.,islocatedinsoutheasternEngland,northbankoftheThames.nIt’sthepolitical,indu
6、strial,culturalandfinancialcenterofthecountry,alsoamajorport.Scotland(TownofMountains)nScotlandoccupiesthenorthernpositionofBritain.nthesecondlargestofthefourconstituentpartofthecountrybothinpopulationandarea.GeographicalfeaturesofScotland:---ThreenaturalzonesnThenorthern
7、highlands；Thecentrallowlands；Thesouthernuplands.nTheClydeRiver(克莱德河)isthemostimportantriverinScotland.nEdinburgh(爱丁堡)isitscapitalcity.nGaeliclanguage(盖尔语）isstillspokenbysomeScotsnScotlandusedtobeanindependentareauntilActofUnionin1707.(bythisAct,England,ScotlandandWaleswer
8、ejoinedasonekingdom)nTodayShestillhasherownlegalandeducationalsystems.nFormousfor：ScotchwhiskyKi
