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1、LectureoneGeneralInformationontheUKQ1:WhereistheUK?TheUKissituatednorth-westoftheEuropeancontinentbetweentheAtlanticOceanandtheNorthSea.Ithasatotallandareaof244,100squarekilometers,ofwhichnearly99%islandandtheremainderinlandwater.Fromnorthtosouthitisabout1,00
2、0kilometerslong.TheUKpartofEuropeandisamemberoftheEuropeanUnion(EU).Q2:WhatistheofficialnameoftheUK?TheofficialnameoftheUKisthe"UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland".Q3:WhyisEnglandortheUKsometimescalledBritain?"England"issometimes,wrongly,usedinrefe
3、rencetothewholeUnitedKingdom,theentireislandofGreatBritain(orsimplyBritain),orindeedtheBritishIsles.ThisisnotonlyincorrectbutcancauseoffencetopeoplefromotherpartsoftheUK.England,Scotland,Wales,GreatBritainrefertodifferentpartsoftheUK.TheBritishIslesincludesma
4、nyislandsnotevenpartoftheUK.Q4:WhatcountriesmakeuptheUK?Thenamereferstotheunionofwhatwereoncefourseparatenations:England,Scotland,WalesandIreland(thoughmostofIrelandisnowindependent.OnlyNorthernIrelandispartoftheUKnow).TheUnitedKingdomismadeupof:England-Theca
5、pitalisLondon.Scotland-ThecapitalisEdinburgh.Wales-ThecapitalisCardiff.NorthernIreland-ThecapitalisBelfast.England,ScotlandandWalestogetherformGreatBritain.GreatBritainandNorthernIrelandtogetherformthe"UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland"(UK)History
6、ofthemakingoftheUK1536-ActofUnionjoinsEnglandandWales1707-ActofUnionunitesScotlandandEngland,togetherwithWalestoformtheKingdomofGreatBritain.1801-TheIrishParliamentvotedtojointheUnion.ThethenKingdomofGreatBritainbecomestheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIreland
7、.1922-NamechangedtoUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland,whenmostoftheSoutherncountiesinIrelandchooseindependence.England:Englandisinnorth-westEuropeandisinthesouthernpartofGreatBritain.ItisanislandcountryandalsopartoftheUnitedKingdom(UK).Englandisthe
8、largestcountryinGreatBritainandtheUK.Nearly84%ofthepopulationoftheUKlivesinEngland,mainlyinthemajorcitiesandmetropolitanareas.Scotland:Scotlandisinnorth-westEuropeandispartofGreatBritain,
