英美概况课件.ppt

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1、MadebyDaisyZhou制作：周皓昕SurveyofBritain&America英美概况IntroductiontotheCourse◆Contents◆Disciplines◆Score◆PartIGeographyChapterIABriefIntroductiontoPhysicalGeographyBasicinformationDifferentNamesforBritainA.Geographicalnames:GreatBritain,EnglandB.Theofficialname:

2、theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.C.SometimespeoplejustcallitBritain,theUnitedKingdomorsimplyUK.ChapterI2.TheNationalFlag:UnionJack—isthenameofBritishnationalflag.Thecolorblueisthebackgroundanditselementarycolor.Thecrossesrefertotheunityofthis

3、nationbymeansofreligion.ChapterIEnglandScotlandIrelandChapterI3.NationalMedal(Badge):EnglandScotland(unicorn)Ireland(harp)ChapterI4.NationalFlower:rose5.TheNationalDay:ThursdayofthesecondweekinJune.6.Anthem:GodSavetheQueenChapterIII.Location:NorthwesternEuro

4、pewestofNetherlands&Denmarktotalarea:242534squarekilometersIntheNorthAtlanticOceanoffthenorthcoastofEuropetheEnglishchannelinthesouthandtheNorthSeaintheeastnorthofFranceChapterIIII.Fourpoliticaldivisions:1.England:southernportionofBritainthelargestpart(60%)m

5、ostimportantpartinwealth,size,andpopulationincludingLondon2.Scotland:northernportionofBritain1707,theActofUniondifferentScottishlegalprocedureGaelicisspokeninsomeHighlands.capital:Edinburgh3.NorthIreland:6IrishcountiesIn1921othercountriesgotautonomy.populati

6、on:Protestantmajority(English&Scottishorigin)andRomanCatholicminority(Celticorigin)capital:Belfast4.Wales:westpartItjoinedBritaininthe14thcentury.WelshisalsoSpoken.Capital:CardiffChapterIChapterIIV.Topography:14physiographicprovincesThenorthandwest---highlan

7、ds.Theeastandsoutheast---lowlands1.Scotland:threenaturalzonesA.ScottishHighlands:easttonortheast,intheNorth,mountainousBenNevis---thehighestmountainClyde---themostimportantriverChapterIB.MidlandValley:centrallowlands,easttonortheast,lowerhills&rollingcountry

8、C.SouthernUplands:broadroundedhills2.Wales:mountainousnorthpart:hills&moorlandcentralpart:plateauforsheepandcattle3.NorthernIreland:fertile,drumlincountryandabroadplateauintheNorthChapterI4.Engl