對(duì)英國(guó)的簡(jiǎn)略介紹課件

1、A Brief Introduction to the United KingdomWeek 1 Aug, 2010The full name of the country: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandThe UK includes 4 parts within the one nation-stateThe island of Great Britain is made of England, Scotland, and Wales, and Northern Island, a province on t

2、he neighboring island of Ireland.General Picture of UK “a complicated country with a complicated name” Its imperial past“the empire on which the sun never sets” UK is no longer an imperial countryA member of the European Union; A member of the Group of Eight large developed economies (“G8”) 八國(guó)集團(tuán)首腦會(huì)議

3、 (G8 Summit)由西方七國(guó)首腦會(huì)議演變而來，與會(huì)八國(guó)也被稱為八國(guó)集團(tuán)。八國(guó)是指美國(guó)、英國(guó)、法國(guó)、德國(guó)、意大利、加拿大、日本和俄羅斯。 A multicultural society: Christians, Muslims.Britain history has been a history of invasions: Celtic (750B.C.) Roman Empire:( 55B.C. 410) :England and Wales Germanic(410871): the Angles and the Saxon EnglandPhysically the largest

4、 of the four nations; by far the largest populationCultural and economic dominanceLondondominant in all sorts of wayThe seat of government;Cultural centerBusiness centerFinancial centerTrafalgar SquareWestminsterLondon TowerScotlandThe most confident of its own identityThe second largest of the four

5、 nations, both in population and in geographical areaThe Highlands in the north and the Southern Uplands The largest city is Glasgow, the capital city is EdinburghWalesThe capital is CardiffThis southern area was an important element in Britains industrial revolution, as it had rich coal deposits.It is very close to the most densely populated parts of central England.Wales has been dominated by England for longer than the other nations of the union.It also retains its own language, Welsh, a Celtic tongue completely different from English.In 1536, Wales was brough