英美国家概况PPT.ppt

1、ChapterOne,Geography,PeopleandLanguage,Contents,IGeography,1.GeographicalFeature2.Climate3.MajorCities,MapoftheUK,Readthemaptofind:AtlanticOceanNorthSeaIrishSeaTheEnglishChannel(TheChannelTunnel)TheRepublicofIreland,Geography,TheofficialtitleoftheUKtheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandThe

2、UKismadeupof:GreatBritain(theformerlyseparateEnglandandScotland,andWales.)NorthernIrelandNumeroussmallerislands,TitleandMakeupoftheUK,Locationandterritory,LocationoftheUK:Themainlandareasliebetweenlatitudes49Nand61Nandlongitudes8Wto2ETotalterritory:242,910squarekilometersInterestingFact:NooneintheUK

3、livesmorethan120km(75miles)fromthesea.,Topography,NorthernIreland:Itsmostlyhilly.,Wales:Itsmostlymountainous.SouthWalesislessmountainousthanNorthandMidWales.,Scotland:Itsgeographyisvaried,withlowlandsinthesouthandeastandhighlandsinthenorthandwest.,England:itconsistsoflowlandterrain,withsomemountaino

4、usterraininthenorth-west,northandsouth-west.,BenNevisinScotlandthehighestpointinUK,RiversandLakes,Thelongestriver:SevernRiver(354kilometerslong)Thesecondlongestriver:Thames(332kilometerslong)ThelargestLake:LoughNeagh,Thames,LakeDistrict,Lakepoets,IWanderedLonelyasaCloud-WilliamWordsworthIwanderedlon

5、elyasacloudThatfloatsonhighoervalesandhills,WhenallatonceIsawacrowd,Ahost,ofgoldendaffodils;Besidethelake,beneaththetrees,Flutteringanddancinginthebreeze.ContinuousasthestarsthatshineAndtwinkleonthemilkyway,Theystretchedinnever-endinglineAlongthemarginofabay:TenthousandsawIataglance,Tossingtheirhead

6、sinsprightlydance.,Lakepoets,Thewavesbesidethemdanced;buttheyOut-didthesparklingwavesinglee:Apoetcouldnotbutbegay,Insuchajocundcompany:Igazed-andgazed-butlittlethoughtWhatwealththeshowtomehadbrought:Foroft,whenonmycouchIlieInvacantorinpensivemood,TheyflashuponthatinwardeyeWhichistheblissofsolitude;A

7、ndthenmyheartwithpleasurefills,Anddanceswiththedaffodils.,2.Climate,Maincharacteristics:Temperate,withwarmsummers,coldwintersandplentyrainfallThreemajorfeatures:WinterfogRainydaysInstability/changeability,3.MajorCitiesLondon,TheRiverThames,thecapitalofEnglandandofGreatBritainthepoliticalcenteroftheC

8、ommonwealthamajorportoneoftheworldsleadingbankingandfinancialcenters.,Landmarks,GeoffreyChaucer,3.ModernEnglish(15th),TheprintingpressbroughtstandardizationofEnglishSamuelJohnsonsdictionaryestablishedastandardformofspellingRenaissanceassimilatedforeignwordsthroughouttheRenaissanceTheIndustrialRevolu

9、tionnecessitatedtheintroductionofnewwordsfornewthingsandideasTheriseoftheBritishEmpireortheCommonwealthofNationsledtotheassimilationofwordsfrommanyotherlanguages,Othello,byWilliamShakespeare1603La:Thointhetradeofwarre,Ihaueflainemen,YetdoeIholditveryftuftofConfcience.Todoenocontriudmurrher;Ilackeini

10、quitySometimestodoeferuice:nineortentimes,Ihadthoughttohaueierkdhimhere,Vndertheribbes.Oth.:Tisbetterasitis.Whichcanbetranslatedas:La:ThoughinthetradeofwarIhaveslainman,YetdoIholditverystuffotheconscience.Todonocontrivedmurder:IlackiniquitySometimestodomeservice:nineortemtimesIhadthoughttohaveyerkdhimhereundertheribs.Othello:Tisbetterasitis.,Shakespeare,4.StandardEnglish,basedonthespeechoftheupperclassofsoutheasternEngland