Wales 威尔士.ppt

1、Unit 13 Wales,Location,England Bristol Channel St. Georges Channel Irish Sea,NPs in Wales,Snowdonia 斯诺多尼亚 Brecon Beacons 布雷肯-比肯山 Pembrokeshire Coast 彭布鲁克海岸,Snowdonia National Park,Snowdon,The Highest Point,Welsh3000s,The Welsh 3000s are those 15 mountains which have a height of 3000 ft (914.4m) or m

2、ore. Geographically they fall within three ranges, all sufficiently close to make it possible to reach all 15 summits within 24 hours, a challenge known as the Welsh 3000s challenge.,Brecon Beacons,The Brecon Beacons is a mountain range located in the south-east of Wales. It forms the central sectio

3、n of the Brecon Beacons National Park, one of Waless three National Parks and is widely described as a mountaineers paradise.,Pembrokeshire Coast,The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park is found on the Pembrokeshire coast in Wales. It is the only national park in the U.K. to be primarily coastal; cove

4、ring an area of some 240 square miles/620 square km. There are four main areas here. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path connects the four distinct sections of the park and is an incredible walk to undertake, but the rewards are worth every step.,AONBs,The Seven Wonders of Wales,Pistyll Rhaeadr and Wrexham

5、 steeple Snowdons mountain without its people, Overton yew trees, St Winefrides Wells, Llangollen bridge and Gresford bells. (There is supposition that the rhyme was written sometime in the late 18th or early 19th century by an English visitor to North Wales. ),Pistyll Rhaeadr,Tallest waterfall in W

6、ales (and in England & Wales),The 16th century tower of St Giles Church in Wrexham can be seen for miles,Snowdon,Highest mountain in Wales at 3,560ft (1085m) tall,21 yew trees at St Marys Church, Overton-on-Dee,St Winefrides Well,Historically claimed to have healing waters,Llangollen Bridge,The firs

7、t stone bridge to span the River Dee,Gresford Bells,The church bells are listed for their purity and tone.,Cardiff,2nd Marquis of Bute,A member of the famous family who turned the sleepy town of Cardiff into a modern and prosperous city. Descended from King Robert II of Scotland, this branch of the

8、Stuart family had been influential for centuries. Initially granted lands on the Isle of Bute, through marriage the family acquired much more property throughout Britain. John, Lord Mountstuart, acquired huge estates in South Wales on his marriage to Charlotte Windsor and the family moved to Cardiff

9、 in 1766. When coal became king in the late 18th century, the Butes built the Cardiff canal to Merthyr to aid industrialisation. But the areas potential and prosperity wasnt fully realised until John, the 2nd Marquis - son of Lord Mountstuart - commissioned the first of the great docks on the Cardif

10、f waterfront. The Bute Dock opened in 1839, paving the way for Cardiff to become the biggest and most prosperous coal port in the world. On his death in 1848, his title and vast fortunes passed to his baby son, John. As an adult, the 3rd Marquis of Bute was to continue his fathers work in developing the city of Cardiff as we know it today, with its civic centre, rolling parks and the rebuilt Cardiff Castle.,Cathays Park,Civic Center,The Red Dragon,The national flag of Wa