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1、UnitIABriefIntroductiontotheUnitedKingdomWhatdoyouknowabouttheU.K?UnionJackisthenationalflagoftheUnitedKingdom.Itcombinesthered-on-whitecrossesofEngland’sStGeorgeandIreland'sStPatrick,withthewhite-on-bluecrossofScotland’sStAndrewtheMapofU.K.ABriefintrod

2、uctionI.FullnameanditscomplexityII.StatusintheinternationalaffairsIII.TheconstitutepartsoftheU.K.England:---itspositionofinBritain---historyanditinfluenceoncultureScotland:---Strongsenseofitsownidentity;---UnionwithEnglandWales:---culturalidentityTheNor

3、thernIsland:---bloodyconflictsvs.peaceandunificationPartOne:GeneralintroductiontotheU.K.I.AcomplicatedcountrywithacomplicatednameII.imperialpastanditseffectsIII.StatusininternationalaffairsI.AcomplicatedCountrywithacomplicatednameWhatarethedifferencesa

4、mongEngland/Britain/GreatBritain?Englishman=Britishman?U.K.:Thenamereferstotheunionofwhatoncewereseparatedcountries,andtheyareEngland,Scotland,WalesandNorthernIreland.GreatBritainismadeupof3partsEngland,ScotlandandWales.thelargestislandinEurope.I.Acompl

5、icatedCountrywithacomplicatednamei.AcomplicatednameTheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandEnglandScotlandWalesii.AcomplicatedcountryComplexity:diversityDifferencesbetweenthefourconstitutecountrieslanguage,economy,position,customsandtraditionsMu

6、ltiracialsocietymostareChristians,manyareMuslims(becauseofimmigration)Asocietywithrelativelyobviousclass-structureCulturaldivisionbetweenhighlandandlowlandScots,aswellasnorthandsouthEngland(Southisonaveragemorewealthythanthenorth)Thedifferencesbetweenth

7、ecapitalsandtheprovincesDifferentreligionsGenderdifference:maleandfemalelivedifferentlivesII.TheimperialpastanditseffectsThedaysofempireendedafterWorldWarIICloserelationshipwiththe50ormorecoloniesoftheempire,whichmaintainlinksthroughCommonwealthofNation

8、s.ThemakeupoftheBritishpopulationimmigrationfromIndia,Pakistan,orCaribbeancountriesinthe1950sand1960s.1/20arenon-Europeanethnicity.III.StatusintheinternationalaffairstheCommonwealthofNationAmemberoftheEuropeanUnionsince1973Britis