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1、UnitOne:TheCountry1.BrieflydiscusstheinternationalinfluencewhichtheUKexercisesontoday’sworldstage.Bytheturnofthe20thcentury,theUnitedKingdomhadbuiltupahugeoverseasempire,whichatitsheightin1922encompassedalmostaquarteroftheworld’slandsurface,thelargestempireinhistory.Todayithasfourt
2、eenoverseasterritories,allremnantsoftheBritishEmpire.Britishinfluencecancontinuetobeobservedinthelanguage,cultureandlegalsystemsofmanyofitsformercolonies.QueenElizabethIIremainstheheadoftheCommonwealthofNationsandheadofstateofeachoftheCommonwealthrealms.Itwastheworld'sfirstindustri
3、alisedcountryandtheworld'sforemostpowerduringthe19thandearly20thcenturies,buttheeconomiccostoftwoworldwarsandthedeclineofitsempireinthelatterhalfofthe20thcenturydiminisheditsleadingroleinglobalaffairs.TheUKneverthelessremainsamajorpowerwithstrongeconomic,cultural,militaryandpolitic
4、alinfluenceworldwide.Itisadevelopedcountry,withthefifth(nominalGDP)orsixth(PPP)largesteconomyintheworld.Itisanuclearpowerandhasthesecondorthirdhighestdefencespendingintheworld.ItisaMemberStateoftheEuropeanUnion,holdsapermanentseatontheUnitedNationsSecurityCouncil,andisamemberoftheG
5、8,NATO,OECD,WorldTradeOrganizationandtheCommonwealthofNations.TheUKtodaypursuesanactiveglobalapproachtoforeignpolicy,whichinvariablyinvolvesaclosemilitaryandpoliticalrelationshipwiththeUnitedStates.Britain'sglobalpresenceandinfluenceisfurtheramplifiedthroughitstradingrelationsandit
6、sarmedforces,whichmaintainapproximatelyeightymilitaryinstallationsandotherdeploymentsaroundtheglobe.2.Discussthedifferencesbetweenthetermsof“BritishIsles”,“UnitedKingdom”,“GreatBritain”,and“England”.(1)TheBritishIslesTheBritishIslesisageographicallytermwhichincludesGreatBritain,the
7、wholeofIreland,andalltheoffshoreislands,mostnotablytheIsleofManwhichhasitsownparliamentandlaws.Or,indetail,itisconsistsofthefollowingislands:lGreatBritain(England,ScotlandandWales)lIreland(theRepublicofIreland,acountrywestofEnglandacrosstheIrishSea(notpartoftheUnitedKingdom)lNorthe
8、rnIreland(partoftheUnitedK
