british and american culture-uk general

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1、BritishandAmericanCultureAGeneralIntroductionoftheUnitedKingdomDifferentNamesoftheCountrylBritishIsles(includingIreland)lGreatBritain(excludingNorthernIreland)lEngland(apartofBritain)lU.K.(officialforshort)lUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandTheNorthernIrelandl(大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王

2、国）lTheUnitedKingdomlBritainGeneralInformationlSurfacearea：244,820Km2lPopulationin2008:60,943,912(ImmigrationhasbeenakeyfactorinboostingtheUK’spopulation)lUnevenpopulationdistributionintheUK:urban:90%;rural:10%English(81.5%);theScottish(9.6%);theWelsh(1.9%);theIrish(2.4

3、%);theNorthernIrish(1.8%);otherpeoples(2.8%)OriginsofBritishPeople(ThehistoryoftheU.K.isahistoryofinvasions.)InvadersContributionCelt（凯尔特人）Gaels（盖尔人）Scottish,IrishBritons（布立吞人）WelshraceandcultureRomansLatinalphabetandcivilizationAnglo-Saxons(fromDenmarkandGermany450-60

4、0)EnglishraceandlanguageViking/Danes(fromScandinavia9th-11thcentury)SomepeculiaritiesofdialectinN&EEnglandNormansFinalunificationofEnglandGreatadministrativeprocessLinktoFranceFoundationofaristocracyWhoaretheBritish?ScotlandTheScotsorScottishScottishWalestheWelshWelshE

5、nglandtheEnglishEnglishIrelandtheIrishIrishSymbolsoftheUKlFlag—UnionJackThenationalflag,theUnionFlagorUnionJack,embodiestheemblemsofthethreecountriesunitedunderoneSovereignlThenationalAnthemGodSavetheQueen(King)ClimateandWeatherlEnglandenjoysamoderatetemperatureandplen

6、tyofrainfallwhiletheareassharingthesamelatitudehavequitedifferentclimates.lFeaturesofEnglishClimate1.Changeable,unpredictable-Onecanexperiencefourseasonsinthecourseofasingleday.Itisguess-work,interestingandunoffendingtoanyone.-Apopulartopicofconversation2.Mildand“Stran

7、ge”-Mildbecausetherearenoextremes,“toohigh”inwinter;“toolow”insummer.-Strangebecauseitis“incompatible”withthelatitude.3.Abundantrainfall(themoderateoceanictypeweather).-Rainfallevenlydistributed,halfofthedaysoftheyeararerainydays.Peopleusedtocarryumbrellaswhengoingout.

8、lAsaresultofamplerainfall,thereisnolackofwaterinBritain.-Britainhasmanyriversandlakes,buttheyarenotverylarge.SevernRi