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1、BritishCulturePartOneWhoaretheBritish?PeninsulaTheUnitedKingdomWhereisTheUnitedKingdomorBritain?TheUKorBritainislocatedoffthenorthwesterncoastofcontinentalEurope.ItconsistsofGreatBritain,NorthernIrelandandmanysmallislands.ThefullnameoftheUK:TheUnited
2、KingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandWhereisTheUnitedKingdomtheUKorBritain,isasovereignstatelocatedoffthenorthwesterncoastofcontinentalEurope.Itisanislandcountry,spanningGreatBritain,thenortheastpartofIreland,andmanysmallislands.NorthernIrelandisth
3、eonlypartoftheUKwithalandborder,sharingitwiththeRepublicofIreland.Apartfromthislandborder,theUKissurroundedbytheAtlanticOcean,theNorthSea,theEnglishChannelandtheIrishSea.Thelargestisland,GreatBritain,islinkedtoFrancebytheChannelTunnel.10,000yearsago,
4、StoneAgemen,Cavemen6000~5000B.CSeveringofthelandbridge3000B.CIberians750B.CCeltsGaels750B.CBritons500B.CGauls100B.CTheEarliestSettlers&EarlyInvasionsStonehengeStonehengeAgroupofstandingstonesonSalisburyPlaininsouthernEngland.Datingtoc.2000–1800B.C.,t
5、hemegalithsareenclosedbyacircularditchandembankmentthatmaydatetoc.2800.ThearrangementofthestonessuggeststhatStonehengewasusedasareligiouscenterandalsoasanastronomicalobservatory.StonehengeCeltsScottish,WelshandIrishpeopleThemodernScottish,WelshandIri
6、shpeoplearethedescendantsoftheCeltictribes.theGaelsoftheCeltictribes(thePictsorCelts)weretheforefathersofthemodernScottish&IrishtheBritonsoftheCeltictribesweretheforefathersofthemodernWelsh.TheScotsNationalDress:kiltNationalMusicalInstrument:bagpipeN
7、ationalCharacteristics:inventive,hard-working,serious-mindedandcautiouswithmoney,braveinthebattlefieldVisitors’impression:hospitable,generousandfriendlyHowtodistinguishbytheirnames:M’,Mc,Mac,whichmeansthesonofTheScottishoflettersWalterScott,RobertBur
8、ns,R.L.Stevenson,JamesBarrieJ.K.Rowling(grewupandlivesinEdinburgh)TheWelshNationalartandliterature:musicandpoetry,NationalEisteddfod,LandofSongTwodifferentpassions:rugbyfootballandchoralsingingNationalCharacteristics:consciousoftheirCelticheritageHow
