英语国家概况精讲

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1、英语专业《英语国家概况》必备内容精讲ChapteroneLandandPeopleI.DiffenentnamesforBritainanditsparts1.Geographicalmanes:theBritishIsles,GreatBritainandEngland2.Officialnames:theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.3.TheBritishIslesaremadeupoftwolargeislands:GreatBriatan(thelargeron

2、e)andIreland,andhundredsofsmallones.4.ThreepoliticaldivisionsontheislandofGreatBritain:England,ScotlandandWales.(1)EnglandisinthesouthernpartofGreatBritan.Itisthelargest,mostpopuloussection.(2)ScotlandisinthenortnofGreatBritan.Ithasthreenaturalzones(theHighlandsintheno

3、rth,theCentrallowlands,thesouthUplands)Capital:Edingurgh(3)WalesisinthewestofGreatBritain.Capital:Cardiff(4)NorthernIrelandisthefourthregionoftheUK.Capital:Belfast5.TheCommonwealth(ofnations)isafreeassociationofindependentcountriesthatwereoncecoloniesofBritain.Itwasfou

4、ndedin1931,andhas50membercountriesuntil1991.Ⅱ.GeographicalFeatures1.GeographicalpositionofBritainBritainisanislandcountrysurroundedbythesea.ItliesintheNorthAtlanticOceanoffthenorthcoastofEurope.ItisseperatedfromtherestorEuropebytheEnglishChannelinthesouthandtheNorthSea

5、intheeast.2.ThenorthandwestofGreatBritainaremainlyhighlands;andtheeastandsoutheastaremostlylowlands.Ⅲ.RiversandLakesBenNevisisthehighestmountaininBritain.(1343m)SevernRiveristhelongsetriverinBritain.(338km)ThamesRiveristhesecondlongestandmosrimportantriverinBritain.(33

6、6km)LoughNeagh(内伊湖)isthelargestlakeinBritainwhichislocatedinNorthernIreland.(396squarekms.)RiverClyde(克莱德河)isthemostimportantriverinScotland.SnodoniaisthehighestmountaininWales.(1085m)Ⅳ.Climate1.Britain’sfavourableclimateBritainhasamaritimeclimate-wintersarenottoocolda

7、ndsummersarenottoohot.Ithasasteafyreliablerainfallthroughoutthewholeyear.Thetemperaturevarieswithinasmallrange.2.ThefactersinfluencetheclimateinBritain:9(1)Thesurroundingwaterstendtobalandetheseasonaldiggerencesbyheatingupthelandinwinterandcoolingitoffinsummer;(2)Thepr

8、evailingsouth-westwindsortheWsterliesblowoverthecountryalltheyearroundbringingwarnandwetairinwinterandkeepingthetempe