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1、UnitOneABriefIntroductiontotheUnitedKingdomI1.Thefullname:Page3 theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland othernames: theUK,Britain,England2.theeffectsofitsimperialpast:p3 1)thecommonwealthofNations(UK’sforeignrelation) 2)themakeupoftheBritishpopulation(1in20areofnon-Eur
2、opeanethnicity)Extramaterial: 1.Question:whatarethedifferencesbetweenBritainandtheBritishIsles,GreatBritain,England,theUnitedKingdomandBritishCommonwealth?TheBritishIsles,GreatBritain,Englandareallgeographicalnames.Theyarenottheofficialnameofthecountry.TheBritishIslesaremadeupo
3、ftwolargeislandsandhundredsofsmallones.ThetwolargeislandsareGreatBritainandIreland.GreatBritainisthelargerofthesetwoislands.ItformstheUnitedKingdomwithnorthernIreland-thenorthernpartoftheIreland.ButpeoplejustsayBritain,theunitedKingdomorsimplyUK.Englandisthelargest,mostpopulous
4、andtherichestsectioninBritain.Sopeopletendtouse“England”whentheymean“Britain”.BritishCommonwealthisafreeassociationofindependentcountriesthatwereoncecoloniesofBritain.MemberNationsarejoinedtogethereconomicallyandhavecertaintradingarrangements.2.thecommonwealthofNations:BeforeWW
5、II,Britainruledoveravastempirewhichcoveredafifthoftheworld.Bythe1970s,Britainhadlostitsempireandwasanequalpartnerinthecommonwealth.TheModernCommonwealthisavoluntary,freeassociationof50independentsovereignstateseachresponsibleforitsownpoliciesbutco-operatingtogetherintheircommon
6、interestsandpromotinginternationalunderstanding.Itbeganintheearly20thcenturywhentheoldercoloniesofBritainbecameindependent..TheaimoftheCommonwealthoriginallywastopreserveandspreaddemocraticprinciplesincountriesindifferentcontinents,andprovideaglobalnetworkofalliancesamongdemocr
7、aticstatestheEuropeanUnion:Thiswasfoundedin1958,whensixcountriessignedtheTreatyofRome,theirprimaryconcernbeingtorestoretheireconomieswhichhadsufferedtheaftermathofthetwoworldwarsinEurope.TheoriginalsixmemberswereWestGermany,France,Belgium,Luxembourg,Italy,theNetherlands.In2002,
8、inadditiontothesesix,theotherninememberswereBritain,Ir
