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1、Chapter1IntroductiontoBritainRelatedNames•BritishIsles•Britain(GreatBritain)•UK(UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland•England•BritishEmpire•BritishCommonwealthGeography–TheBritishIslesBritishIsles•AgroupofislandsoffthenorthwestcoastofEuropecomprisingGreat
2、Britain,Ireland,andadjacentsmallerislands.•TwoLargeislands(GreatBritainandIreland)andhundredsofsmallislands.GreatBritainBritain,orGreatBritain,isthelargestislandoftheBritishIsles,whichconsistsofEngland,ScotlandandWales.UK•ThecompletenameofEnglandUnitedKingdomofGr
3、eatBritainandNorthernIreland•TheUKpopulationisnearly61,000,000.BritishEmpirenThegeographicandpoliticalunitsformerlyunderBritishcontrol,includingdominions(自治领),colonies,dependencies(Bermuda),trustterritories(托管领土),andprotectorates(保护国).nAttheheightofitspowerinthel
4、ate19thandearly20thcenturies,theempirecomprisedaboutonequarteroftheworld’slandareaandpopulationandhadterritoriesoneverycontinent,includingtheBritishIsles,BritishNorthAmerica,BritishWestAfrica,BritishEastAfrica,India,Australia,andNewZealandTheSunNeversetontheBriti
5、shEmpireBritishCommonwealthnThevoluntaryassociationofGreatBritainanditsdependencies,certainformerBritishdependenciesthatarenowsovereignstatesandtheirdependencies,andtheassociatedstates(stateswithfullinternalgovernmentbutwhoseexternalrelationsaregovernedbyBritain)
6、nAlooseassociationconnectedmoreeconomicallythanpoliticallyEngland(英格兰)•EnglandisthelargestandmostsouthernportionofBritain.•Ithasanareaofmorethan130,000sq.km.whichtakesupnearly60%ofthewholeisland.•Itisthemostpopulousandrichestsectionofthecountry.•Sopeopletendtouse
7、“England”and“English”whentheymean“Britain”and“British”.•Population:51Million•Language:English•People:English,Scots,Welsh…•Religion:ChurchofEngland,Baptist,etc.•CapitalCity:London•Culture:•Theyhaveartisticcontributionsintheatre,literature,andarchitecture.•Staplefo
8、od:FishandChips,bacon,eggs,sausage.•PotatoLondon•ThecapitalofEnglandandBritain•ThepoliticalcentreoftheCommonwealthandamajorport•65kmfromthemouthoftheThamesRive