英国概况复习要点

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1、I.ImportantfactstoknowabouttheUK.1.BritaindoesnotsharelandborderwithanyothercountriesexcepttheRepublicofIreland.2.TheclimateofBritainisamildandtemperateone.3.ThemostimportantriverintheUnitedKingdomistheThamesRiver.Thelargest/longestistheSevernRiver.4.ThefamousSpeak

2、er’sCornerisanareainsideHydePark,London,wherespeakersaddressthepublic,especiallyonSundays.5.TheHousesofParliamentareintheCityofWestminster.6.TheWestminsterAbbeyistheplacewherealmostallEnglishkingsandqueenshavebeencrowned.7.TheWhitehalliswheremanyBritishgovernmentof

3、ficesarelocated.8.BuckinghamPalaceistheLondonresidencefortheKingorQueen.9.No.10DowningStreetinLondonistheofficialresidenceofBritishPrimeMinister.10.London,thecapitaloftheUnitedKingdom,issituatedontheThamesRivernearitsmouth.11.TheWestEndofLondonisresidedbyricherpeop

4、lethantheEastEnd.12.TheBritishMuseumistheoldestandlargestofallthemuseumsandgalleriesintheUK.13.WembleyStadiumisthesiteoftheFACupFinal,whileWimbledonisthesiteoftheinternationalLawnTennischampionship.14.The“tube”inLondonistheoldestandlongestundergroundrailwayinthewor

5、ld.15.TheBritishstateismadeupofEngland,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.16.LondonTower,firstbuiltasafortressfortheroyalfamily,waslaterusedasaprisonfortheKing’sorQueen’spoliticalenemies.17.BigBenisafamousclockinLondon.18.Thereisnolongerserious“smog”inLondonnowadays.

6、19.TheUKisoneofthemostdenselypopulatedcountriesintheworld.20.InBritainonlylessthan2%ofthepopulationarefarmersbuttheymanageabout70%ofthelandarea.21.ItwastheAnglo-SaxonswhobroughttheEnglishlanguageintoEngland.22.TheimmigrantscomingtoBritainaremainlyfromtheWestIndies,

7、IndiaandPakistan.23.The“upperclass”,livingofftheownershipoflandorcapitalarefairlyconstantataround2%.24.Askilledworker,howevermuchhe/sheearns,isoneoftheworking/lowerclass.25.Peoplewhodounskilledoffice-workarealsolikelytobedescribedaslower(middle)class.26.JohnBullist

8、henicknameofBritain.27.TheUKhasexperiencedrelativeeconomicdeclinesinceWorldWarII.28.MargretThatcheristhefirstandonlyfemalePrimeMinisterinBritishh