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1、Unit1ABriefIntroductiontotheUnitedKingdom1.TheflagofBritain:UnionJack(英国国旗中没有显示出Welsh旗)2.Thebasicinformationofeachcountry:CountryCapitalAreaMemoEnglandLondon最大1.最不会把自己的“英格兰文化区别于其他文化”2.英语国家概况——单文飞28一个高度城市化的国家,80%居住在城市,20%工作于农业。ScotlandEdinburgh爱丁堡,此名源于爱尔曼语(ButthelargestcityisGlas
2、gowinScotland)第二大1.英国最不平坦的部分。(theHighlandsinthenorthandtheSouthernUplandsinthesouth)2.NotconqueredbytheromansortheAnglo-Saxons.WalesCardiff(加的夫)第三大(但在BritishMainland上是最小)1.Ithadrichcoaldeposits.(储存)2.WaleshasbeendominatedbyEnglandforlongerthantheothernationsoftheunion.英语国家概况——单文
3、飞283.Italsoretainsitsownlanguage,Welsh.4.UnlikeEnglanditdidnotfalltotheAnglo-Saxoninvadersofthe5thcentury.NorthernIrelandBelfast(贝尔法斯特)最小None3.ThetimejoiningtheBritishparliament:However,in1707byagreementoftheEnglishandScottishparliaments,ScotlandjoinedtheUnion.4.Differencebetwee
4、ntheBritishIsles,UK,GreatBritain,andEngland:lBritishIsles:theislandofGreatBritaintheislandofIreland英语国家概况——单文飞28surroundingisleslUK=GreatBritain+NorthernIrelandlGreatBritain=England+Scotland+Wales3.ThefourmajorinvasionsinthehistoryofGreatBritain:Atfirst,EnglandwasoccupiedbyCelti
5、cpeople.Thenin43ADBritainwasinvadedbytheRomanEmpire.Result:EnglandandWalesbecameapartoftheRomanEmpirefornearly400years.theAngle-Saxoninvaded.Result:Thelandtheylivedbecame"Angle-land",laterchangedintoEngland,thelanguagetheyspokenbecameEnglish.PS:Oneofthebest-knownEnglishlegendsde
6、rivesfromthistime.In5centuryAD,KingAuthor(亚瑟王)unitedtheBritish,andwithhismagicalsword,Excalibur(被称为“王者之剑”的圣剑)英语国家概况——单文飞28,drovetheSaxonsback.关于亚瑟王的一些名词:Excalibur:被称为“王者之剑”的圣剑;亚瑟王之魔剑CastleatTintagel(廷塔杰尔)inCornwall:Tintagel传说为亚瑟王的诞生地,这是一个与亚瑟王传奇有关的地方。Knight:骑士Camelot:卡米洛,传说中亚瑟王宫殿
7、所在地。theVikingsinvaded.(Fromthelate8thcenturyon)ResultinacertainculturaldividebetweennorthernersandsouthernersinEngland,whichcanbeexpressedas"Saxon"versus(对抗;与...相对)"Dane".PS:此时出现的历史人物是:KingAlfredtheGreat:阿尔弗雷德国王,英国历史上的著名国王,领导英国抗击北欧海盗的入侵。theNormans(fromnorthernFrance,whoweredesce
8、ndants(后代)ofVikings),WilliamofNormandyinvadedth