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1、BritishCulturePartOneWhoaretheBritish?PeninsulaTheUnitedKingdomWhereisTheUnitedKingdomorBritain?TheUKorBritainislocatedoffthenorthwesterncoastofcontinentalEurope.ItconsistsofGreatBritain,NorthernIrelandandmanysmallislands.ThefullnameoftheUK:TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandWhereisThe
2、UnitedKingdomtheUKorBritain,isasovereignstatelocatedoffthenorthwesterncoastofcontinentalEurope.Itisanislandcountry,spanningGreatBritain,thenortheastpartofIreland,andmanysmallislands.NorthernIrelandistheonlypartoftheUKwithalandborder,sharingitwiththeRepublicofIreland.Apartfromthislandborder,theUKiss
3、urroundedbytheAtlanticOcean,theNorthSea,theEnglishChannelandtheIrishSea.Thelargestisland,GreatBritain,islinkedtoFrancebytheChannelTunnel.10,000yearsago,StoneAgemen,Cavemen6000~5000B.CSeveringofthelandbridge3000B.CIberians750B.CCeltsGaels750B.CBritons500B.CGauls100B.CTheEarliestSettlers&EarlyInvasio
4、nsStonehengeStonehengeAgroupofstandingstonesonSalisburyPlaininsouthernEngland.Datingtoc.2000–1800B.C.,themegalithsareenclosedbyacircularditchandembankmentthatmaydatetoc.2800.ThearrangementofthestonessuggeststhatStonehengewasusedasareligiouscenterandalsoasanastronomicalobservatory.StonehengeCeltsSco
5、ttish,WelshandIrishpeopleThemodernScottish,WelshandIrishpeoplearethedescendantsoftheCeltictribes.theGaelsoftheCeltictribes(thePictsorCelts)weretheforefathersofthemodernScottish&IrishtheBritonsoftheCeltictribesweretheforefathersofthemodernWelsh.TheScotsNationalDress:kiltNationalMusicalInstrument:bag
6、pipeNationalCharacteristics:inventive,hard-working,serious-mindedandcautiouswithmoney,braveinthebattlefieldVisitors’impression:hospitable,generousandfriendlyHowtodistinguishbytheirnames:M’,Mc,Mac,whichmeansthesonofTheScottishoflettersWalterScott,RobertBurns,R.L.Stevenson,JamesBarrieJ.K.Rowling(grew
7、upandlivesinEdinburgh)TheWelshNationalartandliterature:musicandpoetry,NationalEisteddfod,LandofSongTwodifferentpassions:rugbyfootballandchoralsingingNationalCharacteristics:consciousoftheirCelticheritageHow
