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1、1.TheofficialnameoftheUnitedKingdomistheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.2.TherearethreepoliticaldivisionsontheislandsofGreatBritain:England,ScotlandandWales.3.Aboutahundredyearsago,Britainruledanempirethathadonefourthoftheworld'speopleandonefourthoftheworld'slanda
2、rea.4.TheBritainEmpirewasreplacedbytheBritaincommonwealthin1931,whichisafreeassociationofindependentcountiesthatwereoncecoloniesofBritain.5.BritainisseparatedfromtherestofEuropebytheEnglishChannelinthesouthandtheNorthSeaintheeast.6.Britainhas,forcenturies,beentiltingwiththenort
3、hwestslowlyrising,andthesoutheastslowlysinking.ThenorthandwestofBritainaremainlyhighlands.Thesoutheastandeastaremainlylowlands.7.Thepennies,arangeofhillsrunningfromnorthmidlandstoScottishborder,aretheprincipalmountainchain.8.BenNevisinScotlandisthehighestmountaininBritain,andth
4、eLoughNeaghinNorthernIrelandisthelargestlakeinBritain.9.TherearethreenaturalzonesinScotland:thehighlandsinthenorth,thecentrallowlands,andthesouthernuplands.ThelowlandsinthecentercomprisemostlytheforthandClydevalleys.10.Edinburgh,CardiffandBelfastarethecapitalsofScotland,Walesan
5、dNorthernIreland.11.Scotlandhasabout800islands,includingtheOrkney,ShetlandsandHebrides.12.Besides,theTweed,theTyne,theTeesandtheThamesRiversontheeastcoastallfacetheNorthSeaportsontheEuropeancontinent.13.ThelongestriverinBritainistheSevernRiver.ThemostimportantriverisThamesRiver
6、.RiverClydeisthemostimportantriverinScotland.14.ThoughtheweatherinBritainissochangeableandunpredictable,theclimateisinfactafavorableone.Britainhasasteadyreliablerainfallthroughoutthewholeyear.15.Britainhasapopulationof57411000.itisadenselypopulatedcountrywithanaverageof237peopl
7、epersquarekilometer,anditisveryunevenlydistributed.90%ofthepopulationisurban,andonly10%isrural.16.theEnglishareAnglo-Saxons,butthewelsh,ScotsandIrishareCelts.17.TheCeltsofWalesdefendedtheirfreedomfor1000yearsandwerenotconqueredbytheEnglishuntil1536.todayaboutaquarterofthewelshp
8、opulationstillspeakwelshastheirfirstlanguageandabouton
