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1、ABriefIntroductiontotheUnitedKingdomWeek1Aug,2011Thefullnameofthecountry:theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandTheUKincludes4partswithintheonenation-stateTheislandofGreatBritainismadeofEngland,ScotlandandWales,andNorthernIsland,aprovinceontheneighboringislandofIreland.GeneralPictureofUK

2、“acomplicatedcountrywithacomplicatedname”imperialpast“theempireonwhichthesunneversets”UKisnolongeranimperialcountryTheCommonwealthofNationsanorganizationthroughwhichthefiftyormorecountrieswhichusedtobeapartofthatempireandmaintainlinks.Immigration:non-EuropeanethnicityfromsomeofthoseCommonwealthcou

3、ntrieslikeIndiaorPakistan,andthecountriesofCaribbean.AmemberoftheEuropeanUnion;AmemberoftheGroupofEightlargedevelopedeconomies(“G8”)八国集团首脑会议(G8Summit)由西方七国首脑会议演变而来，与会八国也被称为八国集团。八国是指美国、英国、法国、德国、意大利、加拿大、日本和俄罗斯。Amulticulturalsociety:Christians,Muslims.Britainhistoryhasbeenahistoryofinvasions:Celtic(7

4、50B.C.)RomanEmpire:(55B.C.–410):EnglandandWalesGermanic(410—871):theAngles,theJutesandtheSaxonRaidersfromScandinavia,theferociousVikingsNormans:fromnorthernFrance,whoweredescendantsofVikings.ThenextfewhundredyearsfollowingtheNormaninvasioncanbeseenasaprocessofjoiningtogetherthevariouspartsoftheBri

5、tishIslesunderEnglishrule.EnglandPhysicallythelargestofthefournations;byfarthelargestpopulationCulturalandeconomicdominanceLondondominantinallsortsofwayTheseatofgovernment;CulturalcenterBusinesscenterFinancialcenterBuckinghamPalaceTrafalgarSquareWestminsterLondonTowerScotlandThemostconfidentofitso

6、wnidentityThesecondlargestofthefournations,bothinpopulationandingeographicalareaTheHighlandsinthenorthandtheSouthernUplandsThelargestcityisGlasgow,thecapitalcityisEdinburghIn1707,byagreementoftheEnglishandScottishparliaments,ScotlandjoinedtheUnion.Thenfollowedtworebellionsin1715and1745kiltBagpipes

7、BagpipesWalesThecapitalisCardiffThissouthernareawasanimportantelementinBritain’sindustrialrevolution,asithadrichcoaldeposits.ItisveryclosetothemostdenselypopulatedpartsofcentralEngland.WaleshasbeendominatedbyEngl