unit1.A Brief Introduction of the U.K.

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1、AGeneralSurveyoftheUnitedKingdomTeachingPlanUnitOneABriefIntroductionoftheU.K.UnitTwoBritishPoliticsandGovernmentUnitThreeEducation,CultureandSportsUnitFourBritishHistoryUnit1ABriefIntroductiontotheUnitedKingdomKeyPoints:NamesoftheU.K.TheFourRegionsoftheU.K

2、.ClimateFeaturesTheBritishIslesLondon1.NamesandPositionTheBritishIslesBritain(orGreatBritain)TheU.K--TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandEnglandWhichoneiscorrect?TheBritishIsles---ItisagroupofislandsoffthenorthwesterncoastofEurope.Thegroupconsis

3、tsoftwomainislands,GreatBritainandIreland,andnumeroussmallerislands.Ofalltheislands,thelargestoneiscalledGreatBritain.ThesecondlargestoneisIreland,whichistothewestofGreatBritain.Britain---ItistheshortformforGreatBritain.OfficiallyitshouldbetheGreatBritain.T

4、heislandofGreatBritainisdividedintothreeparts:Englandinthesouth,ScotlandinthenorthandWalesintheSouthwest.TheUnitedKingdom---It’stheshortformfortheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.ItisthepartoftheBritishIslesruledoverbytheQueen.England---England

5、isveryimportantintheUK.BecausetheimportanceissogreatthatEnglishpeopletendtousethewordwhentheymeanBritain.Manyforeignersareoftenconfused,sotheyfollowsuit.FullNameTheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandWhy“united”kingdom?1707EnglandwithScotlandKingdo

6、mofGreatBritain1800GreatBritainwithIrelandUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIreland1922theIrishFreeStateestablishedasaDominion1927sixIrishcountiesreincorporatedintothekingdomMapsoftheUnitedKingdomUKmapWhereisitintheworldmap?Whereisthiscountry?Whereexactlyisitin

7、Europe?Whataretheneighboringcountries?MapofEuropeMapofWesternEuropeSomefactsabouttheUK.(1)GeographyLocation--WesternEurope--islandsincludingthenorthern1/6oftheislandofIreland--betweentheNorthAtlanticOceanandtheNorthSea--northwestofFranceArea:total:244,820sq

8、kmLand:241,590sqkmwater:3,230sqkm(2)PeoplePopulation:61,126,832(July2009)(estimate)Urban-rural:urban89.5%;rural10.5%.Sexdistribution:male49.09%;female50.91%Officiallanguage:EnglishLanguages:English,Wel