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1、RevisionQuestions•WhatarethefoursectionsoftheUK?WhatisthefulltitleofBritain?•CanyoudescribethefeaturesofEnglishclimate?•Whatisthehighestmountain?Thelongestriver?•Whatdoes“thebackboneofEngland”referto?ChapterTwoThePeopleoftheUKI.GeneralInformation1.population:over60million(2005estimates)Features:unev

2、en(90%urban,10%rural)English(83.8%),Scottish(8.5%),Welsh(2.96%),Irish(2.9%),otherpeoples(2.8%).2.Beliefs•Britain'sChristiantraditionisavariedone.RomanCatholicismwastheofficialreligionuntilHenryVIII'sdisputewiththePopeoverhiswishtodivorceCatherineofAragon.HenrybrokewithRomeanddeclaredhimselftheHeadof

3、theChurchofEngland.religionsinUKChurchofEngland(Anglican)ChurchofScotland(Presbyterian)RomanCatholicChurchAnglicanCathedral(Liverpool)ChurchofScotlandLanguagesandliteracyrate3.languages:“ThereareasmanydialectsastherearecountiesinEngland.”4.literacyrate:99%(1978)InvadersContributionIberiansCelts1)Gae

4、ls(盖尔人)2)Britons1)ScottishandIrishraceandculture2)WelshraceandcultureRomansLatinalphabetandlanguage,ChristianityAnglo-SaxonsEnglishraceandlanguageDanesSomepeculiaritiesofdialectinNorthandEastEngland.NormanFinalUnificationofEngland.Foundationofaristocracy.EnglishcivilizationII.DifferentEthnicGroups1.

5、TheEnglish(81.5%)•origin:Anglo-Saxon•JohnBull•Cockney:aLondonerwhoisbornwithinthesoundofBowBells---thebellsofthechurchofSt.Mary-le-BowineastLondon.•CockneyEnglish:richinslangs---‘rhymingslang’,eg.“butcher’shook”---“look”,“bowlofwater”---“daughter’•Character:extravagance&frivolityJohnBullEastEndofLon

6、donCockneySt.MaryLeBowChurchofSt.Mary-le-BowSt.MaryLeBow•Architect:SirChristopherWren•Location:Cheapside,London,England•Date:1670to1683•BuildingType:church •Construction System:cutstonemasonry•Context:urban•Style:EnglishRenaissance•Notes:Notablesteeple.Let’sVisitSomeImportantPlacesinWales•Cardiff•Sn

7、owdoniaNationalParkCaernarfonCastle2.TheWelsh(1.9%)•origin:Celtic•language:English&Welsh(WelshisanancientCelticlanguage,moredifferentfromEnglishthanEnglishisfromFrenchorGerman.)•literature:Arthurianle