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1、PartIBritain1.TheofficialnameofBritainistheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.2.TheRepublicofIrelandisalsocalledEire3.TheBritishCommonwealthwasfoundedin1931andcurrentlyithas53members.4.ThenarrowestofEnglishChannelbetweenEnglandandFranceisc

2、alledStraitsDover.5.ThehighestpeakofBritainisBenNevis.6.ThelongestriverinBritainistheSevenandthemostimportantriveristheThames.7.LondonisthecapitaloftheUnitedKingdom.ButthecapitalofScotlandisEdinburgh.ThecapitalofWalesisCardiff,andthecapitalofNorthern

3、IrelandisBelfast.8.TheancestorsoftheEnglishareAnglo-SaxonandtheScots,Welsh,andIrisharethedescendantofCelts.9.ThetwolargestislandofBritishIslesareGreatBritainandIreland.10.ThegreatestfestivalofWelshistheNationalEisteddfod.11.Thefactorsthatinfluencethe

4、climateofBritainarethesurroundingwaters,theprevailingsouth-westwindsortheWesterliesandtheNorthAtlanticDrift.12.ThemostimportanthistoricalmonumentleftbytheIberianswasStonehenge.13.BritishrecordedhistorybeginswiththeRomanInvasion.14.ThefirstRomanInvasi

5、onofBritainwasledbyJuliusCaesar.ThesuccessfulinvasionwasledbyEmperorClaudius.15.TheRomanbroughttoEnglandtheChristianitybelief.16.TheAnglo-SaxonsledbytheirkingAlfredtheGreatmanagedtodefeattheinvadingDanes.17.Anglo-SaxonsEnglandbeganinthemid-5thcentury

6、andperishedwiththedeathofNorwayKingHaroldatHastingsin1066.18.TheNormanConquestbrokeoutin1066.TheconquerorwasWilliamDukeofNormandy.19.Anglo-SaxonstribesincludedAngles,Jutes,andSaxons.20.ThePictsfrequentlyattackedtheRomantroopsinBritain.21.TheHadrian’s

7、WallisamilitarydefenseworkbuiltbytheRomaninvaderstoresisttheattacksfromsomepartsofBritain.22.TheRomaninvasionwasnottotalinthesensethatsomepartsofthecountryresistedandRomantroopswereoftenwithdrawnfromBritaintofightinotherpartsoftheRomanEmpire.23.Willi

8、amIreplacedwitan,thecouncilofAnglo-SaxonkingswithGrandcouncil,whichwasreplacedbySimonDeMonfortwithGreatCouncilin1265.24.T.S.Eliot’sMurderintheCathedralwasbasedonthecollisionbetweenHenryIIandThomasBecket.25.TheGreatCharterwassingedbyKingJohnin1215.Iti