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1、ThecapitalofU.K.andthecapitalofEnglandaswellGreatBritainTheNationalFlagofU.K.ThisistheFlagofEngland.Don’tgetconfusedwithitsnationalflag.TheMapofEnglandHereisLondon,thecapitalofU.K.andthecapitalofEnglandaswell.TheRiverThames&Towerbridge泰晤士河&塔桥TowerofLondon伦敦塔ParliamentBuilding&BigBen议会大厦&大本钟T
2、heLondonEyeWestminster–HouseofParliamentTheParliamentBuildingandBigBenViewontheThamesBigBen大本钟BuckinghamPalace白金汉宫BuckinghamPalaceiswheretheQueenlivesHydeParkHorseGuardParadeinHydeParkLifeGuardatPostTheCenterofLondonStockExchange伦敦股票交易中心TelephoneBoothinLondonRedBusesTheBritishMuseum大英博物馆Buck
3、inghamPalace白金汉宫GreenwichObservatory格林尼治天文台WestminsterAbbeyThisistheveryplacefortheroyalfamilytofortheirweddingceremoniesandfunerals.WindsorCastle温莎堡CambridgeUniversity剑桥大学OxfordUniversity牛津大学HydePark海德公园Stratford-upon-AvonBirthplaceofShakespearePortraitofthePeopleFourcountriesmakeuptheUnite
4、dKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland--England,Scotland,WalesandNorthernIreland.Residentsofanyofthesecountriesmaybecalled"British."Use"English,""Scot"or"Scotsman,""Welsh"and"Irish"or"NorthernIrish"onlywhencertainofaperson’sheritage.Whilethefourcountriessharemanycustoms,eachhasitsownsetofc
5、ulturalnuances.InEngland,politeness,reserve,andrestraintareadmired.TheEnglisharecourteous,unassumingandunabrasiveandareveryproudoftheirlongandrichhistory.Scotsarepassionateabouttheircountry,guardingitsuniquenessandrefusingtogoalongwithEnglishideas.Whilecoolandaloofexternally,theyareextremely
6、sentimentalabouttheirfamilyandtheircountry.OverallScotsarefreeofclassconsciousnessandsocialelitism,exceptinreligion.Scotshaveakeen,subtlesenseofhumorandvaluegenerosity,respectability.Generally,ProtestantsmixonlywithProtestantsandCatholicsmixonlywithCatholics.WaleshasbeenpartoftheUnitedKingdo
7、mformorethan400years,buthaskeptitsownlanguage,literatureandtraditions.MostresidentsofWalesareofWelshorEnglishheritage.ManyimmigrantsfromformerBritishcoloniesandotherpartsofU.K.Welshtakegreatprideintheircountryandtheirheritage.TheWelshlovetosingandt
