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1、2019-2020年高二英语Unit5TheBritishIsles课本原文人教版TheideathatEnglandstandsforFish&Chips．Speakers’Corner,BigBenandtheTowerofLondonispast．Thoughmanypeoplearoundtheworldstudyitslanguage，theirviewofBritishcultureissometimesnarrow．ThefactthatGreatBritainismadeupofthreecountriesisstillunknown

2、tomany．WithinGreatBritainformanyyearsnow，therehasbeenagrowingmovementtomakethemostofitsculturaldiversity—toseeitasitreallyis：anationofdifferentcountriesheldtogetherbyamonlanguageandculture．TheBritishIslesaleagroupofislandsthatliesoffthewestcoastofEurope．Thelargestislandiscalled

3、Britain,whichisseparatedfromFrancebytheEnglishChannel，whichatonepointisonly20mileswide．ItformsthemainlandofGreatBritainandconsistsofthreecountries：Scotlandinthenorth．WalesinthewestandEnglandinthesouthandeast．TheislandjustwestofBritainiscalledIreland．BetweenBritainandIreland，int

4、heIrishSea,liesthesmallIsleofMan．TheBritishIslesaresurroundedbytheAtlanticOceantothewest，andtheNorthSeatotheeast．TheclimateoftheBritishIslesismildwithalotofrain．Ingeneral，Scotlandiscolderthroughouttheyear，andreceivesmorerain．ItrainsalotinEnglandandWalestoo，butthetemperaturesare

5、morepleasant．InthesummermonthsthedifferenceintemperaturebetweenLondonandthenorthcanbeasmuchasninedegrees!ThecoldestmonthsareJanuaryandFebruary，whilethewarmestmonthsareJulyandAugust．ThecultureofthepeopleoftheBritishIsleswasinfluencedbythecultureofthepeopleontheEuropeanmainland．I

6、nthefifthcentury,peoplefromdifferentpartsofnorthernEuropesettledinEngland，bringingtheirowncultureandlanguagewiththem．TheirlanguagesformedthebasisforEnglish．Someofthenativepopulationmovedtotheinland，mountainouspartsoftheislands，toIreland，ScotlandandWales，wheretheycontinuedspeaki

7、ngtheirownlanguages．In1066EnglandwasconqueredbytheFrench．ForthenextfewhundredyearstheupperclassesspokeFrenchwhilethemonpeoplespokeEnglish．TheresultofthisFrenchinfluencewasthattheEnglishlanguageendedupwithmanyFrenchwordssuchastable，animalandage．TheUnitedKingdomhasalonghistory．En

8、glandandScotlandarekingdoms．Thefirsttwocountriesformin