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1、ThecultureofMajorEnglish-speakingCountriesSectionALandTheUKTheUSTheUKQuestions:whatistheofficialnameofthiscountry?Whatarethegeographicfeaturesofthecountry?TextATheLandofTheUKAfterthefirstparagraph,thequestions:1.itslocation,areaandcomponents.2.itsgeographicfeatures:surroundedby…,3.itsclimate4.itspop
2、ulation5.language,religionandclassstucture6.capitalSummer英国地处西半球大西洋东岸,是北温带海洋性气候,其夏季是温馨宜人的季节,人们常常用“美好”、“可爱”、“温和”来形容它。因此莎士比亚在他的一首十四行诗中把爱人比作夏天,“ShallIcomparetheetoasummers'day?"CommonwealthofNations/BritishCommonwealth英联邦TheCommonwealthiscomposedoftheUKanditspreviouscoloniesandthedependentcountries.iti
3、ncludes54countriesnow.Canada,Australia,Neazealand,SouthAfrica,Malaysia,SingaporetheheadistheEnglishqueenPiratesoftheCaribbeanWestminsterChurchSt.Paul'sCathedraldifferentlifestyle在英国，“upperclass”很多都有两名servants、一艘游艇yacht；middleclass大多在法国或西班牙海滨拥有第二处房产；与此相反，工薪阶层workingclass的日子过得有点“抠门”；而领取救济金alms的穷人则住在伦敦
4、东区和南区由政府建造的简易高楼里。上流社会：300万英镑是门槛BritishMuseumtheTateGalleryThefourpartsoftheUKQuestions:WhichpartoccupiesmostoftheislandofGreatBritain?Whichnationhasthestrongestnationalidentity?EnglandThelargestandmostpopulousconstituentpartInhabitantsaccountformorethan82%ofthetotalpopulationoftheUKRegionalandcultur
5、aldifferencesHighlyurbanized,bigcitieswhyforeignerswouldcalltheUKas"England"thecharacterofEnglishpeopleScotlandsecond,themostruggedpart.geography(lowland,highland)Capitalcity,Glasgow,AberdeenDundeelocallanguages,thetipicalScottishgarmentthecharacterofScottishWalesitismountainous,coastlineconsistsofb
6、ays,beaches,peninsulasandcliff,CardiffWelshretainapowerfulsenseofdifferencefromEngland.thedistinctionbetweenthenorthandthesouthofWalesthecharacterofWelsh.NorthernIrelanditsgeographicfeatureswhatisitquitefamousfor?itslanguagesNorthernIrelandHomework1.regionalandculturaldifferencesexistbetweenthenorth
7、andthesouthofEngland.whatarethey?2.regionalandculturaldifferencesexistbetweenthelowlandandhighlandofScotand.whatarethey?3.NorthernIrelandisfamousforitspoliticalproblem,why?TheUSTheLandoftheUnitedState
