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1、Name:Doris(何敏晶)StudentNumber:201012321610Class:English1106LessonOne:ThelandThefullandofficialnameofthecountryistheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthIreland,andusuallycalledtheUnitedKingdomorUK,GreatBritain,orsimplyBritainorEngland.BritainislocatedinWesternEurope,wassurroundedbyt
2、heNorthSea,theStraitofDoverandtheEnglishChannel.Itisasmallcountrythatonlywith244,019squarekilometersintheworld,whichrankingaboutthe75thinsizeamongcountriesintheworld.Ontheotherhand,Britainwaseveroneoftheoldestandstrongestcolonialpowersintheworldandruledavastempirethathasplayedani
3、mportantroleinshapingthemodernworld.BritainhasfournationsthatincludeEngland,Scotland,WalesandNorthernIreland.Britainisdividedintothelowlandareaandthehighlandarea.Englandhasatotalareaofmorethan130,000squarekilometersthatismadeupofthreelandformregions:theeastandthesoutheastareplain
4、s,middleEnglandismountainswiththeaveragealtitudebetween200and500meters;thenorthandwestofEnglandarehilly.Scotlandhasanareaof78,760squarekilometerswithtwothirdsofthemiscoveredbythehighland.Waleshasanareaofabout20,700squarekilometers,whichisdividedintotheindustrialsouth,thecentralpl
5、ateausandthelakesandthemountainousnorthofthefarmersandtourists.TheriversinBritainareshortandswift,andonlyafewofthemarenavigable.TheThamesRiver,theSevernRiver,TheMerseyRiver,theHumberRiveraretheseveralmainlyimportantriversinBritain.ThecoastofislandsBritainhasagreatlengthofcoastlin
6、eandisvaried.TheclimateinBritainisatemperatemaritimeclimate,andithasthreefeatures,whichmakesBritaindampandwarmalltheyearround.CoalandpetroleumarethemostimportantnaturalresourcesinBritain,naturalgas,ironore,limestone,clay,shale,chalkandtinarealsotakeagreatpartincountry’sresources.
7、10Name:Doris(何敏晶)StudentNumber:201012321610Class:English1106LessonTwo:ThePeopleThetotalpopulationofBritainisover60.2million,withsome248personslivingineverysquarekilometer,whichisoneofthehighestpopulationdensitiesintheworld.Thepopulationmainlydistributesinthesevenconurbations,whic
8、hareGreaterLondon,W.Midlands,SouthYorksh
