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1、填空题Chapter11.TheBritishIslesaresituatedinthenorthwestofEurope.TheyarecutofffromthecontinentbytheEnglishChannel.OnthenorthandtheeasttheIslesfacetheNorthSea,andonthewesttheyfacetheAtlanticOcean.ThefulltitleoftheUnitedKingdomisTheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.3.Be
2、foretheearly20thcentury,NorthernIrelandwaspartofIrelandasawhole.In1920,itbecomepartoftheUnitedKingdom,withaseparatedparliamentandself-government.TherewereoriginallysixcountriesinNorthernIreland.Butsince1973ithasasingle-tiersystemof26administrativedistricts.4.TheclimateinBritai
3、nismoderatedbytheAtlanticGulfStream,andismuchmilderthanthatofmanyplacesinthesamelatitude.Theclimateisgenerallyequable,butthedaytodayconditionsarechangeable.Chapter21.TheWelsh,theScots,theIrisharethedescendantsofCeltswhocamefromEuropetotheBritishIslescenturiesbeforetheRomaninva
4、sion.ItwasthesepeoplewhomtheGermanicAnglosandSaxonsconqueredinthe5thand6thcenturiesAD.TheseGermanicconquerorswereconqueredinturnbytheNormanFrench,whenWilliamofNormandylandednearHastingsin1066.ItwasfromtheunionofNormanconquerorsandtheAnglo-SaxonsthattheEnglishpeopleandtheEnglis
5、hlanguagewereborn.2.CockneyEnglishisveryrichinslang,especiallyrhymingslang.Thesecondpartoftherhymingslangisoftenomitted.4.WalesisanancientCelticlanguage.In1535Welshwasforbiddenasanofficiallanguage,butin1965itwasgivenequalitywithEnglishforallofficialuseinWales.Welshliteratureda
6、tesbacktothe6thcenturyAD.MuchearlyWelshpoetryisheroicorelegiac,andconcernspre-Christianheroes,andtheirexploits.WelshliteraturehadaprofoundinfluenceinmedievalEurope,asitisthesourcebothofArthurianlegendandthatoftheHolyGrail.From15thcenturyonwardclassicalWelshliteraturedeclined.C
7、hapter31.Soonafter700BCtheCeltsfromupperRhineLandofnorthwestEuropecametosettleontheBritishIsles.ThefirstwaveofCelticinvaderswastheGales,whoselanguageisstillspokeninScotland.Fromabout500BCanothergroupofCeltscalledBrythonscameanddrovetheGalestothenorthandwest.FromtheBrythonscame
8、theEnglishnameforBritain.Athirdwave,BelgaefromNorthernGaul,ar
