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1、Unit1ABriefIntroductiontotheUnitedKingdomToTestYourselfWhatisthefullnameoftheBritishstate?Whatcountriesdoesitconsistof?WhatisthetotalpopulationoftheUnitedKingdom?Aloose(andvoluntary)organizationexistsamongthecountriesthatusedtobepartoftheBritishEmpir
2、e.Whatistheorganizationcalled?WhendidtheU.K.becomeamemberoftheEuropeanUnion?Officialname:theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.ThedefinitionoftheUK.,GreatBritain&theBritishIsles.England,Scotland,WalesNorthernIreland.GreatBritainIrelandhund
3、redsofsmallonesTheUKGreatBritainTheBritishIsles:Languagepoints1.AcomplicatedcountrywithacomplicatednameTwolargeislandsseveralsmallonestwostatesTheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.England,WalesScotlandBritishIslestheUKGreatBritainNational
4、Emblem“UnionJack”--NationalFlag---Nationalanthem：“Godsavethequeen”（如在位的是男性君主，国歌改为“Godsavetheking”）---Nationalflower：Rose---Nationalbird：红胸鸲(redbreast/robin)(1)EnglandisinthesouthernpartofGreatBritain.Itisthelargest,mostpopuloussection.(2)Scotlandisin
5、thenorthofGreatBritain.Capital:Edinburgh.(3)WalesisinthewestofGreatBritain.Capital:Cardiff(4)NorthernIrelandisthefourthregionoftheUK.Capital:Belfast.Edinburgh,capitalofScotlandCardiff,capitalofWalesEnglandScotlandWalesRepublicofIrelandNorthernIreland
6、London,capitalofEnglandBelfast,capitalofNorthernIrelandDublin,capitalofRepublicofIreland1)ThedaysofempireendedafterWorldWarII.Buttherearecloserelationshipswhichexistwiththe50ormorecoloniesofthatempire,andwhichmaintainlinksthroughCommonwealthofNations
7、(二战后，帝国主义时代过去了。但是大英帝国的50多个殖民地之间仍然有着紧密的联系，这种联系主要通过英联邦这个组织来维系).2)IthasgreateffectsonthemakeupoftheBritishpopulation:对英国的人口构成有着很大的影响BecauseoftheimmigrationfromIndia,Pakistan,orCaribbeancountriesinthe1950sand1960s,1in20arenon-Europeanethnicity(由于在20世纪50、
8、60年代，来自印度、巴基斯坦或位于西印度群岛与中南美洲海域的加勒比国家大量涌入英国，现在1/20的英国人是非欧洲血统的人).2.Theeffectsofitsimperialpast3.Racial,gender,class,regionalandeconomicdifferencesinthesociety1)amulti-racialsociety:mostareChristiansandbecauseofimmigration,manyareMuslims;2)genderdifferen
