英语国家概况 Unit One The Country.ppt

英语国家概况 Major English Speaking Major English Speaking Countries Countries A SurveyA Survey 张静静 2012 09 Contents The United Kingdom 1 The United States of America 2 Canada 3 Australia 4 New Zealand 5 Distribution of native English speakers by country The Anglosphere moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current Capital City London Major Cities Birmingham Leeds Liverpool Manchester Sheffield Official Language English Official Animal Lion Flag Cross of St Andrew National Day 30 November St Andrew s Day Area 77 925 sq km Population 5 116 900 2006 Capital City Edinburgh Major Cities Aberdeen Dundee Glasgow Official Language English Scottish Gaelic is spoken by 1 4 percent of the population Highest point Ben Nevis 1 343 m Official AnimalUnicorn The Scottish Highlanders consider themselves the true Scots and they wear their national dress the kilt with pride Kilts are pleated skirts 百褶裙 made of material with a squared colored design called a tartan 格子花呢 They probably derive from the costume of the Roman conquerors Each Scottish clan tribe has its own tartan with specific colors and design and only members of that clan are entitled to wear it Kilt Wales v Wales is smaller than England and Scotland It is 240 kilometers from north to south and 185 kilometers from east to west at its widest part Its area is 20 776 square kilometers less than 9 with a population of 2 965 900 about 4 9 of the whole It is bounded on the north by the Irish Sea on the west by St George s Channel and on the south by the Bristol Channel In the east it borders a number of English counties v The capital of Wales is Cardiff Cardiff is only a small city with an area of 120 square kilometers and a population of 300 000 About two thirds of Wales s population lives in the south Flag Red dragon on a green and white field National Day 1 March St David s Day Area 20 732 sq km Population 2 965 900 2006 Capital City Cardiff Major Cities Caerphilly Newport Swansea Official Language English and Welsh Official Animal Dragon Northern Ireland v This part is the smallest part with an area of about 14 160 square kilometers and a population of about 1 702 600 2003 estimate Northern Ireland constitutes about 17 percent of the land area of Ireland and has 31 percent of the island s population The rest of the island is occupied by the Republic of Ireland The capital of Northern Ireland is Belfast Flag Cross of St Patrick National Day 17 March St Patrick s Day Area 13 576 sq km Population 1 741 600 2006 Capital City Belfast Official Language English and Irish 1 2 3 45 6 The UK Scotland Great Britain England British IslesWales 1 2 Topography England it consists of lowland terrain with some mountainous terrain in the north west north and south west Scotland Its geography is varied with lowlands in the south and east and highlands in the north and west Wales It s mostly mountainous South Wales is less mountainous than North and Mid Wales Northern Ireland It s mostly hilly Geographic feature vThe north and west of Britain are mainly highlands and the east and southeast are mostly lowlands Highland zone Lowland zone vChief mountain ranges the Pennies 奔宁山脉 in the south England the Cambrians in the west Wales and the Grampians 格兰扁山脉 in the north Scotland vThe Grampians the largest mountain range in the UK Scotland Language English Gaelic Northern Highlands Central Lowlands and Southern Uplands Grampian Mountains The Peak is Ben Nevis 本尼维 斯 which is 1 343 meters high Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in Britain 1 343m Scotland Wales The Cambrian Mountain Range 坎 布里安山脉 covers most of Wales and is the second highest mountain in Britain Its highest peak is Snowdon which is 1085 meters high The Cambrian Mountain Range is the second highest Mountain in Britain Mt Snowdon斯诺登峰 is the highest mountain in Wales England vThe Cumbrian Mountain Range is the third highest mountain in Britain vIt lies in northwest of England and the peak of Scafell is 977 meters high vThe Lake District 英格兰湖区 is instituted in the Cumbrian Mountain Range vThis area is beautiful and quiet and the Lake poets once lived in the Lake District Pennies vThe Pennies 奔宁山脉 is a kind of upland Since the 19th century it has been called the backbone of England which stretches about 120 kilometers from the Scottish border to Derby shire vThe highest point of the Pennies is Cross Fell which is 893 meters high Pennines v Backbone of England v In northern England and southern Scotland 1 3 Rivers and Lakes v The most important river in Britain and the second longest river Thames 338 kilometers long 泰晤士河 v The longest river The Severn River 塞文河 rises in northeast Wales and flows through central England to the Bristol Channel 布里斯托尔海峡 v It is 355 Kilometers long and is the Longest river in Britain v The largest Lake Lough Neagh Northern Ireland Thames Dept of Foreign Studies Dept of Foreign Studies vThe Clyde River 克莱德河 is the most important river in Scotland and is about 170 km vIt flows 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