UK CULTURE英国文化

• The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of governance. Its capital city is London, an important global city and financial centre with an urban population of 10,310,000, the fourth-largest in Europe and second-largest in the European Union. • The current monarch—since 6 February 1952—is Queen Elizabeth II.
• The United Kingdom straddles the geographic mid-latitudes between 49 and 61 N. It is on the western seaboard of AfroEurasia, the world's largest land mass. These conditions allow convergence between moist maritime air and dry continental air. In this area, the large temperature variation creates atmospheric instability and this is a major factor that influences the often unsettled weather the country experiences, where many types of weather can be experienced in a single day. • OK, GOT IT NOW??
Commonwealth of Nations
• The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as “The Commonwealth” (英聯邦) and previously known as the British Empire, is an intergovernmental organization of fifty four independent member states. • All but two of these countries were formerly part of the British Empire.(帝國 ) India and Hong Kong. • Every four years, the Commonwealth Games are held, very similar to the Olympic games, and is watched all over the world.
So what is the UK? Great Britain?
• The United Kingdom is a country that consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In fact, the official name of the country is "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."
Climate ( Really )
Main UK cities
• • • • • • • • • • London – Administrative Capital Birmingham – Industrial Revolution Home Manchester – Ship Canals Newcastle – Ship Building Liverpool – Docks, Music Southampton – Port Edinburgh – Scotland's Capital Belfast – Northern Irelands Capital Bristol – Port, Steam power. Cardiff – Wales Capital
Other nations, the French, looked at a dining table and saw an opportunity to have dinner, we looked at it and saw an opportunity to play Wiff-waff”
Ex London Mayor Boris Johnson describing what is common about the British personality. Basically saying the British peБайду номын сангаасple think about life in a happy and less stressful way.
Windsor Park Balmoral castle
Blenheim Palace
Buckingham Palace
Famous Monarchs of British History
1.Queen Elizabeth II 2.Queen Elizabeth I 3.King Henry VIII 4.King Richard I 5.King George VI 6.King Edward I
England
Scotland
Wales
northern Ireland
How the Flag is made up.
Climate
• ―So you are from the UK? It always rains there…and is always very cold‖ • Said a student a million times because they live in Guangdong and the only cold place they know is the inside of a fridge. • So, what do I say?
The British Empire
Continued…..
• Queen Elizabeth II is the head of state of both the UK and the Commonwealth. • The land area of the Commonwealth nations is about 31,500,000 km2, or about 21% of the total world land area • The Commonwealth members have a combined GDP (measured in purchasing power) of $10.6 trillion
Queen Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor
HEAD OF STATE
• The UK has a head of state also called the ―Monarch‖ (君主) They are often a King or a Queen, and for the UK it is currently Queen Elizabeth II ( 1952 - ) when the head of state ―abdicates‖ (退位) or dies, then the eldest of his/her children will take the position as head of state, Government and Commonwealth. Her formal residence is Buckingham Palace, but she is more often found at Windsor, Blenheim or Balmoral Castles. It’s a complicated system! So, do you know the Royal family tree and its succession?
THE UNITED KINGDOM 聯合王國
Welcome to the United Kingdom
Ping Pong was invented on the dining tables of England in the 19th century, and it was called “ Wiff-waff”And there , I think you have the difference between us and the rest of the world.
• Great Britain is the name of the island northwest of France and east of Ireland that consists of three somewhat autonomous regions: England, Wales and Scotland • Therefore, England is part of Great Britain, which is part of the United Kingdom. England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland are not countries but the United Kingdom is.
• Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another state—the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to its east, the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south-southwest. The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland. With an area of 242,500 square kilometers (93,600 sq. mi), the UK is the 78th-largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th-largest in Europe. It is also the 22nd-most populous country, with an estimated 65.1 million inhabitants.
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King Arthur??
• Whilst it would be wonderful to say that this man really existed, he sadly did not…did he? There was a King during this time of Iron Age Britain, name unknown, that defended Britain against the Saxon invaders, and stories and legends grew out of folklore and inaccurate gossip at the time. The tale is one of Romance and Chivalry, and it’s a nice historical story about Britain 1600 years ago.