英国概况--地理介绍
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literature history.
The Lake Poets:(湖畔诗人）
Refer to William Wordsworth（华兹华斯）, Samuel Taylor Coleridge（柯罗律治）, and Robert Southey（骚塞）.
Geographical Features: England
The hometown of Shakespeare:
Stratford-upon -Avon
Geographical Features: England
Oxford town and Oxford University
Hometown of Shakespeare
Geographical Features: England
The main geographical feature:
north and west: highlands (highland zone)
east and southeast: lowland (lowland zone)
Four Parts: En源自文库land, Scotland, Wales and
Geographical Features: England
Geographical Features: England
3. Geographical Features:
General feature: North: mountains South: lowland The Pennines: (principal mountain chain) known as “Backbone of England”
5. Capital: London (also of Great Britain)
London is on the north bank of the Thames. It is the political, industrial, cultural and financial centers of the country. One of the world’s leading banking and
They once lived near Lake Grasmere in the
19th century and drew inspiration from the
beautiful scenery.
They advocated romanticism and exemplified
romantic principles in literary creation.
3 West: the Atlantic Ocean
Important Position: The shortest sea routes from the countries of Western Europe to American Continent lay across the British Isles.
They are a low-rising mountain range, run
about 120 kilometers from the Scottish border as far south as Derbyshire.
Geographical Features:Engalnd
Lake District:（湖区） (2250 sq.m)
Geographical Features: England
The Lake District is not only famous for its wild and beautiful scenery and its varied lakes, and
also well known for the Lake Poets in English
Northern Ireland
Geographical Features: England
England:
1. Area: more than 130,410 sq. km, (60%)
The largest and the most southerly portion of
Britain 2. Population: about 50 million (83.8%) The most populous and rich section of the country.
3）hundreds of small islands
Great Britain and Ireland are the two main islands of the British Isles.
England Great Britain Scotland Wales
the U.K.
British Isles Ireland
Tunnel beneath the English Channel.
(The main tunnel is 50 km long, and the trip to France is only 35 m. by Euro Star)
Geography
2. North and East: North Sea
(origin, development)
Geography I. British Isles (不列颠群岛）
Position: northwest of European mainland British Isles include: 1）the island of Great Britain 2）the island of Ireland
from south to north: more than 1,000 km.
from east to west : 500 km.
Coastline: 12,429 km.
one of the countries with the longest coastline In Britain no place is over 250 kilometers away from the sea.
338 km long, it’s the second largest and most
important river in Britain.
It rises in southwest of England and flows east to London and out into the North Sea. Capital London is on the north bank of Thames. Oxford is on the bank of Thames.
It lies in the west side of northern Pennines.
The Cumbria mountains cut the district into south, north and west parts. It was set up as national park in 1951. It is called as Back Garden by England.
Geography
II. Location:
located to the northwest of Europe.
1. South: cut off from the continent by the English Channel(英吉利海峡） Across the Channel, it’s France. Two countries are linked by the Channel
Wordsworth: " the fairest place on Earth"
Geographical Features: England
The Dove Cottage of Wordsworth and Memorial
Geographical Features: England 4. The Thames
financial centers.
The Buckingham Palace
Parliament House (Westminster Palace)
Westminster Abby
St Paul Cathedral: the first church in Britain
Covent Garden Opera House
Chapter I
Geography, People and Language
I. Geography Content
(British Isles, geographical features, climate)
II. People
(population, ancestors)
III. The English Language
The ships bound for America often stop at the
ports on the south coast of England.
London: important commercial center
Geography
III. Total area: 242,910 sq. km. Britain is an island country
Geography
The UK is a constitutional monarchy country. Now the Head of State is Queen Elizabeth II, But her role is largely ceremonial.
Queen’s E Diamond Jubilees
Northern Ireland
(1/6 of Ireland)
Southern Ireland
the Republic of Ireland
hundreds of small islands
Geography
Full name of Britain: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Short forms: UK (United Kingdom) Great Britain Britain (England)
Royal Festival Hall
Royal Greenwich Observatory
the National Gallery London Eye
Geographical Features: Scotland
II. Scotland: 1.Area: 78,760 sq. km. occupies the northernmost part of mainland of Britain. Scotland is the second largest both in area and population. 2. United with the UK Before 1707, Scotland had its own Parliament. In 1707, Scotland joined the UK by the Act of Union Scotland has her own legal and educational systems.
Geographical Features: England
Map of Lake District
Geographical Features: England
There are 16 lakes in Lake District. The lakes
here radiate like the spokes of a wheel from the central hub. The largest lake is Windermere, it’s also the largest one in England.
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a
b e
t
h
Geography
The country is ruled by Parliament under the leadership of the Prime Minister. (Now David Cameron, 2010, 43 years old)
Samantha
Geographical Features
Romantic poet Keats once said “Windermere
makes one forget the divisions of life; age, youth,
poverty and riches.”
Part Two. Geographical Features
Windermere Lake
The Lake Poets:(湖畔诗人）
Refer to William Wordsworth（华兹华斯）, Samuel Taylor Coleridge（柯罗律治）, and Robert Southey（骚塞）.
Geographical Features: England
The hometown of Shakespeare:
Stratford-upon -Avon
Geographical Features: England
Oxford town and Oxford University
Hometown of Shakespeare
Geographical Features: England
The main geographical feature:
north and west: highlands (highland zone)
east and southeast: lowland (lowland zone)
Four Parts: En源自文库land, Scotland, Wales and
Geographical Features: England
Geographical Features: England
3. Geographical Features:
General feature: North: mountains South: lowland The Pennines: (principal mountain chain) known as “Backbone of England”
5. Capital: London (also of Great Britain)
London is on the north bank of the Thames. It is the political, industrial, cultural and financial centers of the country. One of the world’s leading banking and
They once lived near Lake Grasmere in the
19th century and drew inspiration from the
beautiful scenery.
They advocated romanticism and exemplified
romantic principles in literary creation.
3 West: the Atlantic Ocean
Important Position: The shortest sea routes from the countries of Western Europe to American Continent lay across the British Isles.
They are a low-rising mountain range, run
about 120 kilometers from the Scottish border as far south as Derbyshire.
Geographical Features:Engalnd
Lake District:（湖区） (2250 sq.m)
Geographical Features: England
The Lake District is not only famous for its wild and beautiful scenery and its varied lakes, and
also well known for the Lake Poets in English
Northern Ireland
Geographical Features: England
England:
1. Area: more than 130,410 sq. km, (60%)
The largest and the most southerly portion of
Britain 2. Population: about 50 million (83.8%) The most populous and rich section of the country.
3）hundreds of small islands
Great Britain and Ireland are the two main islands of the British Isles.
England Great Britain Scotland Wales
the U.K.
British Isles Ireland
Tunnel beneath the English Channel.
(The main tunnel is 50 km long, and the trip to France is only 35 m. by Euro Star)
Geography
2. North and East: North Sea
(origin, development)
Geography I. British Isles (不列颠群岛）
Position: northwest of European mainland British Isles include: 1）the island of Great Britain 2）the island of Ireland
from south to north: more than 1,000 km.
from east to west : 500 km.
Coastline: 12,429 km.
one of the countries with the longest coastline In Britain no place is over 250 kilometers away from the sea.
338 km long, it’s the second largest and most
important river in Britain.
It rises in southwest of England and flows east to London and out into the North Sea. Capital London is on the north bank of Thames. Oxford is on the bank of Thames.
It lies in the west side of northern Pennines.
The Cumbria mountains cut the district into south, north and west parts. It was set up as national park in 1951. It is called as Back Garden by England.
Geography
II. Location:
located to the northwest of Europe.
1. South: cut off from the continent by the English Channel(英吉利海峡） Across the Channel, it’s France. Two countries are linked by the Channel
Wordsworth: " the fairest place on Earth"
Geographical Features: England
The Dove Cottage of Wordsworth and Memorial
Geographical Features: England 4. The Thames
financial centers.
The Buckingham Palace
Parliament House (Westminster Palace)
Westminster Abby
St Paul Cathedral: the first church in Britain
Covent Garden Opera House
Chapter I
Geography, People and Language
I. Geography Content
(British Isles, geographical features, climate)
II. People
(population, ancestors)
III. The English Language
The ships bound for America often stop at the
ports on the south coast of England.
London: important commercial center
Geography
III. Total area: 242,910 sq. km. Britain is an island country
Geography
The UK is a constitutional monarchy country. Now the Head of State is Queen Elizabeth II, But her role is largely ceremonial.
Queen’s E Diamond Jubilees
Northern Ireland
(1/6 of Ireland)
Southern Ireland
the Republic of Ireland
hundreds of small islands
Geography
Full name of Britain: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Short forms: UK (United Kingdom) Great Britain Britain (England)
Royal Festival Hall
Royal Greenwich Observatory
the National Gallery London Eye
Geographical Features: Scotland
II. Scotland: 1.Area: 78,760 sq. km. occupies the northernmost part of mainland of Britain. Scotland is the second largest both in area and population. 2. United with the UK Before 1707, Scotland had its own Parliament. In 1707, Scotland joined the UK by the Act of Union Scotland has her own legal and educational systems.
Geographical Features: England
Map of Lake District
Geographical Features: England
There are 16 lakes in Lake District. The lakes
here radiate like the spokes of a wheel from the central hub. The largest lake is Windermere, it’s also the largest one in England.
l i z
a
b e
t
h
Geography
The country is ruled by Parliament under the leadership of the Prime Minister. (Now David Cameron, 2010, 43 years old)
Samantha
Geographical Features
Romantic poet Keats once said “Windermere
makes one forget the divisions of life; age, youth,
poverty and riches.”
Part Two. Geographical Features
Windermere Lake