英语国家概况知识点总结

U.K.&Ireland1.WhatisthefullnameoftheUnitedKingdom?theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国itsshortterm:UK:theUnitedKingdom(大不列颠)联合王国2.Whataretheothernames?GreatBritain(大不列颠，英国）itsshortterm:G.B.GBBritain(不列颠,英国)England英格兰(themainpartofBritain)英国theBritishEmpire大英帝国(ahistoricalterm)theBritishCommonwealth英联邦3.WhatarethetwolargeislandsthatmakeuptheBritishIsles?TheBritishIsles（不列颠群岛）：aremadeupoftwolargeislands---GreatBritain(thelargerone)andIreland,andhundredsofsmallones.GreatBritainandIreland4.WhatarethefourpoliticaldivisionsoftheUnitedKingdom?ThreepoliticaldivisionsontheislandofGreatBritain:England,Scotland,WalesandNorthernIreland5.What’sitsrespectivecapital（首府）?England:LondonScotland:EdinburghWales：CardiffNorthernIreland:.Belfast6.What’sthenationalanthem?GodSavetheQueen/King7.What’sitsnationalflower?RoseWhat’sitsnationalflag?theUnionJack9.What’sitsnickname?JohnBull.ApersonificationoftheBritishnationoratypicalBritishman10.WhatkindofcountryisBritainintermsofitsgeographicalfeature?Anislandcountry11.WhichriverisimportantinBritain?TheThamesRiver12.CanyoutellmesomethingaboutthelocationofBritain?ItliesintheNorthAtlanticOceanoffthenorthcoastofEurope.ItisseparatedfromtherestofEuropebytheEnglishChannelinthesouthandtheNorthSeaintheeast.13.What’stheclimatelikeinBritain?WhydoBritishpeopletalkaboutweatherveryoften?Britainhasamaritimeclimate------wintersarenottoocoldandsummersarenottoohot.Ithasasteadyreliablerainfallthroughoutthewholeyear.Thetemperaturevarieswithinasmallrange.That’swhyBritishpeopletalkaboutweatheralot.14.WhatarethesymbolsofEngland?Theroyalpoliceman,RoyalCoatofArms(皇家徽章),BlackTaxi,FootGuard,LifeGuard,DoubleDeckerBus,UnionFlag,BigBen15.CanyoulistsomelandmarksofLondon?TowerofLondon,LondonEye,theBuckinghamPalace,StPaul'sCathedral,TowerBridge16.WhatarethesymbolsofScotland?Edinburgh,EdinburghInternationalArtsFestival,Tartan,Whiskey,Bagpipe,golf17.TheearliestknownsettlersontheBritishIsleswereIberians18.ChristianitywasfirstbroughttoEnglandbyTheRomansTheUnitedStates1.HowdoyouknowaboutthedifferentnamesofUSA?theUnitedStatesofAmerica;US;U.S.USA;U.S.A2.What’sitsnationalflag?TheStarsandStripes,OldGlory,TheStarryBanner3.Howdoyouknowthemeaningofitsnationalflag?Thestripessymbolizethe13coloniesthatoriginallyconstitutedtheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Thestarsrepresentthe50statesoftheUnion.WhitesignifiesPurityandInnocence;Red,HardinessandValor;andBlue,Vigilance,PerseveranceandJustice.4.What’sthenicknameofAmericanpeople?UncleSam5.What’sitsnationalanthem(国歌)?TheStar-SpangledBanner《星条旗永不落》6.TherearemanythingsthatsymbolizeAmericanculture,couldyousaysomeofthem?Nolessthan10itemsManythingsthatsymbolizeAmericanculture.Thelistrunsasfollows:1)StatueofLiberty2)WhiteHouse3)PresidentHill4)LincolnMemorialHall5)EmpireStateBuilding6)TimesSquare7)BroadwayTheaterDistrictWhereistheUS?Couldyoutellmeitsboundary?Howlargeisit?What’sitsrankrespectivelyallovertheworldconcerningtoitsareaandpopulation?HowmanystatesarethereinthemainlandoftheUnitedStates?Andwhichtwostatesaregeographicallyseparatedfromtheother?