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UnitIandII:ABriefIntroductiontotheUnitedKingdomPartIWarm-upquestions1.Whatarethe4constituentcountriesintheU.K.?England,Scotland,Wales,andNorthernIreland2.Aloose(andvoluntary)organizationexistsamongthecountriesthatusedtobepartoftheBritishEmpire.Whatistheorganizationcalled?CommonwealthofNations3.WhendidtheU.K.becomeamemberoftheEuropeanUnion?TheUKhasbeenamemberoftheEUsince19734.WhatistheorganizationG7?IstheU.K.itsmember?ItisamemberoftheGroupofSeven(theUnitedStates,Britain,Germany,France,Japan,ItalyandCanada)PartIIFocalPoints1.Acomplicatedcountrywithacomplicatedname(复杂的名称,复杂的国家)2.Theeffectsofitsimperialpast(帝国主义历史的影响)3.Amultiracialsociety(多种族的社会)4.Remarkableclass,regionalandeconomicdifferences(显著的阶级、地域和经济差异)5.ThesignificantroleofLondon(伦敦的重要地位)6.CulturalandeconomicdominanceofEngland(英格兰的在文化和经济上的统治地位)7.TheconquestofBritain(对不列颠的征服)8.Parliament’sdominanceoverthethrone(议会成为凌驾于王室权力之上的统治机构)9.PhysicalfeaturesofScotland(苏格兰的地理特征)10.Culturaldivisionbetweenhighlandandlowland(苏格兰高地和低地之间的文化区分)11.TheBattleofBannockburn(班诺克本战役)12.UnionwithEnglandin1707{1707年(苏格兰)与英格兰合并}13.StrongScottishidentity(仍具有很浓的苏格兰特色)14.BriefintroductionofWales(对威尔士的简要介绍)15.CampaignsforindependenceofUK(威尔士的独立运动)Officialname:theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.ThedefinitionoftheUK.,GreatBritain&England.England,Scotland,WalesNorthernIreland.GreatBritainIrelandhundredsofsmallones.TheUKGreatBritainTheBritishIsles:PartⅢLanguagepoints1.AcomplicatedcountrywithacomplicatednameTwolargeislandsseveralsmallonestwostatesTheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.England,WalesScotlandBritishIslestheUKGreatBritainNationalEmblem“UnionJack”---NationalFlag---Nationalanthem:“Godsavethequeen”(如在位的是男性君主,国歌改为“Godsavetheking”)---Nationalflower:Rose---Nationalbird:红胸鸽(redbreast/robin)(1)EnglandisinthesouthernpartofGreatBritain.Itisthelargest,mostpopuloussection.(2)ScotlandisinthenorthofGreatBritain.Capital:Edinburgh.(3)WalesisinthewestofGreatBritain.Capital:Cardiff(4)NorthernIrelandisthefourthregionoftheUK.Capital:Belfast.Edinburgh,capitalofScotlandCardiff,capitalofWalesEnglandScotlandRepublicofIrelandNorthernIrelandLondon,capitalofEnglandBelfast,capitalofNorthernIrelandDublin,capitalofRepublicofIrelandPopulation(2002Census)UK59,289,194England51,138,831Wales2,903,085Scotland5,162,011NorthernIreland1,685,267AdministrativeDivisionPopulation(mid2004)AreaSize(sqkm)Populationdensity(peoplepersqkm)England50,093,800130,281383NorthernIreland1,710,30013,576125Scotland5,078,40077,92565Wales2,952,50020,732142UnitedKingdom59,834.900242,514246UnequallydistributedpopulationPopulationChangePopulation:byethnicgroups(1987-89)54.666millionincluding51.6whitesEthnicGroupPopulation(thousands)Indian779Pakistani433Bangladeshi112Chinese132African127Arab72Allethnicminoritygroups(others,mixed)2,5691)ThedaysofempireendedafterWorldWarII.Buttherearecloserelationshipswhichexistwiththe50ormorecoloniesofthatempire,andwhichmaintainlinksthroughCommonwealthofNations(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、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)genderdifference:maleandfemalelivedifferentlives3)classdifference:theclassstructureofUKsocietyisrelativelyobvious(Awhite-collarworker’slivesareverydifferentfromablue-collarworker’s.)*Economicandregionaldifferencewithineachofthe4countries:1)differencebetweenhighlandandlowlandScots2)differencebetweennorthandsouthEngland(Southisonaveragemorewealthythanthenorth)4.AsignificantroleofLondon1)capitalcity2)inthesouth;largestcityinthecountry;1/7ofthenation’spopulation3)culturecenter4)businesscenter5)financialcenter,oneofthe3majorinternationalfinancialcentersintheworld(anothertwoareNewYorkandHongKong)6)long-standinghistoricalroleintheUKEngland•Population:51Million•Language:English•People:Anglo-Saxons,Scots,Welsh,Irish,WestIndians,Pakistanis,Indians,Chinese•Religion:ChurchofEngland,Methodist(循道公会),Baptist,Catholic,Muslim,Hindu,andSikh•CapitalCity:LondonWindsorcastleLeedscastleTowerofLondonLondonBridgeRiverThamesNightviewof“BigBen”AgiantFerriswheelSt.PaulCathedralSt.JamesParkOlympicStadiumfor2012England1.AculturalandeconomicdominanceofEngland1)LondondominantintheUKingovernment,financeandculture2)England’sdominanceinsize---largestofthe4nationswithlargestpopulationisreflectedinaculturalandeconomicdominance*Result:peopleinforeigncountriesandEnglishpeoplesometimesmistakeEnglandforU.Kintheirtalks.2.TheconquestofBritain(BeforeAD.1stC.,madeupofmanytribalkingdomsofCelticpeople)Britishhistoryhasbeenahistoryofinvasions:1.Beforethe1stcenturyADBritishwasmadeupofmanytribalkingdomsofCelticpeople;2.In43ADBritishwasinvadedbytheRomanEmpire,andbecamepartoftheRomanEmpirefornearly400ye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