England 英国的资料Word文件下载.docx

1、v Most populous （makes up 85% of the countrys whole population）v The richest sectionv Economic & cultural center（p.2） “We English people take this too much for granted, and tend to use the words England and English when we mean Britain and British。This sometimes annoys the Scots and Welsh” 源于文档Scotl

2、and （78,760 square kilometres）a. Three zone: Highlands in the north: plateau; Central Lowlands: most important area in Scotland which contain most of the industry and population; Southern Uplands: moorland.v b. Ben Nevis （1,343 m）, the highest mountain in Britain. c. Capital: Edinburgh.5. Wales （20,

3、761 square kilometres which takes up less than 9% of the whole is land）a. Most of Wales is Mountainous;b. 12% of the land is arable;c. Massif 断层;d. Snowdonia （1,085 m）, highest mountain in Wales;e. Capital: Cardiff.6. Northern Ireland （14,147 square kilometres which takes up 1/5 of Ireland）a. It has

4、 a rocky and wild northern coastline;b. Capital: Belfast.Northern Ireland, also known as Ulster, has a population of one and a half million. About 1/3 of them are Roman Catholics who are not glad to see the unification with Great Britain dominated by Protestantism. The Catholic extremists organized

5、the Irish Republican Army to continue their struggle. The goal of IRA is to oust the English and unify N.I. with the Republic of Ireland. The guerrillas resort to terrorist campaigns of bombing murdering and arson. They even launched mortar attacks on Londons H.A. their political wing is known as Si

6、nn Fein. The bloody political and sectarian fighting in N.I. has promoted Brit. and N.I. to reach an agreement known as Downing Street Declaration which offers Sinn Fein a role in talks on the future of N.I. v What is IRA?v Irish Republican Army （IRA） 源于维基Established in 1919 as an anti-British para-

7、military organization. The goal of the IRA guerrillas is to drive the English out and unify Northern Ireland with the Republic of Ireland.IRA is a terrorist organization. They dedicated to the unification of all Ireland as a country by means of terrorism and violent.Climate源于文档1. Maritimea. Favorabl

8、e one, winters are mild not too cold and summers are cool not too hot;b. Steady reliable rainfall throughout the whole year;c. Small range of temperature.3. Rainfalla. General: Britain has a steady reliable rainfall throughout the whole year. The average annual rainfall in Britain is over 1,000 mm;b

9、. Character: Water surplus in north and west; Water deficit in south and east.c. Reservoirs have to be built in highland areas such as Central Wales, the Lake District and the Scottish Highlands “Other countries have a climate; in England we have weather.” In no country other than England, it has be

10、en said, can one experience four seasons in the course of a single day! Day may break as a balmy spring morning; an hour or so later black clouds have appeared from nowhere and the rain may be pouring down. At midday conditions may be really wintry with the temperature down by about 8 or more centig

11、rade. And then, in the afternoon the sky will clear, the sun will begin to shine, and for an hour or two before darkness falls, it will be summer. v Does Britain have a broadened cultural background?Yes. Not only has Britain a broadened cultural background but also it has been trying to keep an exce

12、llent preservation over the historical background. Are the British people Europeans? This may seem a strange question to Africans and Asians, who tend to think of all white men as Europeans. but the British, when they are in Britain, do not regard themselves as Europeans. The Europeans, to them, are

13、 those rather excitable foreigners from the other side of the English Channel, who have never learnt how to speak English. Europe is the Continent: a place full of interest for British tourists, but also the source of almost all the wars in which Britain has ever been involved. Thus, although geogra

14、phically speaking Britain is a part of Europe, yet the fact that it is a separate island has made its people feel very, very insular. They feel, and in many ways are, different from the rest of Europe, and they sometimes annoy continental nations by failing to support them, or even to understand the

15、m, in time of need.Where did the British people come from?This is an extraordinarily interesting question, since they are a mixture of many different races, and all these races invaded Britain at various times from Europe.The Norman Conquest （1066）1. Background: King is also said to have promised the English throne to William, Duke of Normandy. But, when Edward was on his deathbed, four men laid claim to the En