英国自然人文地理第一课.ppt

Unit 1 Panoramic View Of The UK England ≠ Britain English ≠ British “Are you English?” The Scots get very annoyed when asked this question. People from England are English, people from Scotland are Scots (Scotch is a whisky) and people from Wales are Welsh. The Scots and Welsh are not English and vice versa. All of the Above are technically British; all live on the Island of Britain. The Republic of Ireland is an independent nation and none of its citizens are British. These distinctions are very important, and people in the UK can be very sensitive to them. The Population in England Britain is home to more than 59 million people. The largest number of people lives in England. London is the most populous city in the European Union, with over 7 million residents. It is also one of the European Union’s most densely settled areas: only Copenhagen, Brussels and Paris are more densely populated. In London, students and business people add to the total number of nationalities who are residents there, and the city is among the most multiracial in the world. It has been estimated that about 160 languages and dialects are spoken by children in London schools. between latitudes 49°N and 59°N and longitudes 8°W to 2°E. between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, within 35 km (22 miles) of the northwest coast of France the English Channel international land boundary with the Republic of Ireland. The Channel Tunnel the Pennines lowland fens Dartmoor in the south-west Mountainous Wales Grampian Mountains Mourne Mountains Loch Ness Assignment I. Searching and Reading 1. About England: size, regions, landforms 2. The climate in England II. Writing: The UK and the USA * Happy New Year 人 喜 盛 世 鼠 兆 丰 年 Nessie Happy New Year! * * * * *