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1、Chapter 1 The Land and People The British Isles,The United Kingdom and Ireland,Warming up,What does UK stand for? 2. Whats the difference between the English people and the British people? 3. Who will you think of when Britain is mentioned? 4. Can you name any places of interest in London?,How large
2、 is the UK compared with the USA? Which of the following shows the possible proportion?,UK The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK is located in the northwest of the European continent, separated by the English Channel. Britain is short for Great Britain which consists of _3_ par
3、ts. England, Scotland and Wales. Sometimes we simply call the UK Britain. Video clip,Could you match the country with its capital?,Scotland Wales England Ireland Northern Ireland,Cardiff Belfast London Edinburgh Dublin,Some Distinctions of the UK,The UK is made up of 4 different parts, so when discu
4、ssing Britain and the British some consideration has to be made. E.g. a woman from Scotland would not be pleased if we were to call her an “Englishman”. She is Scottish and female and sees her identity as different from that of men and separate from the English.,Remember that they like to be called
5、“Scots” or “Scottish” and not “Scotch” Scotch refers to the most famous of Scottish exports, whisky (means “water of life”). 泛指英国人时要用British或Britain. English专指英格兰人。,2019/6/2,10,British national anthem (国歌),“God Save the Queen/ the King“ Used to be an anthem used in a number of Commonwealth realms; C
6、urrently serves as the national anthem of the United Kingdom, one of the two national anthems of New Zealand, and the royal anthem of Canada, Australia, Jamaica and the Isle of Man. God save the Queen God save our gracious Queen 帝保佑女王， Long live our noble Queen 祝她万寿无疆， God save the Queen 神佑女王。 Send
7、her victorious 常胜利， Happy and glorious 沐荣光；孚民望，心欢畅； Long to reign over us 治国家，王运长； God save the Queen. 神佑女王！ Thy choicest gifts in store 愿上帝恩泽长， On her be pleased to pour 选精品，倾宝囊， Long may she reign 万岁女王！ May she defend our laws 愿她保护法律， And give us ever cause 使民心齐归向， To sing with heart and voice 一致衷
8、心歌唱， God save the Queen. 神佑女王！ Video,2019/6/2,11,Motto of the UK,Dieu et mon droit. (French) God and my right. (English) 天有上帝,我有权利。,The Union Flag a.k.a. （亦称） The Union Jack (national flag used by government),2019/6/2,13,National animal of England,Lion Courage and bravery,Queen Elizabeth II,Gordon B
9、rown, Labour Party leader, took over as British Prime Minister on June 27th, 2007, ending his long years of waiting for the top job and hopefully opening a new era for the country.,Gordon Brown,Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and visiting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown review the honour guard du
10、ring a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing January 18, 2008.,Labour Party leader Tony Blair (1997-2007),Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher (1979-1990),Conservative Party leader John Major (1990-1997),System of Government,The United Kingdom is a Constitutional Monarch
11、y. The monarch theoretically holds all the power but in practice this power is exercised by the Parliament, headed by the Prime Minister.,Power-sharing system of the UK,The framework of a constitutional monarchy The Monarch the supreme head of state 1. The Parliament: the legislative power 2. The Go
12、vernment: the executive power and partial legislative power with PM as its head 3. The Judiciary: the law execution,2019/6/2,19,Britain is a society with a very obvious class-structure: the middle class and the working class. The culture of a factory worker whose father was a factory worker may be q
13、uite different from that of a stockbroker whose father was a stockbroker: they tend to read different newspapers, watch different TV programmes, speak with different accents, do different things in their free time and have different expectations for their children.,Difference between the capital and
14、 the provinces: London is dominant in the UK in all sorts of ways. Its the largest city, with about 1/7 of the nations population; its the seat of the government; the cultural centre, home to all the major newspapers its the financial centre of the nation and one of the major international financial
15、 centers in the world. As such it combines the functions of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, or New York, Washington and Los Angeles, in one city. London is a huge weight in Britains economic and cultural life, and to some extent the rest of the country lives in its shadow.,Known as St. Georges Cros
16、s (Flag of England) (mainly used by the Church of England),Palace of Westminster: Victoria Tower, House of Lords, House of Commons, Big Ben,London Bridge,Buckingham Palace,10 Downing Street,The meridian line at night (Royal Observatory),Tower of London,Westminster Abbey,Trafalgar Square,Tower Bridge
17、,British Museum,St Pauls Cathedral,The London Eye （also known as the Millennium Wheel, is a giant Ferris wheel in London ）,Inside view of the capsule,Looking up at the capsule above us,At the top! 450 feet above the ground,The view as we get higher,View of Westminster from the London Eye,The London
18、Underground,Flag of Scotland (known as St Andrews Cross or the Saltire),Scotland and the Scots,Capital City: Edinburgh Languages: English, Gaelic Population: 5 million People: Anglo-Saxons, Celts Quotation: “There are two seasons in Scotland: June and winter.” - Billy Connolly,Loch Ness Monster know
19、n as Nessie,George Square and Glasgow City Hall,Edinburgh Castle,Old Town Edinburgh,View of Edinburgh from Arthurs Seat,Man Wearing Kilt Playing Bagpipes,Scottish Dance,Ben Nevis, ( “The Ben“ ), 1344 m, the highest mountain in Scotland and the UK,Wales and the Welsh,National flag: known as the Red D
20、ragon Capital City: Cardiff Population: 3 million Languages: English, Welsh People: Predominantly Anglo-Saxon and Celts,Caernarfon Castle, Wales,Snowdon, Wales,Much of Waless diverse landscape is mountainous, particularly in the north and central regions. Snowdon in the north is the highest peak in
21、England and Wales at 1113 m (3,651 feet).,Northern Ireland and the Irish,Capital: Belfast Population: 1.642 million Northern Ireland is often called Ulster.,Unionists March Against the Catholic (天主教) Irish who resented the Norths separation from the South,Review what we have learned today,Give a brief introduction of UK and London.,Homework: Preview Chapter 2 Stereotypes of the British,Definition of “stereotype”: A standardized picture or impression of a person or a country. 刻板印象，传统模式,