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,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,Click to edit Master title style,*,ppt课件,LOGO,Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,ppt课件,*,Chapter One,Geography, People,and Language,1,ppt课件,Chapter OneGeography, People 1,Contents,Geography,I,People,II,The English Language,III,2,ppt课件,ContentsGeographyIPeopleIIThe,I Geography,1. Geographical Feature,2. Climate,3. Major Cities,3,ppt课件,I Geography3ppt课件,Map of the UK,Read the map to find:,Atlantic Ocean,North Sea,Irish Sea,The English Channel (The,Channel Tunnel ),The Republic of Ireland,4,ppt课件,Map of the UKRead the map to f,Geography,The official title of the UK,the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,The UK is made up of:,Great Britain (the formerly separate,England,and,Scotland, and,Wales,. ),Northern Ireland,Numerous smaller islands,Title and Make up of the UK,5,ppt课件,GeographyThe official title,Location and territory,Location of the UK:,The mainland areas lie between,latitudes 49N and 61N and,longitudes 8W to 2E,Total territory:,242,910 square kilometers,Interesting Fact:,No one in the UK lives more than 120 km (75 miles) from the sea.,6,ppt课件,Location and territoryLocati,Topography,Northern Ireland:,Its mostly hilly.,Wales,: Its mostly mountainous. South Wales is less mountainous,than North and Mid Wales.,Scotland,: Its geography is varied, with,lowlands in the south and east,and highlands in the north and,west.,England:,it consists of lowland terrain, with some mountainous,terrain in the north-west, north and south-west.,Ben Nevis in Scotland,the highest point in UK,7,ppt课件,TopographyNorthern Ireland:,Rivers and Lakes,The longest river: Severn River (354 kilometers long),The second longest river: Thames (332 kilometers long),The largest Lake: Lough Neagh,Thames,8,ppt课件,Rivers and LakesThames8ppt课件,Lake District,9,ppt课件,Lake District9ppt课件,Lake poets,I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, -William Wordsworth,I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high oer vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the milky way,They stretched in never-ending lineAlong the margin of a bay:Ten thousand saw I at a glance,Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.,10,ppt课件,Lake poets10ppt课件,Lake poets,The waves beside them danced; but theyOut-did the sparkling waves in glee:A poet could not but be gay,In such a jocund company:I gazed-and gazed-but little thoughtWhat wealth the show to me had brought:For oft, when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude;And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils.,11,ppt课件,Lake poetsThe waves beside,2. Climate,Main characteristics:,Temperate, with warm summers, cold winters and plenty rainfall,Three major features:,Winter fog,Rainy days,Instability/changeability,12,ppt课件,2. Climate12ppt课件,3. Major Cities London,The River Thames,the capital of England and of Great Britain,the political center of the Commonwealth,a major port,one of the worlds leading banking and financial,centers.,13,ppt课件,3. Major Cities LondonThe Ri,Landmarks & Symbols of London,The palace of Westminster,14,ppt课件,Landmarks & Symbols of Londo,Landmarks & Symbols of London,Westminster Abbey,Big Ben,15,ppt课件,Landmarks & Symbols of LondonW,Landmarks & Symbols of London,St. Pauls Cathedral,16,ppt课件,Landmarks & Symbols of LondonS,Landmarks & Symbols of London,Hyde Park,Tower of London,17,ppt课件,Landmarks & Symbols of LondonH,Landmarks & Symbols of London,Tower Bridge,Buckingham Palace,18,ppt课件,Landmarks & Symbols of LondonT,Landmarks & Symbols of London,London Eye,19,ppt课件,Landmarks & Symbols of LondonL,Major CitiesEdinburgh,Capital of Scotland,administrative, financial, legal, medical and insurance center of Scotland,beautiful scenery,renowned architecture,20,ppt课件,Major CitiesEdinburgh Capital,Landmarks & Symbols of Edinburgh,Edinburgh Castle,Palace of Holyrood,21,ppt课件,Landmarks & Symbols of Edinbur,Major CitiesCardiff,Europes youngest capital city,has been the capital city of Wales for around 50 years,home to an enormous amount of urban regeneration and restoration,has recently become one of the most fashionable cities in the United Kingdom.,22,ppt课件,Major CitiesCardiff Europes,Landmarks & Symbols of Cardiff,Cardiff City Hall,23,ppt课件,Landmarks & Symbols of Cardiff,Landmarks & Symbols of Cardiff,Millennium Stadium,Cardiff,Castle,24,ppt课件,Landmarks & Symbols of Cardiff,Major CitiesBelfast,City Hall,the,second,largest city,capital of Northern Ireland,an important historic city,25,ppt课件,Major CitiesBelfast City Hall,Landmarks & Symbols of Belfast,Belfast Castle,26,ppt课件,Landmarks & Symbols of Belfast,II People,Overall population,: over 60 millions,Distribution:,England: about 50 million,Scotland:over 5 million,Wales: around 3 million,Northern Ireland: about 1.7million,27,ppt课件,II People Overall populati,Ethnicity,The majority of this population are descendents of the Anglo-Saxons,Most people in Wales and Scotland are descendents of the Celtic people,The Irish people were also Celtic in origin,immigrants,28,ppt课件,Ethnicity28ppt课件,Percentage of total UK Population,Ethinc Groups of total,White British 85.7%,White Irish 1.2%,White (other) 5.3%,Mixed race 1.2%,Indian 1.8%,Pakistani 1.3%,Bengali 0.5%,Other Asian (non-Chinese) 0.4%,Black Caribbean 1.0%,Black African 0.8%,Black (others) 0.2%,Chinese 0.4%,Other 0.4%,29,ppt课件,Percentage of total UK Populat,III The English Language,1,. Old English,2. Middle English,3. Modern English,4. Standard English,30,ppt课件,III The English Language30ppt课,1. Old English (5,th, 11,th,),Language of Angle-Saxons,Influenced by,Old Norse,Latin and Greek words,Danish words,31,ppt课件,1. Old English (5th 11th)Lan,Beowulf,The most famous work from the Old,English period is the,epic poem ”B,eowulf,”,(,approximately AD 900),Hwt! We Gar-Dena in geardagum,eodcyninga, rym gefrunon,hu a elingas ellen fremedon.,Oft Scyld Scefing sceaena reatum,32,ppt课件,BeowulfThe most famous work fr,2. Middle English (11th 15th ),Status,French replaced English as the official language, and English became the Language of lower class,big pork,sheep mutton,cattle beef,Development,English increased in importance after the Black Death,33,ppt课件,2. Middle English (11th 15th,The Canterbury Tales,written by Geofery Chaucer, 14 the century,Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote,The droghte of March hath perced to the roote,And bathed every veyne in swich licour,Of which vertu engendred is the flour;,Geoffrey Chaucer,34,ppt课件,The Canterbury TalesGeoffrey,3. Modern English (15th ),The printing press,brought standardization of English,Samuel Johnsons dictionary,established a standard form of spelling,Renaissance,assimilated foreign words throughout the Renaissance,The Industrial Revolution,necessitated the introduction of new words for new things and ideas,The rise of the British Empire or the Commonwealth of Nations,led to the assimilation of words from many other languages,35,ppt课件,3. Modern English (15th )35pp,Othello,by William Shakespeare 1603,La: Tho in the trade of warre, I haue flaine men, Yet doe I hold it very ftuft of Confcience. To doe no contriud murrher; I lacke iniquity Sometimes to doe feruice: nine or ten times, I had thought to haue ierkd him here, Vnder the ribbes.,Oth.: Tis better as it is.,Which can be translated as:,La: Though in the trade of war I have slain man, Yet do I hold it very stuff o the conscience. To do no contrived murder: I lack iniquity Sometimes to do me service: nine or tem times I had thought to have yerkd him here under the ribs.,Othello: Tis better as it is.,Shakespeare,36,ppt课件,OthelloShakespeare36ppt课件,4. Standard English,based on the speech of the upper class of southeastern England,adopted as a broadcasting standard in the British media,also called as Queens English or BBC English,based on the London dialect,becoming a universal Lingua Francathe world language,37,ppt课件,4. Standard English based on t,Thank You !,38,ppt课件,Thank You !38ppt课件,