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,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,Click to edit Master title style,*,LOGO,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,Click to edit Master title style,*,Chapter One,Geography,People,and Language,Contents,Geography,I,People,II,The English Language,III,I Geography,1.Geographical Feature,2.Climate,3.Major Cities,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,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,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.,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,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,Lake District,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.,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.,2.Climate,Main characteristics:,Temperate,with warm summers,cold winters and plenty rainfall,Three major features:,Winter fog,Rainy days,Instability/changeability,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.,Landmarks&Symbols of London,The palace of Westminster,Landmarks&Symbols of London,Westminster Abbey,Big Ben,Landmarks&Symbols of London,St.Pauls Cathedral,Landmarks&Symbols of London,Hyde Park,Tower of London,Landmarks&Symbols of London,Tower Bridge,Buckingham Palace,Landmarks&Symbols of London,London Eye,Major CitiesEdinburgh,Capital of Scotland,administrative,financial,legal,medical and insurance center of Scotland,beautiful scenery,renowned architecture,Landmarks&Symbols of Edinburgh,Edinburgh Castle,Palace of Holyrood,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.,Landmarks&Symbols of Cardiff,Cardiff City Hall,Landmarks&Symbols of Cardiff,Millennium Stadium,Cardiff,Castle,Major CitiesBelfast,City Hall,the,second,largest city,capital of Northern Ireland,an important historic city,Landmarks&Symbols of Belfast,Belfast Castle,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,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,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%,III The English Language,1,.Old English,2.Middle English,3.Modern English,4.Standard English,1.Old English(5,th,11,th,),Language of Angle-Saxons,Influenced by,Old Norse,Latin and Greek words,Danish words,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,2.Middle English(11th 15th),Status,French replaced English as the
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