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ChapterOne,Geography,PeopleandLanguage,Contents,IGeography,1.GeographicalFeature2.Climate3.MajorCities,MapoftheUK,Readthemaptofind:AtlanticOceanNorthSeaIrishSeaTheEnglishChannel(TheChannelTunnel)TheRepublicofIreland,Geography,TheofficialtitleoftheUKtheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandTheUKismadeupof:GreatBritain(theformerlyseparateEnglandandScotland,andWales.)NorthernIrelandNumeroussmallerislands,TitleandMakeupoftheUK,Locationandterritory,LocationoftheUK:Themainlandareasliebetweenlatitudes49Nand61Nandlongitudes8Wto2ETotalterritory:242,910squarekilometersInterestingFact:NooneintheUKlivesmorethan120km(75miles)fromthesea.,Topography,NorthernIreland:Itsmostlyhilly.,Wales:Itsmostlymountainous.SouthWalesislessmountainousthanNorthandMidWales.,Scotland:Itsgeographyisvaried,withlowlandsinthesouthandeastandhighlandsinthenorthandwest.,England:itconsistsoflowlandterrain,withsomemountainousterraininthenorth-west,northandsouth-west.,BenNevisinScotlandthehighestpointinUK,RiversandLakes,Thelongestriver:SevernRiver(354kilometerslong)Thesecondlongestriver:Thames(332kilometerslong)ThelargestLake:LoughNeagh,Thames,LakeDistrict,Lakepoets,IWanderedLonelyasaCloud-WilliamWordsworthIwanderedlonelyasacloudThatfloatsonhighoervalesandhills,WhenallatonceIsawacrowd,Ahost,ofgoldendaffodils;Besidethelake,beneaththetrees,Flutteringanddancinginthebreeze.ContinuousasthestarsthatshineAndtwinkleonthemilkyway,Theystretchedinnever-endinglineAlongthemarginofabay:TenthousandsawIataglance,Tossingtheirheadsinsprightlydance.,Lakepoets,Thewavesbesidethemdanced;buttheyOut-didthesparklingwavesinglee:Apoetcouldnotbutbegay,Insuchajocundcompany:Igazed-andgazed-butlittlethoughtWhatwealththeshowtomehadbrought:Foroft,whenonmycouchIlieInvacantorinpensivemood,TheyflashuponthatinwardeyeWhichistheblissofsolitude;Andthenmyheartwithpleasurefills,Anddanceswiththedaffodils.,2.Climate,Maincharacteristics:Temperate,withwarmsummers,coldwintersandplentyrainfallThreemajorfeatures:WinterfogRainydaysInstability/changeability,3.MajorCitiesLondon,TheRiverThames,thecapitalofEnglandandofGreatBritainthepoliticalcenteroftheCommonwealthamajorportoneoftheworldsleadingbankingandfinancialcenters.,Landmarks,GeoffreyChaucer,3.ModernEnglish(15th),TheprintingpressbroughtstandardizationofEnglishSamuelJohnsonsdictionaryestablishedastandardformofspellingRenaissanceassimilatedforeignwordsthroughouttheRenaissanceTheIndustrialRevolutionnecessitatedtheintroductionofnewwordsfornewthingsandideasTheriseoftheBritishEmpireortheCommonwealthofNationsledtotheassimilationofwordsfrommanyotherlanguages,Othello,byWilliamShakespeare1603La:Thointhetradeofwarre,Ihaueflainemen,YetdoeIholditveryftuftofConfcience.Todoenocontriudmurrher;IlackeiniquitySometimestodoeferuice:nineortentimes,Ihadthoughttohaueierkdhimhere,Vndertheribbes.Oth.:Tisbetterasitis.Whichcanbetranslatedas:La:ThoughinthetradeofwarIhaveslainman,YetdoIholditverystuffotheconscience.Todonocontrivedmurder:IlackiniquitySometimestodomeservice:nineortemtimesIhadthoughttohaveyerkdhimhereundertheribs.Othello:Tisbetterasitis.,Shakespeare,4.StandardEnglish,basedonthespeechoftheupperclassofsoutheasternEnglandadoptedasabroadcastingstandardintheBritishmediaalsocalledasQueensEnglishorBBCEnglishbasedontheLondondialectbecomingauniversalLinguaFrancatheworldlanguage,ThankYou!,
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