英语国家概况笔记doc

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1 Part one the United Kingdom of Britain and North Ireland

p3 1 What’s the differences between Britain and the British Isles, Great Britain, England, the UK and the British Commonwealth? 2 tell 3 geographical names of the UK 3 tell the 3 political divisions on the island of Great Britain

p4 1 the British Empire gradually disappeared and it was replaced by the British Commonwealth of the Commonwealth of Nations in 1931 2 the Commonwealth 3 Describe the geographical position(features) of Britain 4 it is separated from the rest of Europe by the English Channel in the south and the North Sea in the east 5 the English Channel

p5 1 Chunnel 2 the north and west of Britain are mainly highlands. 3 England occupies the largest, southern part of Great Britain with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. 4 Whereabouts in Great Britain are mostly highland and lowland

p6 1 the Pennines 2 tell the 3 natural zones in Scotland 3 Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in Britain is located Scotland.

p7 1 in Britain, the longest river is the Seven River 2 Thames River

p8 the largest lake in Britain is the Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland p9 1 What factors influence the climate in Britain 2 tell the characteristics of Britain’s climate

p11 1 Describe the distribution of Britain’s population 2 Britain has a population of 57,411,000 3 Britain is a densely populated country with an average of 237 people per square kilometre and it is very unevenly distributed.

p12 1 What is the difference between ancestors of the English and Scot, Welsh and Irish 2 During the fifth century when the Roman Empire fell, the Germanic Angles and Saxons invaded and conquered Britain. 2

3 It was from the union of Norman conquerors and the defeated Anglo-Saxons that the English people and the English language were born.

p13 1 What are the differences in character and speech between southern England and northern England 2 in Britain, southerners speak the type of English closer to BBC English 3 Cockney 4 the ancestors of the Welsh were the ancient Britons

p14 1 Eisteddfodau 2 How do the Welsh keep their language and culture? 3 What’s the main problem in North Ireland?

p15 1 the immigrants came from the West Indies, India and Pakistan(排除型选择) 2 Which part of Britain has the most rainfall and which part is the driest?

p16 1 the first known settlers of Britain were the Iberians 2 Why do we say that English nation is a mixture on nationality of different origin?

p17 1 Earliest invasion of England is by Celts 2 the Celts began to arrive about 700 BC and kept coming until the arrival of the Romans.

p18 1 the Celts’s religion was Druidism 2 British recorded history begins with the Roman invasion 3 Julius Caesar 4 for nearly 400 years Britain was under the Roman occupation

p19 1 Hadrian’s Wall 2 Antonine Wall 3 York had been created as a northern stronghold

p20 1 the first Christian Emperor, Constantine, was proclaimed in AD 306 2 tell why the Roman impact upon the Britons was surprisingly limited 3 Who were the Anglo-Saxons, how did Heptarchy come into being?

p21 1 Angles 2 seven principal kingdoms 3 Heptarchy 4 when the Northumbrians submitted to him and took him for their master in 829, Egbert actually became an overlord of all the English 5 the Anglo-Saxons brought their own Teutonic religion to Britain

p22 1 a monk called Columba established a monastery. 3

2 St. Augustine 3 What contributions did the early Anglo-Saxons make to English state?

p23 1 Witan 2 Anglo-Saxons also established the manorial system 3 Anglo-Saxons created the Witan 4 Alfred 5 the Danelaw 6 Alfred is known as “the father of the British navy” 7 Alfred the Great

p24 King Edward, the “Confessor”, seemed more concerned with the building of Westminster Abbey than with affairs of state.

p25 1 tell the reason of the battle on Hastings 2 1066, William was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey by the Archbishop of York

p26 1 the Norman Conquest of 1066 is perhaps the best known event in English history. 2 William the Conqueror 3 the Norman Conquest 4 the modern names of England English derive from the Angles 5 Who were the Vikings? 6 What do you know about St Augustine?

p27 1 under William’s system, at the bottom of the feudal scale were the villeins or serfs, unfree peasants who were little better than slaves. 2 William replaced the Witan, the council of the Anglo-Saxon Kings, with the Grand Council of his new tenants in chief