A Guide to English-Speaking Countries英语国家概况The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandChapter OneChapter OneGeography, People Geography, People and Language and Language Foreign Language Teaching and Research PressForeign Language Teaching and Research PressA Guide toA Guide toEnglish-Speaking English-Speaking CountriesCountries ContentsGeographyIPeopleIIThe English LanguageIIIForeign Language Teaching and Research PressForeign Language Teaching and Research PressA Guide toA Guide toEnglish-Speaking English-Speaking CountriesCountries I Geographyv1. Geographical Features v2. Climate v3. Major CitiesForeign Language Teaching and Research PressForeign Language Teaching and Research PressA Guide toA Guide toEnglish-Speaking English-Speaking CountriesCountries Map of the UKRead the map to find:Atlantic Ocean North SeaIrish Sea The English Channel The Republic of IrelandForeign Language Teaching and Research PressForeign Language Teaching and Research PressA Guide toA Guide toEnglish-Speaking English-Speaking CountriesCountries GeographyThe official title of the UKthe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandThe UK is made up of:v Great Britain ( England , Scotland and Wales ) v Northern IrelandForeign Language Teaching and Research PressForeign Language Teaching and Research PressA Guide toA Guide toEnglish-Speaking English-Speaking CountriesCountries Location and territoryLocation of the UK:The mainland areas lie between latitudes 49N and 61N and longitudes 8W to 2ETotal territory: about 243,000 square kilometersInteresting Fact: Interesting Fact: No one in the UK lives more than 120 km (75 miles) from the sea.Foreign Language Teaching and Research PressForeign Language Teaching and Research PressA Guide toA Guide toEnglish-Speaking English-Speaking CountriesCountries TopographyNorthern Ireland: Its mostly hilly. Wales: Its mostly mountainous. South Wales is less mountainousthan 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 northwest, north and southwest. Ben Nevis in Scotland the highest point in UKForeign Language Teaching and Research PressForeign Language Teaching and Research PressA Guide toA Guide toEnglish-Speaking English-Speaking CountriesCountries Rivers and Lakesv The longest river: Severn River (about 980 km kilometers long) v The second longest river: Thames (330 km kilometers long) v The largest Lake in the British Isles: Lough NeaghThamesForeign Language Teaching and Research PressForeign Language Teaching and Research PressA Guide toA Guide toEnglish-Speaking English-Speaking CountriesCountries The River Thames (泰晤士河)v the longest river in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom (332 kilometers long) v a historical landmark in the city of London. v A boat ride along the Thames is also something that every visitor should experience. v Several boat races and activities take place along or at the river each year.Foreign Language Teaching and Research PressForeign Language Teaching and Research PressA Guide toA Guide toEnglish-Speaking English-Speaking CountriesCountries Lake DistrictForeign Language Teaching and Research PressForeign Language Teaching and Research PressA Guide toA Guide toEnglish-Speaking English-Speaking CountriesCountries Lake poets“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud“ William Wordsworth I wandered lonely as a cloud That 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 shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.Foreign Language Teaching and Research PressForeign Language Teaching and Research PressA Guide toA Guide toEnglish-Speaking English-Speaking CountriesCountries Lake poetsThe waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazedand gazedbut little thought What wealth the show to me had brought:For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.Foreign Language Teaching and Research PressForeign Language Teaching and Research PressA Guide toA Guide toEnglish-Speaking English-Speaking CountriesCountries Kiltsv Knee-length skirtlike garment that is worn by men as a major element of the traditional national garb of Scotland. v Highland dress is also the uniform of Scottish regiments in the British army, and kilts have been worn in battle as recently as World War II.v In Braveheart, William Wallace, a Sc