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英语国家概况知识点（绝对全）

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第一部分英国

第一章英国地理

1.TheofficialnameoftheUnitedKingdomistheUnitedKingdomof

GreatBritainandNorthernIreland.

2.TherearethreepoliticaldivisionsontheislandsofGreatBritain:

England,ScotlandandWales.

3.Aboutahundredyearsago,Britainruledanempirethathadone

fourthoftheworld’speopleandonefourthoftheworld’slandarea.

4.TheBritainEmpirewasreplacedbytheBritaincommonwealthin

1931,whichisafreeassociationofindependentcountiesthatwere

oncecoloniesofBritain.

5.BritainisseparatedfromtherestofEuropebytheEnglishChannel

inthesouthandtheNorthSeaintheeast.

6.Britainhas,forcenturies,beentiltingwiththenorthwestslowly

rising,andthesoutheastslowlysinking.ThenorthandwestofBritain

aremainlyhighlands.Thesoutheastandeastaremainlylowlands.

7.Thepennies,arangeofhillsrunningfromnorthmidlandsto

Scottishborder,aretheprincipalmountainchain.

8.BenNevisinScotlandisthehighestmountaininBritain,andthe

LoughNeaghinNorthernIrelandisthelargestlakeinBritain.

9.TherearethreenaturalzonesinScotland:thehighlandsinthe

north,thecentrallowlands,andthesouthernuplands.Thelowlands

inthecentercomprisemostlytheforthandClydevalleys.

10.Edinburgh,CardiffandBelfastarethecapitalsofScotland,Wales

andNorthernIreland.

11.Scotlandhasabout800islands,includingtheOrkney,Shetlands

andHebrides.

苏格兰有800座岛屿，包括奥克内群岛，谢特兰群岛和赫不里德群岛。

12.Besides,theTweed,theTyne,theTeesandtheThamesRiverson

theeastcoastallfacetheNorthSeaportsontheEuropeancontinent.

除此以外，东海岸的邓恩河，泰河，迪斯河和泰晤士河都面临欧洲大陆

上的北海各港口。

13.ThelongestriverinBritainistheSevernRiver.Themost

importantriverisThamesRiver.RiverClydeisthemostimportant

riverinScotland.

英国最长的河流是赛文河，最重要的河流是泰晤士河。克莱德河是苏格

兰最重要的河