秋季人教版必修五Unit2-The-United-Kingdom-Passage-one-Puzzl

Unit2TheUnitedKingdomPuzzlesingeography背誦部分

People

maywonder[why

differentwords

areusedtodescribe

thesefourcountries]:England,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.You

canclarify

thisquestion

if

[you

study

Britishhistory].PeoplemaywonderPeoplemaywonderwhydifferentwordsareusedtodescribethesefourcountries:England,Wales,ScotlandandNorthernIreland.YoucanclarifythisquestionifyoustudyBritishhistory.

First

therewas

England.Wales

waslinkedto

it

inthethirteenthcentury.Now

when

people

referto

Englandyou

find

Wales

included

aswell.Next

EnglandandWales

werejoinedto

Scotland

intheseventeenthcentury

and

thename

waschangedto

"GreatBritain".

Happily

this

wasaccomplished

withoutconflict

[when

KingJamesofScotlandbecame

KingofEnglandandWales

aswell]Finally

theEnglishgovernmenttried

intheearlytwentiethcenturytoform

theUnitedKingdom

bygettingIrelandconnectedinthesamepeacefulway.

However,thesouthernpartofIreland

wasunwillingandbrokeawaytoform

itsowngovernment.Soonly

NorthernIrelandjoinedwith

England,WalesandScotlandtobecometheUnitedKingdom

and

this

wasshown

totheworldinanewflag

calledtheUnionJack.EnglandWalesEnglandWalesScotlandThirteenthcenturyEnglandWalesseventeenthcenturyGreat

BritainWithoutconflictScotlandEnglandWalestwentiethcenturyEnglandScotlandWalesN.IrelandGreatBritainUnionJackFirsttherewasEngland.Waleswaslinkedtoitinthethirteenthcentury.NowwhenpeoplerefertoEnglandyoufindWalesincludedaswell.NextEnglandandWaleswerejoinedtoScotlandintheseventeenthcenturyandthenamewaschangedto"GreatBritain".

HappilythiswasaccomplishedwithoutconflictwhenKingJamesofScotlandbecameKingofEnglandandWalesaswell.FinallytheEnglishgovernmenttriedintheearlytwentiethcenturytoformtheUnitedKingdombygettingIrelandconnectedinthesamepeacefulway.However,thesouthernpartofIrelandwasunwillingandbrokeawaytoformitsowngovernment.SoonlyNorthernIrelandjoinedwithEngland,WalesandScotlandtobecometheUnitedKingdomandthiswasshowntotheworldinanewflagcalledtheUnionJack.

Totheircreditthefourcountriesdoworktogether

insomeareasbut

they

stillhaveverydifferentinstitutions.Forexample,NorthernIreland,EnglandandScotlandhave

differenteducationalandlegalsystemsaswellasdifferentfootballteamsforcompetitionsliketheWorldCup!WorktogetherEducationalsystemLegalsystemTotheircreditTotheircreditthefourcountriesdoworktogetherinsomeareasbuttheystillhaveverydifferentinstitutions.Forexample,NorthernIreland,EnglandandScotlandhavedifferenteducationalandlegalsystemsaswellasdifferentfootballteamsforcompetitionsliketheWorldCup!

England

is

thelargestofthefourcountries,and

forconvenienceit

isdivided

roughly

into

threezones.ThezonenearestFrance

iscalledtheSouthofEngland,themiddlezone

iscalledtheMidlandsand

theonenearesttoScotland

isknownastheNorth.You

find

mostofthepopulationsettledinthesouth,but

mostoftheindustrialcities

intheMidlandsandtheNorthofEngland.Although,nationwide,thesecitiesare

notaslargeasthoseinChina,they

have

world-famousfootballteams

and

someofthem

evenhavetwo!It

is

apitythat

theindustrialcitiesbuiltinthenineteenthcentury

donotattractvisitors.

Forhistoricalarchitectureyou

havetogotoolderbutsmallertownsbuiltbytheRomans.Thereyou

willfindout

moreaboutBritishhistoryandculture.EnglandScotlandWalesN.Ireland（Largest）法國SouthofEnglandMidlandsNorthofEnglandMostofthepopulation(inthesouth)Industrialcities(midlandsandNorth)ThreezonesForconvenienceEngland（city）smallerCityinChinaWorldfamousfootballteamstwoLessvisitorsRomanbuildingstoknowmoreaboutBritishhistoryandcultureEnglandisthelargestofthefourcountries,andforconvenienceitisdividedroughlyintothreezones.ThezonenearestFranceiscalledtheSouthofEngland,themiddlezoneiscalledtheMidlandsandtheonenearesttoScotlandisknownastheNorth.Youfindmostofthepopulationsettledinthesouth,butmostoftheindustrialcitiesintheMidlandsandtheNorthofEngland.Although,nationwide,thesecitiesarenotaslargeasthoseinChina,theyhaveworld-famousfootballteamsandsomeofthemevenhavetwo!Itisapitythattheindustrialcitiesbuiltinthenineteenthcenturydonotattractvisitors.ForhistoricalarchitectureyouhavetogotoolderbutsmallertownsbuiltbytheRomans.ThereyouwillfindoutmoreaboutBritishhistoryandculture.

Thegreatesthistoricaltreasureofallis

London

withitsmuseums,artcollections,theatres,parksandbuildings.Itis

thecentreofnationalgovernmentanditsadministration.It

has

theoldestportbuiltbytheRomansinthefirstcenturyAD,theoldestbuilding

begun

bytheAnglo-Saxonsinthe1060s

and

theoldestcastleconstructed

bylaterNormanrulersin1066.collectiontheatremuseumLondonparkThecenterofnationalgovernmentanditsadministrationbuiltbyRomansinthefirstcenturyADOldestportOldestbuildingbuiltbyAnglo-Saxonsinthe1060sbuiltbyNormansrulersin1066OldestcastleFirstinvaders,TheRomans...Secondinvaders,theAnglo-Saxons...Thirdinvaders,theVikings...Forthinvaders,theNormans...ThegreatesthistoricaltreasureofallisLondonwithitsmuseums,artcollections,theatres,parksandbuildings.Itisthecentreofnationalgovernmentanditsadministration.IthastheoldestportbuiltbytheRomansinthefirstcenturyAD,th