BritishPopulationandMajorCities

1、British Population and Major CitiesLearning FocusWarm-up ActivitiesSkimming and scanning (the UK)1. what s the total population in the UK, how much does thenumber of English account for?60 9975 000; 80%2. What s the particular language in Wales, how many peoplespeak it? How about in the Highlands of

2、 Scotland?Celtic, about 1/4of Welsh; Gaelic language, about 58 0003. Who are the earliest and the latest invaders?Iberian (about 3000 B.C.); Normans (about 11th century)4. Who are the descendents of the Gaels of the Celtic tribes?And who are the descendents of the Britons of the Celtic tribes?Modern

3、 Scots and Irish; Welsh5. What are the three great Germanic tribes that form thebasis of the modern British people?The Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes6. How much of the population lives in cities and towns?80%7. What are the main factors that cause the slowpopulation growth in the 19th century?The

4、limitation of emigration, the fall of the birth rate and therise of the death rate.8. what has produced 5%of non-European ethnicity in the1950s and 1960s.Immigration from some Commonwealth countriesEngland: about 50 millionScotland:over 5 millionWales: around 3 millionNorthern Ireland: about1.7milli

5、on EthnicityThe majority of this population are descendents of theAnglo-SaxonsMost people in Wales and Scotland are descendentsof the Celtic peopleThe Irish people were also Celtic in originimmigrantsPercentage of total UK PopulationEthinic Groupsof total?White British85.7%?White Irish1.2%?White (ot

6、her)5.3%?Mixed race1.2%?Indian1.8%?Pakistani1.3%?Bengali0.5%?Other Asian (non-Chinese)0.4%BlackCaribbean 1.0%BlackAfrican 0.8%Black (others)0.2%Chinese0.4%Other0.4%Capital city-LondonLargest city and largest port in the UKThe political center: Buckingham palace, Palace of Westminster/House of parlia

7、ment, Downing streetThe financial center: One of the three major internationalfinancial center in the world. (Paris, New York)The cultural center: The University of London (thelargest university in the UK), British museum, West End .Capital city-LondonLondon is divided intothe City of London (the ol

8、dest part of the city, which wasonce walled up) and the County of London ( includes all thesuburbs and part of the countryside around London, is dividedinto 32 boroughs)London has a reputation for the sharp contrast between the EastEnd 伦敦东区 ( the poorest district in London) and West End 伦敦西区 (a shop

9、ping district with many department stores andexpensive departments, also center of theatres.)Capital city- LondonThames River(泰晤士河）Tower Bridge ( 伦敦塔 )Swiss Re Tower(瑞士再保险塔）Palace of Westminster/House of parliament (威斯敏斯特宫 /国会大厦）London Eye(伦敦眼 )Millennium Bridge ( 千禧桥）Greenwich observatory （格林威治天文台）

10、Canary Wharf ( 金丝雀码头）Millennium Dome ( 千年穹顶）St Pauls Cathedral（圣保罗大教堂）London Tower (伦敦塔 )Shape:Like a cucumberOne of Skyscrapers in London(50 storeys)Characteristics:Energy conservation瑞士再保险塔是伦敦的摩天大楼，通过自然通风，使用节能照明设备，采用被动式太阳能供暖设备等方式来节能。这样的节能方式使摩天大楼比普通的办公大楼要节省50% 的能源损耗。同时，它也是由可再利用的建筑材料建造而成Questions ab

11、out Westminster AbbeyWho was the first literary figure buriedhere?-Chaucer (father of English history)Who was the last royal family member buried here?-Diana (Rose of England)In the right picture, whose tomb is it?-NewtonWho built it?-Edward the confessorLondonWhen a man is tired of London,he is tired of life;for there is in London all that life can afford-Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)如果你厌倦了伦敦，你就厌倦了生活1 、The second largest city in England, _isa metropolitan district and an industrial andmanufacturing city.?A. EdinburghB. BelfastC. GlasgowD. Birmingham2 、_is Englands biggest naval b