对英国的简略介绍

ABriefIntroductionto

theUnitedKingdomWeek1Aug,2010Thefullnameofthecountry:theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandTheUKincludes4partswithintheonenation-stateTheislandofGreatBritainismadeofEngland,Scotland,andWales,andNorthernIsland,aprovinceontheneighboringislandofIreland.GeneralPictureofUK

“acomplicatedcountrywithacomplicatedname”Itsimperialpast“theempireonwhichthesunneversets”UKisnolongeranimperialcountryTheCommonwealthofNationsanorganizationthroughwhichthefiftyormorecountrieswhichusedtobeapartofthatempireandmaintainlinks.Immigration:non-EuropeanethnicityfromsomeofthoseCommonwealthcountrieslikeIndiaorPakistan,andthecountriesofCaribbean.AmemberoftheEuropeanUnion;AmemberoftheGroupofEightlargedevelopedeconomies(“G8”)

八国集团首脑会议(G8Summit)由西方七国首脑会议演变而来，与会八国也被称为八国集团。八国是指美国、英国、法国、德国、意大利、加拿大、日本和俄罗斯。Amulticulturalsociety:Christians,Muslims.Britainhistoryhasbeenahistoryofinvasions:

Celtic(750B.C.)RomanEmpire:(55B.C.–410):EnglandandWalesGermanic(410—871):theAnglesandtheSaxon

RaidersfromScandinavia,theferociousVikingsNormans:fromnorthernFrance,whoweredescendantsofVikings.ThenextfewhundredyearsfollowingtheNormaninvasioncanbeseenasaprocessofjoiningtogetherthevariouspartsoftheBritishIslesunderEnglishrule.EnglandPhysicallythelargestofthefournations;byfarthelargestpopulationCulturalandeconomicdominanceLondondominantinallsortsofwayTheseatofgovernment;CulturalcenterBusinesscenterFinancialcenterBuckinghamPalaceTrafalgarSquare

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LondonTowerScotlandThemostconfidentofitsownidentityThesecondlargestofthefournations,bothinpopulationandingeographicalareaTheHighlandsinthenorthandtheSouthernUplandsThelargestcityisGlasgow,thecapitalcityisEdinburghIn1707byagreementoftheEnglishandScottishparliaments,ScotlandjoinedtheUnion.Thenfollowedtworebellionsin1715and1745WalesThecapitalisCardiffThissouthernareawasanimportantelementinBritain’sindustrialrevolution,asithadrichcoaldeposits.ItisveryclosetothemostdenselypopulatedpartsofcentralEngland.WaleshasbeendominatedbyEnglandforlongerthantheothernationsoftheunion.Italsoretainsitsownlanguage,Welsh,aCeltictonguecompletelydifferent