高中英语 国家概况教案（主要英语国家）素材.doc

英语国家概况教案
英国部分（36学时）
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Introduction:NaturalGeographyandHumanGeography
LandandPeople
I.DifferentNamesforBritainanditsParts
1.Geographicalnames:theBritishIsles,GreatBritainandEngland.
2.Officialname:theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.
3.TheBritishIslesaremadeupoftwolargeislands-GreatBritain(thelargerone)andIreland,andhundredsofsmallones.
4.ThreepoliticaldivisionsontheislandofGreatBritain:England,ScotlandandWales.
(1)EnglandisinthesouthernpartofGreatBritain.Itisthelargest,mostpopuloussection.
(2)ScotlandisinthenorthofGreatBritain.Ithasthreenaturalzones(theHighlandsinthenorth；theCentrallowlands；thesouthUplands)Capital:Edinburgh
(3)WalesisinthewestofGreatBritain.Capital:Cardiff
(4)NorthernIrelandisthefourthregionoftheUK.Capital:Belfast.
5.TheCommonwealth(ofnations)isafreeassociationofindependentcountriesthatwereoncecoloniesofBritain.Itwasfoundedin1931,andhas50membercountriesuntil1991.
II.GeographicalFeatures英国的地理特征
1.GeographicalpositionofBritain:
Britainisanislandcountrysurroundedbythesea.ItliesintheNorthAtlanticOceanoffthenorthcoastofEurope.ItisseparatedfromtherestofEuropebytheEnglishChannelinthesouthandtheNorthSeaintheeast.
2.ThenorthandwestofBritainaremainlyhighlands；andtheeastandsoutheastaremostlylowlands.
III.RiversandLakes河流与湖泊
BenNevisisthehighestmountaininBritain(1,343m).
SevernRiveristhelongestriverinBritain(338km).
ThamesRiveristhesecondlongestandmostimportantriverinBritain.(336km).
LoughNeaghisthelargestlakeinBritainwhichislocatedinNorthernIreland.(396squarekilometres).
RiverClydeisthemostimportantriverinScotland.
SnowdoniaisthehighestmountaininWales.（1,085m）
IV.Climate气候
1.Britain''sfavorableclimate
Britainhasamaritimeclimate-wintersarenottoocoldandsummersarenottoohot.Ithasasteadyreliablerainfallthroughoutthewholeyear.Thetemperaturevarieswithinasmallrange.
2.Thefactorsinfluencet