TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandChapter1Geography,PeopleandLanguage全名:theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritain(大不列颠联合王国)andNorthernIreland(北爱尔兰).由成千上万的小岛组成(theBritishIsles).两大岛屿:GreatBritain(大不列颠)andIreland(爱尔兰)TheRiverThames(secondlongestandmostimportant),originates(起源于)insouthwesternEngland-----(Edinburgh爱丁堡)importantriver:ClydeRiverkilts(苏克兰小短裙)Wales(Cardiff加迪夫,著名港口).TheSevernRiveristhelongestriverofBritain------(Belfast贝尔法斯特,首府)LoughNeagh----:temperate,withwarmsummers,coolwintersandplentifulprecipitation(降雨量),冬暖夏凉,降雨充沛Threemajorfeatures:winterfog,rainyday,instability冬天多雾,常年多雨,天气不定London---BuckinghamPalace(白金汉宫),Guildhall(市政厅),’sCathedral(圣保罗大教堂),TheTowerBridgeofLondon(伦敦塔桥)ThemajorityofthepopulationisdescendantsoftheAnglo-Saxons,-撒克逊人的后裔,从欧洲来的日耳曼人MostpeopleinWalesandScotlandaredescendantsoftheCelticpeople,includingtheIrishpeople威尔士和苏格兰的大多数人都是凯尔特人的后裔,包括爱尔兰人EnglishbelongstotheIndo-:EastGermanic,NorthGermanic,:东日耳曼语,北日耳曼语,西日耳曼语。英语从西日耳曼语中发展。OldEnglish:,whenthelanguagewasinfluencebytheFrench-:WilliamtheConquerorinvadedandconqueredandtheAnglo-Saxons(NumerousFrenchwordscameintotheEnglishvocabulary)征服者威廉入侵并征服和盎格鲁-撒克逊人(大量的法语词汇进入英语词汇)ModernEnglish(15century):WilliamCaxtonbroughtstandardizationtoEnglish,:,并成为固定的拼写和语法。第一本字典发表于1604。约翰逊塞缪尔:一本英文字典是有影响的一种标准形式的拼写。“theQueen’
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