英美概况复习课件.ppt

RevisionAcomparativeapproach

ContentsLand(BA)People(BA)History(BA)GovernmentandPolitics(BA)Literature(BA)

LandNames(questionsandanswers)Location(Multiplechoices)Areacomposition(Multiplechoices)RiversMountains(Multiplechoices,translation)Importantcities(Matching)NationalanthemsnationalflagsSymbols

NamesBAOfficialname(fullname)theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandtheUnitedStatesofAmericaOthernamesBritain;theUKAmerica;theUSA;theUSNicknameJohnBullUncleSamOriginofthenameBritons(whomigratedfromEuropeanContinentbefore300BC)AmerigoVespucci

locationBAGeographicallocationWesternEurope(separatedfromtheEuropeanContinentbytheNS,theSD,theECSouthernpartofNorthAmericaNeighboringcountriesandregionsFrance,theNetherlands,Denmark,Norway,IrelandCanada,Mexico,AtlanticOcean,PacificOcean

AreacompositionBAAreaSmall(travelwithinoneday)The4thlargestcountryintheworldCompositionsGreatBritain(England,Scotland,Wales)andNorthernIreland50states(Alaska;RhodeIsland;Hawaii)CapitalcitiesLondon,Edinburgh,Cardiff,BelfastWashington,D.C

RiversMountainsBARiversTheSevernRiver(塞汶河)(Wales)TheThamesRiver(泰晤士河）(London)TheRiverClyde（克莱德河）(Scotland)TheMississippiRiver(fatherofwaters)TheMissouriTheOhio(theAmericanRuhr)MountainsBenNevis(Scotland)Snowdon（斯诺登峰）(Wales)theAppalachianMountains(阿巴拉契亚山脉)theRockymountains(落基山脉)TheCordillerarange(科迪洛拉山系)TheColoradoPlateauLakesLoughNeagh(讷湖）(NorthernIreland)Thegreatlakes(theHomes)

ImportantcitiesBAEnglandWashingtonD.CEdinburghNewYorkCardiffChicago(3rdlargestcity)BelfastLosAngeles(2nd;filmcenter)Glasgow(largestcityinScotland,PhiladelphiaLiverpool(largeportcity,districtofMerseyside)Detroit(Motorcity)Manchester(oldcity,formercenteroftextileindustry)Houston(Spacecity)Sheffield(steelmanufacturing)SanFrancisco(largestChinatown)Hulls(fish