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Brief Introduction
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England
Scotland
Ireland
Weather
The Union Jack (flag)
Brief introduction
England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland
P-2
• The four parts of the country: England, Scotland, Wales & Northern
Ireland
• Cities:
England: London
Oxford
Manchester
Scotland: Edinburgh
Glasgow
Aberdeen
Wales: Cardiff- capital, C-university-low living-cost
Northern Ireland: Belfast
A. England
Manchester
Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Aberdeen
Cardiff
Belfast
William Butler Yeats
Nobel Prize in 1923
Seamus Heaney
won the Nobel Prize
in literature in 1995.
Born in rural Northern
Ireland, he left his
native land to avoid
political and religious
violence, but his
poetry remained
centered on the
people and places he
encountered during
his early years in the
countryside
London
London from the Air
It's a giant Ferris wheel
We ride in large capsules
The view as we begin to climb
The wheel is on the south
bank of the River Thames
Rising above Big Ben, Parliament
and Westminster Abbey
The view as we get higher
Inside view of the capsule
We're approaching the top of the wheel
At the top! 450 feet above the groundLooking at the
adjacent capsule
Now high above Big Ben Parliament and Westminster
Abbey
Looking down at the capsule below
View up the Thames as we start going down
Looking up at the capsule above us
View looking south
Now we're about even with Big Ben
Trafalgar Square, London
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London
Weather
Big Ben, London
Big Ben is the
great bell in the
Clock Tower on
the eastern end
of the Houses
of Parliament. It
was named
after Sir
Benjamin Hall,
London’s chief
commissioner
of works in
1858 when the
bell was hung.
The clocks in
the 98-m (320ft) Clock Tower
have been
keeping time
since 1859.
London, Big Ben
Big Ben
• The Windsor bell may have struck
twelve for Falstaff, but Big Ben's
famous chimes are the true song of
London.
• John Buchan’s 39 Steps
Big Ben
Big Ben
Covent Garden伦敦中部一个蔬菜花卉市场
• The name Covent Garden dates back to when the area belonged to
Westminster Abbey and was a Convent Garden. This was London's
Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable market for many years. The market
was moved to Nine Elms some time ago and in 1980 Covent
Garden was turned into a leisure area featuring novelty shops,
restaurants, cafes and pubs. When visiting Covent Garden don't
miss the opportunity of eating at Porters English Restaurant, which
specialises in serving quality English food at affordable prices.
Hyde Park
Wellington Arch
• This monument was built in honour of The Duke of
Wellington in 1828 as the northern gateway into
Buckingham Palace, and now stands on the island in
the middle of the traffic that circumnavigates Hyde Park
Corner.
Edwin Lutyens designed and completed building it in 1920. Its sides are slightly
concave and convex, which represents infinity. The cenotaph is decorated
only with the flags of the three military services and the Merchant Navy.
• Built originally to commemorate
those who died in the First World War,
this monument is now the focal point
for the memory of those killed in both
wars and since then.
Queen Victoria Memorial, The
The Mall, London, SW14 7EN
5. St James's Palace and the Chapel Royal 6. St James's Park
7. The Mall: The Mall that exists today is part of a national monument to
Queen Victoria and created in 1903 8. Whitehall: The area known as
Whitehall was formerly an enormous royal palace 10. Palace of
Westminster
11. the Abbey
Streets & Square
• Greenwich
Oxford Circus, London
Oxford Street
Spencer
House
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From its conception, Spencer House was recognised as one of the most ambitious
aristocratic town houses ever built in London and is, today, the city's only great
eighteenth-century private palace to survive intact.
Spencer House was built in 1756-66 for John, first Earl Spencer, an ancestor of
Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-97). Situated in the heart of St James's, Spencer
House is a short distance from St James's Palace, Buckingham Palace and the
Palace of Westminster, and has a splendid terrace and garden with magnificent views
of Green Park.
The Spencer family last lived in the House in 1926, they then let the building to a
variety of tenants. As a result, the state rooms were used as offices from the late
1920s until 1985, when RIT Capital Partners plc acquired the lease.
Tower of London, The
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Begun by William the Conqueror in 1078, The Tower of London is one of the
world抯 most famous fortified buildings, and now welcomes two million
visitors each year.
Tower of London, The
Founded nearly a millennium ago and expanded upon over the centuries since,
the Tower of London has protected, housed, imprisoned and been for many the
last sight they saw on Earth. It has been the seat of British government and the
living quarters of monarchs ... the site of renown political intrigue, and the
repository of the Crown Jewels ... It has housed lions, bears, and (to this day)
flightless ravens ... not to mention notorious traitors and framed members of
court, lords and ministers, clergymen and knights.
The Tower of London Area
London’s Tower Bridge
The Tower Bridge
spans the Thames
River from the
Tower of London
to Southwark on
the south side of
the Thames. It
was the only
movable bridge
crossing the
Thames when it
was completed in
1894. The bridge
was designed by
Sir Horace Jones
and built by Sir
John Wolfe Barry.
Tower Bridge
The Tower of London
The Tower of London
Tower of London
British Museum, London
The British Museum in London was established in 1753. The museum
has more than 90 galleries of artifacts from around the world.
The national library is kept at the Museum, where Karl Marx wrote his
famous Capital.
Houses of Parliament The seat of the British government is in London
in the Houses of Parliament, officially the New Palace of Westminster. The
current building was built in the mid-19th century and was designed by British
architect Sir Charles Barry.
Houses of Parliament, The
Home of the British Government, the building is actually called the
Palace of Westminster, but is more commonly known as the Houses of
Parliament, due to the two parts of government that live here.
Houses of
Parliament, The
Houses of Parliament, The
St Paul's Cathedral
• Work on this, the most
impressive church in
London began in 1675 to a
design by SIR
CHRISTOPHER WREN. It
was built to replace old St
Paul's which was
destroyed by the GREAT
FIRE OF LONDON in 1666.
The present building has
been luckier. It survived the
World War II bombings
which flattened a great
many of the surrounding
buildings.
St Paul's Cathedral
Saint Paul’s Cathedral, a major
landmark in London, is one of
British architect Sir Christopher
Wren’s greatest achievements.
After the Great Fire of London
destroyed the old Saint Paul’s
in 1666, the city commissioned
Wren to design a replacement,
which was completed in 1710.
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This is the fourth Cathedral to stand on this site. The first, a Saxon building,
was built in AD 604. The 360ft high dome which dominates the city's
skyline is the second largest in the world. The church itself is the largest
Protestant church in England. From inside too, the dome is stunning and
it is well worth climbing, up to the galleries. The whispering gallery is so
named because of the way a whisper will echo there.
St Paul's Cathedral
Higher still, there is
access to the stone gallery
on the exterior of the
cathedral. At the very top
is the Golden Gallery
which has arguably the
best view in London. The
cathedral is packed with
fine statues and interior
detail. The beautiful
woodcarvings are the
work of Grinling Gibbons
and the exquisite ironwork
is by Jean Tijou. The
mosaic work is mainly
Byzantine and created by
Victorian craftsmen to
designs by Wren. Many of
the rich or great are
buried here.
St. Paul
Cathedral
St. Paul
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Buckingham Palace
London
Buckingham Palace
(in Westminster is the official London residence of the
British sovereign.)
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace
Downing Street
Whitehall, London, SW1A 2AB
Downing Street
Whitehall, London, SW1A 2AB
Empire
Theatre,
Theatre
District of
London
English
Opera
House,
London
Harrods
London
Sidewalk
Café
Musical
s in the
Theatre
District
of
London
Piccadilly Circus
Saint James’s Palace
Saint James’s
Palace in London
was the monarch’s
principal residence
from 1608 to 1837.
It was built by
Henry VIII
between 1530 and
1560 on the site of
a leper hospital
dedicated to Saint
James the Less.
Much of the
original palace
was destroyed in a
fire in 1809. Today
it is the official
residence of
Charles, Prince
of Wales.
Victoria Station, London (Victoria Station is London’s second
busiest rail terminal and the city’s busiest tourist information center. It is
located in the Westminster part of London. The original station was built
in 1860, but it was rebuilt early in the 20th century.
St. Mary Le Bow
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Architect: Sir Christopher Wren
Location: Cheapside, London, England
Date: 1670 to 1683
Building Type: church
Construction System: cut stone masonry
Climate: temperate
Context: urban
Style: English Renaissance
Notes: Notable steeple.
• Photo,
exterior
of steeple
Photo,
exterior
Ocean Currents
The major surface currents in the world’s oceans are caused by
prevailing winds. The currents may be cold, as in the instance of the
West Wind Drift, or warm, as the Gulf Stream. Currents circulate in
paths called gyres, moving in a clockwise direction in the northern
hemisphere and a counterclockwise direction in the southern
hemisphere.
United Kingdom Climate
• Temperatures
• (Average Daily Lows And Highs)
Precipitation
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(Average Monthly)
London
Edinburgh
London
Edinburgh
Jan. 0°C (33° F) 0° C (33° F)
50 mm (2 in)
60 mm (2 in)
7° C (44° F) 6° C (43° F)
July: 11° C (52° F) 10° C (51° F) 60 mm (2 in) 80 mm (3 in)
22° C (71° F)
19° C (66° F)
The average rainfall is about 1000 mm.
In some places there are even over 260 rainy days a year.
London Today
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5 Day Forecast
TodayTomorrowWedThuFri
Sunny High: 48 Low: 34
Sunny High: 48 Low: 43
Showers High: 43 Low: 41
Sunny High: 43 Low: 37
Sunny High: 43 Low: 34
MonthAvg .HighAvg. LowRecord HighRecord LowAvg. Precip.
January 42/46° F32/36° F 55.0° F
9.0° F 2.1/2.2 in.
• February43/46° F32/35° F
63.0° F
7.0°F 1.3/1.4 in.
• March 47/51° F 34/38° F 68.0° F
19.0° F 1.7/1.8in.
• April 52/56° F 36/40° F
73.0° F
23.0° F 1.7/1.8 in.
• May 59/63° F 42/46° F
83.0° F
26.0° F 1.9/2 in.
• June 65/68° F 48/51° F 91.0° F
34.0° F 1.9/2 in.
• July 69/73° F 52/55° F 93.0° F
39.0° F 1.7/1.8 in.
• August 69/72° F 50/54° F 95.0° F
36.0° F 1.9/2 in.
• September63/67° F 46/50° F 82.0° F 34.0° F 2.1/2.2in.
• October56/60° F 42/46° F 77.0° F
24.0° F 2.2/2.3in.
• November48/52° F 36/40° F 63.0° F 18.0° F 2.1/2.2in.
• December45/48° F 35/38° F 59.0° F 12.0° F 2.2/2.3 in.
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centigrade = 5 / 9 X(F – 32 )
Fahrenheit = C X 9 / 5 +32
100 F = 37.7C
-20F = -28.8 C
1 inch = 2.5399mm
Geoffrey Chaucer
Questions for Thoughts
• 1. It is said if you’re tired of London, you’re
tired of life. Do you think so? Why or why
not?
• 2. What do you think of the weather in
Great Britain? Do you think that the
uncertainty of the weather really has a
definite effect upon the Englishman’s
character? And how does it influence the
Englishman’s character?