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1. COUNTRY AND PEOPLE

Lying off the north - west coast of Europe, there are two large islands and several
much smaller ones. Collectively, they are known as The British Isles. The largest
island is called Great Britain. The other large one is called Ireland.

In the British Isles there are two states. One of these governs most of the island of
Ireland. This state is usually called The Republic of Ireland.The other state has
authority over the rest of the British Isles (the whole of Great Britain, the
northeastern area of Ireland and most of the smaller islands). Its official name is
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

        People often refer to Britain by another name. They call it «England». But
this is not strictly correct, and it can make some people angry. England is only one
of the four nations of the British Isles (England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland).
Their political unification was a gradual process that took several hundred years. It
was completed in 1800 when the Irish Parliament was joined with the Parliament
for England, Scotland and Wales in Westminster, so that the whole of the British
Isles became a single state - the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
However, in 1922, most of Ireland became a separate state.

       At one time the four nations were distinct from each other in almost every
aspect of life. In the first place, they were different racially. The people in Ireland,
Wales and highland Scotland belonged to the Celtic race; those in England and
lowland Scotland were mainly of Germanic origin. This difference was reflected in
the languages they spoke. People in the Celtic areas spoke Celtic languages: Irish
Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh. People in the Germanic areas spoke Germanic
dialects. The nations also tended to have different economic, social and legal
systems.

       Today these differences have become blurred. But they have not completely
disappeared. Although there is only one government for the whole of Britain, and
people have the same passport regard less of where in Britain they live, some
aspects of government are organized separately (and sometimes differently) in the
four parts of the United Kingdom. Moreover, Welsh, Scottish and Irish people feel
their identity very strongly.
2. Geography
       Britain has mountains, but none of them are very high; it also has flat land,
but you cannot travel far without encounteringhills; it has no really big rivers; it
doesn't usually get very cold in the winter or very hot in the summer; it has no
active volcanoes, and an earth tremor.

       The climate of Britain is more or less the same as that of the northwestern
part of the European mainland. The popular belief that it rains all the time in
Britain is simply not true. The image of a wet, foggy land was created two
thousand years ago by the invading Romans and has been perpetuated in modern
times by Hollywood. In fact, London gets no more rain in a year than most other
major European cities, and less than some.
Britain has neither towering mountain ranges, nor impressively large rive s, plains
or forests.

       The south and east of the country is comparatively low-lying, consisting of
either flat plains or gently rolling hills. Mountainous areas are found only in the
north and west, although these regions also have fiat areas.
Britain has a greater proportion of grassland than any other country in Europe
except the Republic of Ireland. One distinctive human influence, especially
common in southern England, is the enclosure of fields with hedgerows.
The English and the Welsh don't like living in blocks of flats in city centres and the
proportion of people who do so is lower than in other European countries.
It was in Britain that the word «smog « was first used (to describe a mixture of
smoke and fog). As the world’s first industrialized country, its cities were the first
to suffer this atmospheric condition.Water pollution was also a problem.

       During the 1960s and 1970s, laws were passed which forbade the heating of
homes with open coal fires in city areas and which stopped much of the pollution
from factories.However, as in the rest of western Europe, the great increase in the
use of the motor car in the last quarter of the twentieth century caused an increase
in a new kind of air pollution.

      London (the largest city in Europe) dominates Britain. It is home for the
headquarters of all government departments, Parliament, themajor legal institutions
and the monarch.

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Country and geography summary

  • 1. 1. COUNTRY AND PEOPLE Lying off the north - west coast of Europe, there are two large islands and several much smaller ones. Collectively, they are known as The British Isles. The largest island is called Great Britain. The other large one is called Ireland. In the British Isles there are two states. One of these governs most of the island of Ireland. This state is usually called The Republic of Ireland.The other state has authority over the rest of the British Isles (the whole of Great Britain, the northeastern area of Ireland and most of the smaller islands). Its official name is The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. People often refer to Britain by another name. They call it «England». But this is not strictly correct, and it can make some people angry. England is only one of the four nations of the British Isles (England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland). Their political unification was a gradual process that took several hundred years. It was completed in 1800 when the Irish Parliament was joined with the Parliament for England, Scotland and Wales in Westminster, so that the whole of the British Isles became a single state - the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. However, in 1922, most of Ireland became a separate state. At one time the four nations were distinct from each other in almost every aspect of life. In the first place, they were different racially. The people in Ireland, Wales and highland Scotland belonged to the Celtic race; those in England and lowland Scotland were mainly of Germanic origin. This difference was reflected in the languages they spoke. People in the Celtic areas spoke Celtic languages: Irish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh. People in the Germanic areas spoke Germanic dialects. The nations also tended to have different economic, social and legal systems. Today these differences have become blurred. But they have not completely disappeared. Although there is only one government for the whole of Britain, and people have the same passport regard less of where in Britain they live, some aspects of government are organized separately (and sometimes differently) in the four parts of the United Kingdom. Moreover, Welsh, Scottish and Irish people feel their identity very strongly.
  • 2. 2. Geography Britain has mountains, but none of them are very high; it also has flat land, but you cannot travel far without encounteringhills; it has no really big rivers; it doesn't usually get very cold in the winter or very hot in the summer; it has no active volcanoes, and an earth tremor. The climate of Britain is more or less the same as that of the northwestern part of the European mainland. The popular belief that it rains all the time in Britain is simply not true. The image of a wet, foggy land was created two thousand years ago by the invading Romans and has been perpetuated in modern times by Hollywood. In fact, London gets no more rain in a year than most other major European cities, and less than some. Britain has neither towering mountain ranges, nor impressively large rive s, plains or forests. The south and east of the country is comparatively low-lying, consisting of either flat plains or gently rolling hills. Mountainous areas are found only in the north and west, although these regions also have fiat areas. Britain has a greater proportion of grassland than any other country in Europe except the Republic of Ireland. One distinctive human influence, especially common in southern England, is the enclosure of fields with hedgerows. The English and the Welsh don't like living in blocks of flats in city centres and the proportion of people who do so is lower than in other European countries. It was in Britain that the word «smog « was first used (to describe a mixture of smoke and fog). As the world’s first industrialized country, its cities were the first to suffer this atmospheric condition.Water pollution was also a problem. During the 1960s and 1970s, laws were passed which forbade the heating of homes with open coal fires in city areas and which stopped much of the pollution from factories.However, as in the rest of western Europe, the great increase in the use of the motor car in the last quarter of the twentieth century caused an increase in a new kind of air pollution. London (the largest city in Europe) dominates Britain. It is home for the headquarters of all government departments, Parliament, themajor legal institutions and the monarch.