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1、,Brief Introduction,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: Card
2、iff- 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
3、 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,Its a giant Ferris wheel,We ride in large capsules,The view as we begin to climb,The wheel is on the south bank of th
4、e River Thames,Rising above Big Ben, Parliament and Westminster Abbey,The view as we get higher,Inside view of the capsule,Were 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 a
5、t the capsule below,View up the Thames as we start going down,Looking up at the capsule above us,View looking south,Now were about even with Big Ben,Trafalgar Square, London,London Weather,Big Ben is the great bell in the Clock Tower on the eastern end of the Houses of Parliament. It was named after
6、 Sir Benjamin Hall, Londons chief commissioner of works in 1858 when the bell was hung. The clocks in the 98-m (320-ft) Clock Tower have been keeping time since 1859.,Big Ben, London,London, Big Ben,Big Ben,The Windsor bell may have struck twelve for Falstaff, but Big Bens famous chimes are the true
7、 song of London. John Buchans 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 Londons Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable market for many years. The market was moved to Nine Elms some tim
8、e ago and in 1980 Covent Garden was turned into a leisure area featuring novelty shops, restaurants, cafes and pubs. When visiting Covent Garden dont miss the opportunity of eating at Porters English Restaurant, which specialises in serving quality English food at affordable prices.,Hyde Park,Wellin
9、gton 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 sligh
10、tly 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 wa
11、rs and since then.,Queen Victoria Memorial, The The Mall, London, SW14 7EN,5. St Jamess Palace and the Chapel Royal 6. St Jamess 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
12、 enormous royal palace 10. Palace of Westminster 11. the Abbey,Streets & Square,Greenwich,Oxford Circus, London,Oxford Street,Spencer House,From its conception, Spencer House was recognised as one of the most ambitious aristocratic town houses ever built in London and is, today, the citys only great
13、 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 Jamess, Spencer House is a short distance from St Jamess Palace, Buckingham Palace and the Palace of W
14、estminster, 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
15、plc acquired the lease.,Tower of London, The,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 si
16、nce, 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.,T
