英美概况 geography 2- the people

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Lecture 2 General Introduction to Great Britain: (2)----The people

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Main Contents1. Population 2. Nations and Languages 3. National/regional identity 4. National character/values 5. The four nations in the UK 6. Major cities 7. Some other facts

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1. Population– Population:61,126,832 (July2009) – 3rd largest in Europe; with some 248 persons living in every sq km, about ten times that of the US.(P13.)

– Britain has one of the highest populationdensities in the world; unevenly distributed

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–Urban-rural:10.5%.

urban

89.5%; male

rural

–Sex

distribution:

49.09%;

female 50.91%

–Ethnic groups: white 92.1%, black 2%, Indian, Pakistani, mixed, other.(2001 census)

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Discussion:1. What is the most densely populated area of Britain? 2. Which is the least densely populated? How might this be explained? England (London, Thames estuary area) is most densely populated area and Scotland is the least populated. Geographically, Scotland is a mountainous region, and therefore less populated. Other factors are historical, political and economic. London developed as a political and economic center of the United Kingdom with the development of the British Empire. This attracted people from all parts of the UK to live in the south-east.

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2. Nations and Languages The main nations in Britain are the English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish. The English people are the descendants of Anglo-Saxons, while the Scots, Welsh and Irish are the descendants of the Celts.

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Early history Celts or Britons(2000 years ago) Romans (1st century A.D.) Celts regained (early 5th century) North Germany (Angles, Saxons, and Jutes, started to migrate to England) Normans(11th century , from Normandy in France), later immigrants

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Languages1.Origin of “English”--- the language that belongs to Angles 1) Old English (5th-12th century) 2) Middle English (12th-15th century) 3) Modern English (15th century--) 2. Gaelic (Celtic language) 3. Welsh8

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Examples of Old English (just for fun) Broeor min My brother,… Sweostor min My sister,… Lareow Teacher,…. HI? fdige Lady, … My nama is Michael. My nama is Michael.

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Middle English The main thing to say about Middle English is that everything got all messed up. Particularly once the Normans conquered England, thereby making English the language of the lower classes. A lot of the structure, spelling, and pronunciation that was left from Old English was lost during this period. There were no upper classes speaking English and “preserving” or teaching a “standard”. Everything changed very quickly.10

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Chaucer (1343-1400) Whan that April with his showres soote The droughte of March hath perced to the roote, And bathed every veine in swich licour, Of which vertu engendred is the flowr; Whan Zephyrus eek with his sweete breeth Inspired hath in every holt and heeth ……….

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3.National/regional identity There ar

e discernible differences among different classes of the British society and differences between the four nations as they were once separated ones. These differences divide the United Kingdom. (P.17) UK citizens tend to refer to themselves as English, Welsh, Scots or Irish.12

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4.National characters/values 1. Conservatism The conservative attitude consists of an acceptance of things that are familiar, and an inclination to be suspicious of anything that is strange and foreign.(P17.) 2. Deference– Status-conscious – Yours is not why but how (“Mans of Action”)

3. Reservation--Hating small talk – Refusing to express their mind freely

4. Gentle and subtle humor13

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National values:privacy tradition (nostalgia of the past) social class system, royalty

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5.The introduction to the four nations in the UK

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A. England