Bài giảng British Culture

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British Culture
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Lesson 1: Sightseeing in UK
4 regions in UK
UK
Scotland
England
Wales
North Ireland
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England, Scotland & Wales
London
• House of Parliament
• Big Ben
• Westminster abbey
• Churchill statue
• Household Cavalry
• Trafalgar square
• Tower of London
Lesson 2
The Geography
and Climate of
Britain
Physiographic features of
England, Scotland and Wales
England
• Total area: 130.410 km2

• Capital: London, the largest city in UK
• Main river: Thames, 346km, the second longest river in
UK
• Has excellent natural harbors: Newcastle upon Tyne, Hull,
London, Dover, Plymouth, Bristol, Liverpool
• Midlands and the North is mountainous in the North and
West (Midlands consists of Pennines (890-630metres) and
the Lake District (970-820m))
• Flatlands are in the East: the Fens (marshland)
• Lowland in the South has many moors, hills, dales, rivers
and canals
Seaports of England
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Dover
Plymouth Bristol
Liverpool
Landscape
Lake District
Mountain ranges: Pennines
Flatland
Moor
Rolling hill: North Downs
North York Moors
Yorkshire dales
Scotland
• Total area (include islands): 78,790 km2, many of the
islands are inhabited
• Capital: Edinburgh
• Largest city: Glasgow
• Longest river: Tay (188km)

• Has irregular coastline with many inlets from the sea (Firth
of Clyde, Firth of Forth)
• Is a mountainous area (>1/2 is highland); has lakes and
lochs (Loch Lomond, Loch Ness)
• Is divided into 3 areas: Southern Uplands, Central
lowlands, Highlands
- The Southern uplands
are the fertile plains
and hills bordering
England.
- The central lowlands
runs from Edinburgh to
Glasgow and contains
industrial towns and
most of the population.
- Highlands are
mountains (Ben Nevis:
1344m, Britain’s
highest mountain)
Heather
Peat
Bog
‘About three quarters of Scotland is made
up of bog
, rock and heather and peat
soils’
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Firth

Loch
‘Scotland has a very irregular coastline
with inlets from the sea called firths…
The Highlands contains narrow lakes or
Lochs
….’
irregular coastline
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Wales
• Capital: Cardiff, the main seaport and shipbuilding
centre of Wales
• Total area; 20,760km2
• River Severn: 354km, Britain’s longest river
• Mount Snowdon: Wales’ highest mountain
• Bala lake: largest natural lake in Wales
• Has an irregular coastline with bays (cardigan
bay)
• Is almost entirely mountainous with 3 main
regions (Snowdonia, Cambrian, Brecon Beacons)
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River Severn
Bala Lake
Climate
• The climate of the United Kingdom is
classified as a mid-latitude oceanic
climate with warm summers, cold winters
and constant rainfall throughout the year.

• very low sunshine hours throughout the
year
• England has a mild and moist climate,
annual temperature ranges between 11°C
and 9°C.
• July is the hottest month of the year, and
January, is the coldest month.
• Fogs, mists, and overcast skies are
frequent, particularly in the Pennines and
inland regions.
Fog
Mist
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Overcast skies
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• Rainfall is heaviest during October and average
rainfall is about 760 mm in most of England.
• England has slightly warmer maximum and
minimum temperatures throughout the year
compared with Scotland and Wales.
• The climate of Scotland is similar to the rest
Britain but has the coolest temperatures.
• Wales also has similar weather to England but has
slightly warmer temperatures
Northern Ireland Scotland England
Wales Great Britain/Britain United Kingdom
Geography Exercise 1 - Name each territory of the British Isles (darkened part) in the maps below.
English Channel
London

Celtic Sea
Cardiff
Wales
Ireland
England
Irish Sea
Dublin
Isle of Man
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Edinburg
Scotland
North Sea
Hebrides
Orkney Islands
Shetlands Islands
Atlantic Ocean
Isle of Wight
Geography Exercise 2- Label this map of the British isles with the correct names or phrases from your textbook.
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