Which is only 33 km across. Under the Straits of Dover, there is a channel tunnel called “Chunnel” built by the British government and the French government,which was open to traffic in May 1994. Britain covers an area of 244.100 square km. It runs 1000 km from north to south and extends, at the widest part, about 500 kilometres from west to
（大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国）
Great Britain:
England, Scotland, Wales
The British Isles:大不列颠群岛
Great Britain and Ireland The Isle of Wight (to the south of
England) The Isles of Scilly (to the southwest
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An Introduction to the Society and Culture of the Major EnglishSpeaking Countries
A Brief Introduction to the United Kingdom (1)
Focal Points:
cooperate within a framework of common values and goals .
These include the promotion of democracy, human rights, good governance, the rule of law, individual liberty, egalitarianism, free trade, multilateralism, and world peace.
Geographical Features and Natural
Resources
Britain is an island country surrounded by the sea. Ir lies in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north coast of Europe. It is separated from the rest of Europe by the Ednglish Channel in the south and the North Sea in the east. The English Channel between England and France is quite narrow and the narrowest part is called the Straits of Dover(多弗尔海峡）
Different Names for Britain and Its Parts Geographical Features and Natural
Resources Climate People
Different Names and Its Parts
Full Name:
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Capitals:
London (England) Edinburgh (Scotland) Cardiff (Wales) Belfast (Northern Ireland)
The Commonwealth of Nations 英联邦
It was established in 1931, a free association of fifty-four independent member states that were once colonies of Britain. It has no special powers; the decision to become a member of the Commonwealth is left to each nation.
The Commonwealth is not a political union, but an intergovernmental organization through which countries with diverse social, political and economic backgrounds are regarded as equal in states. The member states
of Scotland)
Anglesey or Aldersey
( to the north part of Wales)
Outer Hebrides and Inner Hebrides (to the west part of Scotland)
Orkney Islands and Shetland of Scotland)
East. (England in the south, Scotland in the north, and Wales in the southwest).Its coastline runs about ten thousand kilometres. In Britain, no place is over 250 kilometres away from the sea.England is the largest and most developed of all the three. Its area is about 130,423, square kilometres, Scotland 78,822 sq.km, Wales 20,776, Northern Ireland 13,600 sq.km.