Section A E知loring the World Text AA Brief Introduction to the United Kingdom Agriculture and Industry Britain's mild climate has provided the country with a favorable environment for agriculture and animal husbandry.Britain's agriculture is distinguished by two out-standing features:the small proportion of population engaged in agricultural activities and the high degree of mechanization.The most important crops in Britain are wheat,barley,sugar beet and potatoes. Once as the "factory of the world",Britain's manufacturing and textile industries have been declining dramatically over the last two decades or so.Britain has dominance in the production of certain chemical products,especially paint.Its industrial development is well backed up by its iron and steel industry,which to a large extent is government-controlled. Natural Resources The United Kingdom is endowed with some major natural resources:coal,oil and gas,etc.It is also self- sufficient in nonmetallic minerals like sand,gravel,chalk,limestone,salt,slate,and china clay,etc. 大连理工大学出版社
大连理工大学出版社 Section A Exploring the World Text A A Brief Introduction to the United Kingdom Agriculture and Industry Britain’ s mild climate has provided the country with a favorable environment for agriculture and animal husbandry. Britain’ s agriculture is distinguished by two out-standing features: the small proportion of population engaged in agricultural activities and the high degree of mechanization. The most important crops in Britain are wheat, barley, sugar beet and potatoes. Once as the “factory of the world” , Britain’ s manufacturing and textile industries have been declining dramatically over the last two decades or so. Britain has dominance in the production of certain chemical products, especially paint. Its industrial development is well backed up by its iron and steel industry, which to a large extent is government-controlled. NaturalResources The United Kingdom is endowed with some major natural resources: coal, oil and gas, etc. It is also selfsufficient in nonmetallicminerals like sand, gravel, chalk, limestone,salt, slate, and china clay, etc
Section A Exploring the World Text AA Brief Introduction to the United Kingdom Service Service industry is Britain's most rapidly growing and most important sector of the national economy. A.Financial Service Britain boasts one of the world's oldest,most extensive,and most highly developed financial systems. London is one of the three financial centres of the world.At the heart of the British financial system is the Bank of England,which functions as Britain's central bank.Besides the Bank of England,Britain has many commercial banks.Apart from banks,there are also other financial institutions,among which the most famous is the London Stock Exchange. B.Tourism and Transportation Service Britain is the 5th largest tourist country in the world.Tourism is another pillar of the country's service industry.Britain's transportation system is well developed,and important means of transportation include railways,highways,airlines and shipping etc. 大连理工大学出版社
大连理工大学出版社 Section A Exploring the World Text A A Brief Introduction to the United Kingdom Service Service industry is Britain’s most rapidly growing and most importantsector of the national economy. A. Financial Service Britain boasts one of the world’ s oldest, most extensive, and most highly developed financial systems. London is one of the three financial centres of the world. At the heart of the British financial system is the Bank of England, which functions as Britain’ s central bank. Besides the Bank of England, Britain has many commercial banks. Apart from banks, there are also other financial institutions, among which the most famous is the London Stock Exchange. B. Tourism and TransportationService Britain is the 5th largest tourist country in the world. Tourism is another pillar of the country’ s service industry. Britain’ s transportation system is well developed, and important means of transportation include railways, highways, airlines and shipping, etc
Section A E知loring the World Text AA Brief Introduction to the United Kingdom C.Trade Service Britain has been a trading country for hundreds of years.Its important exported goods are manufactured goods,fuels,chemicals,food,beverages,and tobacco;its important imported goods are manufactured goods, machinery,fuels,foodstuffs.Its most important trade partners are the United States,major European countries and Ireland. Literature British literature refers to literature associated with the United Kingdom,the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands as well as to literature from England,Wales and Scotland prior to the formation of the United Kingdom. Most British literature is in the English language. 大连理工大学出版社
大连理工大学出版社 Section A Exploring the World Text A A Brief Introduction to the United Kingdom C. Trade Service Britain has been a trading country for hundreds of years. Its important exported goods are manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals, food, beverages, and tobacco; its important imported goods are manufactured goods, machinery, fuels, foodstuffs. Its most important trade partners are the United States, major European countries and Ireland. Literature British literature refers to literature associated with the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands as well as to literature from England, Wales and Scotland prior to the formation of the United Kingdom. Most British literature is in the English language
Section A Exploring the World Text AA Brief Introduction to the United Kingdom The English playwright and poet William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest dramatist of all time.Among the earliest English writers are Geoffrey of Monmouth(12th century),Geoffrey Chaucer(14th century),and Thomas Malory (15th century).In the 18th century,Samuel Richardson was often credited with inventing the modem novel.In the 19th century,there followed further innovation by Jane Austen,the Bronte sisters,the social campaigner Charles Dickens,the naturalist Thomas Hardy,the visionary poet William Blake and romantic poet William Wordsworth.The 20th century writers include the science fiction novelist H.G. Wells,the controversial D.H.Lawrence,the modernist Virginia Woolf,the satirist,Evelyn Waugh,the prophetic novelist George Orwell,the popular novelist,Graham Greene,and the poets John Betjeman and Ted Hughes.Most recently,the children's fantasy "Harry Potter"series by J.K.Rowling has recalled the popularity of J.R.R.Tolkien. Welfare The United Kingdom has one of the best social welfare programs in Europe.The key elements of the welfare state include Social Security,the National Health Service,the Housing Program,Education and Personal Services. 大连理工大学出版社
大连理工大学出版社 Section A Exploring the World Text A A Brief Introduction to the United Kingdom The English playwright and poet William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest dramatist of all time. Among the earliest English writers are Geoffrey of Monmouth (12th century), Geoffrey Chaucer (14th century), and Thomas Malory (15th century). In the 18th century, Samuel Richardson was often credited with inventing the modern novel. In the 19th century, there followed further innovation by Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, the social campaigner Charles Dickens, the naturalist Thomas Hardy, the visionary poet William Blake and romantic poet William Wordsworth. The 20th century writers include the science fiction novelist H.G. Wells, the controversial D. H. Lawrence, the modernist Virginia Woolf, the satirist, Evelyn Waugh, the prophetic novelist George Orwell, the popular novelist, Graham Greene, and the poets John Betjeman and Ted Hughes. Most recently, the children’ s fantasy “Harry Potter” series by J. K. Rowling has recalled the popularity of J. R. R. Tolkien. Welfare The United Kingdom has one of the best social welfare programs in Europe. The key elements of the welfare state include Social Security, the National Health Service, the Housing Program, Education and Personal Services
Section A Exploring the World Vocabulary Power constitutional 宪法的 monarchy n. 君主政体 dissolution n. 分解，分离 assimilate vt. 吸收，消化，使同化(into,with) overcast a 多云的 lush a 茂盛的，繁荣的 density n. 密度 preeminent 日 优越的，卓越的 sophisticated a. 高级的，老于世故的 affluent a 富有的 descend vi. 下来，下降，下倾 diminish vt. 减少，减小 大连理工大学出版社
大连理工大学出版社 Section A Exploring the World Vocabulary Power constitutional a. 宪法的 monarchy n. 君主政体 dissolution n. 分解，分离 assimilate vt. 吸收，消化，使同化(into, with) overcast a. 多云的 lush a. 茂盛的，繁荣的 density n. 密度 preeminent a. 优越的，卓越的 sophisticated a. 高级的，老于世故的 affluent a. 富有的 descend vi. 下来，下降，下倾 diminish vt. 减少，减小