Wales and Highland Zone 威尔斯和苏格兰高地.ppt

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,*,Fall in,Wales,Love,wit,h,爱,上,威,尔,士,The name,Wales,comes from the,Germanic word,waelisc,or,walh,a word which referred,to foreign Romanized,nations,North Sea,Wales in General,Population:,2,965,900,Area:,20,732 square km,Smallest,among the three nations(England,Scotland,Wales)on Britain mainland;larger than Northern Ireland,Capital city:,Cardiff,Important industry:,coal-mining&tourism,The Flag of Wales,The Flag of Wales incorporates the red dragon(,Y Ddraig Goch,)of Prince Cadwalader along with the Tudor colours of green and white.,Something About,Cardiff,Cardiff,the capital of Wales,is located at the mouth of the,Taff,and Ely rivers on the Bristol Channel.,At one time among the worlds biggest coal-exporting ports,Cardiff remains an important industrial,commercial,and administrative center.,Cathays,Park,at the heart of the city,include the city hall,the law courts,the Welsh,National Museum,and the University College,Cardiff,.,History,Before Roman empire,-land of Celtic people in number of small tribal kingdoms,Conquered by Roman empire,-divided again after the invasion,-not invaded by Anglo-Saxons,but Normans invasion,Pressure From England,Llywelyn,ap,Gruffudd,（卢埃林格拉法德）,-by the late 1250s the prince of Wales,Llywelyn,ap,Gruffydd,had begun unifying Welsh lords in resistance against English rule,Edward the First,-conquered Wales,-built series of great stone castles to,control the population,Wales&England,Very close to each other,No natural boundary,Has been dominated by England for longer than other nations,Long-standing political integration,Remarkable identity:Welsh,-,Celtic tongue,-spoken by 19%of the,population(higher,proportion than Gaelic in Scotland),-all fluent in English,Politics,Elect their MPs to the London parliament,-MP:Member of Parliament,Nationalist Party,（民族党）,-Plaid,Cymru,:the Party of Wales,-of 38 Welsh MPs,4 are from the party,Labor Party,（工党）,-own parliament to manage its own internal affairs,Wales Office is a department of the,United Kingdom government,responsible for Wales.,Education in Wales,The education system in Wales is the same as England,Pre-school(,creche,nursery,kindergarten),Primary school(aged 4 or 5 to11),Secondary school(aged 11 to 16 or 18),The minimum school leaving age is 16,Pupils sit GCSE Ordinary level exams at aged 18 and GCSE Advanced levels at aged 18,GCSE A levels are required for entry,to university,Leeks and Daffodils,The daffodil and the leek are national flowers of Wales.,The leek was adopted after St.David advised his men to wear leeks in their helmets as they went into battle so that they could identify friend or foe.,The flowering of Daffodils,coincides with St.Davids Day.,Two varieties of daffodil are,unique to Wales,the Tenby,Daffodil and the Welsh Daffodil.,Nos,Galan/,Dydd,Calan,新年,Dydd,Santes,Dwynwen,情人节,St Davids Day,国庆节,Calan,Haf,夏日第一天,Gyl,Ifan,仲夏篝火,Calan,Gaeaf,冬季第一天,黑色母猪幽灵,Nadolig,太妃糖模具,Welsh Christmas,威尔士圣诞节,Boxing Day,节礼日,The Nine Famous Custom Festivals in Wales,Something,you must,know about Wales:,Wales University,Old Castles,Welsh Coastlines,Welsh Corgi,The Famous Universities,：,班戈大学,Bangor,斯旺西,Swansea,卡迪夫,Cardiff,William Castle,Welsh Coastlines,National Park,Wales Corgi,（威尔士柯基犬）,To eat in Wales,To pray in Wales,The highland zone is a region of high hills and mountains in the north and west that are frequently broken by valleys and plains.,Scotland,Wales,and parts of England are located in this zone.,Highland Zone,Scottish Highlands,The North-West and Central Highlands,A broad valley known variously as the Central Lowlands,the Scottish Lowlands,or the Middle Valley,The Southern Uplands,The Cambrian Mountain Range,The Cambrian Mountains are a wild and empty plateau lying between the,Snowdonia,and,Brecon,Beacons National Parks,once known as the“Green Desert of Wales”.,Mourne,Mountain,The highest part of Northern Ireland,Thank you FOR watching,TRY to explore the WORLD around you,Take your life as an adventure,You may find that,Your life is so great,what a wonderful place you are in.,