The Beauty of Britain

1. The Beauty of Britain J. B. Priestley

3. Four parts • England------London • Scotland-----Edinburgh • Wales------Cardiff • Northern Ireland------Belfast

4. Landmarks • Evoking an apparently common past and a common culture and mutually shared landscapes or landmarks is one of the ways in which a sense of national identity is promoted. In the discussion of Englishness--the sense of togetherness that binds all the people living in England, an idealized rural landscape depicted as a pastoral Eden is a recurring trope. For many writers in the beginning of the 20th century, "England" is virtually synonymous with “rural England": an England of patchwork fields, distant spires, village greens, warm beer and inter-class solidarity, Sunday roast-beef lunch and revitalizing teas.

5. Stonehenge • As the most famous prehistoric monument in Britain, Stonehenge is a group of huge monuments of giant rock slabs on Salisbury Plain in Southwest England built by the Stone Age peoples. It is generally believed that Stonehenge served some sort of religious purposes.

9. Britain‘s Monarchy Britain is a constitutional monarchy. That means the Monarch is the head of state, but his or her power is limited by constitutional rules. But... Who is this Monarch? Queen Elizabeth II Date of birth: 21 April 1926 Family: Prince Philip and four children and six grandchildren Coronation: 2 June 1953 in Westminster Abbey Hobbies: Horses and dogs

10. Royal Palace Changing Guard Buckingham Palace

11. Buckingham Palace

13. Changing guard

14. The traditional bearskin helmets worn by "beefeater" guardsmen on duty at Buckingham Palace could disappear after almost 200 years as the British government is considering the idea of having the 18-inch helmets made from synthetic materials proposed by animal rights groups. The helmets have been worn since the Battle of Waterloo, where they were taken as a badge of honor.

15. Parliament • Parliament: law-making body • The House of Commons • 659 members • the House of Lords • is not elected

16. House of Parliament

17. The Westminster Parliament • It refers to the British Parliament. Westminster Palace in London was built between 1840 and 1860, and became the meeting place for Parliament.

18. Big Ben • Good time-keeper, rarely stopped • when parliament is in session, a light shines above the clock face

19. British government • Government • Queen’s, David Cameron’s, or Conservative government • Whitehall Street • executive agencies • Downing Street • prime minister’s residence • Westminster • parliament

20. Westminster Abbey • Poets’ Corner

21. Canterbury

24. 回廊

27. 坎特伯雷的High Street步行街

28. 步行街的尽头是West Gate

29. 伦敦塔

30. Tower Bridge Iconic symbol of London It got its name from its nearness to Tower of London The bridge can be opened

31. 塔桥 (Tower Bridge)

32. Hyde Park • (soap-box politics)

33. British Museum

34. 大 英 博 物 馆 的 圆 形 阅 览 室

36. St. James Park, London

38. England • Windsor Castle Leeds Castle

39. Widsor Castle

40. Scotland Its rugged landscape the Highland the Lowland (3/4 of the population live there) the Southern Upland

41. Ben Nevis • Highest peak in Britain

42. Scottish Dance

43. Edinburgh: capital of Scotland

44. Edinburgh castle

45. a fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, from its position atop the volcanic Castle Rock. • As one of the most important fortresses in the Kingdom of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle was involved in many historical conflicts, and has been besieged, both successfully and unsuccessfully, on several occasions. • Most of the castle is now in the care of historic Scotland, and it is Scotland's most-visited paid tourist attraction

46. Castle on the rock

47. Castles of Scotland

48. Glasgow Green（格拉斯哥最老的公园 )

49. Crieff——market town which has the oldest Scottish Glenturret Distillery

50. The Famous Grouse Experience