official name：the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
(1927)
national flag：Union Flag /Union Jack
(1801)
national anthem:God Save the Queen
( performed in London in1745, known until the 19th century）
national capital：London
(the first time hosted the Summer Olympics in 1908)
capital city：
England：London
Scotland：Edinburgh
Wales：Cardiff
Northern Ireland：Belfast
Ireland:Dublin
奥运会
第一次：1908
其余两次：1948,2012
the first city hosted three Summer Olympics
No city in the UK has hosted the Winter Olympics Games
location and size: between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea
cover an area of approximately 244,110 km2
location：
Beneath the English Channel，the Channel Tunnel links the UK with France.
size：
England→the largest part
Scotland→the second largest part
Wales
Northern Ireland
Britain from the southern → northern about 1000 kilometers
east →west about 480 kilometers
The country‘s land border with the Republic of Ireland is 434 kilometers.
natural resources: coal,natural gas,iron ore ,tin
Britain has considerable reserves of coal
Coal was Britain’s richest natural resources
Natural gas was discovered in 1965 and a large oil field was found in 1970 under the North Sea.
Rich deposits of iron ore were found in central England.
At one time othe country of Cornwall was a world leader in tin production .
climate ：a temperate oceanic climate:cool summers and relatively mild winters,with plentiful rainfall all year round
In the summer,the average tem can be as hot as 32℃，mostly 27℃；winter：4.4 ℃
There are more rainfalls in the north and west，less in the south and east.
The best months to travel in Britain:May,June,September，October（5 6 9 10）
January and February are normally the coldest and rainest months
education：
Oxford University
28 prime ministers
69 Nobel Prize winners
college and tutorial system
Cambridge University
15 British Prime Ministers
118Nobel Prize winners
supervison system
