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1、ScotlandScotlandPopulation:5.06million(2001)Area:78782squarekmScotlandinGeneralSecondlargest-inpopulation/geographicalareaOwnidentity-aunifiedstateindependentoftheUKLargestcity:GlasgowCapitalcity:EdinburghBeauty/ancient&internationallyrespecteduniversitiesdatingfrom15thcentury.EdinburghHistory:NOTco

2、nqueredbyRomans-edgeofnorthernhighland,awhile-HadriansWallruined,lengthsofitcanstillbeseenandwalkedalongNOTconqueredbytheAnglo-SaxonsmostlyDivisionbetweenhighlandandlowlandScotlandremainsaculturaldividetoday-thesamewayasnorthandsouthEnglandseethedifferencesfromeachother.Gaelic-oldCelticlanguage-area

3、sinthehighlands*3/4ofthepopulationlivesinthelowlandVikingraids-9thcentury-theoutsidepressureledtheScottishkingstounify-Anglo-Scottishconflict-closetiesbetweenaristocracies/royalfamiliesRoyalarms*movie:Brave heart WilliamWallacesuprisingin1298,failedRobertBruce,BattleofBannockburn,300yearsoffullindep

4、endence.JamestheFirstofEngland1063QueenElizabethdiedchildlessJames6thofScotlandUnitingthetwothrones-1707ScotlandjoinedtheUnionbyagreementoftheEnglishandScottishparliaments-Clan(extendedfamilygroup)culture-TartanBattleofCullodenRebellionsin1715/1745Gatheringsupport&marchingintoEngland1745rebelarmydes

5、troyedatBattleofCullodenAgriculturalchangesofthe18thcentury-depopulationofthehighlands-Scotssoughtfortuneoutside:England,US,Canada,AustraliaDreamofIndependentNevervanish,notsharedbymostScotsSamewayofelectingitsmembersofparliamenttotheLondonparliament-holds72seatsLaborparty-aregionalparliamentforScot

6、landmanagingitsowninternalaffairswithinUKArts,Philosophy&ScienceAgreattraditionInventoroftelephoneFirstmantotransmitatelevisionpictureRobertBurns-Auld Lang Syne(inScotsdialect)Famousnovel:-Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeAuldLangSyneShould auld acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind?Should auld acqua

7、intance be forgot,And auld lang syne?For auld lang syne,my jo,For auld lang syne,Well tak a cup o kindness yet,For auld lang syne.And surely yell be your pint-stoup,And surely Ill be mine;And well tak a cup o kindness yet,For auld lang syne.For auld,etc.We twa hae run about the braes,And poud the go

8、wans fine;But weve wanderd mony a weary fit,Sin auld lang syne.For auld,etc.We twa hae paidld in the burn,Frae morning sun till dine;But seas between us braid hae roard.Sin auld lang syne.For auld,etc.And theres a hand,my trusty fiere!And gies a hand o thine!And well tak a right gud-wellie waught,Fo

9、r auld lang syne.For auld,etc.Translationonsomewordsauld;oldlang;longsyne;sinceauldlangsyne;daysoflongagopintstowp;tankardpoud;pulledgowans;daisiesmony;manyfitt;footpaidld;wadeddine;dinner-timebraid;broadfiere;friendwillie-waught;draughtShould old friendship be forgotAnd never remembered?Should old

10、friendship be forgotten,And days of long ago.And surely you will have your tankard!And surely I will have mine!And we will take a cup of kindness yet,For days of long agoWe two have run about the hillsAnd pulled the daisies fine:But we have wandered many a weary footSince days of long ago.We two hav

11、e waded in the streamFrom dawn till dinner-time:But seas between us broad have roaredSince days of long ago.And theres a hand my trusty friend!And give me a hand of thine!And we will take a large draughtFor days of long ago.Scotland:SuperficiallyfullyintegratedintoUKButconcealedbeneathastill-strongScottishidentityPictures