Unit 46 The United Kingdom

下面是一幅聯合王國的地圖，請寫篇短文說明該國的地理位置和該國的幾個主要組成部分的相對位置，要求120詞左右。

“範文”

The United Kingdom

Great Britain (G. B) is an island① that lies off the northwest coast of Europe.② The nearest country is France, from which Great Britain is separated by the English Channel③. The island is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean,④ to the west, and the North Sea, to the east. It consists of⑤ the mainlands of England, Wales and Scotland, that is, three countries. Scotland is in the north, while Wales is in the west. Ireland, which is also an island, lies off the west coast of Great Britain. It consists of Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. Great Britain together with Northern. Ireland constitutes⑦ the United Kingdom. Thus, the United Kingdom is made up of four countries. The largest of these is England. The capital city is London, which is situated in⑧ the southeast of England.

“注釋：”

①island：島，島嶼

②lie off the northwest coast of Europe：位于歐洲西北海岸

③the English Channel：英吉利海峽

④the Atlantic Ocean: 大西洋

⑤consist of: 由……組成

⑥mainland：本土

⑦constitute：組成，構成

⑧be situated（in/on/to）位于

“點評：”

這是一篇根據地圖而展開的說明文。地圖屬于方位圖的一種。這種考方位圖的題型在高考書面表達中出現過，應在平時備考時多加訓練，掌握表達技巧。

作者采用空間順序法，以聯合國為中心，由表及裡，先介紹該國的地理位置：它是位于歐洲西北海岸的一個島，英吉利海峽将它與最近的國家法國隔開。它西臨大西洋，東臨北海。然後再介紹該國的幾個主要組成部分的相對位置，進而采用空間順序法，由近到遠，先說本土的三個國家，再談它的最後一個組成部分北愛爾蘭。

全文條理清楚，描寫方法得當，語言恰當、準确、結構完整，是一篇優秀範文。

資料來源：英語作文高分必背叢書：高考/李華田主編，武漢大學出版社，2005

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