2018雅思考试提分听力材料整理（3）

 

　　2. There are three political divisions on the islands of Great Britain: England, Scotland and Wales.

 

　　3. About a hundred years ago, Britain ruled an empire that had 1/4 of the world's people and 1/4 of the world's land area.

 

　　4. The Britain Empire was replaced by the Britain commonwealth in 1931,which is a free association of independent counties that were once colonies of Britain.

 

　　5. Britain is separated from the rest of Europe by the English Channel in the south and the North Sea in the east.

 

　　6. Britain has, for centuries, been tilting with the northwest slowly rising, and the southeast slowly sinking. The north and west of Britain are mainly highlands. The southeast and east are mainly lowlands.

 

　　7. The pennies, a range of hills running from north midlands to Scottish border, are the principal mountain chain.

 

　　8. Ben Nevis in Scotland is the highest mountain in Britain, and the Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland is the largest lake in Britain.

 

　　9. There are three natural zones in Scotland: the highlands in the north, the central lowlands, and the southern uplands. The lowlands in the center comprise mostly the forth and Clyde valleys.

 

　　10. Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast are the capitals of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

 

　　11. Scotland has about 800 islands, including the Orkney, Shetlands and Hebrides.

 

　　苏格兰有800座岛屿，包括奥克内群岛，谢特兰群岛和赫不里德群岛。