(旅游英语)环球之旅—英国 England and the UK 英国是个美丽的国家,文物古迹比比皆是,自然风景秀丽可餐,旅游资源丰富。许多城市,如“万城之花”伦敦,“北方雅典”爱丁堡,大学城牛津、剑桥,古色古香的约克城,莎翁故乡斯特拉特福都是享有世界声誉的旅游名城。英国还辟有湖区等几十座国家公园和风景保护区。目前,被联合国列入世界文化和自然遗产的名胜古迹和天然景观就有 14 处,即伦敦塔、威斯敏斯特宫(国会大厦)、布伦海姆宫(牛津附近),坎特伯雷主教堂、巴斯城、索尔兹伯里郊区的巨石阵等遗迹,铁桥峡(伍尔沃汉普顿以西),方廷斯修道院及园林(约克以北)、达勒姆的大教堂和古城堡、哈德良长城(纽卡斯尔一带),圭内斯的城堡群(威尔士卡那封一带),苏格兰的圣基尔达群岛,北爱兰的“巨人之路”和太平洋上的英国属地享德森珊瑚岛。 Well, listeners, today I am going to take you to my country where I was born that so many of you have asked me to do, so here we go. I would like to start with a little potted (adj. 浓缩的) history of my country. I hope you will enjoy my personally conducted tour to so many wonderful sights, culture and traditions to help you with an understanding of our way of life and what my country has to offer you. So sit back here we go on a journey of a lifetime with 007. First have a look at some pictures of my hometown. The history and heritage of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland would take me a lifetime to explore for you because there is so much. There are thousands of historic sites, royal palaces, abbeys (n.修道院), museums and cathedrals (n.大教堂) in London and other regions: the Tower of London (伦敦塔), wonderful castles in many places, such as Warwickshire, Carmarthen, Leeds and Windsor Castles, so many fine country houses and estates; Hadrian Wall [哈德良长城(古罗马长城)] that the Romans built to keep out the Celts (凯尔特人,印欧民族的一支,最初分布在中欧,在前罗马帝国时期遍及欧洲西...