英国景点

1:TheRiverThamesisthecondlongestriverintheUnited

KingdomandthelongestriverentirelyinEngland,risingatThamesHead

inGloucestershire[格洛斯特郡（英格兰）],andflowingintotheNorth

SeaattheThamesEstuary(河口).Ithasaspecialsignificanceinflowing

throughLondon,thecapitaloftheUnitedKingdom,althoughLondon

eristidalinLondonwitha

riandfallof7metres(23ft)andbecomesnon-tidalatTeddington

[特丁顿（英国国立物理研究所所在地）]chmentarea

coversalargepartofSouthEasternandWesternEnglandandtheriveris

ercontainsover80islands,andhaving

bothawaterandfreshwaterstretchessupportsavarietyofwildlife.

theriverhassupportedhumanactivityfromitssourcetoitsmouthfor

thousandsofyearsprovidinghabitation,waterpower,

hasalsoactedasamajorhighwaybothforinternationaltradethroughthe

PortofLondon,andinternallyalongitslengthandconnectingtothe

er’sstrategicpositionhasenitatthecentre

ofmanyeventsandfashionsinBritishhistory,earningitadescriptionby

JohnBurnsas―LiquidHistory‖.Ithasbeenaphysicalandpolitical

morerecenttimetheriverhasbecomeamajorleisureareasupporting

tourismandpleasureoutingsaswellasthesportsofrowing,sailing,

skiffing,kayaking,erhashadaspecialappealto

writers,artists,musiciansandfilm-makersandiswellreprentedinthe

illthesubjectofvariousdebatesaboutitscour,

nomenclatureandhistory.

2:海德公园HydeParkisoneofthelargestparksincentral

London,EnglandandoneoftheRoyalParksofLondon,famousforits

Speakers'Corner.