文档介绍：Northern Ireland 2017-3-8 2 National flag of Northern Ireland 2017-3-8 3 Patron Saint of Northern Ireland St. Patrick (also the patron of the whole island with the Republic of Ireland included) Patrick, when a boy, was seized by pirates from his home near Carlisle and sold into bondage to an Irish chieftain. He escaped, and at length reached the Continent, where eventually he was ordained a bishop. Later he returned to the land of his former captivity, and by his preaching converted the Irish to Christianity. Legend says at that time the country was oppressed by great serpents and a host of loathsome, poisonous reptiles. Endowed with miraculous power, St. Patrick drove every snake from the land into that unfathomed pool, amid the Kerry Hills. 2017-3-8 4 National Flower of Northern Ireland Shamrock ( 荷兰翘摇) Flax ( 亚麻) 2017-3-8 5 Coat of arms of Northern Ireland Obsolete 2017-3-8 6 Motto of Northern Ireland Quis separabit? (Latin) Who shall separate us? (English) 何人能将我们分开? Giant ’ s causeway ( 巨人之路) (1) 2017-3-8 7 The 8th Natural Wonder of the World (suburb of Belfast) Sixty million years ago Giant ’ s causeway (2) 2017-3-8 8 Giant ’ s causeway (3) 2017-3-8 9 Giant ’ s causeway (4) 2017-3-8 10 Prodigious skills ( 鬼斧神工) of Nature: volcanic activity