英语国家社会与文化入门简答题.doc
《英语国家社会与文化入门简答题.doc》由会员分享,可在线阅读,更多相关《英语国家社会与文化入门简答题.doc(31页珍藏版)》请在三一办公上搜索。
1、英语国家概况 课后问答题Book 1 EnglandChapter 1 Questions for Thought:1. What was the British Empire? What do you know about it? In what way is the “Empire” still felt in Britain and in the international field?Key points:1. Before the end of WWII, the British Empire was one of the most powerful empires; it enjo
2、yed the name of “an empire on which the sun never set” due to its overseas colonies on the world. 2. People of the British Empire are descendents of the Anglo-Saxons.3. A system of monarchy was observed still on todays Britain, which went through the history. The Queen is still the Head of the Commo
3、nwealth.4. the “Empire” still can be felt in the following ways:a. there are still close relationships between the UK and the fifty or more countries which used to be its former colonies, and which maintain links through a loose organization called the Commonwealth of Nations.b. it became one member
4、 of the European Union since 1973.c. the effect also lies in the makeup of the British population itself. Newly immigrants mainly came from the former colonies, specially from India and Caribbean area.d. today the Monarch represents the country in many occasions. e. class exists and lords and peers
5、are obvious evident of the imperial past.2. Why does the author say that it is not possible to sum up the British people with a few simple phrases?Key points:Reasons: 1. regional differences-England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland 2. racial differences 3. class differences 4. cultural differences
6、-Highland vs Lowland 5. religious differences-protestants vs Catholics (main in Northern Ireland) 3. British history has been a history of invasion. Please illustrate this point with the examples from the text. How did each of the invasions influence English culture ?Key points:When Who Where from W
7、hich part conqueredinfluence 43 ADAD.5th CLatin-speaking RomanMediterranean countriesEngland and Wales (not Scotland or Ireland)Brought the Mediterranean civilization, Christian, AD.5th C1066 Angles and Saxons(the forefathers of the English; the founders of England)GermanyEastern and Southern Britai
8、n (not Wales and most of Scotland )mainly EnglandThe ancestor of the English people;King Alfreds storyLate AD.8thC AD 10th C.the ferocious VikingsScandinavia (北欧:瑞典、挪威一带。丹麦、芬兰、冰岛等)Northern and Eastern England, ScotlandThe process of forming a united Britain (English Kings united mean, so did the Sco
9、ttish Crown), 1707, the united Britain came into being AD 11th C(1066)Norman French (William the Conqueror defeated King Harold at the Battle of Hastings, and built the Tower of London)Normandy(northern France)The next few hundred years, joining various parts of the British Isles under English rule
10、(England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland)Import a ruling classBritish history has been a history of invasions. Before the first century AD Britain was made up of many tribal kingdoms of Celtic people: a powerful culture originating in central Europe. Then in 43AD Britain was invaded by the Roman empire, a
11、nd England and Wales (though not Scotland or Ireland) became a part of the Roman empire for nearly 400 years.Two more groups of invaders were to come after the English: from the late 8th century on, raiders from Scandinavia, the ferocious Vikings, threatened Britains shores.4. What are some general
12、characteristics of Scotland? How did Scotland become part of the union of Great Britain?Key points:a) The Celts originally lived on Scotland, they kept their own culture and languagethe Gealic. b) Around the AD 6th C, people from Northern Ireland invaded the South-west - the lowland zone. They were
13、called Scots and gave the modern country of Scotland its name. c) The Scottish people have a strong sense of nationality and desire for cultural independence. They observed some old customs and tradition, like the Highland tradition. Today, bagpipe, and tartan are considered as the souvenir of the S
14、cottish history.d) The division between highland and lowland Scotland remains a cultural divide today, in much the same way as north and south England see themselves as different from each other.e) Scotland has a great tradition of innovation in the arts, philosophy and science.Robert Louis Stevenso
15、ns famous novel Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 吉基尔医生与海德先生shows that: Scotland was superficially fully integrated into the UK, but concealed beneath this is a still-strong Scottish identity.Scotland is the second largest of the four nations, both in population and in geographical area. It is also the most con
16、fident of its own identity because alone amongst the non-English components of the UK it has previously spent a substantial period of history as a unified state independent of the UK. Thus it is not a big leap for the Scottish to imagine themselves independent again. Physically, Scotland is the most
17、 rugged part of the UK, with areas of sparsely populated mountains and lakes in the north (The Highlands), and in the south (The Southern Uplands). Three-quarters of the population lives in the lowland zone which spans the country between these two highland areas. The largest city is Glasgow, in the
18、 west of this zone. Scotlands capital city is Edinburgh, on the east coast forty miles away from Glasgow. It is renowned for its beauty, and dominated by its great castle on a high rock in the centre of the city. Both cities have ancient and internationally respected universities dating from the 15t
19、h century.Union with England in 1707 1. In 1603, Queen Elizabeth I of England died. James the 6th of Scotland took thethrone, called James the First of England; uniting the two thrones 2. Scotland maintained its separate political identity.3. In 1707, Scotland joined the Union by agreement of the En
20、glish and Scottish Parliaments4. Scotland sends 72 representatives to the London Parliament.5. Describe characteristics of Wales and Wales unification with Great Britain.Characteristics: 1. capital: Cardiff, on the south coast 2. rich coal deposits3. attract foreign investment from Japan and U.S, et
21、c.- new industries to replace coal and steel4. smallest on the British mainland; close to central England; hilly and rugged5. retains a powerful sense of difference from England 6. retains its own language; 19% population speaking GaelicUnification with Great Britain1. 1267, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd(卢埃林
22、阿普格鲁菲德), forced the English toacknowledge him as Prince of Wales by a military campaign, and unified Wales as an independent nation.2. 1282, he was killed. The English King Edward I named his son the Prince of Wales, trying to bring Wales into the British nation.3. 1400, Owain Glyndwr(欧文格林道瓦尔) led a
23、n unsuccessful rising against the English.4. 1536, Wales was brought legally into the UK by an act of the British Parliament.5. Wales sends 38 representatives to the London Parliament. 4 are from the Nationalist Party.Wales was always under pressure from its English neighbours, particularly after th
24、e Norman conquest, when Norman barons set up castles and estates in Wales under the authority of the English Crown. Some brief campaigns are the only times in history when Wales has existed as a unified independent nation.6. Are there any differences between England and Wales in terms of cultural tr
- 配套讲稿:
如PPT文件的首页显示word图标,表示该PPT已包含配套word讲稿。双击word图标可打开word文档。
- 特殊限制:
部分文档作品中含有的国旗、国徽等图片,仅作为作品整体效果示例展示,禁止商用。设计者仅对作品中独创性部分享有著作权。
- 关 键 词:
- 英语 国家 社会 文化 入门 答题
![提示](https://www.31ppt.com/images/bang_tan.gif)
链接地址:https://www.31ppt.com/p-4080735.html