Chapter-1-Land-and-People-in-Britain.ppt

课程名称 英语国家概况AnIntroductionofEnglishSpeakingCountries 学时 64开课单位 赣江学院外国语学院教师 张丽适用专业 英语专业 二 考试要求本课程考试形式为闭卷考试 成绩评估将综合考虑学生课堂参与表现 作业 30 及期末考试 70 记分采用百分制 注 凡旷课三次者 取消期末测试资格 三 英语国家概况 教学内容1 教学对象 英语国家概况 课程既适合英语专业的学生 又适合非英语专业已通过大学英语四 六级考试的学生 2 教学内容 涉及英美两国历史 政治制度 经济贸易 教育 宗教 种族问题 娱乐风土人情 艺术 媒体及社会问题等各个方面 3 教学方法及手段 本课程针对学生交际能力不足的特点 尽量改变以教师为中心的传统教学模式 而是建立以学生为中心的教学模式 充分调动学生的主动性和积极性 老师作为引导者 组织者和观察者来进行教学活动 四 教学大纲1 课程编号 2 课程名称 英语国家概况3 课程类别 专业选修课公选课4 教学时数 周学时 4总学时 645 教学目标与要求 通过对历史 政治制度 艺术 娱乐 媒体 宗教等专题的介绍 优化学生的知识结构 提高学生的交际能力 语言能力 语用能力 认知能力和情感能力 为实现这一目的 鼓励学生进行专题调研 信息收集 小组讨论和专题发言等 8 参考教材 英美社会与文化 上 下册罗选民主编华中理工大学出版社 Section1TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland Chapter1LandandPeopleinBritain Land People Land 1 DifferentNamesforBritainanditsParts1 1Officialname theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorternIreland1 2theDefinitionoftheUK GreatBritainandEnglandtheUK England Scotland Wales NorthernIreland GreatBritain Anoverallview I 1 3 theeBritishIsles GreatBritain Ireland hundredsofsmallones 1 EnglandisinthesouthernpartofGreatBritain Itisthelargest mostpopuloussection 2 ScotlandisinthenorthofGreatBritain Capital Edinburgh 3 WalesisinthewestofGreatBritain Capital Cardiff 4 NorthernIRELANDisthefourthregionoftheUK Capital Belfast 1 4TheCommonwealthItisafreeassociationofindependentcountriesthatwereoncecoloniesofBritain TheCommonwealthofNationsTheCommonwealthisthevoluntaryassociationof54independentcountries MembershipoftheCommonwealthhas sinceitsbeginning beenopentoanyindependentstatewhichwasonceruledoradministeredbyBritainorotherCommonwealthcountries andrecognizestheQueenasHeadoftheCommonwealthTheCommonwealthhasnospecialpowers ThedecisiontobecomeamemberoftheCommonwealthislefttoeachnation Atpresentthereare50membercountrieswithintheCommonwealth 1991 Logo 英联邦 CommonwealthofNations 是英国对联邦其他成员国在政治 军事 财政经济和文化上施加影响的组织 由英国和已经独立的前英帝国殖民地国家或附属国组成 第一次世界大战后 英国势力遭到削弱 各殖民地人民纷纷要求独立 便逐渐用英联邦代替英帝国的称号 英联邦没有设立任何权力机构 主要组织机构有 联邦政府首脑会议 亚太地区英联邦政府首脑会议 联邦财政部长会议及其他部长级专业会议 1965年起设立英联邦秘书处 其职责是促进英联邦的合作 筹划英联邦各级会议 秘书处设在伦敦 2 GeographicalFeatures IslandcountryEnglishChannelHighlandslowlands ENGLAND Demographics Population 51MillionLanguage EnglishPeople Anglo Saxons Scots Welsh Irish WestIndians Pakistanis Indians ChineseReligion ChurchofEngland Methodist Baptist Catholic Muslim Hindu andSikhCapitalCity London ENGLAND Demographics Population 51MillionLanguage EnglishPeople Anglo Saxons Scots Welsh Irish WestIndians Pakistanis Indians ChineseReligion ChurchofEngland Methodist Baptist Catholic Muslim Hindu andSikhCapitalCity London ENGLANDcont Culture Theyhaveartisticcontributionsintheatre literature andarchitecture Staplefood FishandChips bacon eggs sausage andmash It snotfamousforqualitybutit sacuisine Thereareastonishingregionalvariationsinaccents St JamesPark London Englandcont WindsorCastleLeedsCastle FishandChips Englishstaplefood WALES Demographics Population 2 9MillionCapitalcity CardiffPeople Celts Anglo SaxonsLanguage Welsh EnglishReligion NonconformistProtestants Anglicans Catholics WALEScont Culture OnethingthatmarksWalesoutfromtherestoftheBritainisthesurvivalofWelshasalivinglanguage Welshfoodisnotwell known Theyeatlaverbread amixtureofseaweed oatmealandbaconservedontoast Rarebit cheeseontoastwiththeaddedflavorofmustardandbeer CaerphillyCastle SouthWales BeaumarisCastle N Wales NORTHERNIRELAND Demographics Population 1 6MillionCapitalcity BelfastPeople IrishLanguage English andIrishReligion 95 RomanCatholic 3 4 ProtestantintheRepublic 60 Protestant 40 RomanCatholicinNorthernIreland NORTHERNIRELANDcont Culture Performadanceknownasthe jig whichtheydotoIrishfolkmusic Veryfestivepeopleanddanceonvariousoccasions Mealsarebasedaroundmeatslikelamb beef andpork Mainmealisusuallylunch notdinner IrishTownhouseb b IrishJig SCOTLAND Demographics Population 5 1MillionCapitalcity EdinburghPeople Celts Anglo SaxonsLanguage English GaelicReligion PresbyterianChurchofScotland otherPresbyterianchurches Anglicans Catholics SCOTLANDcont Culture GreatestScottishaccomplishmentscomeintheformofscience literature andphilosophy BagpipesareveryfamousinScotland Socialgatheringknownasceilidhwereverypopularinthetraditionalcultureinwhichfolkstoriesweretold Today storiesaresubstitutedfordrinkinganddancing Scotsareknownprimarilyforgamedisheslikesmokedsalmonandvenison ScottishDance A2Population2002Census UK59 289 194England51 138 831Wales2 903 085Scotland5 162 011NorthernIreland1 685 267 3 RiversandLakesinBritain ThamesRiver 336km oxfordSevernRiver 338km RiverClyde 4 Climate 4 1Afavorablemaritimeclimate Wintersaremild nottoocoldandsummersarecool nottoohot Steadyrainfall 4 1ThefactorsthatinfluencetheclimatesinBritainare 1 thesurroundingwaters 2 TheprevailingsouthwestwindsortheWesterlies 3 TheNorthAtlanticDrift People 1 ThegeneralpictureofthepeopleTheEnglishTheScottishThewelshTheIrish 2 TheOriginsofaNation 5000BC 1066 2 1EarlySettlers 5000BC 55BC Iberians theBeakerFolk theCelts2 2RomanBritain 55BC 410AD 1 BritishrecordedhistorybeginswiththeRomaninvasion 2 JuliusCaesar 3 BritainwasunderRomaninvasionfornearly400years 4 Roman sinfluenceonBritainandreasons 2 3TheAnglo Saxons 446 871 TheJutesTheKingofKentHeptarchyChristianitySt AugustineTheAnglo Saxons contributions 2 4KingAlfred