旅游英语结业报告

1、课程结业报告课程名称：涉外旅游英语文化教程学号：08091201姓名习琴芳:老师韩娇阳 :年月日 2011 6 12part one: a brief introduction of the coursethis book focuseson brief introduction of global culture tourism and uniquenessof different countries. it hassix chapters, each of which can be divided into three parts: brief introduction, culture

2、and tourism.1 . chapter one introduce the tourism and culture of asia.asia is the worlds largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the easternand northern hemispheres.it covers 8.6% of the earths total surfacearea(or 29.9% of its land area)andwith approximately 4 billion people, it h

3、osts 60% of the worlds current human population. during the 20th century asias population nearly quadrupled. asia is traditionally defined as part of the landmass of eurasia with the western portion of the latter occupied by europe located to the east of thesuezcanal, eastof the ural mountains and s

4、outh of the caucasusmountains (or the kuma-manych depression and the caspian and blackseas.it is bounded on theeastby the pacific ocean,on the south by the indian ocean and on the north by the arctic ocean. given its size and diversity, asia a toponym dating back to classical antiquity is more a cul

5、tural concept incorporating anumberof (seeentity physical homogeneousa than peoplesand regions subregionsof asia, asian people). the wealth of asia differs very widely among and within its regions, due to its vast size and huge range of different ethnic groups, cultures, environments, historical tie

6、s andgovernmentsystems.asia hasbeenthe historical birthplace of all major world religions.2 chapter two introduce the tourism and culture ofeuropeeurope is the sixth largest continent in sizeandthethird largest in population. it is borderedby themediterraneanseato the south,asia to the east,and the

7、atlantic ocean to the west. europe is a wealthy continent and is the center of the west and westerndemocracy. europe has been the home to someof the earths greatestcivilizations from ancient greeceto the roman empire. it is also the home to the birth of democracy. europe has also beenthe central poi

8、nt two of the biggest wars in modern history: wwi andwwii. recently europe hasunited under the common union called the europeanunion. this union allows independent european countries to have a single currency and to combine their economic and military power. europe is the worlds second-smallestconti

9、nent in terms of area,covering about 10,180.000 squarekilometers or2%of theearthssurface. it hosts a largenumberof sovereign states, of definition underlying the on dependsamount precise whose europes border, as well ason the in-or exclusive ofsemi-recognizedstates.of all european countries, russiai

10、s the largestby both areaand population, while the vatican is the smallest. europe is the third most populous continent after asia and africa with a population of 710,000,000orabout 11% of the worlds population. however, europesborderandpopulation arein dispute, astheterm continent can refer to a cu

11、ltural and political distinction or physiographic one.3 chapter three introduce the tourism and culture of africaafrica is the worlds second-largestand second most-populous continent, after asia. at about 30.2 million km2 (11.7 million sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the earths to

12、tal surface areaand 20.4% of the total land area. with 1.0 billion people (as of2009, seetable) in 61 territories, it accountsfor about 14.72% of the worlds human population. the continent is surrounded by themediterranean seato the north, both the suez canal and the red sea along the sinai peninsul

13、a to the northeast, the indian oceanto the southeast,and the atlantic oceanto the west. the continent has54 sovereign states,including madagascarand various island groups.africa, particularly central easternafrica, is widely regarded within the scientific community to bethe origin of humansandthe th

14、e of discovery the by evidencedasapes),(greatcladehominidae earliest hominids and their ancestors,aswell aslater onesthat have beendatedto around sevenmillion yearsago - includingsahelanthropustchadensis,australopithecus africanus, a. afarensis, homo erectus,h. habilis and h. ergaster with the earli

15、est homo sapiens(modern human) found in ethiopia being datedto circa 200,000yearsago.africa straddlesthe equatorand encompasses numerousclimate areas;it is the only continent to stretch from the northern temperateto southerntemperatezones.theafrican expectedeconomic growth rate is at about 5.0% for

16、2010 and 5.5%in 20114 chapter four introduce the tourism and culture of northamericanorth america is the third largest continent in areaandthe fourtj ranked in population. it is bounded on the north by the arctic ocean, on the south by the caribbeansea,and on the west by the north pacific ocean. it

17、covers an area of 9,355,000squaremiles. as of july 2008, its population wasestimatedat nearly 529million people.north america occupies the northern portion of the landmass generally referred to as the new world, the western hemisphere, the americas, or simply america. northern americas only land con

18、nection is to south america at the narrow isthmus of panama.the at not begins america north authorities, someto according isthmus of panamabut at the narrows central america asa subcontinent or region of northern america.the continent is filled with history, culture, tourist attraction, and activiti

19、es, avacation to america offers tourists the opportunity to experienceseveralculturesand explore a wide variety of sights and activities. the major two countries of northern america; the united statesandcanadaoffer hundredsof exciting tourist locations.5 chapter five introduce the tourism and cultur

20、e of southamericasouth america is the fourth largest continent in size and the fifth largest in population. it is located primarily n the southern hemisphere, is bordered by the atlantic ocean to the eastand thepacific ocean in the west. the geography of south america is dominated by the ands mounta

21、in rangeand the amazon river.prior to european colonization, the incan civilization wasa dominant force in south america. in the 1500s, spain and portugal colonized much of south america. the colonies gained independencein the 1800s with the help of leaders such as simonbolivar andjosedesan martin.

22、as a result, much of south america still speaksspanishand portugueseis the primary language ofbrazil.oceania of culture and tourism the introduce six chapter 6 oceania is a region centeredon the islands of the tropical pacific ocean.conceptionsof what constitutes oceania range from the coral atolls

23、and volcanic islands of the south pacific (ethnologically divided into the subregionsof melanesia, micronesia, and polynesia) to the entire insular region between asia and the americas, including australasia and the malay archipelago. the term is sometimesusedmore specifically to denote a continent

24、comprising australia and proximate islands, or biogeographically asa synonym for either the australasian ecozone(wallaceaand australasia) or thepacific ecozone (melanesia, polynesia, and micronesia apart either from new zealand or from mainland new guine.part 2 thoughts after the course cultural glo

25、balization after learning this course, i know that different country has itsspecialty. with the development of globalization, the world is becoming smaller and smaller. peoplefrom different country have a lot of chancesto interact with eachother. there may be some conflictions becausethey have diffe

26、rent culture. in this aspectpeople should betolerantto each other. here comes the necessity of learning different culture in the world. when we try to keep our own culture, we can also learn good things from others and keep the bad aphenomenon, economic an only not is globalization as away. side mul

27、tivariate approachto measuring globalization is the recent index calculated by the swiss think tank kof. the index measuresthe three main dimensionsof globalization: economic, social, andpolitical. in addition to threeindices measuringthesedimensions, an overall index of globalization and sub-indice

28、s referring to actual economic flows, economic restrictions, dataon personal contact, dataon information flows, and data on cultural proximity is calculated. data is available on a yearly basisfor 122 countries, as detailed in dreher, gastonandmartens. according to the index, the worlds most globali

29、zed country is belgium, followed by austria,sweden,the united kingdom and the netherlands. among all kinds of globalization, cultural globalization is very important as it can changethe mind of thinking. cultural globalization refers to the transmission of ideas,meaningsandvaluesacrossnational borde

30、rs.this processis marked by the spreadof commodities and ideologies, which becomestandardizedaroundtheworld. mass consumption servesasafacilitator between different people and cultures around the globe as a result of the exponential growth of the human population. through technological advancement,

31、culture hasbeen moving beyond borders and boundaries, transforming through locations thesharedmeaningsof culture. through the processof ultimately another to culture one of valuesand ideasthesharing leadsto an inter-connectednessbetweenvarious populations from diverse cultures. according to inda and

32、 rosaldo, globalization refers to the intensification of connectionswithin the global, regional, and local level. theseaspectsof social life contain multidimensional processesthat arequite complex. to betterunderstandthe complexity of culture, stuart hall defines it asthe processof sharing meaningsi

33、n society. culture used to be confined to local regions in premodern society, but technological advancesnow allow usto tear down the barriers of time and space.today in modern society cultures move freely from the most remoteareasin the world to the biggest cities. acculturation or the mixing of cul

34、tures in modernsociety is commonly seenin many countries from the west. the domination of a culture overanothercan be referred to as colonial imperialism;whichgreatlyimpactsourunderstandingof globalization. cultural globalization thus modifies the meaning given to a representationby a particular cul

35、ture, and gives it the dominant cultures own meaning. jan nederveen pietersebelieves that globalization should be viewed as a long term historical process.3 he conceived globalization as a human integration and hybridization, arguing that it is possible to detectcultural mixing acrosscontinents and

36、regions back many centuries. these ideas refer brought culture and language practices, religious of movementtheto by spanish colonization of the americas. this, however contrast with many economist and sociologist, who trace the origins of globalization to capitalism as well as modernity, which have

37、 been facilitated through technological advances.one of the dominant perspectivesof globalization, assertsthat this is a processof the transfiguration of worldwide diversity into a pandemic westernized consumer culture. 4 many critics arguethatthrough the dominance of american culture influencing th

38、e entire world, this will ultimately result in the end of cultural diversity. this hasbeenassociatedwith the destruction of cultural identities, dominated by a homogenized and westernized, consumer culture. the global influence ofamerican products, businessesand culture upon other countries around the world hasbeenreferredto asamericanization. thisinfluence is representedthrough that of american-based television programs which are rebroadcastedthroughout the world. major american