The English Character

1、Unit 1Unit 1 The English CharacterThe English CharacterSpeaker：Liangchun Li (李亮春)电子信息与电气工程学部 What is the cause of the contributed to the What is the cause of the contributed to the character of the English?character of the English?Because of geography, history, culture and other reasons, the various

2、 nationalities in the world, different from the other ethnic character.Self-doubtSelf-doubtBritish EmpireBritish EmpireBritish EmpireAbout 100 years ago, as a result of its imperialist expansion, Britain ruled an empire that had 1/4 of the worlds people and 1/4 of the worlds land area. It had coloni

3、es in North America, Asia, Africa and Australia. As a result, its political, legal, linguistic and cultural legacy is widespread. At the peak of its power, it was often said that the sun never sets on the British Empire.Keep Keep in in MindMindIn your mind, what is an English like?In your mind, what

4、 is an English like?politeReserved (conservative)humoroussportsmanshipcoldmodestBritish CharacterThe British character1 reserve 保守刻板保守刻板2 politeness 文明友好文明友好3 arrogant 傲慢自大傲慢自大4 sportsmanship 体育风范体育风范4 gentleman 绅士分度绅士分度5 humor 风趣幽默风趣幽默6 being fond of animals 喜欢动物喜欢动物7 modesty 谦虚谨慎谦虚谨慎8 cold and sil

5、ent 冷漠缄默冷漠缄默From its nickname From politicsFrom behavior1The nickname in the UK is “John Bull “ .A bull is always stubborn and its nickname stand for a common British people . In speaking of John Bull, an image immediately appears in our mind. He is short and fat, with a tall hat on his head and pai

6、r of boots on his feet.The writer who wrote the book called The History of John Bull .he bitterly and vividly described the frankness , uneasiness and funniness of a gentleman called John Bull. . 1 . A n o l d - f a s h i o n e d government 2 . O n t h e b a s i s o f constitutional monarchy 3.Head

7、of state: the king or queen 4 . I n p r a c t i c e : t h e Sovereign reigns, but does not rule. .Brief Introduction : A reserved person is one who does not talk very much to strangers, does not show much emotion, and seldom gets excited. It is difficult to get to know a reserved person: he never te

8、lls you anything about himself, and you may work with him for years without ever knowing where he lives, how many children he has, and what his interests are. English people tend to be like that. The British view their way of doing things is the best and most reasonable. The majority of the British

9、are unwilling to accept new things but old-fashioned conservative ideology. When the invention of central air conditioner was born in America, the British refused to accept it but continue to use fireplaces and electric stoves.Rules are the essence of sport, andsportsmanship is the ability to practi

10、ce asport according to its rules, while alsoshowing generosity to ones opponent andgood temper in defeat. Sportsmanship2History of The FAHistory of The FAFootball as we know it dates back to 1863 , when the chief clubs and schools playing their own versions of the game met it form “The Football Asso

11、ciation ” .Boxing, rugby（英式橄榄球）（英式橄榄球）, football, hockey（曲棍球）（曲棍球）, tennis and cricket（板（板球）球） were all first organized and given rules in Britain. The swamp soccerThe swamp soccer 英格兰足球协会标志 English sense of humorEnglish sense of humorPuns, Nonsense, Black humour, Eccentricity, Satire, Self-deprecat

12、ion, Understatement 3Understatement Peter and John went to a restaurant. They both asked for steak. The waiter brought the steak to them quickly. Peter took the larger steak. John said to him angrily: “What bad manners you have! You helped yourself first and took the larger piece!” “If you were in m

13、y place, which piece would you take?” Peter answered “The smaller one, of course.” “Then why are you not happy? Youve got it, havent you?”PolitePolite 1.civilzed 2.friendly 3.consecratory4 The UK in Europe is recognized as one of the hypocrite , the society is civilized and in great order. In the bu

14、s stations, shops, Banks, if there is a waiting line, and the waiting line must be neat in line, and between two people there is a little distance, they slowly move forward not crowd. The more valuable is, no matter how long the line and how long time, all people still quiet, have no complaint.(英国是欧

15、洲公认的君子国，社会文明有序，井井有条。在公车站、商店、银行，只要有排队，一定是整整齐齐的一条线，前后两个人拉开一点距离，缓缓向前移动，绝不拥挤和混乱。更可贵的是，无论队列多么长，时间多么久，所有人仍然安安静静，毫无怨言。 ) 1.The British are polite even to those they don t know well. In the small town where the pace of life is not too fast. If you go outside, the people came right against the face would say

16、 hello to you.In the bus and the shop, strangers will talk with you on a few words. When the long-distance bus driving on the highway, as long as came against another distance bus, no matter how old are they , each driver, all without exception, stretch out their hand gestures to greet each other. T

17、his makes a person feel so sweet. （英国人对他们不认识的人也都表现得彬彬有礼，亲切友好。在生活节奏不太快的中小城镇里，走在外面，迎面过来的路人总会和你打招呼。 在公车上和店铺里，不认识的人也会和你聊上几句。每当长途客车行驶在高速公路上，只要对面有长途客车开过，不论年龄大小，每位司机都无一例外地伸出手来做手势和对方打招呼，让人倍感温馨。） British people keen on charity, across the country big or small charitable shops selling through donated items to

18、 charity work for all kinds of fundraising. 英国人热衷慈善事业，英国各地大大小小的慈善商店通过售卖捐赠物品来为各种慈善工作筹款。 The reason for polite: The main reason is that British society is richer and peoples formation of the long-term habits Britain has the worlds oldest modern public management system, excellent in centuries of fashi

19、on accumulation, they gradually used to be a gentleman.(主要与英国社会比较富裕和人们长期形成的习惯有关。英国有世界上历史最悠久的现代公共管理体系，在几个世纪优良风尚的积淀下，成就了温文尔雅的绅士风度)An Another An Another Character of Character of British :GentlemenBritish :GentlemenI t i s w e l l k n o w n , t h e American people, cheerful, and outgoing. And the Briti

20、sh people is to the gentleman is famous in the world, people thought of British, first thought is Britains polite g e s t u r e , h a v e g o o d expression, polite language, show their personality costumes (gentleman cap, a tuxedo, etc.). Most of the British have the cold and silent character. They

21、 are not likely to shown anyone their hearts, when they happy ,not exclaimed, when they sad, not impressed . this is a very obvious character in the upper society.Cold and silentIf they are making a journey by bus they will do their best to find an empty seat; if by train, an empty compartment. If t

22、hey have to share the compartment with a stranger, they may travel many miles without starting a conversation. If a conversation does start, personal questions like “How old are you?” or even “What is your name?” are not easily asked.sasam乘公共汽车旅行时，他们会尽量找到一个空座位；乘火车旅行时，他们会尽量找到一个空隔间。如果他们不得不与他人共坐一个隔间，火车

23、开了数英里也许还不见他们开口说话。即使打开了话匣子，他们也不轻易问起“你多大了？”或者“你贵姓？”之类的个人问题。In addition, even the colleagues who have work at the same office in many years will also dont know each others home address, family member, hobbies, etc, because they never talk about these things. 另外,即使在一起工作多年的同事也不知道对方的家庭住址、家庭成员、兴趣爱好等情况,因为他们从不谈论这些事情。This reluctance to communicate with others is an unfortunate quality in some ways since it tends to give the impression of coldness, and it is true that the English (except perhaps in the North) are not noted for their generosity and hospitality. On the other h