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PAGE3-UNIT4HISTORYANDTRADITIONS1．Roadissteppedout，historyiswritten.Everystepofmaniswritinghisownhistory.路是脚踏出来的，历史是人写出来的。人类的每一步都在书写自己的历史。2．Fewwillhavethegreatnesstobendhistoryitself；buteachofuscanworktochangeasmallportionofevents，andinthetotal，ofallthoseactswillbewrittenthehistoryofthisgeneration.很少有人能够改变历史本身，但我们每个人都能努力改变一小部分事件，而且总的来说，所有这些行为都将被书写成这一代人的历史。3．History，showingusthelifeofnations，hasnothingtorecordsavewarsandrevolutions：thepeacefulyearsappearonlyasbriefpausesorinterludes，scatteredhereandthere.—Schopenhauer历史告诉我们一些国家的生活，它除了记载战争和革命之外别无其他。和平年代仅是出现在各地的短暂间歇。 ——叔本华4．Thevalueofcultureisitseffectoncharacter.Itavailsnothingunlessitennoblesandstrengthensthat.Itsuseisforlife.Itsaimisnotbeautybutgoodness. —Maugham文化的价值在于它对人类品性的影响。它一无是处，除非文化能使品性变为高尚、有力。文化的作用在于裨益人生，它的目标不是美，而是善。 ——毛姆5．Thetriumphofcultureistooverpowernationality. —Emerson文化的胜利在于它超越了国籍。 ——爱默生OnChanges—IreneDunlapChangeistheonlyabsoluteintheworld，theonlythingthatyoucandependon.Nothingstaysthesame.Tomorrowwillcome，bringingwithitnewbeginningsandsometimesunexpectedendings.Youcanholdontothepastandgetleftinthedust；or，youcanchoosetojumpontherideoflifeandliveanewadventurewithperseveranceandanopenmind.论变化——艾琳·邓莱普变化是世界上唯一绝对的东西，是唯一你能相信的事情。没有什么能一成不变。明天将来临，它会带来新的开始，并且有时还会带来意想不到的结局。你可以抓住过去，蒙受遗弃；或者，你可以选择跃上生命之车进行一次新的冒险，凭借坚持不懈和广阔的胸怀。WhilemanypeopleusethetermsUnitedKingdom，GreatBritain，andEngland，thereisadifferencebetweenthem—oneisacountry，thesecondisanisland，andthethirdisapartofanisland.TheUnitedKingdomTheUnitedKingdomisanindependentcountryoffthenorthwesterncoastofEurope.ItconsistsoftheentireislandofGreatBritainandanorthernpartoftheislandofIreland.Infact，theofficialnameofthecountryis“theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland”．ThecapitalcityoftheUnitedKingdomisLondon.GreatBritainGreatBritainisthenameoftheislandnorthwestofFranceandeastofIreland.MuchoftheUnitedKingdomconsistsoftheislandofGreatBritain.OnthelargeislandofGreatBritain，therearethreesomewhatautonomous(自治的)regions(地区)：England，Wales，andScotland.EnglandEnglandislocatedinthesouthernpartoftheislandofGreatBritain，whichispartofthecountryoftheUnitedKingdom.TheUnitedKingdomincludestheadministrative(行政的)regionsofEngland，Wales，Scotland，andNorthernIreland.EachregionvariesinitslevelofautonomybutallpartoftheUnitedKingdom.WhileEnglandhastraditionallybeenthoughtofastheheartoftheUnitedKingdom，someusetheterm“England”torefertotheentirecountry，however，thisisnotcorrect.IrelandThenorthernonesixthoftheislandofIrelandistheadministrativeregionoftheUnitedKingdomknownasNorthernIreland.TheremainingsouthernfivesixthsoftheislandofIrlandistheindependentcountryknownastheRepublicofIreland.[探索发现]1．Findoutthemainideaofthepassage.ThedifferencebetweenUnitedKingdom，GreatBritainandEngland.2．Findoutthecapitalcityoft