英语国家社会与文化入门上册unit2.ppt

1、Unit 2 A Brief Introduction to the United Kingdom (2),Key Points,I. Features of Northern Ireland 1. Population 2. Geographical features 3. Capital 4. Often called Ulster 5. Social order 6. Economy II. Pursuits of Irish independence 1. Background,2. Home Rule Bill 3. The Easter Rising 4. Important fi

2、gures 5. Result III. Conflicts within Northern Ireland 1. Reasons 2. The troubles 3. Attempts to dissolve conflicts,I. Features of Northern,1. Population,I. Features of Northern,2. Geographical features,I. Features of Northern,3. Capital,I. Features of Northern,4. Often called Ulster,I. Features of

3、Northern,5. Social order,I. Features of Northern,6. Economy,II. Pursuits of Irish independence （爱尔兰独立斗争）,1. Background,II. Pursuits of Irish independence,2. Home Rule Bill,II. Pursuits of Irish independence,3. The Easter Rising,II. Pursuits of Irish independence,4. Important figures （重要角色） (1) IRA (

4、Irish Republican Army) (2) The Sinn Fein party,II. Pursuits of Irish independence,5. Result,III. Conflicts within Northern Ireland （北爱尔兰内部冲突）,1. Reasons (1) Colonization (2) Religious conflict (3) Oppression on Roman Catholics,III. Conflicts within Northern Ireland,2. The troubles (重大冲突事件） (1) Catho

5、lic Civil Right Movement in 1960s (2) Terrorist activities of IRA in the 1970s (3) Bloody Sunday (30th January, 1972) (4) “The Bullet and the Ballot Box”,III. Conflicts within Northern Ireland,3. Attempts to dissolve conflicts （消除冲突） (1) the power-sharing mechanism in 1973 (2) the Anglo-Irish agreement in 1985 (3) IRA decla