英语国家概况课程教学大纲教案.docx

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英语国家概况课程教学大纲教案

英语国家概况课程教学大纲

教案

（2011.4学年第1学期）

（一）课程教学目的和要求

随着我国对外交往的日益频繁和涉外工作的需要，大学生不仅有必要学好英语语言能力，还应该对英语国家社会与文化基本情况进行大致了解，以便进一步搞好夸文化交流。

该课程主要介绍了英国、美国、加拿大、澳大利亚和新西兰等地的社会与文化基本状况。

（二）课程教学重点和难点

1、重点：

了解掌握5个说英语的国家人文、地理、气候特征，政府政治与经济制度，以及文化教育特点。

2、难点：

 地貌特征产生的原因，各政府政治执政的相同模式和不同点。

（三）教学方法

讲解和讨论并用。

（四）课时安排：

总课时：

36课时，

每堂课一个专题。

（五）考核方式：

期末考试

（六）参考教材

王恩铭《英语国家概况》上海外语教育出版社2008

谢福之《英语国家概况》外语教学与研究出版社2007

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PartOne:

GeographicfeaturesofUK

PartTwo:

Thepeopleandhistory

Partthree:

Governmentandpolitics

Partfour:

Religionandeducation

Partfive:

GeographicfeaturesofUSA

国庆休假、实习

PartSix:

HistoryandAmericanidentity

PartSeven:

Politicalsituationandsocialservice

Parteight:

Legalsystem,educationandReligioninAmericanlife

PartNine:

TheLandandpeopleofCanada

PartTen:

Historyandculturelife

PartEleven:

ThelandandpeopleofAustralia

PartTwelve:

Government,politics,culturelife

Partthirteen:

ThelandandthepeopleofNewZealand

Partfourteen:

Historyandpoliticalsystem

Review

P2-8

P12-41

P42-61

P81-99 

P114-123

P124-155

P145-154

P156-175,

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P188-205

P 226-238

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 P284-305 

P317-338

P340

 P349-360

LectureOneGeographyofUK

Questionfordiscussion:

1）WheredoesBritainlie?

2）Whatisitsfullname?

3）WhatisthetotallandareaoftheUnitedKingdom?

4）WhatisBritishIsles?

5）Howlongdoesitscoastlinerun?

1.Geographicfeaturesanditstotalarea.:

BritainissituatedinWesternEuropeandisseparatedfromtheEuropeancontinentintheeastbytheNorthSea,theStraitofDoverandtheEnglishChannelinthesouth.Itisaninsular（保守的）country.Itscoastlineruns12,429km,Itisoneofthecountrieswithlongestcoastline.TothewestofitliestheAtlanticOcean,acrossandbeyonditisAmerica.TheStraitsofDoverbetweenFranceandEnglandisquitenarrowanditis33kmacross.In1985theBritishgovernmentandtheFrenchgovernmentdecidedtobuildachanneltunnelundertheStraitsofDoversothatEnglandandFrancecouldbejoinedtogetherbyroad.ThischanneltunnelwasopenedtotrafficinMay1994aftereightyearshardwork.

TheBritainfacesScandinaviaPeninsular（Norway,SwedenandDenmark）tothenortheastandtotheNorthliesIcelandTothesouthacrosstheEnglishChannelliesFranceandBelgiumandtotheeastacrossNorthSealieGermanyandHolland.

Thetotalareaisabout244,820squarekilometers.

ItIsover1,000km.fromsouthtonorthanditisabout500km.fromwesttoeast.

2.ThenamesofUK

ItsfullnameistheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland,usuallyshortened,abbreviatedtotheUnitedKingdomorU.K..ItmayalsocalledGreatBritain,BritainorinformallyEngland.

England:

130.000skm,60%ofwholeisland.

BritishIsles:

Twolargeislandsandseveralsmallones

Britain：

TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.

GreatBritain：

England,Wales,Scotland

Britainisdividedintohighlandareaandlowlandarea.

Ithaslargemountainranges:

thePennies：

BulkofPennines（奔宁山脉）ismoorland.

TheCumbrianMountainRange,theGrampianMountains,theCambrianMountainRangeandsuchimportantriversasThamesRiver,theSevenRiver,MercyRiver,theHumber,theClydeRiverandtheForth.

Scotlandhasanareaof78,760squarekilometersinnorthernpart.

ItissituatedinthenorthofGreatBritainwithagoodnumberofmountainsandislands.Thereare800islandswhichcontainHebrides,ShetlandandOrkneyislands.EdinburghisthecapitalofScotland.

Wales:

WalesisinthewestofGreatBritain.Ithasanareaof20,761squarekilometersandittakeuplessthan9%ofthewholeisland.ThecapitalofWalesisCardiff.MostofWalesismountainous.Thehillsrisesteeplyfromtheseaandratherflatontop.6%ofWalesiscoveredwithforestandmuchofthecountryispasturelandforsheepandcattle.WalesontheWesternProminence.20.700skm,9%ofthewholeisland.

WaleswasunitedtoEnglandin14thcentury

NorthernIrelandtakesupthenorthernfifthofIreland.Ithasanareaof14,147squarekilometers.Itismadeupofsixcountiesthatconsistoffertile,drumlin[`drʌmlin]（鼓丘）countrysurroundingLoughNeagh.BelfastisthecapitalofNorthernIreland.Mountainsinthenorthandsouth,separatedbythefertilebasinofLoughNeagh,mainlyagricultural,industrialcenter:

twoports–BelfastandLondonderry.

3.ClimateandWeather------Amaritimetypeofclimate:

1）moderatedbytheAtlanticGulfStream,mildertha