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Chapter1ABriefIntroductiontotheUnitedKingdom（2学时）

1.具体容：

Afterlearningthischapter,studentsshouldhaveaknowledgeof

1）BritishhistoryofinvasionsandtheinfluenceofeachinvasiononEnglishculture;

2）thegeneralcharacteristicsofeachpartoftheUK;

3）somepoliticalproblemsinNorthernIslandandthecausesfortheproblems

2.基本要求：

了解英国的历史概况和四个组成部分的地方特色。

3.教学重点与难点:

theeffectsofitsimperialpast;

amemberoftheEuropeanUnion;

asignificantroleofLondon;

culturalandeconomicdominanceofEngland;

invasionfromtheRomanEmpire;

settlementoftheAnglo-Saxons;

strongScottishidentity;

BriefintroductiontoWales;

economyofNorthernIreland;

religiousconflictbetweentheIrishandtheBritish;

IRA’sviolenceinthe1970s;

cooperationbetweentheBritishandIrishgovernments;

theGoodFridayAgreement

4.说明：

利用多媒体教学，除了教师提供一些知识容有关的资料外，要求学生在课外多收集有关资料，有助于充分理解本章容。

Chapter2 

TheGovernmentoftheUnitedKingdom（4学时）

1）somecharacteristicsoftheBritishconstitutionalmonarchy;

2）historyandfunctionsofParliament;

3）majorcharacteristicsandthemaincontentoftheBritishconstitution;

4）theBirthofthePrimeMinisterandcabinet;

5）theBritishgovernmenttoday

2.基本要求：

了解英国的政府制度。

3.教学重点与难点:

divinerightofkings;

thecivilwar;

MagnaCarta;

theGreatCouncil;

theBillofRightsof1689;

theCabinet;

thePrimeMinister;

theConstitution;

thepowerandthefunctionsoftheParliament;

therolesofthemonarch;

theHouseoftheLords;

theHouseofCommons

Chapter3Politics,ClassandRace（4学时）

1）thegeneralelections;

2）formationofthegovernment;

3）thethreebigpartiesintheUK

4）somerecentpoliticaltrends;

5）howpeopleintheUKaredividedintodifferentclasses;

6）thegeneralsituationofracialrelationsintheUK

了解英国的政治、阶级和种族。

3.教学重点与难点：

Importanceofgeneralelections;

formationofthegovernment;

voteofnoconfidence;

procedurepfgeneralelections;

TheConservativeparty;

TheLaborparty;

LiberalDemocrats;

recentpoliticaltrendsintheUK;

MargaretThatcher;

TonyBlair;

classsystemintheBritishsociety;

uppermiddle-classandlowermiddle-class;

thehereditaryaristocracy;

Oxbridge;

ethnicrelationsinBritain

4.说明：

利用多媒体教学，除了教师提供一些知识容有关的资料外，要求学生在课外多收集

有关资料，有助于充分理解本章容。

Chapter4TheUKEconomy（4学时）

1）themeaningof“absolutedeclineandrelativedecline”intheUKeconomy;

2）theradicalreformprogramunderMrs.MargaretThatcher;

3）thethreemainareasinnationaleconomy;

了解英国的经济概况。

3.教学重点与难点：

absolutedeclineandrelativedeclineofBritisheconomy;

theprivatizationinthe1980s;

themainsectorsoftheUKeconomy;

primaryindustries;

secondaryindustries;

serviceindustries;

agriculture;

energyproduction;

theoffshoreoilindustry;

themanufacturingindustry;

theCityofLondon;

theaerospaceindustry

Chapter5BritishLiterature（4学时）

1）somecharacteristicsoftheearlywritinginEnglishLiterature;

2）somemainfeaturesofElizabethDrama;

3）Shakespeare;

4）characteristicsoftheRomanticwritersinthe19thcentury;

5）characteristicsofthe20thcenturyliterature;

了解英国的文学概况。

Beowulf;

TheCanterburyTales;

storiesaboutKongArthur;

WilliamShakespeare;

JohnMilton;

Romanticpoetsofthe19thcentury;

theBrontesisters;

CharlesDickens;

SirWalterScott;

RobertLouisStevenson;

Modernism;

Postmodernism;

JosephConrad;

VirginiaWoolf;

D.H.Lawrence;

E.M.Foster

Chapter6BritishEducationSystem（4学时）

1）thepurposeoftheBritisheducationsystem;

2）therelationshipbetweeneducationandsocialclasssystem;

3）themajorchangesthathavetakenplacesinceWorldWarII

了解英国的教育体制。

thepurposeoftheBritisheducationsystem;

therelationshipbetweeneducationandsocialclass;

theinfluenceoftheChurchonschooling;

the1944EducationAct;

comprehensiveschools;

grammarschools;

theNationalCurriculum;

publicschools;

GCSE;

GCE—A;

GNVQs;

olduniversities;

TheOpenUniversity

Chapter7BritishForeignRelations（4学时）

1）howtheendofBritishimperialisminfluencedthepsychologyoftheBritishandthemakingofBritain’sforeignpolicy;

2）thefoundationsofBritain’sforeignpolicy;

3）thespecialrelationshipwiththeUS;

4）therelationshipwithEU

了解英国的外交概况。

activeinsettinguptheUnitedNations;

foreignpolicyinfluencedbyitshistoryandgeopoliticaltraits;

long-termphysicalseparationfromtheEuropeancontinent;

theinvolvementoftheForeignandCommonwealthOffice;

theTreasury;

thepermanentmemberoftheUNSecurityCouncil;

thememberoftheEU;

thememberoftheCommonwealth;

thespecialrelationshipwiththeUnitedStates;

thepresenceofsuperpowerbasesinBritain;

itsparticipationinNATO

Chapter8TheBritishMedia（4学时）

Afterlearningthisunit,studentsshouldhaveaknowledgeof

1）thefunctionandstatusofBritishmedia;

2）somecharacteristicsofBritishnewspaperculture;

3）theclassificationofnewspaper

4）themajornewspapersintheUK

5）therelationshipbetweentheBritishpressandpoliticsandbusiness

6）somelimitsonnewspaper

7）operationofBBC

了解英国的媒体概况。

popularityandfunctionsofthemedia;

thequalitypress;

TheObserver;

TheTimes;

TheGuardian;

TheTelegraph;

TheFinancialTimes;

tabloids;

televisionandradio;

BBC;

TheIndependentTelevisionCommission

Chapter9Sports,HolidaysandFestivalsinBritain（2学时）

1）themajorsportsinBritain;

2）people’sattitudetowardssports;

3）whathasinfluencedBritishsports;

4）themainChristianfestivals;

5）howBritishpeoplecelebrateChristmasandEaster;

6）Queen’sbirthday;

7）importantregionalfestivalsineachpartoftheUK

了解英国人喜欢和擅长的运动以与英国重要的节庆日。

football;

FA;

tennis;

Wimbledon;

cricket;

golf;

horseracing;

theGrandNational;

theRoyalAscot;

Christmas;

threetraditionsofChristmas;

BoxingDay;

Easter;

BonfireNight;

theBattleoftheBoyne;

OrangeMarches;

St.Patrick’sDay;

Hogmanay;

RobertBurns;

Halloween;

theEisteddfod

美国部分（总学时:

Chapter10AmericanBeginnings（2学时）

1）theearliest4coloniesinAmericaandearlyhistoryofthese4colonies;

2）theinfluenceofPuritanismonAmericanculture;

3）theheritageofthesettlementofVirginia;

4）LordBaltimoreandhisfeudalplan;

5）WilliamPennandhisHolyExperimentandtheheritageoftheHolyExperimentinAmericanculture;

6）themajorcausesoftheAmericanRevolution;

7）DeclarationofIndependence

了解美国的早期历史。

DiscoveryofAmerica;

Puritanism;

thePilgrimFathers;

theinfluenceofPuritanismonAmericanculture;

causesandmajorleadersoftheAmericanRevolution;

TheDeclarationofIndependence

Chapter11ThePoliticalSystemintheUnitedStates（4学时）

1）thethreebranchesoftheUSgovernment;

2）howthethreebranchesaresupposedtocheckandbalanceeachother;

3）thetwopoliticalpartiesintheUSandthedifferencesbetweenthem

了解美国的政治制度。

theArticlesofConfederation;

themakingoftheUSConstitution;

thethreebranchesofthefederalgovernment;

checksandbalances;

theBillofRights;

politicalparties

Chapter12AmericanEconomyandTechnology（4学时）

1）industrialrevolutioninAmericanhistory;

2）therootsofaffluence;

3）successandproblemsofAmericanagriculture;

4）howtechnologyinfluencespeople’slifestyle;

5）theimportanceofresearchteams

了解美国的经济和技术发展。

SamuelSlater;

EliWhitney;

IndustrialRevolutioninAmerica;

corporation;

stock;

therootsofAmerica’saffluence;

agribusiness;

migrantworkers;

thesuccessandproblemsofAmericanagriculture;

theStevensandtransportation;

thePonyExpressSystem;

AlexanderGrahamBell;

ThomasAlvaEdison;

HenryFord;

theAgeofVisualInformation;

computerscience;

rocketry;

nuclearenergy

Chapter13ReligionintheUS（4学时）

1）majorreligionsinAmerica

2）thestatusofeachmajorreligion

3）someofthefeaturesofAmericareligion

了解美国的特点。

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