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英语国家概况资料

英国国家概况

Lesson1GeneralInformationontheUKandtheUSA

Details

THEUK

Location/area/population/dialects/climate

1.Fullname:

Nickname:

2.Fourmainparts:

3.Totalarea:

4.Totalpopulation:

5.capitalcity;

6.Climate:

Highest:

Lowest:

Industry/economy

7.Mainindustry:

8.Primaryenergy:

9.Otherindustries:

10.Currency:

11.Signofcurrency:

nationalsymbols/famousfigures/religions/beliefs

12.thenationalflagoftheUK:

13henationalanthem:

14.theconstitutionofgovernment:

15.theheadofstate:

16.theheadofgovernment:

17.nationalflowers:

18.nationalbird:

19.famousfigures:

20.mainreligion:

Otherreligions:

21.mainfestivals;

THEUSA

Location/area/population/ethnicgroups/climate

1.Fullname:

Nickname

2.totalarea:

3.capitalcity:

4.totalpopulation

5.climate:

highest:

lowest:

Economy/nationalsymbols/famousfigures

6.economysystem:

7.businessgiant:

8.nationalflag:

9.nationalanthem:

10.governmentsystem:

mainparties:

11.nationalflower”

12.nationalbird:

13.currency:

14.signofcurrency:

15.fourmostbelovedpresidents:

16.famousfigures:

Music/sports/holiday

17.typicalmusic:

18.nationalsport

19.popularholidays

20.biggestregion:

importantwordsorphrases

1.Becauseofitslongtraditionofaccommodatingimmigrantsandrefugees,Britainisconsideredasoneofthemostmulti-racialcountriesintheworld,containingadiversityofethnicgroups,mostofwhicharefromtheCommonwealthcountries.

2.Knownasthe“meltingpot”,theUnitedStatesisanothertypicalmulti-racialcountry,withapopulationof303million.

Homework

Lesson3ABriefHistoryoftheUK

1.凯尔特人时代（CelticAge）

Stonehenge

2.罗马入侵（Romaninvasion）P41

Romaninvasionin______________

3.盎格鲁-撒克逊时代与丹麦统治时期449-----1066（Anglo--SaxonBritainandNormanInvasion）

4.诺曼王朝1066----1154NormanBritain

5.金雀花王朝1154-----1399HouseofPlantagenet

1337--1453HundredYears’WarwithFranceP43

1348--1349BlackDeath

6.兰卡斯特王朝Lancaster1399---1461

1455--1487WarsofRoses（）

7.约克王朝York1461---1485

8.都铎王朝Tudors1485--1603近代英国开始

EnglishRenaissance（1350--1650）

9.汉诺威王朝1714--1917

RiseoftheBritishEmpire

1780---1830IndustrialRevolutionP44

（译）AsaresultoftheIndustrialRevolution,Britainwasby1830the“WorkshopoftheWorld”,withnoothercountryreadytocompetewithherinindustrialproduction.

Late18th---Early19thCenturyColonialExpansion

（译）By1900,Britainhadbuiltupabigempire”onwhichthesunneversets”,whichincluded25%oftheworld’spopulationandarea.P45

FalloftheBritishEmpire

1914--1918WW

1939--1945WW

1960S英帝国殖民体系瓦解

Lesson4ABriefHistoryoftheUSA

1.Pre-ColonialAmerica

1）Whatwastheoriginofthepresent-dayUnitedStatesbysomearchaeologicalevidence?

2.EnglishColonialAmerica（1607--1776）

1）Whereandwhenwasthefirstcolonyfounded?

2）（译）By1750,nearly2millionpeoplewerelivinginthesecolonies,manyofwhomwerePuritanswholefttheirowncountriesinsearchofreligiousfreedom.ThemosttypicalexamplewasthevoyageoftheMayflowership,whichcarriedthepilgrimsacrosstheAtlanticOceanandarrivedatPlymouthonAmericaneastcoastin1620.

3.FormingoftheUSA（1776--1849）

1）WhatisthepreludeofthewarofIndependence?

2）CanyoulisttheprocessofthewarofIndependence?

3）HowdidtheUSArealizeitsterritorialexpansion?

4.TheCivilWar（1861--1865）

1）Whatcausedthecivilwar?

2）WheredidLincolnmakeafamousspeechin1863?

5.RapidGrowthofEconomy（1865--1918）

1）WhathelpedtheUSAgrowrapidly?

6.Post--WWIandGreatDepression（1918--1940）

1）Howdidthehistoriansdescribedthe1920sintheUS?

2）CanyoudescribetheGreatDepressionintheUSA?

6.WorldWarII（1939--1945）

7.AmericanSocietyDuringPostwarBoom

Lesson6PoliticalSystemintheUKandtheUSA

PoliticalSystemintheUK

Generalintroduction:

1）WhatisthegovernmentsystemoftheUK?

2）Whatarethecivilrightsunderthissystem?

3）Whatistheprincipleofdividingthefunctionsofgovernment?

4）WhatarethethreepartsoftheUKgovernment?

TheExecutive

monarch

1）WhoistheheadofUKstate?

2）WhatpowerdoestheQueenofUKhave?

Primeminister

1）WhatistheconstitutionoftheCabinet?

2）Whatarethemainfunctionsofprimeminister?

TheLegislature

parliament

1）WhatarethetwopartsoftheBritishParliament?

2）WhataretheconstitutionsoftheHouseofLords&theHouseofCommons?

TheJudiciary

1）WhoistheheadofthejudiciaryinEnglandandWales?

PoliticalSystemintheUSA

ConstitutionandBillofrights

1.Whatis“checksandbalances”?

2.AccordingtotheBillofRights,whatfundamentalrightsdoesanyAmericanhave?

TheFederalSystem

TheLegislativeBranch----Congress

1.WhatrightsdoestheCongresshaveintheUSA?

2.WhatistheconstitutionoftheCongressinUAS?

TheExecutiveBranch----President

1.WhatrightsdoesthePresidentofUSAhave?

TheJudicialBranch------TheSupremeCourt