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1、英语国家概况论文英语国家概况-论文The Sports Culture of the United Kingdom-An Introduction to the UK 姓名： 谢宏桥 学号：2012213047 班级： 七 班 分数： 2013 年 12 月20 日 When it comes to the United Kingdom, People will always think of the British gentlemen with traditional hat and cane. In fact, sports are as traditional as gentlemen

2、in Britain. The United Kingdom, a traditional and strong country not only in the area of industry and comprehensive national strength, but also in the area of sports, has a long history for playing sports. A lot of major sports originated in the UK, including association football, golf, tennis, boxi

3、ng, rugby league, rugby union, cricket, field hockey, snooker, billiards, squash, curling and badminton, all of which are popular in Britain. Even the table tennis and baseball, the Chinese and American national sports, originated from Britain. Now British sports not only affect the social context a

4、t home, but also have a great impact outside home. We even can regard the sports as a reflection of British culture. Lets know about Britain from its sports culture.1.Various important sports originating in the UK1.1 Association football.Association football, more commonly known as football or socce

5、r, is a very important sport originated in his traditional homeEngland in the 19th century. The laws of the game were originally codified in England by the Football Association in 1863 and have evolved since then. The UK has the oldest football league in the world. The English Premier League is the

6、most-watched football league in the world and its biggest clubs include Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea. Now football has been the most famous sport internationally through hundreds of years developing. Now Association football is governed internationally by FIFA (Federation Intern

7、ational Football Association), which organizes the FIFA World Cup every four years. Actually, football can reflect the British culture completely. Beckham, the famous former football star of Britain, has said: “Football has been associated with our countrys culture and existed in our DNA. Since we w

8、ere born to the world, football has been accompanying with us and never separated with us.” From these worlds, we can read the close relationship between football and culture in the UK. The most typical culture reflected in football is the gentility culture. In some sport reports in the 19th century

9、, British football players are called “Mr.” all the time. Another aspect of culture reflected in the consciousness of nation. As we know, Britain takes four positions in the FIFAthey can take out four teams to take part in the World Cup. This reflects the leading position of the Great Britain in the

10、 20th century while it reflects that the UK consists of four partsEngland, Scotland, Wales, and North Ireland. As a result, until today, Football in Britain is renowned for the intense rivalries between clubs and the passion of the supporters. When we watch a football game of a team from Britain, it

11、 will be more attractive if we have known about the football culture of the UK.to the development of the sport. Now, the international game of cricket is the Five-day Cornhill Test Match. As we can see, there are so many kinds of sports originated in the UK and what I list is just part of them. We c

12、an get a conclusion: the UK is a country which advocates sports very. They take their leisure time very seriously and they love sports, so they try their best to think of all kinds of way to relax their bodies and take part in sports. Then we can image what kind of nation and traditional culture the

13、 Great Britain is competed with other nations such as China.I think there is close relationship between the sports culture and the fast development of industry and comprehensive national strength later. On the one hand, the great creation reflected in sports improved that they were really creative a

14、nd working hard, so there is no surprise that the UK became the strongest country in industry, on the other hand, with the industrial revolution in the 19th century, the industrialization and the urbanization in Great Britain, large quantities of people were liberated from hard work, and they had mo

15、re free time. So they had more other ways to kill the time. As a result, various sports were created and got great development. I have to say this is a lucky nation and we are also lucky to get so many benefits from these sports.2.The education of sports in the UKWith so distinctive sports culture,

16、the education of sports in Britain must be paid much attention to. With the developing concept of education to sports, British people have formed an integrated system about physical education. There are many differences about the physical education between China and the UK. I think it depends on the

17、 different sports cultures and the degree of importance is paid to the physical education. Since long time ago in China, the field of PE was bounded to the traditional concept of education. In physical education, childrens basic knowledge and skills were paid more importance to while the personal va

18、lue and personal development were ignored. At the same time, students creation on sports was ignored, as a result of which, students interests and hobbies could not grow. In modern China, PE classes are also treated as a secondary course all the time and there never be an examination on PE class bef

19、ore the college education. Even in college, the PE classes are also not paid enough attention. On the other hand, because of the low attention of the PE education, students have formed the concept that a PE class is not important. Then the result is that generally the physical education is in a low

20、level compared with other countries. In the UK, things are different. Enough importance is paid to physical education.The important fact in Britain is that the PE course is attributed to the “core courses” in the British educational syllabus, it means that the position of PE course is as important a

21、s the major courses in any stage of teens education. Secondly, the standard to the final scores does not just depend on the final exams, and it consists of two parts, the ordinary score and the final score. This standard just appears in college education in China. Thirdly, in Britain, PE courses are

22、 various, not only in college, but also in any stage of teens education. There is a fact about British PE course: in 1988, the nation made a standard about PE course, which showed that the available PE courses consist of six fieldsthe track and field, dance, playing games, gymnastics, the activities

23、 outside door and swimming. Whats more, the points are set in each stage of PE courses depending on the stage of age. In a word, the PE education in Britain is successful enough. As a result of this kind of successful model of physical education, lots of famous sports events and adventurous people a

24、ppear in Britain. The sports cultures are also reflected from the education on sports. We can feel the efforts British people did on sports education. They realized that before it becomes a real strong country, it should become a strong country in sports. And the education about sports can directly

25、affect the attitude teens hold to the sports and then affect the future of sports.3.The Olympic Games and the sports culture of Britain. As a country from which many sports originated, Britain is also connected closely with the Olympic Games. If the World War II hadnt happened, London would have bee

26、n the first city that has three experiences of holding the Olympic Games in the history. However, London realized her dream in 2012, holding the Olympic Games thirdly. Even though in the recent several Olympics, the UK did not win so many gold medals, the influences British sports made to the world

27、are great and the position of British sports is high in the world. Britain is also one of the countries which firstly had the tradition of the Olympics. Britain has attended all the summer Olympic Games and got excellent grades. About the excellent sports culture of Britain and the Olympic Games, th

28、ere is a simple story. As what I have mentioned, before the modern Olympic Games were held, the sports in Britain had been very advanced. This caused enough attention of Coubertin, the father of modern Olympic Games, to British sports. As a result, Coubertin pay visits to Britain for four times. He

29、found that the students in Oxford and Cambridge University were nearly all strong, energetic and in good grooming, and the colleges were all strict to students sports skills. This gave Coubertin lots of inspiration. On the initiative of Coubertin, the sports in French schools became more and more po

30、sitive. Whats more, Coubertin put his inspiration from British sports culture into the building of the modern Olympic Games, which made great contributions to the improvement of Olympics. The sports level of a country doesnt depend on the ranking on the Olympic list or the quantity of medals it wins

31、. The UK delegation attended all the summer Olympic Games from 1896 and it has ever get the first in the ranking of medals in 1908. In the Olympic competitions, British delegation has many superior traditional events, including Track and Field, badminton, shooting, box, jujitsu, rowing, sailing, kay

32、ak, bicycle, horsemanship, Modern Pentathlon, and especially football. In a word, the Olympic Games reflect the excellent sports culture of Britain. To be a strong country, its really necessary to have superior sports culture and spirit, and it is the same with other countries.4.The British sports culture reflected in the British upper class.Not only the normal people in Britain love sports, but also the British upper class has the hobbies and culture in sports. There are many sports played in the upper class of Britain, including tennis, bowling, golf, snooker, cricket, horsemanship, and e