[英语]unit 1 The English Character 英国人的性格特征解析.pptVIP

Sporting terms in ordinary speech: “fair play（公平比赛，公平条件）” “play the game 遵守规则；?按章办事” “straight from the shoulder（狠狠地，直截了当地，一针见血地；?毫不留情）”, “below the belt (不公正地)”, “never hit a man when he’s down（不会落井下石；给人留有余地）” Puritanism a religious reform movement in the late 16th and 17th centuries that sought to “purify” the church of England of remnants of the Roman Catholic “popery” that the Puritans claimed had been retained after the religious settlement reached early in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Puritans became noted in the 17th century for a spirit of moral and religious earnestness that