《英语国家文化概况（上）》.pptVIP

Focus Section A: Believes and values Section B: Characteristics Section C: Celebrities Before Reading Discuss What do the British and the Americans believe in? What the characteristics of the British people and the Americans? Do you know some celebrities in UK or US? Before Reading Guess Try to answer the questions. Then look for the answers in the reading 1. Why do the British people believe in God? 2. What are the values of the Americans? 3. Who is George W. Bush? 4. What are the British Canadians like？ Section A: Believes and Values 3.1 The UK Text A: Beliefs Text B: Values 3.2 The US Text A: Beliefs Text B: Values 3.3 Canada, Australia and New Zealand Text A: Beliefs Text B: Values 3.1 The UK Text A: Beliefs Text B: Values Text A: Beliefs In the 2001 Census it counted over 170 distinct religions, the religious make-up of the UK is quite diverse, complex, multicultural and surprising. About half of the British believe in God. Text A: Beliefs 1. Organized Religion in UK 66% of the population in the UK have no connection to any religion or church. 2. Religion is unimportant to most British people. In 2003, 17% of the British public told that religion was one of the most significant things in their lives. A person’s own experience, parents, education and friends are in the first place. Text B: Values British values are unique to Britain, but they are a sub-set, defined uniquely by their capacities, history and choices. Christian value-system, which incorporates Hellenism, has created and sustained the civilization of the Free World. Cultural Notes: values 即价值观。一个人或组织的价值观是指他或他们所认为重要的道德原则和信仰。从广义上来讲，价值观是指在与自然抗争和努力适应不断改变的环境过程中，某人对整个世界、社会和他人所持有的看法和审美观。 Text B: Values This is the civilization of modernity, democracy, capitalism and science. Its purposes are recognizable in terms of contrast with its modern enemies--fascism, militant Islam, and the hedonism of post-Christian decadence. Its most basic element is freedom--but freedom constru