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英语国家概况名词解释3.The British Commonwealth 英联邦???? The British Empire was replaced by the British Commonwealth or the??Commonwealth of Nations in 1931.It is a free association of independent countries that were once colonies of Britain. Member nations are joined together economically and have certain trading arrangements.??The Commonwealth has no special powers. The decision to become a member?of the Commonwealth is left to each member nation. At present there are 50 members counties whit in the commonwealth (1991). 是曾为英国殖民地，但现在已经独立构成的自由联合体。4. the Commonwealth It is a free association of 50 independent countries that were once colonies of Britain. Member nations are joined together economically and have certain trading arrangements. The decision to become a member of the Commonwealth is left to each natio10.British isles 不列颠群岛The British Isles is made up of two large islands and hundreds of small ones. The two large islands are Great Britain and Ireland. 13.Geoffrey Chaucer 杰弗里·乔叟He was an important English poet in the fourteenth century. His best known is The Canterbury Tales, which describes a group of pilgrims travelling to Canterbury to visit Thomas Becket’s tomb坟墓. Because he was the first important English poet to write in English. He has been known as the “Father of English Poetry”. 14.Joan of arc:圣女贞德she was a national heroine of France during the hundred year’s war,she successfully led the rance to drive the English out of France16.The Puritans清教徒The Puritans were wealthy, well-educated gentlemen. They wanted to purify the Church of England and threatened with religious persecution, the Puritans leaders saw the New world as the a refuge provided by God for those He meant to save.19.Heptarchy七王国????During the Anglo-Saxons time,Britain was divided into many ingdoms, among which there were seven principal kingdoms of Ken ,Essex, Sussex, Wessex, East Anglia, Mercia and Northumbria. They were? ?given the name of Heptarchy.20.St.Augustine