英语国家社会和文化入门01Unit1.pptVIP

Two goals: Reading English Learning about culture of English- speaking countries; REQUIREMENTS: Class participation 25% Homework 25% Final exam 25% Term paper 25%;Commonwealth of Nations:; Europe: Cyprus, Malta, UK Africa: Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia;Asia: Bangladesh, Brunei, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu; North America: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, United States, Saint Kitts, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago South America: Guyana; ; For one thing, the days of empire are now long enough ago that only old people remember it as anything of any importance in their lives. 比如，大英帝国时代过去太久，现在只有在老年人的记忆里，大英帝国才有那么一点儿意义。 ;Par 2, p 2 …not least in the close relationships which exist with the countries which used to be a part of that empire, and which maintain links through a…organization. ……尤其是同英联邦国家的密切关系，那些国家曾是英帝国的一部分，现在通过英联邦这样一个松散、自愿参加的组织保持关系。;What is the key theme? -- It is not easy to sum up the characteristics of the British people in a few words. ;p. 4 Stereotype： A fixed (usually wrong) image of somebody or something.;British people are different from each other in terms of： region religion gender economy race ;Par 2, p. 4 …it is a society with a class-structure. It is possible to exag- gerate the importance of this class-structure, because…, but it is true that…. 英国是一个有阶级的国家。我也许夸大了这种阶级体系的重要性，读者会说大多数国家都有某种阶级存在，但是英国的阶级构成的确比较明显。;Par 3, p. 4 …though the boundary between them is not marked on any map, and exists only as a rather unclear mental attitude. 注释8：……，只是一条模糊的、存在于人们心理上的纬线。 改：虽然这个差别并没有标注在任