Unit13IrishCultureHowtheIrishLiveNow.docVIP

Unit 13? Irish Culture: How the Irish Live Now 爱尔兰的文化：爱尔兰人的生活现状 　一、本单元重点内容 1. Rapid social change (快速的社会变迁) 2. Attitudes to the English （对英国人的态度） 3. Irish identity (爱尔兰特色) 4. The Roman Catholic values　(罗马天主教价值观) 5. The conflict between Catholics and Protestants （天主教徒与新教徒之间的冲突） 6. Extended family　(大家庭) 7. The woman’s movement　(妇女运动) 8. Pub culture? (酒吧文化) 9. Flexibility in work places? (工作场所的弹性制度) 10. Trade union? (工会) 11. First-level, second-level, and third-level education? (初等、中等和高等教育) 　 二、本单元重、难点辅导 1. Rapid social change (快速的社会变迁) 1) The average young person in Ireland today would have grown up with rapid social change. For example, the change of the law of primogeniture(长子继承权) and girls in the 1950s and 1960s were not urged to get a university education, but now the majority of Irish people can aspire to attend university, find a good job.?? 2) The law of primogeniture is the traditional law in Ireland that favors the first born (son), that is only the first son in the family has the right to inherit the properties, be it land or house, of the family when the father dies. 3) The child whose life differs least for that of his parents is one born into Ireland’s underclass, those of the chronically unemployed. 与父母生活方式差异最小的儿童来自下层，即长期失业的人们。 2. Some of the cultural differences between Ireland and England (爱尔兰和英格兰之间的文化差异) 1) While the English are largely Protestant, the Irish of the Republic largely belong to the Roman Catholic faith. 2) While the English speak English, the first official language of the Irish Republic is the Irish language. 3) While England is an industrialized country, Ireland is only now leaving behind its traditional rural economy（爱尔兰才刚刚摆脱其传统的农业经济）. 4) While the English are still very self-absorbed in being English, the Irish have consciously become more European. 3. Attitudes to the English （对英国人的态度）? Ireland has a love/hate attitude toward the English, where admiration and condemnation of the English go hand-in-hand. 爱尔兰对英国人是又爱又恨的态度，对英国人的钦佩与批评