BritainPartⅢ.pptx

Britain Part Ⅲ;; Popular sports in Britain;;Football ;;The FA and the FA Cup ;;Tennis;板球运动Cricket ;Cricket was one of the first team sports in Britain to have organized rules and to be played according to the same rules nationally. Before the Victorian era, and in modern Britain, people from all walks of life play cricket, but in the 19th century, cricket became a sport associated with the upper class. It was a kind of “snob（恃才傲物的人）” game played by boys who attended public schools. Cricket matches usually do not last just a few hours. They can go on for days. ;;Golf;Horse Racing;;;;Equestrianism 马术;;7. Hunting 　Hunting is a sport enjoyed by many wealthy and aristocratic families. But many animals rights groups find this an unacceptable and cruel recreation. So , people of extremist animal rights groups, make efforts to prevent the hunt from proceeding by laying false trails to distract the dogs which track the quarry and by making noise.;;Values and Characters;Top 20 ‘typically British’?traits;In your mind, what is an English like?;1. The best-known quality ---Exclusiveness ;1) the special geographical location of Britain; Britain is an island country which is cut off, separated and isolated from the rest of the world. First it is cut off by the English Channel from the rest of Europe, and then it is separated from the rest of the civilized world. When the British are in Britain, they do not even regard themselves as Europeans for the Europeans are foreigners to them. ;2) the distinct development of its history.;2.Conservativeness; The English people are generally regarded as conservative. Englishmen think their way of doing things is always the best, and always the most normal. Americans say that the English people always need 20 or 40 years to do things that they do today because the English people are so conservative that they have to wait a long time before they are prepared to try something new. Perhaps this is an exaggeration, bu