英国国家概况Culture1Class2.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * British/European History XIII. From the British Welfare State to Thatcherism A. After World War II, Prime Minister Clement Attlee nationalized several companies and created the welfare state, which provided citizens with many work, educational, medical and retirement benefits B. But by the 1970’s the British economy was growing slowly and many blamed spending on the welfare state, nationalized companies and an inflexible labor market C. Margaret Thatcher, a member of the Conservative Party, became Prime Minister in 1979 and served until 1990 D. She enacted reforms that are now called Thatcherism and were based on free market principles, privatization, a flexible labor market, the shrinking of the welfare state and tax cuts British/European History Sources: Western Civilization: Ideas, Politics and Society by Marvin Perry Cambridge History of Britain World Book Encyclopedia The World Factbook Remember Bean Laden is watching you! Assignment 2 weeks - class presentations of Famous people from the UK * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Is this similar to China? How does language impact culture? Chinas many different ethnic groups speak many different languages, collectively called Zhōngguó Yǔwén (中国语文), literally speech and writing of China which mainly span six linguistic families. Most of them are dissimilar morphologically and phonetically and are mutually unintelligible. Chinese language policy in mainland China is heavily influenced by Soviet nationalities policy and officially encourages the development of standard spoken and written languages for each of the nationalities of China. The spoken languages of nationalities that are a part of the Peoples Republic of China belong to at least seven families: The Sino-Tibetan family: 28 nationalities (including the Han, Tibetans, Mi