Chapter 2 History 英国文化选修课 教学课件.pptVIP

Homework Requirement Class email: britishculture2009@163.com 2. Official email: mvts05@163.com 3. Requirement: a. email the answers to the above address on time. b. type the answers directly in the letters. No Attachment, please! c. type the topic as : U1,090207416, ××× U2,090207416, ××× Homework for Unit One Give brief answers to the following questions: What is the full name of the U.K.? How many periods can the development of the English language be divided into and what are they? State the changes in the use of English languages in this century. ?Deadline: April, 1st, 2011 CONTENT 2000?BC ?Beaker?Folk? (宽口陶器人 ) 700?BC The?Celts The Celts were from eastern and central Europe, now France, Belgium and southern Germany The ancestors of Highland Scots, the Irish and the Welsh. Three main waves Gaels--600?BC.(盖尔人 ) Britons--400?BC.(布立吞人) Belgae--150?BC.(比利其人 ) 恺撒大帝 恺撒大帝是罗马共和国末期杰出的军事统帅、政治家。他公元前60年与庞培、克拉苏秘密结成前三巨头同盟，随后出任高卢总督，花了八年时间征服了高卢全境（大约是现在的法国），还袭击了日耳曼和不列颠。前49年，他率军占领罗马，打败庞培，集大权于一身，实行独裁统治并制定了《儒略历》。 凯撒是罗马帝国的奠基者，故被一些历史学家视为罗马帝国的无冕之皇，有凯撒大帝之称。甚至有历史学家将其视为罗马帝国的第一位皇帝，以其就任终身独裁官的日子为罗马帝国的诞生日。影响所及，有罗马君主以其名字“凯撒”作为皇帝称号﹔其后之德意志帝国及俄罗斯帝国君主亦以“凯撒”作为皇帝称号。 Veni，Vidi，Vici我来、我见、我征服 2. Make?good? use?of?Britain’s?natural resources.? 3. New?religion—Christianity 基督教 Reasons?for?limited?Roman?influence?on?Britain. Slavery system Intermarriage Independent language and culture remained. 1.1.4 The Anglo-Saxon Invasion (5th—8th Century) Germanic people (the Jutes from Jutland, Angles from South of Denmark and Saxons from Germany) Basis?of?Modern?English?race:?the?Anglo-Saxons. English (language of the Angles) dominant language Roman Christianity The?early?Anglo-Saxons?converted?to?Christianity. St. Augustine brings Christianity to Britain from Rome and becomes Archbishop of Canterbury 1.1.4 The Anglo-Saxon Invasion (5th—8th Century) 坎特伯雷被奉为圣地的历史可追溯到 公元前43年罗马人到来之前。 在罗马人占领期间，基督教在肯特郡和 南英格兰曾有过传播， 当时这里有一