lesson3 pub talk and the king‘S English.pptVIP

Background Information of Unit 3 -------Made by Room NO.607 (诗静，屈娜，红梅，亚茹，张灿) Contents 1. Henry Fairlie 2. English pubs 3. The King’s English 4. A Brief History of the English language Henry Fairlie Henry Jones Fairlie (13 January 1924 London, England - 25 February 1990 Washington, D.C.) was a British political journalist and social critic. Sometimes mistakenly believed to have coined the term the Establishment, an analysis of how all the right people came to run Britain largely through social connections, he spent 36 years as a prominent freelance writer on both sides of the Atlantic, appearing in The Spectator, The New Republic, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, and many other papers and magazines. He was also the author of five books, most notably The Kennedy Promise, an early revisionist critique of the U.S. presidency of John F. Kennedy Most widely held works by Henry Fairlie 1.The Life of Politics 2.The Kennedy Promise 3.The Spoiled Child of the Western World 4.The Parties 5.The Seven Deadly Sins Today 6.Bite the Hand That Feeds You 2.English Pub Pub is the short form for public house . For those who want to sample a central part of British life and culture , pub is the best place to go . Pub culture is designed to promote sociability. Pubs are places where people meet friends and enjoy themselves. Many have , for instance ,television sets , amusement machines and jukeboxes(自动唱机点唱机） and provide facilities for playing carts , billiards（台球），dominoes（多米诺骨牌）and similar games . Some also employ musicians for evening entertainment , such as piano playing , folk singing and modern jazz. 3. The King’s English Supposedly correct or Standard English ( esp. British English ) as to grammar and pronunciation ; so called from the notion of royal sanction. When the ruling monarch is a queen , it is called “ the Queen’s English”. 4.A Brief History of the English Language Indo-European and Germanic Influences Old English (500-1100 AD) The Norman Conquest and Mi