Chapter 5 Education, Media and Holiday 英语国家概况 英国文化的选修课 .pptVIP

Guide to English-Speaking Countries;Chapter 5 Education, Media and Holiday ; Holidays and Festivals;;Educational Policy;state system—11-year compulsory education 5-11: primary schools (co-educational/ mixed schools) 11-16: secondary schools (90% are comprehensive schools) GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) 普通中等教育证书 ;Elementary and Secondary Education;the most famous — Eton, Harrow and Winchester 6 percent of all British children;;The royal family thinks the school is just the place for Wills. In this self-contained world, titles confer no privileges, and the prince is probably not the only boy with a bodyguard. Foreign leaders’ children and scions (子孙) of Greek shipping magnates bring them along too. William is as near to normal at Eton as someone in his position wont to be. Many people there are richer than he is. There are many people whose family relationships are even more complex than his.; Higher Education; Buckingham University is the only privately-financed university in UK, where students can finish 3 years’ courses in two years, and its curriculum changes flexibly according to market demands;;Famous Universities;;;The Mathematical Bridge (at Queens’ College, Cambridge University );;;Cambridge’s contributions to Science;;Newspapers;Newspapers (Cont.);Television and Broadcast;;Christmas;Easter;Trooping the Color; ;Celebration: Light huge bonfire Let off fireworks Burn an effigy (homemade model of a man, like a scarecrow);Homework;Thank You !