当代英国社会及文化1.pptVIP

Chapter 1: Introduction About the course Language: as a tool - reading, writing, speaking How to make use of the book? Aims Some basic facts about Britain Studying another country – structure, culture and perception: learn to ask questions About the course Contemporary – historical, comparative approach About the book Cultural studies: ethnic groups, classes, ideology, power theory, mass culture (from elitist prejudice to encompassing marginalized groups) – our attitude Focus? Ambition- superficial coverage: our dilemma Aims Understanding others, retaining self-confidence insularity? Enhancing our language proficiency Making mini-scale research to cultivate exploring and analytical spirit Learning in communicative context What do we do in class? Teacher’s lecturing Work on some basic facts Discussions about concerning topics, graphs or concepts Chapter 1 Introduction How do you start to introduce your own country? (As Chinese? As a Briton? As American?) Do people call themselves English? Some basic facts about Britain -components? its full name? -geography, climate, population -“the square mile”? -literary figures and related places -ethnic groups -suffragette movement -swinging sixties The concept of class? P17-19 Geography the national flag (the Union Flag) 英国国旗上的 十字分别代表英格兰守护神圣乔治、苏格兰守护神圣安德鲁以及爱尔兰守护神圣帕特里克。 God Save the Queen (1640s) God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble Queen, God save the Queen: Send her victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us: God save the Queen. Thy choicest gifts in store On her be pleased to pour Long may she reign May she defend our laws And give us ever cause To sing with heart and voice  The United Kingdom is increasingly described as a classless society. However many people still believe society is ordered in terms of class and that discrimination occurs between classes. Everything a Briton does and says is influenced by class. accent*, vocabulary*, job*, hobbies* a