英美文化

• Outside the Home: • “potluck” dinners yard sales(宅旧货出售） camping vocation, volunteer work三个美国人中就有一个常做志愿者） 比如 American teenagers volunteer to work in senior citizens’ homes.
(Gluttony)、贪婪(Greed)、懒惰(Sloth)、淫欲(Lust)、 嫉妒(Envy)、愤怒(Wrath) )
• The Church of England （Episcopal Hierarchy) • Canterbury Cathedral , Westminster Abbey
特色体育项目
House-race
straight from the Horse’s mouth *The information he got was straight from the horse's mouth *hold your house
cricket 板球
rugby英式橄榄球
• Religion
• Monarch mainly performs ceremonial duties
BBaidu Nhomakorabeackingham Palace
• House of Commons • the assembly chamber for 651 members of parliament. • Prime Minister: head of government
雪莱： Ode To The West Wind 西风颂
莎士比亚：Shall I Compare Thee To a Summer’s Day?
• British people
and their lifestyles
• Compared with the American, the British tend to be more conservative and introspective. However, this doesn’t mean they are inactive in different activities, including leisure, arts, sports and media. British society today is known for its multicultural climate.
英美概况
What is the full name Of the UK?
The United kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• British Isles Lie off the northwest coast of The European continent • Scotland, England ,Wales and Northern Ireland • England : most populous and wealthiest division of the UK with a buck of low lands and the concentration of big cities.
结语
• 英美文化 需要不断积累，不仅可以通过语 篇阅读来探索发现，还可以通过语言以小 见大，因为语言是文化的载体。
• 中国的文化博大精深，外国的文化也有其 精粹和独特的魅力，在文化的冲撞中我们 要保持一颗兼容并包的心，去其糟粕，取 其精华，学会理解和欣赏，并且以发展的 眼光，与时俱进地看待。
每年，数百万美国人听高雅音乐、看戏剧表演、参 加艺术创造活动….
• 四年一度的总统大选就像一场万众瞩目的马拉松 • 预选、总统候选人提名、竞选运动、全国选举(各
州作竞选旅行、广泛会见选民、发表电视演说、进行电视 辩论等) 、选举团投票表决以及当选总统就职仪
式
• Whitehall
Yes We Can !
• The Civil War (战死沙场的美国人超过第一次
世界大战和第二次世界大战伤亡人数总和） • 奴隶制存留问题 • 之后的稳定和经济的发展
• 今日美国人日常生活
• Private life: • 邻居之间友好来访
• 乐于享受家中杂活….make and mend things, endless work in the garden, improve interior décor • 美国孩子独立很早…Vacuum the rugs, wash floors, mow the lawn, keep the car clean…
• House of Lords
The United States
• 1776-1783:The War for Independence • 独立战争 • Push the nation’s frontier beyond the Appalachian Mountains(阿巴拉契亚山）at the Mississippi River • 西进运动（West Americans pushed westward for settlement and expansion: added the huge territory of Louisiana Purchase ,acquired Florida from Spain and swept westward over Texas, California and Oregon…. )
*a pretty kettle of fish *A big fish in a small pond *drink like a fish *Never teach a fish to swim
• gather the wool , Wool-gathering （胡思 乱想） • Lose one’s wool（发怒） • much cry and little wool （雷声大雨点小）
Temperate Maritime Climate 温带海洋性气候
Mild westerly wind from the Atlantic ocean and warm drift of gulf stream help the oceanic influences penetrate inland more efficiently.
• Government
and Politics
• The UK today is a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy. In the process, the seat of power has slowly passed from the nondemocratic Crown to the aristocratic lords and to its final resting place in the House of Commons with a powerful Prime minister.
• 800BC Celts from central Europe • 55BC Romans • After AD410 Angles Saxons and Jutes from German • From AD793,Vikings from Denmark, Norway or Sweden. • 1066,Normans from France. (William the Conqueror )
and History
• Christianity was first introduced into British by the Romans in the 1st century BC. • The various Christian denominations (天 主教、东正教、新教)
Basic knowledge: • God • Judgment Day 最后审判日 • Seven sins 七宗罪(傲慢(Pride)、暴食