英语国家社会与文化入门-英国简答题

英国Unit 3

1 What kind of institution(部门) is the House of Lords（上议院）? What role dose it play in British government?

A: It consists of the Lords Spiritual(神职议员)who are the Archbishops(大主教) and most prominent（杰出的、卓越的）bishops（主教）of the church of England ;and the Lords Temporal(世俗议员)，which refers to everyone else。②They inherited(继承) the seat from their forefathers or been appointed by the sovereign（郡主、最高统治者）.In parliament（议会）they speak and vote as individuals（个人）,not as representatives（代表）of the greater interests of the country. They do not receive salaries and many do not attend Parliament at all.

英国简答题unit5

3.What are the three main areas in national ecnomies？Describe the development of each of the three areas in the UK economy.

答案

National economies can be broken down into three main areas,”primary” industries,such as agriculture,fishing,and mining,”secondary”industries,which manufacture complex goods from those primary produets;and tertiary industuies.often descriibed as services,such as banking,insuranc,tourism,and the selling of goods.

Britan’s agricultural sector is small（producing 1.4%of the national wealth）but efficient,producing 58% of the UK’s food needs with only 2%of its workforce.Three quarters of Britain’s land is used for agriculture.with about a quarter of that under crops-wheat and barley are the two commmnest.The rest is grazing for animals,including cattle (both dariy and beef),

The fishing industy provides 55%of the UK demand for fish Sconish ports land the majortiy of the fish caught.

In the secondary sector of the economy.manufacturing industry remains important,producing 22% of national wealth.British companies are are active in all major fields of manufacturing industry,but are particulary strong in pharmaceuticals(the British company Glaxo-Wellcrme is the biggest drug company in the world),chemicals([C]is the second largest paint manufacture in the world),aerospace（overall the UK industry is third in size in the world）and food drink (Scotch whisky being a major export).

英国简答题unit7

1. What are the purposes of the British education system?please comment on these purposes.what are the main purposes of the Chinese education system?Are there any differences or similarities in the education of the two nations?

Answer: 第一问

The purpose of school is to provide children with literacy and the other basic skills they will need to become active members of society,But the purpose of the British education system is also to socialise children

第二问

Education in the People's Republic of China is a state-run system of public education run by the Ministry of Education. All citizens must attend school for at least nine years.

The government provides primary education for six years, starting at age six or seven, followed by six years of secondary education for ages 12 to 18. Some provinces may have five years of primary school but four years for middle school.

There are three years of middle school and three years of high school. The Ministry of Education reported a 99 percent attendance rate for primary school and an 80 percent rate for both primary and middle schools.

In 1985, the government abolished tax-funded higher education, requiring university applicants to compete for scholarships based on academic ability. In the early 1980s the government allowed the establishment of the first private schools.

China has had a major expansion in education, increasing the number of undergraduates and people who hold doctoral degrees fivefold in 10 years.[3]In 2003 China supported 1,552 institutions of higher learning (colleges and universities) and their 725,000 professors and 11 million students. There are over 100 National Key Universities, including Beijing University and Tsinghua University. Chinese spending has grown by 20% per year since 1999, now reaching over $100bn, and as many as 1.5 million science and engineering students graduated from Chinese universities in 2006. China published 184,080 papers as of 2008.

Laws regulating the system of education include the Regulation on Academic Degrees, the Compulsory Education Law, the Teachers Law, the Education Law, the Law on Vocational Education, and the Law on Higher Education.

第三问

Chinese parents only expect their children to get straight A+'s and straight A's on their report cards, whereas the American education system does not do that as much.

The American education system is more relaxed than the Asian culture when it comes to education and their parents don't push them hard as much to get straight A+'s