英语国家概况.doc

英语国家概况

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
英国的历史分四部分:
1.The Origins of a Nation
2.The Shaping of the Nation
3.Transition to the Mordern Age
4.The Rise and Fall of the British Empire

1 取关键词Origins的字头O
2 取关键词Shaping的字头S
3 取关键词Mordern的字头M
4 取关键词Empire的字头E
连起来就是OSME=O+S+ME=O(哦),S(是)ME(我)!

接着每个部分的标题串在一起,用一句话来记忆.要好好记住每句话里所包括的每个字母代表的是什么标题.可以看几遍这个情景对话,熟悉了之后可以不费吹灰之力就能记住整个英国历史的线索.有了这条线,你再把主要的记忆点,象珠子一样地穿起来,这样回忆就非常容易了.可谓既见树木,又见森林.一切尽在掌握.

History of UK (---O.S.M.E---) 哦（O），是（S）我（ME）

O: Early settlers -> Roman Britain -> Anglo-Saxons -> the Viking and Danish Invations -> the Norman Conquest
O（哦）：eravidan=era(时代)+vida(维达,女名)+n(诺曼征服)
句子：（老公看着一本英语国家概况在那里自言自语）哦，原来英国的新时代是伟大的维达小姐实现诺曼征服之后开始的。

S: Norman Rule -> the Great Charter -> the Hundred Years' War with France -> the Blackdeath and the peasant uprising

S(是)：ng（拼音：ng=嗯）+hb(hubby丈夫，的缩写)[N+G+H+B]
句子：（老婆在看电视，漫不经心地说）是的，嗯, 老公。

M: the English Reformation -> Elizabeth I -> the English Renaissance -> James I -> Charles I -> the Civil War -> the commonwealth -> the Glorius Revolution

M(我): reelrejam cha cw cw revolution = re+el+re+jam+cha+cw+cw+revolution
reel（卷轴）re（又）jam(果酱) cha(茶)cw+cw (与wc厕所相反)revolution(革命，旋转)

句子：（老公一边看书一边倒着果酱，突然果酱洒了）不好了，我（ME的第一个字母M）的卷轴又洒满果酱了，赶快拿点茶去WC洗洗，啊？怎么两个WC都写反了(CW+CW)，快旋转回来！

E(我): Two parties (Whigs and Tories) -> Agricultural changes -> the Industrial Revolution -> the Chartist Movement -> Trade unions and the Labour Party -> Colonial Expansion -> in the two World Wars

E：TAICHA TCW=T+A+I+CHA+T+C+W
句子：（老婆赶紧跑过来说）我（ME的第二个字母E）的天啊，这什么厕所呀，简直太（TAI）差（CHA）了嘛，我踢（T）这个该死的CW！

Chapter 1 Land and People
第一部分：Different Names for Britain and its Parts
1. 选择题/ 简答题：
The official name of the United Kingdom is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2.选择题/ 简答题：
The British Isles are made up of two large islands-Great Britain (the larger one) and Ireland, and hundreds of small ones.
不列颠群岛由两个大岛—大不列颠岛（较大的一个）和爱尔兰岛，及成千上万个小岛组成。

There are three political divisions on the island of Great Britain：England, Scotland and Wales

3.简答题：
Why do people tend to use "England" and "English" when they mean "Britain" and "British"?

England is the largest, most populous and generally speaking the richest section. So people tend to use “England” and “English” when they mean “Britain” and “British”.

4.名词解释：
the Commonwealth of Nations 或 the British Commonwealth

The Commonwealth is a free association of independent countries that were once colonies of Britain. Member nations are joined together economically and have certain trading arrangements. The Commonwealth has no special powers.
英联邦是一个由许多独立国家组成的自由组织，这些国家都是大不列颠国以前的殖民地，成员国都是出于经济原因结合在一起的并有固定的贸易往来。英联邦没有什么特权。
(1931: British Empire was replaced by the British Common-wealth or the
Commonwealth of Nations (1931: 二次世界大战削弱了英国，帝国虽大，依旧散矣。。[1931])