1、单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,本资料仅供参考,不能作为科学依据。谢谢。本资料仅供参考,不能作为科学依据。谢谢,A GUIDE TO ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES,ENGLISH DEPARTMENT,WU SI YING,第1页,Which are the English-speaking countries?,第2页,Which are the English-speaking countries?,The U.K,The U.S,Canada,The Republic of Ireland,Austra
2、lia,New Zealand,&.,第3页,English-Speaking Countries,English as official language Countries,The Republic of Guyana,第4页,The Empire on which the sun never sets,第5页,Chapter 1 Geography,People and Language,第6页,Where is the U.K.in European continent?,第7页,第8页,The U.K.,第9页,British Isles,England,Scotland,Wales
3、Northern Ireland,第10页,ENGLAND,Cover The,LARGEST,part of British island;,The most populous and wealthiest part;,the second longest and the most important river flows through it-,?;,Highly urbanized-,?,%of the population living in cities.,第11页,Scotland,The second largest part,both in area and populat
4、ion;,The most important river in it is-?,Remained unified state independent of Britain for a,VERY,long time;,?,One of the most important industries is-,?,第12页,Wales,Cover less than,?,%of the British island;,The longest river of the island flow through it-,?,It has been dominated by England,LONGER,th
5、an other parts but still,retains a strong sense of its difference,from England,第13页,Northern Ireland,The smallest of the other four parts both in area and population;,It occupies the northern,?/?,of the island of Ireland.,It has the largest lake of the Isles-,?,第14页,The Capitals&,Languages,England-L
6、ondon,Scotland-Edinburgh,Wales-Cardiff,Northern Ireland-Belfast,English,Gaelic,Welsh*,Irish?,第15页,Climate,TEMPERATE:,warm,summer(around 20),cool,winters(around 0)and,plentiful,precipitation.,3 Features:1.frequent fog in winter;2.large number of rainy days;3.changeability.,第16页,Extracurricular questi
7、ons,Do you know how did the flag of the U.K.combine?,第17页,第18页,II People,第19页,The English Language,第20页,Homework,第21页,Homework,Tour plan(group work):,Design a 3-day tour in,England,Scotland,Wales or Northern Ireland,covering your most favorite cities and tourist attractions.Make a PPT of your plan,c
8、ontaining typical pictures and instructions(no more than 5 minutes in total),Send me PPT through the Internet before this Friday 6 p.m.,第22页,Chapter 2 History,第23页,Words you should know:,Arrogant:,高傲,Bourgeoisie,:资产阶级,Capitalism,:资本主义,Catholic:,天主教,Christianity:,基督教,Colony:,殖民地,Commonwealth:,英联邦,Fac
9、tions:,派系斗争,内讧,Feudalism:,封建主义,Invade:,侵略,Imperialism:,帝国主义,Monarchy:,君主制,Monopoly:,垄断,Parliament:,议会,Protestants:,新教徒,Proletariat:,无产阶级,Reign:,君主统治,Restore:,恢复,Throne:,王权,第24页,History Periods,P 1:,55 BC 410,Under Roman Conqueror;,P 2:the Angles,the Saxons&the Jutes came,1066,William was crowned;,P
10、3:,1154-1485,House of Anjou(Magna Carta 1215);,第25页,History Periods,P 4:,14,th,15,th,century“The Hundred Years War”,P 5:,16,th,century,The Reformation;,P 6:,17,th,century,The Civil Wars,第26页,P 7:,18,th,-19,th,century,The Industrial Revolution;,P8:,19,th,century,British Empire;,P 9:,20,th,Now World W
11、ar I,第27页,Chapter 3 Government and the Commonwealth,第28页,Constitution(,宪法),Definition,:,The,constitution,of a country or organization is,the system of laws which formally states peoples rights and duties.,第29页,Constitution(,宪法),Distinguishing feature,:,Unwritten,;,(,not systematically codified into
12、single document/no single constitutional document),第30页,Constitution(,宪法),第31页,Government:,第32页,The Legislature,第33页,Crown:,Theoretically,the King or Queen is the source of all government powers,the head of the legislative,executive and judicial branches,the commander-in-chief of all army forces and
13、 the“supreme governor of the Church of England;giving their Royal Assent to any new law,meeting with the Prime Minister on a weekly basis,paying state visits to Commonwealth countries or non-Commonwealth countries on behalf of the government.,第34页,Crown:,Symbolic,Ceremonial&Unpolitical,Importance:,K
14、eep the,stability,of the British government,Keep the,continuity,and,adaptability,of the whole political system;,The,symbol,of British unity,an indissoluble bond,among people who retain many regional and cultural differences;,第35页,The House of Lords:,Consisting of,life peers,Archbishops and bishops o
15、f the Church of England,elected hereditary peers,第36页,The House of Lords:,Function:,Examining and revise bills from the House of Commons;,Acts in a legal capacity as the highest court of appeal;,it is going to be reformed.,第37页,The House of Commons,the center of parliamentary power,Composed of,650,c
16、onstituencies,which is known as“,MPs,”,was elected to represents their constituency by,British adults,in a,general election,every,five years.,The Leader,of the party which holds the,majority of“seats”,is the,Prime Minister.,第38页,The House of Commons,Functions:,the most important is,drafting new laws
17、scrutinizing the actions of the government;,influence future government policy.,第39页,The Executive,第40页,the Privy Council,In Britain,the Privy Council,is a group of people who are appointed to advise the king or queen on political affairs.,第41页,The Judiciary,Complicated,第42页,The Judiciary,All Crim
18、inal cases:,第43页,The Judiciary,Civil Cases:,第44页,Election,500 pounds deposit,use advertisements in newspapers,door-to-door campaigning and leaflets as electoral campaigns,people vote on election day in their local polling station;,counting begins at the end of the day and the result comes out the early morning of the next day.,第45页,Homework,Exercises on Page 41-Page 42,第46页,
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