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Unit one(个人觉得一单元的内容后面都有覆盖，所以就直接从第二单元开始了，是按顺序的。) Unit two 1. (NATO) North Atlantic Treaty Organization 2. The British are often regarded as a mixed people ,the earliest people known in the Britain were nomads from mainland Europe in the Old Stone Age. 3. Romans invaded Britain in 55BC to conquer the native Britons but retreated by 409. 4. Black Death (Black Plague) pandemic of the mid-14th century in which it is estimated that about one third of the population died. 5. Modern English (Germantic(日耳曼) Dialect) spoken by Angle, Saxon, Jutes. 6. Domesday Book: the written record of a census and survey of English landowners. 7. Indo-European language family—one of the most important language families. 8.Cockneys—white working class inhabitants of London, particularly east London. 9. UK has the national House Care.（George mentioned before ） 10. High British Empire: Victorian Britain. 11. 1776 ① America Civil War（1776.7.4） ②The Declaration of Independence announced that America was born. Unit3 2. Low Paleolithic Age—Neolithic Age—Bronze Age—Iron Age. 3. The First Roman in 55BC under Julius Caesar，his contribution： ①Built the network of straight roads across the country. ②Gigantic Hadrian’s Wall. ③Christianity quietly spread. 4. UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Org.) 5. Germantic（日耳曼） tribesmen (Angles Saxons and Jutes) 6. During the Anglo-Saxon rule, the northern part of Britain remained independent, inhabited by Celtic Tribes. 7. Feudalism ,a concept often used to describe the medieval society, had existed under the Anglo-Saxon kings. 8.Magna Carta(大宪章) （George mentioned before ） ①King John Created the parliament ②To give the power to the people ③The king must ask the parliament for money 9. Hundred Years’ War(last 116 years) between UK and French and Burgundy. 10.Two years after the ending of the Hundred Years’ War , a serious of dynastic civil wars for the English throne were happened between the House of Lancaster and York(The wars of t