基础英语3 uint7-03.ppt

1. No, nowadays the monarch is only a symbolic head of the country. This is known as a constitutional monarchy. In the past the monarch used to hold absolute power. In some countries the monarchy still does have absolute power, such as Swaziland and the Vatican City. 2. One of the kings in English history, King Charles I, was beheaded in the conflict between the monarch and the House of Commons during the Civil War in the 17th century. For a brief time there was no monarchy and Parliament ruled the country alone. Reference Answers Book 3-Unit 7 Book 3-Unit 7 Return to Menu * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Extended Activities Part III Book 3-Unit 7 Dictation Read More Grammar and Vocabulary Translation Raise Questions Writing Cultural Information Extended Activities Book 3-Unit 7 Return to Menu Women’s low social position is a serious problem. It is evident in almost every aspect of social life. Even our language often gives us the false impression that women simply don’t exist. For example, once the word man meant person or human being. But the word man has gradually become more specific in meaning and is now a synonym for an adult male human being only. In the words of a popular dictionary for children, a boy grows up to be a man. Father and Uncle George are both men. This is the meaning that we understand because we hear the word man used in everyday speech in this way from childhood. Later we learn that the word man has another meaning, but we do not accept it with the same certainty. Studies of college students and school children show that phrases like economic man and political man or man is a dreamer create an image of males only, not females or males and females together. Furthermore, we have become aware that conventional English usage often minimizes the achievements, the contributions and sometimes the very presence of women. Script Book 3-Unit 7 When Grateful Begins to Grate Book 3-Unit 7 grateful: adj. 感激的 grate: v. 产生不满