英语国家社会与文化.pdf

英英语语国国家家社社会会与与⽂⽂化化 上Unit 1 1. Britain is no longer an imperial(帝国) country. T 2. The Commonwealth(共和国，民主国) of Nations includes all European countries. 3. 1 in 10 of the British population are of non-European ethnicity(种族地位，种族特点). 4. The stereotype(陈规，刻板模式) of the English gentleman never applied(使适⽤) the majority of the British people. T 6. Northern Ireland is part of Great Britain. 7. When people outside the UK talk about England, they mistake it as Britain sometimes. T 8. The Scots and Welsh have a strong sense of being British. 9. Scotland was never conquered by the Romans. T 10. Most people in Scotland speak the old Celtic language, called “Gaelic”. 11. Scotland was unified w ith England through peaceful mean. T 12. Wales is rich in coal deposits. T 13. Cardiff, the capital of Wales, is a large city. 14. The title of Prince of Wales is held by a Welsh according to tradition. 上Unit2 1. Ireland is part of Great Britain. 2. “U referring to Northern Ireland, was once an ancient Irish Kingdom. T 3. The capital of Belfast is a large city w ith half a million people. 4. Northern Ireland is significant because of its manufacturing industry. 5. The majority of Irish people were descendants 孙，后裔 of the original Celtic凯尔特 people w ho inhabited British Isles before the Romans arrived 2000 years ago. T 6. Most British people are Protestants新教徒 w hile most Irish people are Catholic天主教徒. T 7. The British government does not have direct rule from London over Northern Ireland. 8. Sinn ein 新芬党 （爱尔兰共和军的政治组织）is a legal politicalparty in Northern Ireland. T 9. The Anglo-Irish Agreement 《英爱协议》 of 1985 guaranteed the loyalist Protestant community their right to decide their future in N orthern Ireland. T 10. The Good riday Agreement 《北爱和平协议》 was approved on 10 April 1998.T 11. Northern Ireland today is governed by separate j urisdictions: that of Republic of Ireland and t hat of Great Britain. ⽬前 北爱由爱尔兰政府、英国政府及北爱执⾏委员会三