第二册读写译Unit Two Language and Character

HomepageTextABCTextATextAExerciseTextBTextBExerciseTextCTextCExerciseFurtherStudyshortcutObjectivesAfterlearningtheunit,thestudentswillbeableto1.knowaboutdifferentcultureandcustomofsomecountries;2.graspthemainideaofTextA,TextBandTextC;3.masterthekeywords,expressionsandusefulsentencepatterns.中国人民大学出版社（乐观的）charmingmodestreliablepessimistic（悲观的）patientfaithfulenergetictraditionaltolerant2.DiscusswithyourpartneraboutthecharacterofChinesepeople.3.CompareChinesepeoplewiththeWesternpeopleinyourmind.中国人民大学出版社(1)CultureoftheUnitedKingdomThecultureoftheUnitedKingdomreferstothepatternsofhumanactivityandsymbolismassociatedwiththeUnitedKingdomandtheBritishpeople.ItisinformedbytheUK'shistoryasadevelopedislandcountry,majorpower,and,itscompositionoffourcountries—England,NorthernIreland,ScotlandandWales—eachofwhichhavepreservedanddistinctcustoms,culturesandsymbolism.AsadirectresultoftheBritishEmpire,Britishculturalinfluence(suchastheEnglishlanguage)canbeobservedinthelanguageandcultureofageographicallywideassortmentofcountriessuchasCanada,Australia,NewZealand,India,Pakistan,SouthAfrica,theUnitedStates,andtheBritishoverseasterritories.中国人民大学出版社(2)ThesestatesaresometimescollectivelyknownastheAnglosphere.AswellastheBritishinfluenceonitsempire,theempirealsoinfluencedBritishculture,particularlyBritishcuisine.Innovationsandmovementswithinthewider-cultureofEuropehavealsochangedtheUnitedKingdom;Humanism,Protestantism,andrepresentativedemocracyareborrowedfrombroaderWesternculture.TheIndustrialRevolution,withitsoriginsintheUK,broughtaboutmajorchangesinagriculture,manufacturing,andtransportation,andhadaprofoundeffectonthesocio-economicandculturalconditionsoftheworld.ThesocialstructureofBritainduringthisperiodhasalsoplayedacentralculturalrole.中国人民大学出版社(3)Morerecently,popularcultureoftheUnitedKingdomintheformoftheBritishinvasion,BritpopandBritishtelevisionbroadcasting,andBritishcinema,BritishliteratureandBritishpoetryisrespectedacrosstheworld.AsaresultofthehistoryoftheformationoftheUnitedKingdom,theculturesofEngland,Scotland,WalesandNorthernIrelandarediverseandhavevaryingdegreesofoverlapanddistinctiveness.中国人民大学出版社(1)中国人民大学出版社(1)acknowledgevt.todeclaretobetrueoradmittheexistenceof承认amiableadj.亲切的，和蔼可亲的brutalityn.残忍，野蛮的行为circumstanceaconditionthataccompaniesorinfluencessomeeventoractivity环境，详情compelvt.toforceorcompelsomebodytodosomething强迫Play跟据声音提示，点击继续下一页…HomepageTextABCTextATextAExerciseTextBTextBExerciseTextCTextCExerciseFurtherStudyshortcutTextATheEnglishCharacterPartTwoNewWords,PhrasesandExpressions(2)中国人民大学出版社(2)domineeringadj.极权的，作威作福的eminentlyadv.不寻常地inclinevt.tohaveatendencyordispositiontodoorbesomething使倾向于inheritvt.toobtainfromsomeoneaftertheirdeath继承instinctiveadj.本能的跟据声音提示，点击继续下一页…HomepageTextABCTextATextAExerciseTextBTextBExerciseTextCTextCExerciseFurtherStudyshortcutTextATheEnglishCharacterPartTwoNewWords,PhrasesandExpressions(3)中国人民大学出版社(3)peerlessadj.出类拔萃的，无可匹敌的philosophicaladj.oforrelatingtophilosophyorphilosophers哲学的precedentn.anexamplethatisusedtojustifysimilaroccurrencesatalatertime先例statesmann.政治家suspiciousadj.openlydistrustful可疑的，怀疑的valiantadj.勇敢的，英勇的跟据声音提示，点击继续下一页…HomepageTextABCTextATextAExerciseTextBTextBExerciseTextCTextCExerciseFurtherStudyshortcutTextATheEnglishCharacterPartTwoNewWords,PhrasesandExpressions(4)中国人民大学出版社(4)beinclinedto倾向于believein信任dependupon依靠，依赖inregardto关于inthecaseof至于……，就……来说，对……而言onone’sguard警戒，提防HomepageTextABCTextATextAExerciseTextBTextBExerciseTextCTextCExerciseFurtherStudyshortcutTextATheEnglishCharacterPart