UnitOneIntroduction&Unit1TheSocietyandCultureofMajorEnglish-SpeakingCountries课程名称:英语国家社会与文化本课内容:TheSocietyandCultureofMajorEnglish-SpeakingCountries授课时间:90分钟教学目的:通过本节课的教学,使学生了解英语国家社会与文化课程的主要内容与要求,了解文化的概念;同时对英国有一个总体上的了解。教学意义:帮助学生了解主要英语国家的社会与文化概貌,如地理、历史、政治、经济、社会生活和文化传统等方面的基本知识。教学重点:文化的概念;英国基本情况。教学难点:英国概况教学方式:以电子课件为主,辅以少量板书的课堂讲授。教学内容:(详见下页)1.什么是文化?2.英国国土与人民英国的不同名称及其区域3.伦敦概况教学方法:采取教师教授为主,结合学生课堂讨论。时间分配:Whatisculture?(10分钟.);What’stherelationbetweenCultureandsociety?(10分钟);Whyshouldwelearnculture(10分钟);UK-acomplicatedcountrywithacomplicatedname(40分钟)ABriefIdeaaboutLondon.(20分钟)课堂板书:1.Culture-thefoundationofcommunication2.ThefourpartsofUK3.MaincitiesofEnglandLondonBirmingham-secondlargestcityofEngland.Liverpool-secondlargestportofEnglandManchester-industrialandcommercialcentre.课后作业:ExercisesinUnit12UnitOnePartOne1.Whatisculture?Culture-thefoundationofcommunicationCultureisveryabstractandcomplicated.Concretelyspeaking,itreferstoalltheaspectsofsociallife,suchas,thevalues,thepracticesofasocietyandsocialconventions,education,politics,artorliterature,language,ideas,etc.文化即是人们所思,所言(言语和非言语),所为,所觉的总和.文化是无处不在的,具体说来,包括社会生活的一切方面,如:价值观念,生活行为方式,社会规范等,乃至艺术,政治,经济,教育,修养,文学,语言,思想等.2.What’stherelationbetweenCultureandsociety?1)Cultureisaseparateideafromsociety,althoughcultureandsocietyareinterrelatedandcannotexistwithouteachother.2)Cultureisasystemofvalues(orbeliefs)andnorms(orbehaviour).Asocietyisasystemofinterrelationshipswhichconnectorbindindividualstogether.3.Whyshouldwelearnculture?1)Requirementofcommunication2)Languageandcultureareinseparable3)Cultureacquisitionisimportantforthestudyofliterature.PartTwoUK-acomplicatedcountrywithacomplicatednameⅠStatusintheworldEffectsofitsImperialPast--“anempireinwhichthesunneverset”(日不落帝国):1.oneoffivepermanentmembersoftheUNSecurityCouncil,afoundingmemberofNATO,andoftheCommonwealth,2.MemberofEuropeanUnionandtheGroupofseven3.Themake-upoftheBritishpopulation(Immigrationhasproducedapopulationofwhich1in20areofnon-Europeanethnicity.)II.Theeffectsofitsimperialpast*ThedaysofempireendedafterWorldWarII1.Theeffectsweremainlyencounteredinthecloserelationshipswhichexistwiththe50ormorecoloniesofthatempire,andwhichmaintainlinksthroughCommonwealthofNations.ButmoreimportantinternationalrelationisitsmembershipintheEuropeanUnionsince1973.2.ThemakeupoftheBritishpopulation---immigrationfromIndia,Pakistan,orCaribbean(西印度群岛与中南美洲海域)countriesinthe1950sand1960s.1/20arenon-Europeanethnicity.III.ThefeaturesofBritishsociety:1.amultiracialsocietyRacial,gender,class,regionalandeconomicdifferencesinthesocietyamulti-racialsociety:mostareChristiansandbecauseofimmigration,manyareMuslims;genderdifference:maleandfemalelivedifferentlives3classdifference:theclassstructureofUKsocietyisrelativelyobvious(Awhite-collarworker’slivesareverydifferentfromablue-collarworker’s.)economicandregionaldifferencewithineachofthe4countries:--differencebetweenhighlandandlowlandScots--differencebetweennorthandsouthEngland(Southisonaveragemorewealthythanthenorth)2.asocietywithclass-structure3.asocietywithdifferenceofregiondifference:highlandandlowlandScots,northandsouthEngland,thecapitalandprovinces.PartThreeMaincitiesofEngland1.London2.Birmingham-secondlargestcityofEngland.3.Liverpool-secondlargestportofEngland4.Manchester-industrialandcommercialcentre.London--cultural,bussness,andfinancialcentre1.Oneofthemostfamouscitiesoftheworld,LondonisEngland'scapitalandafavouritefortouristsfromallovertheworldwhoflockthereintheirmillions.Ithasahistorystretchingbackalmost2000years,Apopulationof7.5millionpeople,andsomeofthemostfamoustouristattractionsintheworld.2.LondonAttractions:BigBenandtheHousesofParliament.TheTowerofLondon,TowerBridge,StPaul'sCathedraltheRiverThamesCountlessfascinatingmuseums,artgalleriesandfamoustheatres.TheEnglishRoyalFamilyresideinLondonatBuckinghamPalacewhereyoucanseethefamous'ChangingoftheGuard'andmuchmore.3.AsignificantroleofLondonWhenamanistiredofLondon,youaretiredoflifeforthereisinLondonallthatlifecanafford.—SamuelJohnsonLondonisdominantinUKinallsortsofways.1)Itisthelargestcityinthecountrywithaboutoneseventhofthenation’spopulation.2)Itisseatofgovernment.3)Itistheculturalcentre.4)Itisthebusinesscentre.5)Itisthefinancialcentreofthenation.6)LondonisahugeweightinBritain’seconomicandculturallife,andtosomeextenttherestofthecountrylivesinitsshadow.Forreference4英国历代国王与王后HouseNamePeriodSaxonKings(802-1066)撒克逊国王Egbert埃格伯特802-839AlfredtheGreat阿尔弗雷德大帝871-899EdwardtheElder爱德华(长者)899-924Athelstan阿瑟尔斯坦925-939Edgar埃德加959-975EthelredtheUnready艾特尔雷德(无主见者)978-1016Canute(Danish)克努特(丹麦)1016-1035EdwardtheConfessor爱德华(忏悔者)1042-1066HaroldII哈罗德二世1066HouseofNormandy(1066-1154)诺曼王朝WilliamItheConqueror威廉一世(征服者)1066-1087WilliamII威廉二世1087-1100HenryI亨利一世1100-1135Stephen斯蒂芬1135-1154HouseofPlantagenet(1154-1399)金雀花王朝HenryII亨利二世1154-1189RichardI理查德一世(狮心王)1189-1199John约翰(失地王)1199-1216HenryIII亨利三世1216-1272EdwardI爱德华一世1272-1307EdwardII爱德华二世1307-1327EdwardIII爱德华三世1327-1377RichardII理查二世1377-1399HouseofLancaster(1399-1461)兰开斯特王朝HenryIV亨利四世1399-1413HenryV亨利五世1413-1422HenryV