英美概况课件.ppt

AnIntroductiontoBritainandAmerica------Kelly

Thenecessityofleaningthiscourse1Howtolearnthecoursemoreefficiently?2CourseArrangement3

1.ThenecessityofleaningthiscourseTherequirementofyourmajorTEM-82.Howtolearnthecoursemoreefficiently?Pre-readingworkIn-classworkAfter-classworkMassReadingExercise

VolumeOne:TheUnitedKingdomChapteronethree:Landandpeople(4weeks)Chaptertwo:Englishhistory(3weeks)chapterfour:Familyandlife,media(1week)

BooksforReferences丁国声.致用英语-英语国家概况[M].外语教学与研究出版社,2008.来安方.英美文化与国家概况[M].复旦大学出版社,2008.王恩铭.英语国家概况[M].上海外语教育出版社,2008.谢福之.英语国家概况[M].外语教学与研究出版社,2007.

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WhenwementiontheUK,Whatimpressesyoumost?

ChapterOneLandandPeople

Sectionone

TheBritishIslesandGreatBritainFocusquestions:WhatisthefullnameoftheBritishstate?WhatarethedifferencesbetweenBritainandtheBritishIsles,GreatBritain,England,theUnitedKingdom?DescribethegeographicalpositionofBritain.DoesBritainhaveafavorableclimate?Why?WhatarethefactorswhichinfluencetheclimateinBritain?WhichpartofBritainhasmostrainfallandwhichpartisthedriest?

DifferentNamesforBritainWhyisEnglandortheUKsometimescalledBritain??WhenpeoplesayEngland,theysometimesmeanGreatBritain,sometimestheUnitedKingdom,sometimestheBritishIsles-butneverEngland.

Englandissometimes,wrongly,usedinreferencetothewholeUnitedKingdom,theentireislandofGreatBritain(orsimplyBritain),orindeedtheBritishIsles.ThisisnotonlyincorrectbutcancauseoffencetopeoplefromotherpartsoftheUK.Dept.ofForeignStudies

WhatistheBritishIsles?TheBritishIslesisageographicaltermwhichincludesGreatBritain,thewholeofIreland,andallthehundredsofsmallones,mostnotablytheIsleofM