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英语国家社会与文化入门
英语国家社会与文化入门（上）
Unit 1 A Brief Introduction to the United Kingdom I
The full name of the country of UK is the Untied Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
UK includes 4 parts: the island of Great Britain is made up of England, Scotland and Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Different people who belong to different class will tend to read different newspaper, watch different television programmes, speak with a different accent, do different things in their free-time, and have different expectations for their children.
Before the 1st century AD Britain was made up of many tribal kingdoms of Celtic people.
In 43 AD Britain was invaded by the Roman Empire and England and Wales became a part of the Roman Empire for nearly 400 years.
After Roman time, Britain was under threat from outside, this time from Germanic peoples: the Angles, and the Saxon.
In the 5th century AD it is said that a great leader appeared, united the British, and with his magical sword, Excalibur, drove the Saxons back. This is the story of King Arthur.
According to legend Arthur gathered a company of knights to him and conflict between his knights led to Arthur creating the famous “round table” at which all would have equal precedence.
Anglo-Saxon invaders were the forefathers of the English, the founders of “Angle-land” or “England” as it has become know.
From the late 8th century on raiders from Scandinavia, the ferocious Vikings, threatened Britain’s shores.
The next invaders were the Normans, from northern France, who were descendants of Vikings.
Under William of Normandy they crossed the English Channel in 1066.
William took the English throne, and became William the First of England.
Robin Hood was a Saxon nobleman oppressed by the Normans, who became an outlaw, and with his band of “merry men” hid in the forest of Sherwood in the north midlands of England and they went out to rob from the rich to give to the
英语国家社会与文化入门
英语国家社会与文化入门（上）
Unit 1 A Brief Introduction to the United Kingdom I
The full name of the country of UK is the Untied Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
UK includes 4 parts: the island of Great Britain is made up of England, Scotland and Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Different people who belong to different class will tend to read different newspaper, watch different television programmes, speak with a different accent, do different things in their free-time, and have different expectations for their children.
Before the 1st century AD Britain was made up of many tribal kingdoms of Celtic people.
In 43 AD Britain was invaded by the Roman Empire and England and Wales became a part of the Roman Empire for nearly 400 years.
After Roman time, Britain was under threat from outside, this time from Germanic peoples: the Angles, and the Saxon.
In the 5th century AD it is said that a great leader appeared, united the British, and with his magical sword, Excalibur, drove the Saxons back. This is the story of King Arthur.
According to legend Arthur gathered a company of knights to him and conflict between his knights led to Arthur creating the famous “round table” at which all would have equal precedence.
Anglo-Saxon invaders were the forefathers of the English, the founders of “Angle-land” or “England” as it has become know.
From the late 8th century on raiders from Scandinavia, the ferocious Vikings, threatened Britain’s shores.
The next invaders were the Normans, from northern France, who were descendants of Vikings.
Under William of Normandy they crossed the English Channel in 1066.
William took the English throne, and became William the First of England.
Robin Hood was a Saxon nobleman oppressed by the Normans, who became an outlaw, and with his band of “merry men” hid in the forest of Sherwood in the north midlands of England and they went out to rob from the rich to give to the
英语国家社会与文化入门
