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1、Whatisculture?ThewordculturecomesfromtheLatin拉丁文rootcolere(toinhabit,tocultivate,ortohonour).Ingeneral,itreferstohumanactivity;differentdefinitionsofculturereflectdifferenttheoriesforunderstanding,orcriteriaforvaluing,humanactivity.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CultureCultureisthewholecomp
2、lexofdistinctivespiritual,material,intellectualandemotionalfeaturesthatcharacterizesasocietyoragroup.Itincludescreativeexpressions,communitypracticesandmaterialorbuiltforms.OurCreativeDiversity:TheUNWorldCommissiononCultureandDevelopmentReportQuotesaboutculture"Noculturecanliveifit
3、attemptstobeexclusive….Cultureofthemindmustbesubservienttotheheart"(Gandhi)"Cultureistheprocessbywhichapersonbecomesallthattheywerecreatedcapableofbeing"(ThomasCarlyle)"Thosewhoknownothingofforeignlanguagesknownothingoftheirown"(Goethe)甘地歌德托马斯·卡利Britain'speopleandcultureBecausetheB
4、ritishIslesareisolatedfromthemainlandofEurope,andwerealmostentirelycoveredbyiceasrecentlyas20,000yearsago,theancestorsoftheearlypeoplewereallmigrantstotheislandsfromEurope.LatermigrationswerealsofromEurope.ThismeansthatBritishculturecomesfromEuropeanculture.CultureandlanguageTheChr
5、istianreligionisattheheartofEuropeanculture.Formorethan1000years,Europeanscalledtheirland'Christendom'.Althoughreligiousbeliefhasdeclinedinthelast300years,itisstillveryinfluential.ItwasexportedtoNorthandSouthAmericaafter1492andisnowjustasimportantthere.Italsohadaneffectonthelanguag
6、ewenowcallEnglish.Festivals（Introductions）BankHolidaysFestivalsinUKareeitherreligious,e.g.ChristmasandEaster,orrelatedtosocialactivities.Traditionalfestivalsareoften'BankHolidays'.Thisisbecauseinthe19thCentury,Parliamentpassedalawtomakenation-wideholidaysbyorderingthebankstoclose.B
7、ankHolidaysarealwaysonMondays.BritainhasfewerholidaysthanotherEuropeancountries-aweekbelowtheaverage.NationalDay?BritaindoesnothaveaNationalDay!Plansforoneweresuggestedin2006byGordonBrowntoencouragethecelebrationof"Britishness",butthegovernmentdidnotapproveit.Therearefour'nationald
8、ays'intheUKbuttheyarenotpu
