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1、英语国家概况三.简答题1.StandardEnglishStandardEnglishisbasedonthespeechoftheupperclassofsoutheasternEngland,adoptedasabroadcastingstandardintheBritishmedia.Itisusedasmuchinprintedmaterials,andisnormallytaughtinschoolsandtonon-nativespeakerslearningthelanguage.ItisalsocalledQueen’sEnglishorBBC
2、English.IthasdevelopedandhasbeenpromotedasamodelforthecorrectBritishEnglish.StandardEnglishalsoreferstothenormcarriedoverseasfornon-nativespeakerslearningEnglish.2.ConstitutionalmonarchyTheBritishmonarchyisknownasconstitutionalmonarchy.Itmeansthemonarchy'spowersarelimitedbylawandPar
3、.Themonarchyactuallyhasnorealpower.ConstitutionalmonarchybeganaftertheGloriousRevolutionin1688.3.HouseofcommonsInBritaintheupperChamberistheHouseofLords,andthelowerthehouseofCommons.TheHouseofCommonsiselectedbyuniversaladultsuffrageandconsistsof651MembersofParliament(MPs).ItisintheH
4、ouseofCommonsthattheultimateauthority.Ithasthreefunctions:todraftlaws,toscrutinize,criticizeandrestraintheactivitiesofthegovernment,andtoinfluencefuturegovernmentpolicy.4.CommonwealthofnationsTheCommonwealthofNationsisavoluntaryassociationofindependentsovereignstates,allofwhichackno
5、wledgetheBritishmonarchasthehead.Thecommonwealthisnotapoliticalunionofanysort,anditsmemberstateshavefullautonomytomanagetheirinternalandexternalaffairs.Itisprimarilyanorganizationinwhichcountrieswithdiverseeconomicbackgroundshaveanopportunityforcloseandequalinteractionaftergainingin
6、dependence.ThemajoractivitiesofCommonwealtharedesignedtoadvocatedemocracy,humanrights,andtopromoteeconomiccooperationandgrowthwithinitsmembers.5.IndustrialRevolutioninBritainTheIndustrialRevolutioninBritaintookinBritainforlotsofreasons.Bythemiddleofthe19thcentury,theIndustrialRevolu
7、tionwasaccomplishedinBritain.ItchangedBritaininmanyways.Britainbecamethemostadvancedindustrialcountryandalsothefinancialcenterintheworld.Thecountryalsounderwentaprocessofmassurbanization.Manynewcitiessprangup.TheIndustrialRevolutionalsocreatedchangesintheclassstructure.Thecapitalist
8、classreplacedtheold
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