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1、Whatisculture?ThewordculturecomesfromtheLatin拉丁文rootcolere(toinhabit,tocultivate,ortohonour).Ingeneral,itreferstohumanactivity;differentdefinitionsofculturereflectdifferenttheoriesforunderstanding,orcriteriaforvaluing,humanactivity.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cu
2、ltureCultureisthewholecomplexofdistinctivespiritual,material,intellectualandemotionalfeaturesthatcharacterizesasocietyoragroup.Itincludescreativeexpressions,communitypracticesandmaterialorbuiltforms.OurCreativeDiversity:TheUNWorldCommissiononCultureandDeve
3、lopmentReportQuotesaboutculture"Noculturecanliveifitattemptstobeexclusive….Cultureofthemindmustbesubservienttotheheart"(Gandhi)"Cultureistheprocessbywhichapersonbecomesallthattheywerecreatedcapableofbeing"(ThomasCarlyle)"Thosewhoknownothingofforeignlanguag
4、esknownothingoftheirown"(Goethe)甘地歌德托马斯·卡利Britain'speopleandcultureBecausetheBritishIslesareisolatedfromthemainlandofEurope,andwerealmostentirelycoveredbyiceasrecentlyas20,000yearsago,theancestorsoftheearlypeoplewereallmigrantstotheislandsfromEurope.Laterm
5、igrationswerealsofromEurope.ThismeansthatBritishculturecomesfromEuropeanculture.CultureandlanguageTheChristianreligionisattheheartofEuropeanculture.Formorethan1000years,Europeanscalledtheirland'Christendom'.Althoughreligiousbeliefhasdeclinedinthelast300yea
6、rs,itisstillveryinfluential.ItwasexportedtoNorthandSouthAmericaafter1492andisnowjustasimportantthere.ItalsohadaneffectonthelanguagewenowcallEnglish.Festivals（Introductions）BankHolidaysFestivalsinUKareeitherreligious,e.g.ChristmasandEaster,orrelatedtosocial
7、activities.Traditionalfestivalsareoften'BankHolidays'.Thisisbecauseinthe19thCentury,Parliamentpassedalawtomakenation-wideholidaysbyorderingthebankstoclose.BankHolidaysarealwaysonMondays.BritainhasfewerholidaysthanotherEuropeancountries-aweekbelowtheaverage
8、.NationalDay?BritaindoesnothaveaNationalDay!Plansforoneweresuggestedin2006byGordonBrowntoencouragethecelebrationof"Britishness",butthegovernmentdidnotapproveit.Therearefour'nationaldays'intheUKbuttheyarenotpu
