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1、上海外国语大学毕业论文英国人的民族性格与饮食的关系毕业论文ChapterOneNobilityandPragmatisminBritishNationalCharacterTherearetwothingswhichdifferremarkablyintheEnglishnotionalcharacter:nobilityandpragmatism.Thejuxtapositionofthetwofeaturesisratherrareinothercountriesaswellastheirnationalcharact
2、ers.TheyarethemostimportanttwofeatureswhichdistinguishtheEnglishnationoutofothers.1.1TheSourceofNobilityinBritishhistoryNobility,partoftheEnglishnationalcharacter,isgenerallyrecognized.Thereasonfortheformationoftheunrivallednobilitydatesbacktotheperiodonethousandy
3、earsagowhenEnglandwasinvadedbyFrance.TheFrencharistocratsdisdainedthepopulaceofEngland.TheywereunwillingtoliveliketheseEnglishcommonpeople.Thoughtheirownspeciallifestyleandexperience,theFrencharistocratsdisplayedtheirnobility.FortheancientEnglishmen,thegracefullif
4、estyleoftheFrencharistocratswastheaspirationfortheentireAnglo-Saxonnation.ThisistherootoftheEnglishmen’slongingforgracefullife.Inthefollowingyears,thispeculiaraspirationoftheEnglishpeoplehasgraduallyturnedintoanationalhabit.ThemonarchyexistedinEnglandmorethanoneth
5、ousandyears.Theupperclassalwayshasgreatinfluenceontheaveragepeople.Forexample,KnifeandforkplacementaregreatimportancetothetraditionalBritishtablemannerswhounderstandthesemayberegardedasthedetailsofmanyeducatedpeoplehereandbrieflyexplaintheneedfortherestoftheBritis
6、hinthepractice.Dinnerforeightshaped,half-wayifthetemporarydiningrestforashort上海外国语大学毕业论文knifeandforkpointscanputaplateandforkbladetiprelativeto"A"shapeor"eight"-shaped,knifetowardhimself,thatstillcontinuetoeat.Ifyouaretalking,youcanholdknifeandfork,noneedtogo,butn
7、eedtomakegestures,itshouldbeputdownknifeandfork,donotbearmedwithknifeandfork,wavingintheairshaking.TheEnglishsocietypursuesthenoblelifeoftheupperclasswiththegreatestenthusiasmoftheworld.TheEnglishpeopleregarditassomekindoffashion.Thoughthepursuitofaristocratic,the
8、yhavealreadybroughtthequalityofdignityintothestandardtojudgewhetheramaniswelleducated.Aftermorethanonthousandyears’accumulation,thequalityofnobilityhasb
