Culture Lecture 1UK

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1、WhoaretheBritish?TheUnionJackTheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainTheQueenofEnglandTheDoubleDeckerMorrisDancingPubsTheBritishDiet?TelevisionandNewspaperFavourites43.5m.viewersperweekReadership9m.21%StrictlyComeDancing51.8millionViewersperweekAccentBagpipesClansEdinburghFootballHaggisHeather

2、HighlandGames&DancingKiltsWhatimagesdoes’Scotland’conjureup?MidgesSeanConneryTartanWhiskyWilliamWallacehttp://www.ezilon.com/eu_countries_europe.jpgButwhatdoesitmeantobeScottish?Duality–ScottishandBritish,butnotEnglish!Ireland(StPatrick)Scotland(StAndrew)England(StGeorge)UnionJackAspe

3、ctsaccountingfortheScottishNationalIdentityHistorical–prideinthecountryduetothehistory:InvadedbyRomans,English,Vikings,etc(ca50AD–1500s)FightagainstUnionwithEngland(1500s-1707)UnionoftheCrowns1603andActofUnion1707–astrongcivilsocietysustainedavirtuallyautonomousScotland:Educationsyste

4、mLegalsystemLocalgovernmentBankingTheachievementsofScotsegJohnLoudenMcAdam(1756-1836)-roadbuilder/roadmanagementprincipleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ScotlandPolitical–ScottishindependencemovementMargaretThatchererareversedHeath'ssupportfordevolvedgovernmentforScotlandThatcher'snewsy

5、stemtoreplacelocalgovernmentrateswasintroducedinScotlandin1989andinEnglandandWalesin1990.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_ThatchertheSNPdevolution-theScotlandAct1998-electionstofirstScottishParliamentforalmost300yearsheldMay1999,anditmetfirsttimeJuly1999Cultural–tartan&kiltsliter

6、ature(egSirWalterScott)LochNessMonstercastlesmusicpoetry(egRobertBurns)sportmedia(egBBCScotland)Nationalsymbols–flagstartanthistleLanguage–(Scottish)English,Scots,GaelicScottishEnglishOutwith=outsideofpinkie=littlefingerIt'syourshot.="It'syourturn."CanIcometoo?="MayIcometoo?"Haveyougo

7、tany?="Doyouhaveany?"Yeraffyerheid=?http://www.pennyhapenny.com/catalog/images/1000000321.jpgScotshttp://www.scots-online.org/grammar/picturs/germanic.gifhttp://www.graphxpress.com/thumb/merchandise/shirt/Scots.gifhttp://www.ihscelti.com/The%20Celtic%20Connection/CC%20Images/Book%20Ge

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