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1、ABriefIntroductiontotheU.K.1.Thecourse-teachingplan.16weeksinthisterm.ThisfirstbookaccountsaperiodfromAnglo-Saxonperiodtothe18thcentury.Thisperiodofhistorycanbedividedintosixparts:theAnglo-Saxonperiod,theAnglo-Normanperiod,GeoffreyChaucer,theRenaissance,the17thcentury,the18thcentury.Thesesixpartsw
2、illbethecontentofthiscoursefortheterm.2.Whatisliterature?Literatureisamirrorholdingtolife.Withitpeoplemaystudyandinvestigatevoluminoushistoryintheirleisuretime,observingmutationofhumansoul,bathingthebanalmindinthehalooftruth,kindnessandbeautytomakeitnoble.3.AbriefintroductiontotheU.K.TheUnitedKing
3、domofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland,constitutionalmonarchyontheBritishIsles,offtheWestEuropeancontinent.(pop.60,600,000),(244,044sqkm).ItcomprisesEngland,Wales,andScotlandontheIslandofGreatBritain,andNorthernIrelandontheIslandofIreland.ThecapitalisLondon.GreatBritainisoneoftheworld’sleadingindustr
4、ialnations.However,itlacksmostoftherawmaterialsneededforindustryandmustalsoimportabouthalfofitsfood9supplies.Thusitsprosperityisheavilydependentontheexportofthemanufacturedgoodsinexchangeforrawmaterialsandfoodstuffs,anditisthethirdmostactivetradingnationintheworld.Manufacturingisthelargestsectorof
5、theeconomyandemploysmorethanonethirdofthetotalworkforce.Majorindustriesincludefoodprocessing,ironandsteel,engineering,motorvehicles,chemicals,textiles,andaircraft.ProductionofoilfromNorthSeawellsbeganin1975,andby1979thecountrywasself-sufficientinpetroleum.Coalisalsominedinlargequantities.Abouthalf
6、thelandisdevotedtoagriculture,withdairyproductsandbeefcattlethechiefcommodities.Largenumbersofsheepareraisedformeatandwool.Thecoal,gas,electricity,railroad,shipbuilding,nuclearenergy,andinpart,aerospaceindustriesarepubliclyowned.GreatBritainisthefourthmostdenselypopulatednationinEurope,andthegreat
7、estpopulationconcentrationisinEngland.Englishistheuniversallanguage,butWelshiswidelyspokeninWalesandsomeGaelicinScotland.TheChurchofEnglandistheestablishedchurchinEngland,AnglicanChurch;ThePresbyterianchurchisleg
