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1、ABriefIntroductionandRequirementstoTheCourseSept.2012&InstructionalObjectivesofthecourse:oToaidEnglishmajorsbuildupacomprehensiveframeworkofthesocietyandthecultureofthesetwocountries,thatis,theUnitedKingdomandtheUnitedStates,inclusiveofthebasicknowledgeinthefieldsofgeogr
2、aphy,history,politics,economy,socialandculturallife,etc.FRequirementsforthecourse:beforeclass--previewtherelatedunits;duringtheclass–takepartinthediscussion;takenotesifnecessary;afterclass--finishtheexercises;reviewwhat’slearned.FYourfinalscore:classpresentation+classper
3、formance=40%finalexamination=60%TeachingContentoAbriefintroductionandrequirementstothecourseoAbriefintroductiontotheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandoTheGovernmentoftheUnitedKingdomoPolitics,ClassandRaceoTheUKEconomyoBritishEducationSystemoSports,HolidaysandF
4、estivalsinBritainoABriefintroductiontotheUnitedStatesofAmericaoAmericanBeginningsandHistoryoThePoliticalSystemintheUnitedStatesoAmericanEconomyoEducationintheUnitedStatesoSocialMovementsofthe1960soTechnologyinAmericaoPost-WWIIAmericanForeignPolicyoSportsandScenicSpotsinA
5、mericaUnit1-2ABriefIntroductiontotheUnitedKingdomABriefIntroduction•Acomplicatedcountrywithacomplicatedname•Geography•NationalFlag•TheOfficialCoatofArms•History•fourpartswithintheonenation-stateAcomplicatedcountrywithacomplicatedname•England•Britain/GreatBritain•theBriti
6、shIsles•theUK/theUnitedKingdom•theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandABriefIntroductionofGeography•ThetotalareaofGreatBritainis244,820squarekilometres.•ThecapitalofLondonisoneofthethreemajorinternationalfinancecenters(HongKong&NewYork).•Themainareasofhighlandar
7、einScotland,WalesandCumbria.InthecentreofEnglandisarangeofhillscalledthePennines,whicharealsoknownasthe'backboneofEngland'.ThehighestmountainsareinScotlandandWales:BenNevisis4,406feet(1,343m.)andSnowdonis3,560feet(1,085m.).•ThelongestriveristheSevern(220miles,354km.)andt
8、hesecondoneofmuchmoreimportanceistheRiverThames(215miles,346km).TheTowerBridgespanstheThamesRiverfromth
