British social and cultural life 英国社会文化生活.ppt

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1、SocialandCulturalLifeWhatarethecharacteristicsofBritishHumor?SarcasmSelf-deprecationNotabooRespectHistoryAttitude无禁忌讽刺自嘲HowcanyoudistinguishaBritishpeople’sclassstatus?TheUpperClassTheMiddleClassTheLowerorWorkingClassTheUnderClassTheUpperClassPeerages（贵族）;Ge

2、ntries（绅士）;Hereditarylandowners（世袭地主）TheUnderClassTheMiddleClassTheLowerMiddleClassTheMiddleMiddleClassTheUpperMiddleClassThelong-termunemployed;Elderlypensioners;Economicimmigrants;ThosedependentonbenefitsEmploymentHowmanyperiodscanthedevelopmentoftheEnglish

3、languagebedividedintoandwhatarethey?OldEnglishMiddleEnglishModernEnglishOldEnglishisanearlyformofEnglishlanguagethatwasspokenandwrittenbytheAnglo-Saxonsandtheirdescendantsbetweenatleastthemid-5thcenturyandthemid-12thcentury.MiddleEnglishbeganwiththeNormanConq

4、uestin1066.FrenchreplacedEnglishastheofficiallanguageandwasspokenbyupperclass,whileEnglishbecamethelanguageoflowerclass.ModernEnglishstartedfromtheendof15thcentury.Fromthenon,Englishlanguagebecamestandardizedingrammar,spelling,andpronunciation.Whatarethetradi

5、tionsofEaster?OriginDateActivitiesEasteristocommemoratetheresurrection（耶稣复活）ofJesusChristthreedaysafterhisCrucifixion（被钉死在十字架上）.Easterisbasedonlunarcalendarratherthanthesolarone.ItalwaysfallsonthefirstSundayfollowingthefullmoonafterMarch21th,thespringequinox（

6、春分）.WhatarethetraditionsofEaster?ActivitiesSunriseService（日出祭拜）EasterVigil（守夜礼）EasterEucharist（圣督礼）WhatarethetraditionsofEaster?TheEasterGiftEasterEggsWhatarethetwotypesofBritishnewspapers?“Quality”Serious-minded“Tabloids”MorepopulistQuality papers are direct

7、ed at readers who want fullinformationon a wide range of publicmatters.The“tabloids”（通俗小报）presentedmoreconciselyappealtopeoplewantingnewsofamoreentertainingcharacter.SportsmanshipSportsmanshipistheabilitytopracticeasportinobedience（遵守）toitsrules,aswellasshowi

8、nggenerositytoone’sopponentandgoodtemperindefeat.ItisahighlyvaluedqualityintheUKandisembodiedinaspectsoftheBritishcultureandsociety.TheEnd!