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1、Othercountries, otherculturesWelcometotheunitLeaningTowerOfPisaPyramidItalyEgyptkimono—tulip—HollandJapanStatueofLiberty—Venus—GreeceAmericaShakespeare—YasserArafat—theUKPalestinemapleleavesKangarooAustraliaCanadaraki—Football—FranceBrazilTalkaboutthepicturesWhatisthe
2、maninthepicture?Themanisabeefeater,ortheYeomenWarderofHerMajesty’sRoyalPalaceandFortresstheTowerofLondon.Whatdobeefeatersdo?Inthepast,thebeefeaterslookedaftertheprisonersintheLondonTowerandguardedtheBritishcrownjewels.Now,theynolongersafeguardtheQueen’sjewels.Instead,
3、theyareceremonialguardianswhoalsoactastourguides.Tomostofthetourists,theyaretouristattractionsintheirownright.Whatdoyouknowaboutbeefeaters?Itissaidthattheword‘beefeater’camefromFrench‘buffetier’,whichreferstotheguardprotectingtheking’sfoodintheplaceofFrenchkings.Whydo
4、youthinkabeefeaterrepresentstheUK?Beefeatershavealonghistory.In1485,KingHenryVIIsetupthefirstbeefeatersashisbodyguards.Beefeatersarealsofamousfortheiruniforms.Oneistheredandgoldceremonialuniform,whichdatesbackto1552andcanstillbeseenonimportantoccasions.Theotheroneisth
5、ebluedressuniform,whichismorecommonlyworn.Thisuniformdatesbackto1858.WhatotherthingscanyouthinkoftorepresenttheUK?BigBen,Stonehenge,SherlockHolmes,etc.Whoarethepeopleinthepicture?TheyareMounties,ortheRoyalCanadianMountedpolice.TheyarealsoknownastheRCMP.Whatdoyouknowab
6、outthem?TheRCMPwasoriginallycalledNorth-WestMountedPolice,whichwasformedin1873.In1920,itwasrenamedtheRoyalCanadianMountedasameansoftransportbythepoliceinCanada.Now,variousmodernfacilitiesareusedinstead.Theofficialmottooftheforceis‘Upholdtheright’.WhydoyouthinktheMount
7、iesrepresentCanada?TheMountieisoneofthemostrecognizableCanadiansymbolsasitwasalwaysfeaturedinHollywoodmovies,especiallybetweenthe1920sandthe1940s.WhatotherthingscanyouthinkoftorepresentCanada?Mapletrees,NiagaraFalls,theCNTower,etc.Whatdoesthisoperahouselooklike?Itlook
8、sagroupofseashells.Whereisit?Whichcountrydoesitstandfor?ItisinSydney.ItstandsforAustralia.Whatcanyouseeinthepicture?Anoperah
