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1、BritanniaRuestheWavesAndrewNeilBorn(1949-05-21)21May1949(age63)BorninPaisley,Renfrewshire,Scotland,UnitedKingdomBBCjournalist,authorandtelevisionpresenterAndrewNeil：TheTitle"BritanniaRuestheWaves":thisisaparody(仿拟)ofBritain'sproudboast,"BritanniaRulestheWaves".“Rule,Bri
2、tannia”:ItisafamousnavalsongmuchsungandplayedintheBritishNavyAbouttheTitle:“Rule,Britannia”ItisgenerallyrecognizedtodayastheofficialmarchoftheRoyalNavy.ItwaswrittenbyJamesThomsonandsettomusicbyDr.ThomasArne.“Rule,Britannia”WhenBritainfirst,atHeav'n'scommand,Arosefromout
3、theazuremain,Thiswasthecharteroftheland,Andguardianangelssangthisstrain:Rule,Britannia!Britannia,rulethewaves!Britonsnevernevernevershallbeslaves.BackgroundinformationofthetextHowBritaingainednavalsupremacyTheDecliningofnavyindustryafterWWIIofBritainHowBritaingainednava
4、lsupremacy1.inmediaevaltimes,thetradeoftheworldandthecenterofmaritimepowerlayinthemediterraneanseaHowBritaingainednavalsupremacyHowBritaingainednavalsupremacy4.HenryVII(1485-1509)laidthefoundationoftheBritishmerchantnavy.5.HenryVIII(1491-1547)foundedtheBritishroyalnavy.
5、6.In1588,ElizabethI(1558-1603)defeatedtheSpanishArmada,afleetof130greatships.ThisvictoryestablishedEnglandasamajorseapower.HowBritaingainednavalsupremacyHowBritaingainednavalsupremacy7.ThebattleofTrafalgar(October21,1805):betweentheBritishfleetandthecombinedFrenchandSpa
6、nishfleet.AsmiralNelsonThevictoryestablishedBritain’snavalsupremacy.TheDecliningofNavyindustryafterWWIIofBritainTheNorthSeaOilTheIronCurtainTwoMainChallengestoBritain’sNavy●●●TheNorthSeaOilOilproducedfromtheBritishsectorofthecontinentalshelfundertheNorthSea.IronCurtain(
7、铁幕):referstothepolitical,military,andideologicalbarriererectedbytheSovietUnionafterWorldWarⅡIronCurtainItwasfirstusedbyChurchillinhisspeechatFulton,Missouri,5march1946:"fromstettingintheBaltictoTriesteintheAdriaticanironcurtainhasdescendedacrossthecontinent"TwoMainChall
8、engestoBritain’sNavyFirst:FromtheRussiansandthecountriesinEasternEuropeunderSovietinfluences.somefacts&figures
