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1、英语国家概况名词解释系列(1)AmerigoVespucci----AmerigoVespucci,anavigator,provedthatthelandwasnotIndia,butanewcontinent.Therefore,thelandwasnamedAmericaafter.ThePuritans----ThePuritanswerewealthy,well-educatedgentlemen.TheywantedtopurifytheChurchofEnglandandthreatenedwithreligiouspersecution,thePu
2、ritansleaderssawtheNewworldasthearefugeprovidedbyGodforthoseHemeanttosave.英语国家概况名词解释系列(2)TheBillofRights----In1789,JamesMadisonintroducedintheHouseofRepresentativesaseriesofamendmentswhichlaterweredraftedintotwelveproposedamendmentsandsenttothestatesforratification.Tenofthemwereratifi
3、edin1791andthefirsttenamendmentstotheconstitutionwerecalledtheBillsofRightsbecausetheyweretoinsureindividualliberties.TheEmancipationProclamation----AftertheCivilwarbegan,LincolnissuedtheEmancipationProclamationtowinmoresupportathomeandabroad.Itgrantedfreedomtoallslavesinareasstillcon
4、trolledbytheConfederacy.英语国家概况名词解释系列(3)PilgrimsThanksgivingDay----ThePilgrimsin1620,201ofthemsailedtotheNewWorldinashipcalledMayflower.Thefirstwinteraftertheirarrivalwasverycoldandwhenspringcame,halfofthemweredead.ThentheIndianscametotheirhelpandtaughtthemhowtogrowcorn.Theyhadagoodhar
5、vestthatyear.SotheyinvitedtheIndiansandheldthefirstThanksgivingcelebrationinAmericatogivethankstoGod.TheChunnel----In1985theBritishgovernmentandFrenchgovernmentdecidedtobuildachanneltunnel,whichiscalled“Chunnel”,undertheStraitsofDoversothatEnglandandFrancecouldbejoinedtogetherbyroad.T
6、heChunnelwasopentotrafficinMay1994.英语国家概况名词解释系列(4)Eisteddfod----EisteddfodistheWelshwordfor“sitting”NationalEidteddfodisthemostfamousfestivalofmusicandverseinWales.IttakesplaceeachAugustandlastsforaboutaweek.ThehighlightofthefestivaliscompetitionforthebestepicpoemaboutWaleswrittenandr
7、eadinWelsh.ThewinneriscrownedBoard,consideredthesupremehonourinWales.InthiswaytheWelshpeoplekeeptheWelshlanguageandculturealive.Cockney----AcockneyisaLondonerwhoisbornwithinthesoundofBowBells-theBellsofthechurchofSt.Mary-LeBowineastLondon.英语国家概况名词解释系列(5)Stonehenge----Itisagroupofhugem
8、onume
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