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1、TheCollectionoftheImportantTerms(1-34)1.Commonwealth:ItisafreeassociationofindependentcountriesthatwereoncecoloniesofBritain.Ithasnospecialpowers.Andthenationsareunitedbecauseofeconomicreasons.UndertheCommonwealth,thenationsdevelop.2.TheChunnel:In1985theBritishgovernmentandFrench
2、governmentdecidedtobuildachanneltunnel,whichiscalled“Chunnel”,undertheStraitsofDoversothatEnglandandFrancecouldbejoinedtogetherbyroad.TheChunnelwasopentotrafficinMay1994.3.Cockney:ItreferstothepersonfromtheEastofLondon.HeisaLondonerwhoisbornwithinthesoundofBowBell.Hehasaspecialac
3、centinhisspeech.4.Eisteddfod:EisteddfodistheWelshwordfor“sitting”NationalEidteddfodisthemostfamousfestivalofmusicandverseinWales.IttakesplaceeachAugustandlastsforaboutaweek.ThehighlightofthefestivaliscompetitionforthebestepicpoemaboutWaleswrittenandreadinWelsh.ThewinneriscrownedB
4、oard,consideredthesupremehonourinWales.InthiswaytheWelshpeoplekeeptheWelshlanguageandculturealive.5.Stonehenge:ItisagroupofhugemonumentsofgrantrockSlabsonsalisburyplaininSouthwestEnglandbuiltaslongagoastheNewStoneAge.Itisgenerallybelievedthatstonehengeservedsomesortofreligiouspur
5、poses.6.BeakerFolk:theywerethepeoplecametoBritainfromcentralEuropeatabout2000BC.Theyweresocalledbecausetheywerefondofdrinkingandburiedthemselvesinthebell-shapedbeercontainer.Theydevelopedtheirownfarmingsociety.7.TheCelts:TheCeltscametoBritaininthreemainwaves.ThefirstwaveweretheGa
6、les,thesecondwaveweretheBrythonsandtheBelgaecameabout150BC.TheCeltswerepractisedfarmers.TheCeltictribesareancestorsoftheHighlandScots,theIrishandtheWelsh,AndtheirlanguagesarethebasisofbothWelshandGaelic.TheyreligionwasDruidism.8.St.Augustine:In597,PopeGregoryIsentSt.Augustine,the
7、PriorofSt.Andrew’sMonasteryinRome,toEnglandtoconverttheheathenEnglishtoChristianity.Thatyear,St.AugustinebecamethefirstArchbishopofCanterbury.Augustinewasremarkablysuccessfulinconvertingthekingandthenobility,buttheconversionofthecommonpeoplewaslargelyduetothemissionaryactivitieso
8、fthemonksinthenorth.9.AlfredtheGreat:Hew
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