英美概况知识点.docx

英美概况知识点

第一篇：英美概况知识点英国部分知识点Unit1ThefullnameofUKFourpartsofUKanditscapitalcitiesrespectivelyHistory---nativeCeltsinvasionfromRomanEmpire---43A.D.SettlementofAnglo-Saxons---410.NormanConquer----WilliamtheConqueror---1066BattlebetweenParliamentandKing---OliverCromwellWilliamandMary---theGloriousRevolution---1688IndependenceofScotlandfor300yearsanditsunionwithEnglandin1707Wales---independencetendencyUnit2IRATheEasterRisingof1916TheSinnFeinPartyTheGoodFridadyAgreementin1998Unit3TheMonarchy----theroleofqueenTheParliament---theBillofRightsin1689ThePrimeMinister/theCabinetTheConsitution---nowrittenconsitutionParliament---theroleofParliamentTheHouseofLordsTheHouseofCommons----centralrole---651MPsUnit4GeneralElections---whocanvoteandwhocannotvoteyearstermTheLabourPartyTheConservativePartyClass—middleclass/workingclassRace---multiracialUnit5RelativedeclineThreeindustries---NorthSea---oilandgasLondonStockExchangeTheCityFrankWhittle---jetenginein1937Rolls-RoyceUnit6BeowulfTheCanterburyTalesThelegendsofKingArthurWilliamShakespeare---comediesandtragedies17thcentury----FrancisBacon,JohnMilton18thcentury----JonathanSwift,RobertBurns,DanielDefoe19thcentury----Romanticism----poem---Wordsworth,Byron,Keats,ShelleyNovel----JaneAusten,theBronteSisters,CharlesDickens,ThomasHardy20thcentury---Modernism---JosephConrad,VirginiaWoolf,D.H.Lawrence,E.M.Forster,GeorgeOrwellUnit75---16compulsoryeducationPublicschool---Eton,WinchesterComprehensiveschoolA-levelexamsfamousuniversitiesofUKtheOpenUniversityUnit8PermanentmemberofUNSecurityCouncilEUNATOFCO(ForeignandCommonwealthOffice)---foreignpolicymakingUnit9Newspapers---TheTimes---oldestdailynewspaperTheObserver---odestnationalnewspaperThequaltiypapers/tabloidsFleetStreet/StreetofShameMedia----BBC(licencefees)/ITVUnit10SportsFootball---FA—footballhooligansTennis---Wimbeldon---inventedinBritainCricket---firstsportswithorganisedrules/samerulesnationally---fairplayGofl---inventedbyScottishHorseRacing---flatracing/steeplechasingTheRoyalAscotFoxhuntingHol