8. What are the stages specifically?
9. The earliest known settlers on the British Isles were ________.
10. Christianity was first brought to England by ________.
Britain? 4. What’s the climate like in Britain? Why do British
people talk about weather very often? 5. What are the symbols of England? 6. Can you list some landmarks of London? 7. What are the symbols of Scotland?
• 4. Britain has a maritime climate------winters are not too cold and summers are not too hot. It has a steady reliable rainfall throughout the whole year. The temperature varies within a small range. That’s why British people talk about weather a lot
• 5. The royal policeman, Royal Coat of Arms(皇家徽章), Black Taxi, Foot Guard, Life Guard, Double Decker Bus ,Union Flag , Big Ben
• 6. Tower of London, London Eye, the Buckingham Palace, St Paul's Cathedral, Tower Bridge
• 7. Edinburgh, Edinburgh International Arts Festival, Tartan, Whiskey, Bagpipe, golf
1. Tell some symbols of Wales?
2. Tell some symbols of Northern Ireland?
• the British Commonwealth英联邦
3. What are the two large islands that make up the British Isles? The British Isles （ 不 列 颠 群 岛 ） ： are made up of two large islands---Great Britain (the larger one) and Ireland, and hundreds of small ones.
II. Roman Britain 43 AD
III. Anglo Saxon Britain 450
IV. Viking and Danish Britain 793
V. Medieval Britain/The Norman Conquest 1066
8. This period of history covers over 6000 years long. That is, from 5000 BC to 1066 AD.
3. Talk about some famous people in different parts of UK.
4. The British are mainly made up of _____, ____, _____, and ____.
5. Describe the character of the British people briefly.
6. The ancestors of the English are Anglosaxons
while the ancestors of the Scots, the Welsh and the Irish are Celts
7. 5 stages. I. Prehistoric Britain 5000 BC (the early settlers of Britain---the Iberian )
Qs & As
3. What makes Shakespeare so famous?
His great understanding of human nature and his ability to find universal human qualities and to put them in dramatic situations. 4. What makes a play a masterpiece? The ideas behind the play are about problems which are still important to people of different ages in modern times.
Great Britain and Ireland
4. What are the four political divisions of the United Kingdom?
Three political divisions on the island of Great Britain: England, Scotland and Wales
6. Who are the ancestors o ancestors of Scots, Welsh and Irish?
7. How many stages are British history divided into during the formation of the nation? How long is it?
what are they? • 5.What is the president of the House of Lords called? • 6. What are the two major parties? • 7. Who presides the cabinet? • 8. Who has the real power in the country? • 9. Who is the present Prime Minister of the UK? • 10. Where does the Prime Minister live and work?
9. Iberians
10. Romans
Q&A
• 1. What is the basis of the British government? • 2. Who is the head of the country? • 3. Who is the present sovereign of the UK? • 4. How many parts make the British Parliament? And
Keys:
• 1. Saint David, Cardiff, Prince of Wales, Eisteddfoudau, Castles
• 2. The Lough Neagh, The Giant’s Causeway
• 3. William Shakespeare William Wordsworth Robert Burns Catherine Zeta-Jones William Butler Yeats Seamus Heaney
英国文学Qs & As
1. Who is the greatest dramatist in English history? List at least four of his major works. William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice; Hamlet; Othello; King Lear; Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet… 2. Which play is regarded as a milestone in Shakespeare’s dramatic development? “To be or not to be: that is the question” is the line in the play. Hamlet
7. What’s its national flower? Rose
8. What’s its national flag? the Union Jack
9. What’s its nickname? John Bull. A personification of the British nation or a typical British man
and Northern Ireland
5. What’s its respective capital（首府）?
• England: London Scotland: Edinburgh Wales： Cardiff Northern Ireland: Belfast.
6. What’s the national anthem? God Save the Queen/King
• 4. England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
• 5. They are generally reserved /conservative in manners, dress and speech. They are famous for their politeness, self-discipline and especially for their sense of humour.