課本習(xí)題英國(guó)國(guó)家概況.doc

I British history has been a history of invasion.Please illustrate this point with the examples from the text.How did each of the invasions influence English culture?Answer: 1 Celtic people in the 1st century ADResult:England and Wales became a part of the Roman empire for nearly 400 years.2 Anglo-Saxons invasion (5th C-1066)Result:a succeed in invading Britainb abosrbed the Celtic people or pushed them to the western and northern edges of Britainc The land they lived becameangle-land,later changed into England,the language they spoke became Englishd The legend of King Arthur3 Vikings Invasion(late AD 8th C-AD 10th C) Result: a Northern and Eastern England as well as Scotland were conquered by raiders from Scandinavia,the ferocious Vikings.4 Norman InvasionResult:a defeated an English army under King Haroldb William took the English throne,and became William the First of EnglandC the tower of LondonII What are some of the factors in Irish and English history that affect the situation in Northern Ireland today?A Irish had been dominated by English for a long timeB the racial and religon differencesC a lot of activities such as Home-Rule Bills and Easter-rising in order to gain independence.D The government activities: Bloody Sunday E The IRAs terrorism activities and sine party F The power-sharing Mechanism,the Downing-Street Declaration and the Good Friday AgreementIII Discuss the major characteristics and the main content of the British constitution?NO-written constitutionStatute law:laws passed by ParliamentThe common laws:through common practice in the courtsConventions: do not exist legally ,but are regarded as vital to the workings of governmentIV What kind of institution is the House of Lords?What does it play in British government?Institutions:A It consists of the Lords Spiritual who are the Archbishops and most prominent bishops of the Church of England.B the Lords Temporal:Inherent from their fathersor appointed by the severeign at the suggestion of the Prime Minister(life peers)Lords are below the Crown,they are not as important as Commons第一單元：Multiracial 多民族的 urbanized 高度城市化 dominance 支配 significant 重大的 internally 內(nèi)部Externally外部的 celtic凱爾特人 roman羅馬人Anglo-Saxon vikings 維京人 Norman諾曼人William (英國(guó)國(guó)王） Bloodless Revolution or Glorious Revolution(光榮革命） Edinburgh（蘇格蘭首都）Glasgow(蘇格蘭最大城市） Bannockburn（班諾克本戰(zhàn)役）James(統(tǒng)一兩大王室） Cardiff(威爾士首都） Giants Causeway（巨人之堤） military 軍事的 Compaign 運(yùn)動(dòng)；戰(zhàn)役 suspended 推遲 duration 持續(xù)的Official IRA 正式派 Provisional IRA臨時(shí)派Ethnical difference:種族區(qū)別 Stormont （協(xié)議）Resentment:怨恨 counter-demonstrations:相反的抗議活動(dòng)Exclusively:專有的 semi-acceptablity