1、1英语国家文化英语国家文化英语国家文化英语国家文化(I)(I)教学大纲教学大纲教学大纲教学大纲一、说明11、课程的性质、地位和任务英语国家文化(I)是英语专业基础阶段的一门必修课程。本课程的教学是为了使学生了解英国社会与文化概貌，如地理、历史、政治、经济、社会生活和文化等方面的基本知识。同时，通过课文的学习和各种练习的实践，达到提高英语水平的目的。本课程是一门实用性很强的文化知识课。一方面通过英语阅读英国的背景材料，扩大知识面；另一方面通过学习文化知识，进行语言基本功的训练，巩固和提高英语水平。22、课程教学的基本要求（1）在保证该课程教学的科学性和系统性的前提下，着重突出英国国情教学的实用性
2、。有关本课程的基本概念和基本知识，作为教学的重点内容，要求学生牢固掌握。要求学生认真阅读教材。阅读教材是基本的教学环节。阅读前应先看每章节后列出的要点，然后系统地读书。读书时，首先要掌握每一章的梗概，弄清每一章的重点内容；其次在全面理解每章内容的基础上，要把本章与以前各章内容联系起来加以思考。（2）鼓励学生积极自主学习。要求学生做好读书笔记。写读书课程性质：专业基础课程先修课程：综合英语(I-I)总学时：34学分：2理论学时：30讨论学时：4（无课程实验）开课学院：外国语学院适用专业：英语大纲执笔人：孙翀大纲编写时间：2005年8月教研室主任审核：裴雪梅教学院长审定：余尚文2笔记是巩固所学知识
3、的一个重要方法。要切实掌握课程内容，必须将读书与思考结合起来，通过写笔记用自己的英语表达，鼓励学生以教材中的某一事件或人物为中心，参阅有关资料，进行归纳和分析。（3）课堂讲授实行启发式，力求做到少而精，突出重点，并注意将培养和提高学生的分析问题和解决问题的能力放在重要位置。课堂教学注意联系与对比。主要英语国家的文化同属西方文化，它们从民族的组成、文化传统、风俗习惯等都和英国有不可分割的联系。因此这些国家与英国在许多方面有很多相同的地方。但是，由于地理、政治、经济等因素，这些国家与英国又有许多具体的区别。对比与联系教学有助于学生掌握这些国家的基本情况，进一步加深对这些国家的了解。适时播放有关英国
4、社会与文化的媒体资料片，以提高学生的学习兴趣，加深对相关知识的理解。（4）坚持课后练习是教好、学好本门课程的关键。在整个教学过程中，将根据正常教学进度布置一定量的课后作业，要求学生按时完成。在完成作用过程中注意三个问题：看清题意，根据题目要求答题；仔细做题，要认真细致地对待作业中的语言，努力做到用词恰当，语法正确；尽量用自己的英语来回答，力求简明，有条理。3、本课程的重点与难点重点：了解和掌握英国地理、历史、经济、政治、文化、社会风俗等方面的基础知识。通过听讲、阅读、讨论、做作业等方式，扩大英语词汇量，复习巩固综合英语课中所学到的知识和技能，进一步提高实际运用英语的能力。难点：本课程教学内容十
5、分丰富，包括英国地理、历史、政治、经济、社会文化传统等各方面的基本知识。同时，有关英国社会与文化的信息不断更新。教学难以覆盖全部课程内容。因此，教学中要正确处理一般和重点的关系。二、课堂教学时数及课后作业题型分配3章目教学内容教学时数教学方式或手段课后作业思考题练习题* IntroductiontotheCulturecourse 2多媒体教学，讨论。Unit1 AbriefintroductiontotheUnitedKingdom(I) 6多媒体教学，讨论，学生以故事形式汇报章节片断内容。Unit2 AbriefintroductiontotheUnitedKingdom(I) 4多媒体教
6、学，讨论，要求学生编写北爱尔兰大事年表，学生以故事形式汇报章节片断内容。Unit3 thegovernmentoftheUnitedKingdom6多媒体教学，讨论，学生以故事形式汇报章节片断内容。Unit4 Politics,ClasandRace 5多媒体教学，讨论，学生以故事形式汇报章节片断内容，讲授分析英国社会阶层和种族。Unit5 theUKeconomy 2多媒体教学，讨论，结合中国发展讨论大国如何崛起。Unit6 BritishLiterature 1多媒体教学，讨论，结合微软大百科全书简略介绍英国文学。Unit7 BritishEducationsystem 4多媒体教学，讨论
7、，邀请学生参与不同阶段英国不同类型教育体制，学生以故事形式汇报章节片断内容Unit8 BritishForeignRelations 1多媒体教学，讨论，结合国际时事讨论英国外交。Unit9 theBritishMedia 2多媒体教学，讨论，结合视听训练介绍英国媒体，突出介绍网络等新媒体形式。Unit10Sports,holidaysandfestivalsinBritain 1多媒体教学，讨论，邀请学生介绍西方体育和节日。合计344三、本文UnitUnit11AABriefBriefIntroductionIntroductiontotothetheUnitedUnitedKingdomK
8、ingdomII【教学目的】Letstudentsknowthefollowingfocalpoints:acomplicatedcountrywithacomplicatedname,theefectsofitsimperialpast,amemberoftheEuropeanUnion, amultiracialsociety,remarkableclas,regionalandeconomicdiferences, thesignificant roleofLondon, cultural andeconomicdominanceofEngland,invasionfromtheRoma
9、nEmpire,setlementoftheAnglo-Saxons,KingArthur,VikingsfromScandinavia,WiliamtheConqueror,parliamentsdominanceoverthethrone,physicalfeaturesofScotland,culturaldivisionbetwenhighlandandlowland,theBatleofBanockburn,independenceofScotlandfor300years,unionwithEnglandin1707,strongScottishidentity,briefintr
10、oductiontoWales,ahistoryofinvasions,WalesunificationwiththeUK.【重点难点】LetstudentsknowthesignificantroleofthecapitaloftheUnitedKingdom-London, theremarkableclas, regional andeconomicdiferencesintheUnitedKingdom,Britainisacountrywithahistoryofinvasions.【思考题】1.WhatwastheBritishEmpire?Whatdoyouknowaboutit
11、?Inwhatwayisthe“Empire”stil feltinBritainandintheinternationalfield?2.WhydoestheauthorsaythatitisnotpossibletosumuptheBritishpeoplewithafewsimplephrases?3.“Britishhistoryhasbeenahistoryofinvasion.”Pleaseilustratethispointwiththeexamplesfromthetext.HowdideachoftheinvasionsinfluenceEnglishculture?4.Wh
12、ataresomegeneral characteristicsofScotland?HowdidScotlandbecomepartoftheunionofGreatBritain?5.DescribecharacteristicsofWalesandWalesunificationwithGreatBritain.56.ArethereanydiferencesbetwenEngland,ScotlandandWalesintermsofculturaltradition?UnitUnit22AABriefBriefIntroductionIntroductiontotothetheUni
13、tedUnitedKingdomKingdomII【教学目的】Letstudentsknowthefollowingfocalpoints:populationandphysicalfeaturesofNorthernIreland,economyofNorthernIreland,theHomeRuleBil, theEasterRisingof1916,theSinFeinParty, religiousconflictsbetwentheIrishandtheBritish,partitionofIrelandin1921,IRAsviolenceinthe1970s,BloodySun
14、day,thecollapseofthepower-sharingmechanism, cooperationbetwentheBritishandIrishgovernments,theGoodFridayAgrement.【重点难点】LetstudentsknowtheeconomyofNorthernIrelandandwhyNorthernIrelandissosignificantintheUnitedKingdom.【思考题】1.WhyisNorthernIreland,acordingtotheauthor,sosignificantintheUnitedKingdom?What
15、isthepoliticalproblemthere?2.WhataresomeofthefactorsinIrishandEnglishhistorythatafectthesituationinNorthernIrelandtoday?3.Diferent partiesandgroupsintheUnitedKingdomhavediferentsolutionstothepoliticalprobleminNorthernIreland.Pleasesumuptheirdiferentatitudes.4.Whatdoyouthinkshouldbetherightsolutionto
16、thepoliticalprobleminNorthernIreland?UnitUnit33thetheGovernmentGovernmentofofthetheUnitedUnitedKingdomKingdom【教学目的】Letstudentsknowthefollowingfocalpoints:divinerightofkings,thecivilwar,MagnaCarta,theGreatCouncil,theBil ofTightsof1689,theCabinet,thePrimeMinister,theConstitution,thepowerandthefunction
17、softheParliament,therolesofthemonarch,theHouseofLords,theHouseofCommons.6【重点难点】LetstudentsknowtheConstitution,ParliamentandtheMonarchyoftheBritishgovernmenttoday.Letstudentsknowtheprocesofstate-buildingevolution.【思考题】1.DiscusthehistoricaleventswhichcontributedtotheevolutionofBritishpoliticalsystem;2
18、.WhataresomeofthecharacteristicsoftheBritishconstitutionalmonarchy?HowhastheEnglishmonarchyevolvedgradualytothepresentconstitutionalmonarchy?3.Howdidthedoctrineofthe“divinerightofkings”,acordingtotheauthor,leadtotheEnglishCivilWar?WhatdoyouknowaboutthecausesoftheEnglishRevolutioninthe17thcentury?4.W
19、hatisthehistoryofEnglishparliament?WhatroledidtheparliamentplayintheCivilWar?5.Discus themajorcharacteristicsandthemaincontentoftheBritishconstitution.6.WhydoestheauthorsaythatparliamentissupremeintheBritishstate?Whatfunctiondoesparliamenthave?WhatroledoestheQuen(King)andthePrimeMinisterplayinBritis
20、hgovernment?7.WhatkindofinstitutionistheHouseofLords?WhatroledoesitplayinBritishgovernment?UnitUnit44Politics,Politics,ClassClassandandRaceRace【教学目的】Letstudentsknowthefollowingfocuspoints:importanceofgeneralelections,formationofthegovernment,voteofnoconfidence,procedureofgeneralelections, theConserv
21、ativeparty, theLaborparty, LiberalDemocrats,recentpoliticaltrendsintheUK,MargaretThatcher,TonyBlair,classystemintheBritishsociety,uppermiddle-clasandlowermiddle-clas, thehereditaryaristocracy, Oxbridge, ethnicrelationsinBritain.【重点难点】7Letstudentsknowthegeneral electionandpolitical parties. Letstuden
22、tsknowthedevelopmentofthethremajorpoliticalpartiesoftheirpolicies.Letstudentsknowclasdivisionsandconsequencesofracialdiferences.LetstudentsknowhowthepeopleintheUKaredividedintodiferentclasesandsomeofthemainfeaturesinthedivision.【思考题】1.WhocanstandforelectionasanMPintheUK?Whyaresmalpartiesandindepende
23、ntcandidatespowerles intheelectioncampaignfortheformationofagovernment?2.WhatarethethrebigpartiesintheUK?Whataresomeofthesimilaritiesanddisimilaritiesbetwenthethreparties?3.WhataresomeoftherecentpoliticaltrendsintheUK?Arethesetrendsmoredemocraticorundemocratic?Whatistheauthorsopinion?4.Whatweretheca
24、usesandefectsofthechangesinthepoliciesoftheConservativePartyandtheLaborParty?5.HowarepeopleintheUKdividedintodiferentclases?Whataresomeofthemainfeaturesinthedivision?IstheclassystemsimilartothatoftheUnitedStates?6.Whataresomeofthepositiveandnegativeefectsofnon-whiteimigrantsinBritishsocietyacordingt
25、otheauthor?WhatisthegeneralsituationofracialrelationsintheUK?UnitUnit55thetheUKUKeconomyeconomy【教学目的】Letstudentsknowthefollowingfocalpoints:absolutedeclineandrelativedeclineofBritisheconomy,theprivatizationinthe1980s,themainsectorsoftheUKeconomy,primaryindustries,secondaryindustries,tertiaryindustri
26、es(serviceindustries),agriculture,energyproduction,theofshoreoilindustry,themanufacturingindustry,theCityofLondon,theaerospaceindustry.【重点难点】LetstudentslearnthecurentUKeconomy.Define“absolutedecline8andrelativedecline”intheUKeconomy.【思考题】1.Pleasedefine“absolutedeclineandrelativedecline”intheUKeconom
27、y.Howdoestheauthorexplainthereasonsfortheabsolutedeclineandrelativedecline?2.WhatdidtheConservativepartyunderMrs.MargaretThatcherpromisetodotheUKnational economyin1979?Theword“reform”inthenationaleconomywasalsopopularwhenMrs.MargaretThatcherformedthegovernmentanddecidedtochangetheUKeconomy.Whatwashe
28、rradicalreformprogram?Wastheprogramsucesfulacordingtotheauthor?3.Whatarethethremainareasinnationaleconomies?DescribethedevelopmentofeachofthethreareasintheUKeconomy.4.TheauthorbelievesthatBritain,likemostdevelopedeconomics,hassenarelativelyshrinkingoftheimportanceofsecondaryindustryandaspectaculargr
29、owthintertiaryorserviceindustries.Whyisitso?DoyouseasimilargrowthintertiaryindustriesinChinainthepast20yearsorso?Howisthisgrowthrelatedtothereformandopeninguptotheoutsideworld?UnitUnit66BritishBritishLiteratureLiterature【教学目的】Let studentsknowthefollowingfocuspoints: Beowulf, theCanterburyTale,storie
30、saboutKingArthur,WiliamShakespeare,JohnMilton,Romanticpoetsofthe19thcentury,theBrontesisters,CharlesDickens, Sir Walter Scott, Robert LouisStevenson, Modernism,Postmodernism,JosephConrad,VirginiaWoolf,D.H.Lawrence,E.M.Foster.【重点难点】LetstudentslearnthemajorBritishwritersandtheirmasterpieces.Letstudent
31、slearnthecharacteristicsofthewritinginEnglishLiterature.【思考题】1.WhyisGeoffreyChaucer,whowroteinMiddleEnglish,stil read9andstudiedtoday?2.DoyouthinkElizabethanDramaocupiesasignificantpositioninBritishliterature?Whowasthemost importantfigureinElizabethanDrama?Whatweresomeofthemajorworksdonebyhim?3.What
32、aresomeofthefeaturesofRomanticLiterature?4.WhatisModernismandwhatisPostmodernism?Canyouilustrateyourpointswithspecificwritersortheirbooksasexamples?UnitUnit77BritishBritishEducationEducationSystemSystem【教学目的】Letstudentsknowthefollowingpoints：thepurposeoftheBritisheducationsystem,therelationshipbetwe
33、neducationandsocialclas,theinfluenceoftheChurchonschooling, the1944EducationAct,comprehensiveschools, gramarschools, theNational Curiculum,publicschools, GCSE, GCE-A, GNVQs, olduniversities, theOpenUniversity.【重点难点】LetstudentsknowthedevelopmentofBritisheducationanditspresentsystem.Letstudentslearnth
34、epurposesoftheBritisheducationsystem.【思考题】1.WhatarethepurposesofBritisheducation?Pleasecommentonthesepurposes. What arethemainpurposesoftheChineseeducationsystem?Arethereanydiferencesorsimilaritiesintheeducationofthetwonations?2.HowdoestheBritisheducationsystemreflectsocialclas?3.Whatarethemajorchan
35、gesthathavetakenplacesinceWorldWarI?IsBritisheducationmovingtowardsmoreprogresormoreequality?Pickupsomeexamplesfromthetexttoilustrateyourpoints?4.WhatdoestheauthorsaythatuniversitiesinBritainhavebeen10ratherelitist?5.WhatistheOpenUniversityinBritain?Whatdoyouthinkofthissystem?UnitUnit88BritishBritis
36、hForeignForeignRelationsRelations【教学目的】Letthestudentsknowthefollowingfocalpoints:activeinsetinguptheUnitedNations, foreignpolicyinfluencedbyitshistoryandgeopolitical traits, long-termphysical separationfromtheEuropeancontinent,theinvolvementoftheForeignandCommonwealthOfice,theTreasury,thepermanentme
37、mberoftheUNSecurityCouncil,thememberoftheEU,thememberoftheCommonwealth,thespecialrelationshipwiththeUnitedStates,thepresenceofsuperpowerbasesinBritain,itsparticipationinNATO.【重点难点】LetstudentsknowthefoundationsandformulationofBritishforeignpolicy.LetstudentsknowtherelationsbetwenBritainandAmerica.【思考
38、题】1.WhatandhowdidtheBritishEmpireend?HowdidtheBritishreacttothisreality?HowdidtheendofBritishimperialisminfluencethepsychologyoftheBritishandthemakingofBritainsforeignpolicy?2.WhatarethefoundationsofBritainsforeignpolicy?3.HowisBritainsforeignpolicymade?Doesthegovernmentsforeignpolicyrepresentthedes
39、iresofBritishcitizens?4.WhydoestheauthorsaythatthedecisiontojointheECwasandremainscontroversialinBritain?5.WhydoestheauthorthinkthatBritainhasa“specialrelationship”withtheUnitedStates?Doesthisrelationshipstilexist?6.WhatwasthepurposeofestablishingtheNATOintheauthorsopinion?Doyouagrewithhim?Explainyo
40、upoint.UnitUnit99thetheBritishBritishMediaMedia11【教学目的】Letstudentsknowthefollowingpoints:popularityandfunctionsofthemedia,thequalitypres,theObserver,theTimes,theGuardian,theTelegraph,theFinancialTimes,tabloids,televisionandradio,theBritishBroadcastingCorporation (BC), the Independent TelevisionCommi
41、sion.【重点难点】Letstudentsknowmajornewspapersandbroadcastmedia. LetstudentsknowhowtheBCoperatesandthediferencesfromAmericanbroadcastingsystems.【思考题】1.Theauthorsaysthat“themediaarecentraltoBritishleisureculture”, whydoestheauthorsayso?Whataresomeofthesimilaritiesanddiferencesintermsofthefunctionbetwenthe
42、BritishmediaandtheChinesemedia?2.WhataresomeofthecharacteristicsofBritishnewspaperculture?InwhatwayisitdiferentfromtheUnitedStates?3.IstheBritishpres fre fromthegovernmentcontrolandcensorship?WhatistherelationshipbetwentheBritishpresandpoliticsorbusines?4.HowdoestheBCoperate?HowisitdiferentfromAmeri
43、canbroadcastingsystems?UnitUnit1010Sports,Sports,HolidaysHolidaysandandFestivalsFestivalsininBritainBritain【教学目的】Letstudentsknowthefollowingfocuspoints:footbal, “Footbalhooligans”,FA,tenis,Wimbledon,cricket,golf,horseracing,theGrandNational, theRoyal Ascot, hunting,Christmas, thre traditionsofChrist
44、mas,BoxingDay,Easter,BonfireNight,theBatleoftheBoyne,OrangeMarches,StPatricksDay,Hogmanay,BurnsNight,Halowen,theEisteddfod.【重点难点】12LetstudentsknowthattheChristianchurchhasgreatlyinfluencedthesportsandleisureactivitiesoftheBritish.LetstudentsknowsomeofthemajordiferencesandsimilaritiesbetwentheBritish
45、andChineseatitudestowardssports. Letstudentslearndiferentholidaysinfournations.LetstudentslearnreligiousholidaysinUK.【思考题】1.Whatistheoriginoffootbal?WhydoyouthinkpeopleinBritainlikewatchingfootbal match?Howistheviolenceof“footbalhooligans”relatedtotheBritishhistoryoffootbal?2.Findsomeexamplesfromthe
46、texttodemonstratehowChristianChurchhasinfluencedthesportsandleisureactivitiesoftheBritish?3.WhyiscricketveryEnglish?WhydoestheauthorbelievethatcricketwasasociatedwithasetofEnglishvalues?4.HowdotheBritishcelebrateChristmas?InwhatwaydothisholidayandthewaysofcelebrationinBritainreflectwesternculturaltr
47、aditionsingeneralandBritishtraditionsinparticular?ArethereanysimilaritiesordiferencesbetwentheChinesepeoplecelebratingthebigest andbest-lovedholidayandtheBritishcelebratingChristmas?5.HowisHogmanaycelebratedinScotland?WhatotherfestivalsarecelebratedinScotland?6.InwhatwayaretheWelshpeoplediferentfrom
48、England,Scotland,andNorthernIrelandincelebratingtheirholidays?四、课程考试本课程考试采取“平时考核”(占30%)与“闭卷考试”(占70%)相结合的方式进行。其中，“平时考核”主要包括学生作业和读书报告，主要考察学生查资料、归纳总结、比较评价等能力。“闭卷考试”主要考查学生对英语国家社会与文化的基本概念和基本知识，测评学生的理解、判断、分析、综合等能力。考试时间按照教务处的统一安排。五、使用教材与教学参考书目13【使用教材】朱永涛，王立礼TheSocietyandCultureofMajorEnglish-speakingCountr
49、iesAnIntroduction，北京：高等教育出版社，2005年7月。【教学参考书目】1、何田:CulturalBackgroundforEnglishStudy:BritainandAustralia，北京大学出版社，2001年6月。2、来安方:AnIntroductiontoBritainandAmerica,河南教育出版社，2005年3月。3、罗选民:英美文化与社会，华中理工大学出版社，1997年8月。4、余志远:English-speakingCountries:ASurvey,外语教学与研究出版社，1996年12月。5、张奎武:SurveytoBritainandAmerica,吉林科学技术出版社，1998年2月。6、朱永涛:EsentialsofBritishandAmericanCultur
