英美文化小常識(shí)

1、are the two major parties in Br itainThey are the Conservative Party and the Labour Party.i s the official fulI name of Br itainIt is the United Kingdom of Great Br itain and Northern Irelandi s the head of government in IrelandIt is the Pr ime Minister.i s James JoyceHe i s the most we I I-know Iri

2、sh wr i ter of the modern per i odwere the f i rst AmericansThey were the Indians.kind of economic system does the United States haveIt has a free-market economy with a dominant pr i vate sectori s b iI inguaI ismThe phenomenon that Engl ish and French are the two off icia I Ianguages in Canadais ca

3、l led biI inguaI ism.are the geographical feature of Australia as a continentAus tralia i s the f la test and lov/es t of the conti nen ts.are the powers the constitut ion confers on the House of RepresentativesThe House of Representatives has powers to make and change lawsanima I i s a national sym

4、boI of New Zea I andThe kiwi is a national symboI of the countryi s the Rena i ssaneeRenai ssance was the revival of classical literature and artistic sty les inEuropean historyare the most important journals in the They are the Economi st, New Statesman and Society, and Spectator.i s the Shannon R

5、i ver important to IrelandBecause it provides electr icity for much of the Repub Iicmany states are there in the United StatesThere are 50 states in the United States.i s Hi spanicA Hispanic i s a Spani sh-speaking person of the Uni ted States.is the Bill of RightsIt is the term used for the first t

6、en amendments to the Constitut ion.i s the Canada Counci IIt is the Canadian Governmerrt s funding agency.i s Abor iginesIt is the t erm used to descr ibe the original people of was the n ature ofthe White Australia Pol icyIt was a discr iminatory immigration poI icy, which restr icted the non - whi

7、testo enter AustraIi a.are New Zea I and s main exportsMeat,wool and dairy products are main exports.was Queen Mary known asShe was known as the Bloody Mary and a I so remembered as the monarch whoI ost the last Br itish possession on the continentFrench port of Calaisd i d Br i tain become after th

8、e Industrial Revo IutionBr i tain became the ifc workshop of the worldi s the House of Lords made up ofIt is made up of the Lords Spi ritual and the Lords Temporalare the two major parties in IrelandThey are Fianna FaiI and Fine Gaeli s meant by Vietnamization of the warIt meant that South Vietnames

9、e troops v/ouId be war-buiIt up to replaceAmer i caI f i ghting forcecountry is the world s biggest producer and user of tobaccoIt is the was the only writer in col onial period still read todayHe was Benjamin Frank Ii nwas the f i rst pr ime minister in CanadaHe was Si r John Macdona Idwas the conv

10、ict systemIn the convict system, the convicts were punished by being transported toremote placesi s New Zealand electricity producedIt is produced by: fi rstly, hydropower;secondly, gas;thirdly,coali s the most important estabIished Church in Br itainIt is the Church of Englandi s the jury s job in

11、Br itainIn criminal cases, it is to decide the issue of guilt or innocencewere oiI and natural gas found in Br itainOiI and natural gas are found under the North Seaare the characteristies of Ireland s climateIt can be descr ibed as umiId, moist and changeable” did the real America I Literature begi

12、nIt began after the Amer ica War of Independenee.i s the preside rrt of the Uni ted States offeiaI residenceThe Wh i te House i s h i s official residenee.kind of history do people often say that the history of CanadaPeople often say that the history of Canada i s a history of immigration.i s Uurban

13、 sprawlIt refers to a city that has grown over a large area of land.i s the way of changing the constitut ion in Austral iaThe Const itut ion can be changed only by referendumi s the volcanic activity in New ZealandThe volcanic activity can be found on the central plateau i n North IsI andare the th

14、ree natural zones in Scot I andThey are the HighIands in the north,the centraI Lowlands and the southernUplandswas the Gunpov/der plot of 1605It was the most famous of the Cathoiic conspi raciesdid the Engl ish Industrial Revolution beg in withIt began with the textile industry.i s the capital of Ir

15、elandIt i s Dub I i n.state is the largest in the Uni ted StatesAlaska is the largest onei s the Amer ican fore ign pol icy in the ear Iy 1930sIn the early 1930s,the American foreign policy was isolationist.i s affi rmative actionIt is the preferential treatment for minor i ties and women i n educat

16、ion and empIoymentwas estab I i shed in 1670 in CanadaThe English Hudson Bay Company was established in 1670hemi sphere i s Australia inIt is in the Southern hemispherei s the capitai of New Zea I and11 i s We I Ii ngton.were the VikingsThe Vikings were the Norwegians and the Danes from Denmarksyste

17、m was comp Ietely estabIi shed under William in Eng Ii shThe feudaI system was comp Ietely estabI i shed under William in Eng Ii share the main courts of civil jur isdiction in England and WaIesThey are the Country Courtsdid Ireland declare itself a repub I ic1 re land declared itseIf a repub Ii c o

18、n Apr i I 18,1949i s known as the agr icultural capitai of the Omaha is known as the argr icultural capitai of the is the most centraIfunct ions of the Congress in Amer icaIt is the passage of lawsi s Mark Twa in s master workIt is the Adventure of Huckleberry Finn.city is Canada* s largest cityIt i

19、s Toronto.was AustraI ia cal led in the 1950sAus tralia was cal led the I ucky count ryin the 1950s do you think is the most noticeable feature of New Zealand geographyIt i s mounta ins widely spread a I I over the country where active volcanoes seatter.war was re la t i vely smooth, with no b I ood

20、shed, nor any execu t ion of the k i ng i n Br i ta inIt is the Glorious Revolution.are the three per iods as far as the evolution of the Br itish economy i s concernedThere are steady development in the 50s and 60s, economic recession in the70s and economic recovery in the i s a constitutional mona

21、rchyIt is a governmentaI system in which the head of State is a king or a queen who reigns but does not rulei s the chief Ianguage of instruction in IrelandIt is Englishare some of the biggest cities in the They are New York, Los Ange Ies, Ch i cago, San Francisco and Phi lade I phi adrafted The Dec

22、 Iaration of Independence in the He was Thomas Jeffersoncountry is the worId s leading exporter of agr icultural productsIt is the United States.what way does Quebec differ from the other provinces of CanadaIt differs from the other provinces because it has strong French culturei s nations largest a

23、nd most diverse industry today in AustraliaIt is agricuIturepercentage are Maor i to the population of New ZealandAbout 10% are Maori or part Maoriare mostly highland and I owl and in Great Br i tianThe nor th and wes t of Br i tian are ma ini y h i gh I an ds, wh i le the eas t and sout h-eas t are

24、 mostly I owl ands.i s HeptarchyBy the end of the 7th century, England was divided into seven kingdoms which was,cal led Heptarchy.did England appear in the 18th century, which owed a great deaI to the invent ionof mach i nesThe Industrial Revolution appeared in England in the 18th century.i s the b

25、asic ethnic stock in IrelandIt is Cel tic.does tar iff protection meanIt means to get higher import taxes to protect domestic productioni s the fuI I name of the It is the United States of Americai s the genera I v i ew of Amer icans on educationIt is that every American has the r ight and obi i gat

26、ion to become educateddoes Governor-GeneraI representIt represents the Queen.three per iods are the history of AustraIia divided intoThey ae the arrival of Abor igines,the colonization of Australia by theBr i tish,and the CommonweaI th of Australiawas the fi rst European come to New Zea I and and Wh

27、at was his nationalityHe was Abe I Tasman and was a were the forerunners of the L i beraI Party inBr i ta i nThey are V/h i gsmany members are there in the House of CommonsThere are 651 members in the House of Commons.i s the d ifference between the ancestors of the Engl i sh and Scots,Welsh and Iri

28、shThe ancestors of the Engl ish are Anglo-Saxons, whi Ie those the Scots, Welsh andIrish are CeIts.i s the Repub Ii can ArmyIt is a terror i st or organization ded i cated to the union of al I Ireland asone country under one government.three countr ies have the largest populations in the worldChina,

29、 India and the United States have the largest population in the worldled the boycott of the bus company in Montgomery, AlabamaHe is Martin Luther King,Jri s the “ Lost GenerationIt refers 60s young intellectuals who became di sappointed and bitter afterWor Id V/ar I I are most industries in CanadaIt

30、 is manufacturingwas the f i rst Pr ime Minister in AustraliaHe was Edmund are two ma in i sIands in New Zea landThey are North IsI and and South Island.were the Lol lardsThey were poor pr i ests and t rave I I ing preachers who were John Wyc I if s fo I I owersin the 14th centuryhas the new farming been cal led in BritainIt has been cal led agr ibusinessdoes the NHS provide in Br itainIt provides the family heaI