出版时间:2007-03-01 出版社:中国广播电视出版社 作者:张峻峰 编 页数:226
内容概要
《英语国家概况(英国和澳大利亚分册)》按照时问顺序,以主题为主线介绍了英国和澳大利亚的概况。《英语国家概况(英国和澳大利亚分册)》共分12章,前10章介绍英国,后两章是对澳大利亚基本情况的介绍。内容涉及介绍国的历史、社会、文化和当夸的热点问题。每章的教学时数为2~4个课时。从教学的便利出发,每个章节由介绍、选读、问题讨论、练习(附有答案)和注释五个部分组成。
书籍目录
Unit 1 General Survey of the United KingdomIntroductionSelected ReadingsSeminar QuestionsExercisesUnit 2 The Origins of a NationIntroductionSelected ReadingsSeminar QuestionsExercisesUnit 3 From Henry Ⅱ to Edward IIntroductionSelected ReadingsSeminar QuestionsExercisesUnit 4 Reformation in ReligionIntroductionSelected ReadingsSeminar QuestionsExercisesUnit 5 The Elizabethan Age (1558-1603)IntroductionSelected ReadingsSeminar QuestionsExercisesUnit 6 The Bourgeois RevolutionIntroductionSelected Readings……Unit 7 The Industrial RevolutionUnit 8 The Victorian Era (1837-1901)Unit 9 Postwar Welfare StateUnit 10 The United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970sPart Two AustraliaUnit 11 A General Introduction to Australia:Land ,Life and HistoryUnit 12 The Cultural and Social Life in AustraliaKeys to Exercises
章节摘录
In addition to his desire to reform and centralize the legal system, Henry Ⅱ also hoped to re-assert control of the Church. However,the process of strengthening the roya courts yielded an unexpected controversy.The church courts,instituted by William the Conqueror for justice,i-ronically became a safe haven for criminals of varying degree and ability as church courts had ex-clusively right of justice.Extending the jurisdiction of the King's courts brought conflict with his close friend and chosen archbishop,Thomas Becket,The bitter contest bebtween them was finally put to an end when four ambitious knights murdered Beckett in his own cathedral on December 29,1170.Beckett had preached against the King's reforms in Canterbury Cathedral,after which the exasperated king hastily and publicly conveyed his wish to be rid of the contentious Archbish-op.This event outraged all Christendom,and Henry had to reconcile with the Pope by promis-ing financial aid to the Crusad.Henry endured a rather limited storm of protest over the inci-dent and the controversy passed. ……
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