《外国社会与文化丛书：英国社会与文化（第2版）》用理性的思辨追寻英国社会与文化的脉络，坦诚而透彻地审视西方现代文明的精神实质，全书分为十三章，汇聚英国的湖泊山川、人文景观、政治制度、国民经济、教育体制、文学艺术、新闻传媒、历史事件、城市风情、多元文化、体育娱乐等方面的知识，逐本溯源，透视英国社会与文化的精神和物质成果，认识文化奉献给英国社会的知识和智慧。《外国社会与文化丛书：英国社会与文化（第2版）》采用英汉双语写作，使读者能够潜心品味精美的英语语言，通过轻松愉悦、节奏舒缓的阅读来开阔视野、提高语言修养，以成熟与自信的步伐抵达英语语言的殿堂

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Chapter One Panoramic View of Britain
1.The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2.The National Anthem
3.The National Flag
4.The National Flower
5.England
6.Scotland
7.Wales
8.Northern Ireland
9.The British Coast
10.The British Country
11.Rivers and Lakes
12.The British Weather

第一章英国概览
1.大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国
2.英国国歌
3.英国国旗
4.英国国花
5.英格兰
6.苏格兰
7.威尔士
8.北爱尔兰
9.英国海岸
10.英国乡村
11.河流与湖泊
12.英国的天气

Chapter Two The Constitutional Monarchy
1.The Monarchy
2.The House of Lords
3.The House of Commons
4.The Conservative Party
5.The Labor Party
6.The Black Rod
7.The Commonwealth
8.Britain and EEC

第二章君主立宪制
1.君主制
2.上议院
3.下议院
4.保守党
5.工党
6.黑杖
7.英联邦
8.英国与欧共体

Chapter Three The Royal Famdy of Britarn
1.Queen Elizabeth I （1558 1603）
2.Queen Victoria （1837-1901）
3.Queen Elizabeth 11 （1952-）
4.The Monarchy Today
5.The Role of the Queen
6.The Queen's Official Birthday
7.The Prince of Wales
8 .Princess Diana
9 .Prince William
10.Prince Harry
11.Titles and Honors
12.The Quit Rents Ceremony

第三章英国王室掠影
第四章英国历史事件
第五章英国主要城市
第六章伦敦览胜
第七章英国经济
第八章英国教育
第九章文学与艺术
第十章大众传媒
第十一章体育与娱乐
第十二章英国名人
第十三章人民与社会

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during the Crusades the saint's apparition rescued the English from the fury of their Moslem foes. His sudden appearance on the battlefield threw the Mohammedans into confusion and fight. Thus the English recognized and acknowledged him as their patron. King Edward m adopted his name as a battle cry， and his emblem became the English flag.
St. Andrew was one of the 12 apostles. A simple fisherman， he， too， suffered martyrdom. The story is toat that because he had converted a Roman Consul's wife to Christianity， her husband had him flogged and afterwards crucified. The cross-used for the execution was shaped like the letter X， which explains how this became the saint's symbol and is still called St Andrew's cross.
His association with Scotland dates back to the tradition that in 368 A. D. a monk transferred some of his relics from Constantinople to Scotland， to be buried there on the east coast， on the very spot where the city and cathedral of St. Andrew's now stand.
The story is further told that when the Saxons attacked the Picts and Scots， they called on St. Andrew for help. Looking upward， they noticed a strange formation of clouds. It seemed as if their white vapor had formed itself into the shape of a cross， backed by the blue sky. This appeared to the anxious watchers as an assurance of victory and a manifestation of the saint. Spurred on， they joined in battle and defeated the foe. After their victory， they adopted St. Andrew's cross as their emblem， with the specific colors of cloud and sky. It was the birth of the Scottish flag.
When James Stuart came from Scotland in 1603 to ascend the English throne as James I， the two kingdoms were united. The immediate problem was which flag to hoist on the king's' ships. English sailors resented the Scottish colors and the Scots scorned the cross of St. George.
A compromise was the answer and it led to the creation of the first Union Flag. In 1606， a royal decree declared that the ships of the Kingdom of Great Britain "shall bear on their maintops the red cross， commonly called St. George's cross， and the white cross， commonly called St. Andrew's cross". In 1707， after the Act of Union of England an，d Scotlan，d， Queen Anne sanctioned this combination.
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