英美文化的趣闻

英美文化的趣闻篇一：英美文化概览重点

1.《德伯家的苔丝》是谁写的 出版时间 故事情节 反应了什么内容 P105

2.美国当议员有什么条件 P33

3.什么是爵士乐你P134 Blue P133

4.现代文学 意义 P107+P114

5.英国议会分为哪三部分 P13

6.莎士比亚的四大悲剧 P99

7.英式英语和美式英语的不同(BrE and AmE) P44-P47

8.浪漫主义开始的标志P111

9.天主教七大圣事 p154

10.美国19世纪两个最主要的诗人 p112

11.14世纪有位著名的英国作家在文坛上非常卓越，他是谁 p98

12.哪个作家创立了意识流小说的写法 p107

13.贝尔武夫有哪个时代的英语所写 p97

14.委婉语 p49

15.14世纪middle english 作者 p48

16.简 奥斯汀写了哪些书 p103

17.托尼 莫里森最重要的小说名称 P117

18.英国酒吧营业时间（24小时）

19.佛教文 P116

20.伊斯兰教P159

21圣歌+蓝调=福音音乐 P133

22.电影复兴 P143

23.三权分立P31

24.英国最长的河 P3

25.唯一一段没有国王的时间 P8

26.英国没有单一完整宪法 法律组成 P12 P13

27.洛丽塔代表的是什么样的姑娘 P56

28.庞德翻译杜甫 李白的诗 P114

29.新古典主义的特征 P101

30.美国有多少个州 P20

31.美国现代女诗人 诺贝尔得主 成名小说 P117

32.新娘穿什么(禁忌) P187

33.塔 建筑 P127

34.《解放黑奴宣言》 P26

美国内战 P26

a.1800年早期南奴隶 北独立

b.美国西进运动争议

c.领军人物 政治决策 宣言

d.战争导火索

e.1861年6.12爆发时间

现代主义文学：意义 P107+P114

《苔丝》 P105

英国民族的形成

英国文学（第一章 第四章）

美国当选议员有什么条件 a.至少30岁

b.美国公民9年

c.在州内生活

英美文化的趣闻篇二：英美文化

Us 3

In 1782, the french who settled in pennsy first asked the question " what is an American" in his book Letters from An American Farmer.

The New world of america was peopled as a result of two long-continuing immigration movements, the first one from Asia and the second from Europe and Africa.

American indians had developed three brilliant civilizations before the Europeans arrived. These three civilizations were the Aztecs, the Incas and the Mayas. Columbus discovered the new world in the year of 1492

The English king claimed the territory of North America based on the voyage of John Cabot.

Martin luther was the first to start the Religious reformation and the next important leader of the reformation was John Calvin.

The first permanent settlement in north america was established in today's Virginia in the year of 1607.

The crop tobacco that was transplanted from the west indian saved virginia. lord Baltimore who set up the colony of Maryland was Catholics in religion.

New england was founded by a group of religious believers called Puritans while pennsylvania was planted by William Penn who was a Quakev in religion.

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After the war of independence was won, the national government was called the congress and the agreement that guided the government was the Articles of Confederation.

The city where the declaration of independence was signed and where the US constitution was made is Philadelphia.

The constitutional convention was held in the year of 1787 and the president of the convention was George Washington.

The constitution set up a federal system with a strong central government.

A federal system is one in which power is shared between a central authority and its constitution with some rights reserved to each.

The US federal government consists of the following three branches: the executive ,the legislative and the judicial.

The congress is divided into the House of Representatives with 435 members who serve two year terms, and the Senate with 100 lawmakers who serve sixyear terms. Group who try to persuade congressmen to vote for or against a bill are known as lobbies.

The supreme court is composed of 1 chief justice and 8 associate justice.

The supreme court has the function of determining whether congressional legislative or executive action violates the constitution. this power is called judicial review. There are 26 amendments to the US constitution

The two major political parties are the democratic party, which is thought to be more liberal, and the republican pa(来自:WWw.zHaoqT.net 蒲公 英文 摘:英美文化的趣闻)rty, which is believed to be more conservative.

US unit6

1. WASP stands for

2. The Great Awakening of the 1740s tried to breathe new feeling and strength into religion, and cut across the the lines of

3. According to John Locke, the right to govern comes from an agreement or voluntarily entered into by free people.

4.believes that reason teaches that God exists but leaves man free to settle his own affairs5. The majority of the Catholics in the US are descendants of immigrants from and Poland.

6. Prayer and Bible reading in public schools in the US are

7. The Three Faiths in the US refer to Protestant, .

8. According to the text, in England, four-fifths of the people except Catholics go to church less than once a month; in Sweden the majority hardly ever go to church at all. Yet of American Protestants are active church members.

9. Freedom of religious belief or non-belief is provided in the in the US Constitution.

10. The first Catholic president in the US was

US unit7

1. are the two major writers of the post-Revolutionary period.

2. "The Masque of the Red Death" and "The Fall of the House of usher" were stories written

3. In 1852, a New England woman named Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a novel titled , which intensified the political debate on slavery.

4. Mark Twain's is considered the greatest novel in American literature.

5. Upton Sinclair's novelexposed the horrible lives of meat-packing factory workers.

6. Ezra Pound's poetry is famous for , the use of strong, concrete images.

7. T.S. Eliot's long poem revealed a pessimistic view of post-World War I society. He dominated the so-called “Modern” movement in poetry.

8. After World War I, many novelists produced literary works of disillusionment. Some of them lived abroad and were known as the 9. F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel was about youth's golden dream turning to disappointment.

10. The following three novels were the best-known written by Ernest Hemingway:

11. William Faulkner effectively uses multiple points of view, symbolism and imagery in his novels.

12. is a great American playwright, whose plays include Desire Under the Elms and Long Day's Journey into Night.

13. John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath was a portrait of a poor family during the period of

14. Richard Wright wrote the novel , and Ralph Ellison wrote the novel Invisible Man. Both were black writers.

15. The representative work of the "Beat Generation" was Alan Ginsberg's poem16. won the Nobel prize for Literature in 1993, the first Afro-American writer to receive this honor.

UK unit 1

1. The full name of United kingdom is the

2. The island of Great Britain is made up of

3. The United King has been a member of the since 1973.

4. Britain is now a society which produces a population of which 1 in 20 are of ethnicity.

5. London plays a significant role in Britain's economic and cultural life, it's not only the financial of the nation, but also one of the major international financial centres in the world.

6. Britain is a country with a history of invasions. In 43 AD Britain was invaded by the in the late 8th century they experienced raids from Scandinavia and in the 11th century they suffered invasions from

7. The Anglo-Saxons began to settle in Britain in the century.

8. The capital of Britain is , which has great influence on the UK in all fields including government, finance, and .

UK unit 1-2

9. Charles the First, king of Britain, was executed, because he arrempted to overthrow in the English Revolution.

10. Name two Scottish cities which have ancient and internationally respected universities:

11. The battle of Bannockburn led by Robert the Bruce succeeded in winning the full independence of .

12. Both the Scottish and Welsh people elect their members of parliaments to the London parliament and each holds seats respectively.

13. The capital of Scotland is which is well-known for its natural

14. Although wales is the smallest of the three nations on the mainland, it's good at getting from abroad, particularly Japan and . UK unit 3-1

1. , the ancestor of the present Queen, Elizabeth II, united England under his rule in 829.

2. The doctrine of the "divine right of kings" held that the sovereign derived his authority from , not from.

3. During the civil war in the 17th century, those who represented the interests of Par

liament are called , and those who supported the King were called

4. In 1215, some feudal barons and the Church forced King to sign theto place some limits on the King's power.

5. In medieval times, kings would summon a group of wealthy barons and representatives of counties, towns and cities-called l to raise money.

6. In 1689, Parliament passed to ensure that the King would never be able to ignore Parliament.

7. In the 18th century, King George I left the job of chairing cabinet meetings to one of his ministers who later came to be called .

8. In Britain, the oficial head of state is , while the real centre of political life is in the

9. The British Constitution consists of statute law,

10. The most important function of the Parliament is to

11. Strictly speaking, the Parliament today consists of the Queen, 12. Life peers should be nominated by and appointed by n.

UK unit4

1. The UK is divided into 650 constituencies with each of them represented by a member

2. The party which wins the majority seats in parliament forms and its party leader becomes

3. Normally, a government can be in power for 5 years, and then it has to resign and hold a general election.

4. If a government loses a n the House of Commons, it has to resign.

5. The amount of time given to each party in the "party electoral broadcasts" is proportional to the which the party received at the previous election.

6. The Liberal Democrats are regarded by many people as comparatively and in their balance of the individual and the social.

7. There are three major parties in the UK: , the Labour party and .

8. was established by the Labour government in 1948, providing health care for

all the people.

9. From 1979 to 1997, won 4 consecutive elections and was in power for quite a long time.

10. People who do unskilled office work and skilled well-paid manual work are likely to be described as class.

11. A university teacher would probably read a newspaper like while a manual worker would probably read.

12. One distinctive feature about the class system in Britain is that it still retains a

13. Most of the recent immigrants come from South Asian countries such as and Sri Lanka; and countries such as Jamaica and Trinidad.

14. On February 12, 2010, British Prime Minister took part in a video-conference with UN Ban Ki-moon and Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia to launch a High Level Advisory Group on .

15. The UK government has followed a forthright policy in dealing with climate change since was signed in 1997.

UK unit6

1.One of the oldest of the early"old English"literary work is a long poem from Anglo Saxon times called

2. written by Geoffrey chaucer is often studied by middle school and college students today.

3. Shakespeare's plays fall into three categories. They are 4. Name two of the tragedies written by Shakespeare:.

5. Charlotte Bronte and Emily Bronte are noted for their respective novel which are largely the love stories of a woman for a man.

6. Charles Dickens and Elizabeth Gaskell are regarded not only as novelists but also as socialin the 19th century.

7. The author of Ivanhoe was ; Charles Dickens's novel tells the story of an orphan child drawn into crime in the London underworld.

8.20th-century literature can be broadly divided into two stylistic periods: .

9. Virginia Woolf was one of the most famous writers of the 20th century.

Her work was concerned with the individual consciousness, especially theconsciousness. She sometimes used the technique of the in her writing.

10. The Heart of Darkness was written by ; the author of the book 7984 was

11. The best-known novel by William Golding is titled

12. In popular fiction, lan Fleming's fantastic stories are well-known, especially for their numerous film versions.

Unit 9

1. Britain's three most popular activities are watching TV, listening to the radio and 2. Britain has one of the world's oldest established newspaper industries. The which appeared in 1791, is the world's oldest newspaper, while The Times, which began publishing in 1785, is Britain's oldest newspaper.

3. The newspapers carry more serious and in-depth articles of particular political and social importance.

4. The is regarded as the most left-wing newspaper in Britain.

英美文化的趣闻篇三：英美文化差异

一。（一）美国货币

美国货币由美元dollar和美分cent组成，one dollar等于100 cents。其纸币bill有一、二、五、十、二十、五十和一百美元等面值；硬币（coin）有一美分（或a penny）、五美分（或a nickel）、十美分（或a dime）和二十五美分（或a quarter）等。在数字前加$表示美元，如：$500表示五百美元；在数字后加C表示美分，如：50C表示50美分；表示由美元和美分组成的钱数时，常用$表示，如：$6．50。

（二）英国货币

英国货币由英镑（pound）和便士（pence）组成，也分为纸币notes和硬币coins。纸币有面值五镑、十镑、二十镑和五十镑；而硬币，即金属货币有一便士、二便士、五便士、十便士、二十便士、五十便士和一镑等。若指一定数额的硬币，通常用piece，如2P（pieces）；随身带的硬币可用change表示。100 pence等于1 pound。在数字前加￡表示多少英镑，如：￡800为800英镑；在数字后加P表示多少便士，如：5P表示五便士（penny的复数）；表示由英镑和便士组成的钱数时通常不说出pence，如3镑50便士可说成￡3．50或three pounds and fifty。

“人们都说，美国人开朗、自信、勇敢、活泼；而传统的英国人内向、淡漠、彬彬有礼、诚实可靠、有民族优越感。英国人和美国人互不服气，英国人说美国人没有历史，美国人说英国人不懂未来。长期生活在美国和英国的中国留学生在那里呆的时间长了，不知不觉中言和行也都折射出了英美文化的差异。”日前中新社一篇题为“漫谈英美留学之差异”的文章，道出了留美生和留英生的不同。

价值观念的差异。中国赴美国留学的5万大军中的自费生出国经历大多都遇到重重阻碍，过五关斩六将，吃尽辛苦，饱受风霜。到了美国之后，都是各忙各的，很少有谁去大使馆教育处坐坐聊聊。当然，这并不是说赴美留学生没有团结的热情，有重大活动时，他们也是一呼百应的，如像欢迎江泽民主席访美、抗议北约轰炸我驻南大使馆时，大家还是很有激情的。

而一般说来，在英国留学费用高，因此自费的很少，很多人都是公派留学；因此，在英国的留学生比较扎堆，时不时还能聚聚，聊聊天、喝喝酒，说说乡愁。我国驻伦敦的教育处，被学子们亲切地称为“51号兵站”，是聚会的老去处。加之英国留学生不少是配偶伴读，还携带着子女。根据英国政府的规定，凡16岁以下或以上仍在就读的留学生子女，生活费每月都有社会福利基金汇入其父母的账户，基本生活不愁，闲暇时全家到教育处走走，思乡之情得到了极大的满足。

大多数中国留美学生和美国人一样非常乐观，他们坚持未来时间取向，因而相信未来，相信事物发展的无限性，相信现在所做的一切在未来会获得收获。虽然在美国存在着实际的不平等，但是人们从观念上相信“在上帝面前人人平等”，相信在美国总有“出人头地的那一天”。君不见许多高新技术开发区里的公司高层管理人员90%以上是华人。而远离家乡留学英国，不是一个人独自奋斗，而是小家庭联合应付各种事件，各种艰辛困难的滋味可以想象，想在英国出人头地确实不易，冒尖者屈指可数。他们绝少有像美国留学生那样爬上塔尖的机遇。留在英国扎根的能在某家公司或某某新闻单位找到一份满意的工作，便是佼佼者。有的不得不拣起英国人不愿干的脏活累活，例如化工之类。不少人唯一的寄托便是希望能早日学成归国、贡献所学。

在美国留学生的眼里，友谊是在情景和时间中下定义的，友谊只存在于特定的时间、空间范畴内，不希望朋友间产生很强的责任感，也不对友谊的标准做过高的界定。因为在高度的工业化、现代化、城市化极大地加快了生活节奏的国度里，整个美国像一部机器不停地运转，追求效率的大众无暇旁顾太多，友谊也打上了现代生活的烙印。亲友结婚送礼，也是新娘子列出一个单子，开列出自己所需的东西，还表明自己喜欢的款式和颜色，由新娘的母亲将礼单复印成若干份送给亲朋好友。这既避免了浪费又节省了时间。可见生活在美国的人是多么精明！而在英国的留学生本身受东方观念的影响友谊第一，加之在英国的孤独无援，友情、互相帮衬就更为重要，成帮结伙处处可见。

行为举止的区别。从服饰上看，英美留学差别更加明显。英国人讲究绅士风度，西装革履，皮鞋锃亮。有的英国女士接待黄皮肤朋友时，专门涂抹上黄色面霜，以表示对朋友的亲近和尊重。留学英伦的学子当然不敢怠慢，西装也同样挺括，领带领结也丝毫不差。什么场合穿戴什么，如何化妆，也亦步亦趋。美国人可方便多了，近几年，美国流行大花裤衩，校内校外，老老少少，都少不了它的影子。中国留学生自然也不甘人后，大裤衩、拖鞋、文化衫招摇过市者，比比皆是。但这也并不是说，他们到处随意，在一些场合，他们也是西装革履，文质彬彬，很有些“绅士”的派头。但如果一看到没有旁人，这些“绅士”就原形毕露，鞋也脱了，领带也松了，扣子也解了，脚也搭起来了。许多赴美学子，虽然回国多年，但有时习惯依然如此。

说到行为举止，如穿衣一样，在英国的留学生要好许多，即使是“表面”文章，也比到美国的留学生要做得好。说话非常客气、行为礼貌，按部就班、不急不躁，似乎也挑不出什么毛病。但也有人评价，这样说话做事太酸了，让人难受，还是赴美的留学生好，心直口快，想什么说什么，想干事卷起袖子就成了，不用为说一句不好听的话，先绕上几百个圈子，罗罗唆唆一如《大话西游》里的“唐僧”。而对留美的学生，前几年有句民谣，说他们是：穿着土气、说话牛气、花钱小气。仔细品味一下，大致也差不离。

虽然很多留学生常年呆在海外，有些甚至在那儿定居，但无论他们在哪里，他们都非常思念祖国，真所谓洋装虽然穿在身，我心依然是中国心，乡愁的滋味，大概每个人都尝过。在异国的土地上，无论他们有没有绿卡，无论他们事业有成还是一切正处于开始，在别人眼里及他们心里，他们始终是中国人。

这个问题很大,也很难回答,应该说英国和许多世界文明古国一样有悠久的历史,经历了很多王朝的统治,有灿烂的文化(以莎士比亚的诗歌和狄更斯的小说为代表)牛津,剑桥大学历史悠久.英国男人绅士味很足,历史上曾出现过爱美人不爱江山的温莎伯爵.整个英国文化给人一种神秘感.

有人说美国是个没有历史的国家,其实在五月花号踏上美洲大陆前,印地安人已经拥有先进的天文,地理,建筑文化.而当今的美国文化则有些像大杂烩,溶入了其他民族的文化元素进去.

英语、美语发音不同，美国人喜欢对认识不久的人直呼其名，英国人除非非常亲密，否则只称呼姓氏

、生存环境的差异

习语的产生与人们的劳动和生活密切相关。英国是一个岛国，历史上航海业曾一度领先世界；而汉民族在亚洲大陆生活繁衍，人们的生活离不开土地。比喻花钱浪费，大手大脚，英语是spend money like water，而汉语是“挥金如土”。英语中有许多关于船和水的习语，在汉语中没有完全相同的对应习语，如to rest on one’s oars（暂时歇一歇），to keep one’s head above water（奋力图存），all at sea（不知所措）等等。

在汉语的文化氛围中，“东风”即是“春天的风”，夏天常与酷暑炎热联系在一起，“赤日炎炎似火烧”、“骄阳似火”是常被用来描述夏天的词语。而英国地处西半球，北温带，海洋性气候，报告春天消息的却是西风，英国著名诗人雪莱的《西风颂》正是对春的讴歌。英国的夏季正是温馨宜人的季节，常与“可爱”、“温和”、“美好”相连。莎士比亚在他的一首十四行诗中把爱人比作夏天，Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day Thou art more lovely and more temperate。

2、习俗差异

英汉习俗差异是多方面的，最典型的莫过于在对狗这种动物的态度上。狗在汉语中是一种卑微的动物。汉语中与狗有关的习语大都含有贬意：“狐朋狗党”、“狗急跳墙”、“狼心狗肺”、“狗腿子”等，尽管近些年来养宠物狗的人数大大增加，狗的“地位”似乎有所改变，但狗的贬义形象却深深地留在汉语言文化中。而在西方英语国家，狗被认为是人类最忠诚的朋友。英语中有关狗的习语除了一部分因受其他语言的影响而含有贬义外，大部分都没有贬义。在英语习语中，常以狗的形象来比喻人的行为。如You are a lucky dog（你是一个幸运儿），Every dog has his day（凡人皆有得意日），Old dog will mot learn mew tricks（老人学不了新东西）等等。形容人“病得厉害”用sick as a dog，“累极了”是dog-tired。与此相反，中国人十分喜爱猫，用“馋猫”比喻人贪嘴，常有亲呢的成份，而在西方文化中，“猫”被用来比喻“包藏祸心的女人”。

3、宗教信仰方面

与宗教信仰有关的习语也大量地出在在英汉语言中。佛教传入中国已有一千多年的历史，人们相信有“佛主”在左右着人世间的一切，与此有关的习语很多，如“借花献佛”、“闲时不烧香，临时抱佛脚”等。在西方许多国家，特别是在英美，人们信奉基督教，相关的习语如Good helps those who help themselves（上帝帮助

自助的人），也有Go to hell（下地狱去）这样的诅咒。

4、历史典故

英汉两种语言中还有大量由历史典故形成的习语，这些习语结构简单，意义深远，往往是不能单从字面意义去理解和翻译的。如“东施效颦”、“名落孙山”、“叶公好龙”等等。英语典故习语多来自《圣经》和希腊罗马神话，如Achilles’ heel（唯一致命弱点）、meet one’s waterloo（一败涂地）、Penelope’s web（永远完不成的工作）、a Pandora’s box（潘多拉之盒灾难、麻烦、祸害的根源）

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