- •Синельник ю.Е. Лингвострановедение и страноведение
- •Содержание
- •«Лингвострановедение и страноведение»
- •Планы ответов на экзаменационные вопросы по дисциплине «лингвострановедение и страноведение» Question 1: Early History (Celts – Danes)
- •Question 2: Early History (Danes – Normans)
- •Question 3: The Hundred Years’ War
- •Question 4: The War of Roses
- •Question 5: Reign of Henry VIII
- •Question 6: Civil War. Republic. Protectorate
- •Question 7: Victorian Era
- •Question 8: Franco-British Relations
- •Question 9: Geography of the uk
- •Islands
- •Question 10: Monarchy: History. Functions
- •Question 11: British Government
- •Question 12: British Parliament: History. Functions
- •Question 13: Parliament of the United Kingdom. Elections
- •Question 14: Political Parties of the uk
- •Question 15: Capital of the uk
- •Question 16: Political relations between the uk and the usa
- •Question 17: Economy of the uk
- •Question 18: Education in the uk
- •Question 19: British Culture (Anglo-Saxon – Enlightenment)
- •Question 20: British Culture (Romanticism – Post-Modernism)
- •Question 21: British School of Painting
- •Question 23: Architecture and Places of Interest in London
- •Question 24: The British as They are Seen by Other Nations
- •Question 25: Influence of History on the Development of English
- •Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Anglo–Frisian
- •53 Countries United Nations European Union Commonwealth of Nations nato nafta ukusa
- •Question 26: Early History of the usa
- •Question 27: The War of Independence
- •Question 28: Formation of the New Country (usa)
- •Question 29: The War between the North and the South
- •Question 30: The usa in XIX - XX
- •Question 31: The usa in the wwi & wwii
- •Question 32: The Vietnam War
- •Question 34: Modern History: 9/11. Iraq War
- •Iraq War
- •Question 35: Population: General overview. Immigrants
- •Immigration
- •Question 36: Population: Native Population
- •Question 37: Geography of the usa
- •Question 38: Government: Congress
- •Question 39: President of the usa
- •Question 40: Political Parties and Elections in the usa
- •Question 41: Capital of the usa
- •Question 42: Local Government (uk & usa)
- •Independent locally elected Councils
- •36 District Councils
- •Question 43: Russian-American Relations
- •Question 44: Modern Foreign Policy of the usa
- •Question 45: Economy of the usa
- •Industry
- •Question 46: Education of the usa
- •Question 47: us Culture and Literature
- •Question 48: The Americans as They are Seen by Other Countries
- •Question 49: us Mass Media and Film Industry
- •Question 50: us Places of Interest
- •Question 51: us and uk National Holidays
- •Question 52: us Family. Stereotypes
- •Glossary
- •Литература, рекомендуемая для подготовки к экзамену
Question 23: Architecture and Places of Interest in London
Plan:
Cityscape
No particular architectural style. It is, however, mainly brick built often decorated with carvings and white plaster mouldings.
Few structures have survived after the Great Fire - Tower of London, Westminster Abbey. A majority of buildings in London date from the Edwardian or Victorian periods
Wren's late 17th century churches Royal Exchange, Bank of England, Old Bailey
Lloyd's building, Canary Wharf and the BT Tower in Fitzrovia, London City Hall
Westminster Abbey
A gothic building.
Crowning place of the British monarchs.
Here are tombs and memorials of English monarchs and outstanding people.
St. Paul’s Cathedral
The creator – Ch. Wren
Built on the place of Old Norma church destroyed by the Great Fire in 1666.
A huge dome and “the Whispering Gallery”
The Tower of London
Founded in 11th cent. by William the Conqueror
It was a fortress, a palace, a prison and a royal treasury.
Now – the Museum of arms and armour.
Beefeater
The Ceremony of key
The Palace of Westminster
The old building was destroyed by the fire in 1834, the new one was built in 1840. the Queen Victoria opened the 1st Parliament in 1849.
The Houses of Parliament harmonize in style (gothic) with Westminster Abbey.
The northern tower is known as Big Ben
Hyde Park
Henry VIII’s place of hunting
A place of boating (the Serpentine lake)
A place of political meetings and rock concerts
Kensington Park
Regent’s Park
Richmond Park
Trafalgar square
Nelson’s monument
London Eye
Greenwich
The observatory
The prime meridian
The Millennium Dome
Question 24: The British as They are Seen by Other Nations
Plan:
The British are supposed to be snobbish, unsociable, boring, and hypocritical.
An unusual geographical position (natural isolation) produced the certain spirit.
And the British tend to regard their own community as the center of the world.
The Britons see themselves as tolerant, decent, modest. They are proud of their genius of compromise and fair play.
And the foreign observers also admit British politeness. And also the feature which is indisputable is that the British people are profoundly conservative by temperament. They prefer their glorious past to the uncertainty of the future.
Conservatism
Invidualism
Privacy
Legalomania
Modesty
The Victorian values (Margaret Thatcher)
Work hard
Improve yourself
Live within your income
Give hand to neighbor
Respect yourself
Be a good member of society
Be pride of your country
Other features:
Love for gardens, dogs, horses.
Love for countryside
A nation of flower-growers
Do-it-yourselves
Sport-lovers
Greatest tea-drinkers
Sense of humor
Practical, own-to-earth ppl.
Foreign observers admit the British coldness. Do not communicate with strangers, and do not show their emotions openly. But when you get to know them closer they turn out to be rather friendly and warm-hearted ppl.
Arthur Kolstler: “a hybrid between an ostrich and the lion: keeping his head in the sand as long as possible but when force to confront the reality, capable of heroic deeds.