- •Contents
- •Предисловие
- •Методическая записка
- •Britain in ancient times. England in the Middle Ages.
- •1. The Earliest Settlers
- •3. The Anglo-Saxon period
- •The origin of day names
- •4. The Danish Invasion of Britain
- •5. Edward the Confessor
- •1. Beginning of the Norman invasion
- •2. The Norman Conquest
- •3. England in the Middle Ages
- •Church and State
- •Magna Carta and the beginning of Parliament
- •4. Language of the Norman Period
- •5. The development of culture
- •First universities
- •1. General characteristic of the period
- •2. Society
- •Peasants’ Revolt
- •3 Economic development of England
- •Agriculture and industry
- •4. Growth of towns
- •5. The Hundred Years War
- •6. Wars of the Roses
- •Geoffrey Chaucer
- •William Caxton
- •Music, theatre and art
- •Assignments (1)
- •1. Review the material of Section 1 and do the following test. Check yourself by the key at the end of the book. Test 1
- •2. Get ready to speak on the following topics:
- •III. Topics for presentations:
- •The English Renaissance
- •1. General characteristic of the period
- •2. The Great Discoveries
- •3. Absolute monarchy
- •4. Reformation
- •5. Counter-Reformation
- •6. Renaissance humanists
- •Elizabethan Age
- •1. The first playhouses
- •2. Actors and Society
- •3. London theatres
- •4. William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
- •5. Shakespeare and the language
- •1. The reign of James I
- •2. Strengthening of Parliament
- •3. Charles I and Parliament
- •4. The Civil War
- •5. Restoration of monarchy
- •6. Trade in the 17th century
- •7. Political parties
- •S 8. Science, Art and Music cience
- •J 9. Literature ournalism
- •Assignments (2)
- •I. Review the material of Section 2 and do the following test. Check yourself by the key at the end of the book. Test 2
- •II. Get ready to speak on the following topics:
- •3. Topics for presentations:
- •Britain in the New Age. Modern Britain.
- •1. The Glorious Revolution
- •2. Political and economic development of the country
- •3. Life in town
- •4. London and Londoners
- •5. The Industrial Revolution
- •6. The Colonial Wars
- •7. The Development of arts
- •8. The Enlightenment
- •1. Napoleonic Wars
- •2. The political and economic development of the country
- •3. Romanticism
- •4. Art and artists
- •5. Victorian Age
- •Victorian Literature
- •1. The beginning of the century
- •2. Britain in World War I
- •3. Social issues in the 1920s
- •4. The General Strike and Depression
- •5. The Abdication
- •6. Britain in World War II
- •7. Britain in the post-war period
- •8. The fall of the colonial system
- •9. The Falklands War
- •10. Britain in international relations
- •11. Britain’s economic development at the end of the century
- •12. Social issues
- •13. 20Th-century literature
- •14. The development of the English language Changes in the language
- •In recent decades the English language in the uk has undergone certain phonetic, lexical and grammatical changes:
- •The spread of English. Variants of English.
- •Spelling differences
- •Phonetic differences
- •Lexical differences
- •Grammatical differences
- •Assignments (3)
- •I. Review the material of Section 3 and do the following test. Check yourself by the key at the end of the book. Test 3
- •II. Get ready to speak on the following topics:
- •III. Topics for presentations:
- •Cross-cultural notes Chapter 1
- •1. Iberians [aI'bi:rjRnz] – иберы/иберийцы (древние племена, жившие на территории Британских островов и Испании; в III–II вв. До н.Э. Завоеваны римлянами и романизированы.
- •Chapter 2
- •Chapter 3
- •Chapter 4
- •16. William Byrd [bR:d], Thomas Weelkes ['wi:lkIs], John Bull [bul] – Уильям Бэрд, Томас Уилкис, Джон Булл – английские композиторы конца XVI и начала XVII в. Chapter 5
- •8. Dark Lady – Смуглая Леди, незнакомка, часто упоминаемая в сонетах у. Шекспира. Chapter 6
- •Chapter 7
- •Chapter 9
- •Key to Tests
- •Электронный ресурс:
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- •119218, Москва, ул. Новочеремушкинская, 26
Электронный ресурс:
British History Online // http://www.british-history.ac.uk
Britannia History // http://britannia.com/history
Rutgers. University Libraries // http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/ rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history_uk/internet.shtml
History of the English Language // http://www.englishclub.com/ english- language-history.htm
G.R. Boyer. Politics and Welfare: The Political Economy of the English Poor Laws // http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/ Boyerpoorlaws.html
English Renaissance Theatre // http://www.answers.com/topic/ english-renaissance-theatre
R.H. Fletcher. A Free Library // http://fletcher.thefreelibrary. com/A-History-of-English-Literature
City Mayors: Immigrants in Britain // http://www.citymayors. com/society/uk-immigrants.html
Учебное издание
Воевода Елена Владимировна
АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК
Великобритания:
история и культура
Great Britain: Culture across History
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