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Passage 1 Christmas Day
Tom is an American boy. He likes Christmas very much. It often snows on this day. The earth, trees and houses are all wearing beautiful clothes. People will put a beautiful Christmas tree in front of the house or in the room and the tree is full of candies.
On Christmas Day, Tom can get some gifts from Father Christmas. Father Christmas is an old man. He has a red hat and a red coat; he has white hair, two large eyes and a red nose. He is really kind to children. At night, he will put his gifts on the children’s bed.
At daytime, Father Christmas walks in the white field after his deer. He will send his gifts to every child. However, only good children can get his gifts. If the children often tell lies, if they don’t study hard, or if they don’t listen to their parents, they can’t get his gifts.
Passage 2 April Fools’ Day
April Fools’ Day came about in France in 1582. In the 16th century France, the start of the New Year was observed on April 1st. It was celebrated in much the same way as it is today with parties and dancing to music into the late hours of the night. Then in 1582, Pope Gregory introduced a new calendar for the Christian world and the New Year fell on January 1st. There are some people, however, who hadn’t heard the news or didn’t believe the change in the date, so they continued to celebrate New Year’s Day on April 1st. Others played tricks on them and called them “April Fools”. They sent them on a “fools errand” or tried to make them believe that something false was true. Gradually, this festival comes to other countries, as well as to China in the twentieth century. On that day, people will play all kinds of tricks, even the president may lie to you too. You must be careful, don’t believe it if someone gives you a ticket for a movie, even a small letter may be a trick. They are lying not for chocolate but for fun.
Passage 3 International chess
In China, people are more likely to play Chinese chess, but for western people, they are good at chess. Chess has thirty-two chessmen, two different colors, usually white and black, before the game starts, two players put their sixteen chessmen at the first two rows in order. The game starts, two players move their chessman one following the other. Different chessmen have different rules to move. When one of the players couldn’t move any more, the game is over.
About chess, there is an international chess league. 169 countries have taken part in this league; they set rules of chess, organize international matches together. In these international matches, people will use a clock to check the time for each one, players have to play in a limited time, or he will lose.
Playing chess can help people become smarter. Because when people play, they will think a lot about how to play and how to win the game. Usually, people who can play chess well are smart.
Nowadays, to play chess on the computer or to play on-line with other people is very popular. And this will make chess more and more popular.
Passage 4 Tips for travelling to Australia.
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手语。 （1）在美国，如你站在公路边跷起大拇指，则表示要求搭车。（2）如在交谈中两手摊开，一耸肩，伴有一声“嗯呵”，则表示无可奈何的意思。 （3）中国人在对外交往中，最容易让人反感的动作之一就是说话不经意地用食指指着对方，其实，这个动作一来不雅观，二来对欧美国家的人来说相当不礼貌。原来这是一种非礼貌的责骂，数落别人的动作。 (4)用大拇指和食指围成一个圆圈，这个手势早已家喻户晓，它的意思是OK好的，而竖起食指和中指形成个“V”字形，意思则是“胜利”（victory）。 (5) 用手伸向被唤者，手心向上，握拳并伸出食指前后摇动，表示叫对方过来。 （6）把左掌心放在胸前，身体略前倾，表示真诚。 04、西方人交往“七不问” （1）年龄：西方人大都把希望自己在对方眼中显得年轻，对自己的实际年龄讳莫如深，妇女更是如此，她们过了24后就再也不会告诉他人自己的年龄了。 （2）婚姻：西方人认为婚姻纯属个人隐私，向他人询问时不礼貌的。若是向异性打听婚否，则有对方关心过甚之嫌。 （3）收入：西方人将此视为个人脸面，因此它与个人的能力和地位有关。不仅收入不宜谈论，住宅、财产、服饰等体现个人状
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目录 1.六大模块 2.一些跟帖啦 3.专业可与思想政治课程 4.一些其他的选修 第一模块文史文化类 《资治通鉴》导读（姜鹏）有《百家讲坛》的感觉，考试开卷（道） 唐宋八大家古文（朱刚） 史记导读（李祥年）口碑好 新诗导读（张新颖）课业负担极小，课堂内容极丰富 第三模块文明对话 日本文明的历史变迁（冯玮）给分好 宪政文明史（王蔚）上课认真即可获得高分（非法学专业最好不要选王蔚的课。。。会比较惨。。。。背很多很多。。她自己说的。。） 第四模块—科技科学 科学方法的哲学基础（谢遐龄）给分好 诺贝尔与光学（应质峰）给分好 人类与核科技发展（袁竹书）针对理科生课程简单 化学与人类（刘旦初）幽默风趣 移动互联网与科技进步（杨舰）上课自由，不点名，论文讨论 天体物理与宇宙论的演化（徐建军）不点名，闭卷考试（就是小耗子哥哥数学系同学说很艰苦） 光学与现代生活（张荣君）理科生的福音 第五模块生态坏境 全球化时代的环境问题（郝前进）
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小学英语课外拓展 英美文化常识
英美文化知识素养答题题库 英美文化知识素养答题题库 1 单项选择题： 美国由___________个州组成。 A. 48 B. 49 C. 50 D. 51 答案 C 2 单项选择题： 人有绰号，城市有绰号，有趣的是，有的国家也有绰号，如美国的绰号是_____，英国的绰号是_____ A Aunt Sam, Uncle John B New Continent, Great Britain C Washington, Elizabeth D Uncle Sam, John Bull 答案D 3 单项选择题： 在英美国家，人们通常将“体力劳动者”称为_____workers ，把“脑力劳动者”称为_____workers，而把“服务、维修等行业的人们”称为_____workers。 A blue, green, white B blue, white, grey. C black, blue, green D white, blue, black 答案 B 4 单项选择题： 在美国土生土长的传统节日是_____________。 A. 复活节 B. 感恩节 C. 圣诞节 D. 中秋节 答案B 5 单项选择题： 有这样一则笑话：有一次一个外宾对翻译说：“I wonder if I can go somewhere?”翻译回答道“Yes, you can go anywhere in China.”外宾不禁愕然。你知道这位翻译的问题出在哪里了吗？ A 外宾的意思是他想马上离开。 B 外宾的意思是他要上厕所。 C外宾的意思是他想随便走走。 D外宾的意思是想休息一下。 答案B 6 单项选择题： 当你给一位英国朋友写信时，你若在写完信之后突然想起来还要补充点什么，此时你通常在补充的内容前加上_____这两个字母。 A P,S B OT C C, D D B,C 答案 A 7 单项选择题： 中国人喜欢说“自己动手，丰衣足食”，英美人也有类似的喜好，他们称之为______。
英美文化概论课程论文
What I've Learnt in This Course Author name: 杨坤student number : During this course，we have get the knowledge about America and Britain of their history , language , literature , education , politics and so on . United Kingdom covers only a small part area of the earth's surface , but its people share many different origins and cultures including the Scots , the Welsh , the Irish and the English . The English we use today has experienced too many changes . Old English of Anglo-saxon ,although it is the ancestor of modern English ,appears quite different from today's language . During AD 587-1066 , They used both Latin and Germanic scripts but always called their language Englisc .With the Norman invasion led by William the Conqueror in 1066 , norman French became the official language of English .The following phases are Middle English , Modern English ,Standard English . British government system The monarchy is the oldest secular institution in the United Kingdom .The British constitution is consisted of Acts of Parliament , the Prerogative of the Grown , Conventions of the Constitution , Common Law and Parliamentary Privilege . There are three elements in Parliament——the Crown , the House of Lord , the House of Commons . English literature begins around the 8th century in a language called Old English or Anglo-saxon . During this time the master work is Beowulf , a story of a great king who fought against monsters. The middle English period , generally defined as 1100 to 1500 , sees the true beginning of the magnificent heritage of English literature .During t his period many outstanding writers appeared as like Chauccer and the Shakespeare . Chaucer was the first to use English creation of court writer. He lived in London, use natural central England each county English, not dialect in northern or south England . His works made great contribution to the formation of modern English . when he was young , Chaucer translated part of the love poem "rose legend "into English. His first work is "the duchess's book. "Especially Roy Russ and klein west Germany based on boccaccio , show the great poem talent of Chaucer . His last longest and most famous work is the Canterbury tales. His work in Britain has always been treated as the best until Shakespeare's time. Shakespeare wrote tragic (Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, as king Lear) , comedy(The merchant of Venice, a midsummer night's dream, happy, twelfth night) , tragicomedy(Romeo and Juliet) ,historical play(Henry iv, Henry v, Henry vi, Henry viii, king John, Richard ii, Richard iii) and sonnet (Lover's complaint, LuKeLi silk non-virgins remember, Venus and adonis, enthusiasm of pilgrims, phoenix and doves) . Everybody knows that the Britain is Christians . The church of England is one of the many "Protestant" sects which broke away from the more ancient and more orthodox Roman Catholic Church several centuries ago , during the great religious upheaval called the Reformation. Being different from the Britain , the America has a very big land . In its vast area the United States comprehends most of the physical condition known to men : heat