英美国家概况论文
英美文化概况论文
The Differences of Teenagers’ Life Between China and AmericaIt is universally known that teenagers are the expectation of their parents and the hope of a nation, and almost all the countries in the world, including C hina and America of course, pay much attention to the teenagers’ life. However, because of the differences of culture in different countries, teenagers are obviously not living a same life. And in this article, I want to talk about some differences of teenagers’ life between China and America, for life of teenagers in these two countries are both typical.First of all, let’s go into schools and find out how teenagers s pending a day at school.As a Chinese student, I really know the teenagers’ life at school in China. We have to get up early so as not to be late for classes in the weekdays, and there are nearly ten lessons, which contain Chinese, maths, physics, chemistry, English and so on, from moning to night so that many students, especially the highschool students, prefer to spend most of time staying in the classrooms rather than go to play games. As there are too many tasks of learning for us, sometimes we even think that doing things which have nothing to do with studing is just a waste of time. So now you should know that Chinese teenagers’ life at school seems to be alittle monotonous and there are few things to do except listening to the teachers in classes, reading books and doing exercises. And at the end of the day, we are always feeling very tired.Compairde with Chinese teenagers’ life at school, American teenagers’ is easier and more colourful. American teenagers attend classes for an everage of only five hours a day, while Chinese teenagers spend about 10 hours a day. What’s more, although American teenagers should also learn a lot of subjects like mathematics, science, social studies (a subject that includes history, geography, citizenship and economics) and so on, the contents of these courses are much easier than Chinese students’. In result, American teenagers have relatively few tasks of learning, and they have far more free time to do things which they like.After classes over, American teenagers will have more activities. For example, doing a part-time job is universal among the teenagers.There is an interesting fact that a ccording to a survey, it is found that “About 54 percent young students have no pocket money in America, and there are fewer chances to get money from their parents as their ages increase. It is also found that 68 percent American stude nts earn pocket money through doing part-time job in their spare time.”(Tin Jennifer, 2005) By this way, American teenagers not only earn pocket money, but also get many chances to train themselves to have the ability of adapting to environmental variety and the ability of living independently.However, it seems to be hard for Chinese teenagers to do the same things like doing a part-time job as American teenagers. One of the reasons is that Chineseteenagers have less spare time and just within the little spare time, they have to finish much homework. Besides, Chinese parents always protect their children excessively in social activities. Many parents fear that their children will face a lot of difficulties or become bad boys in society; they always reduc e their children’s chances to contact with society or do not let them go to the outside alone. As result, Chinese teenagers live a relatively safe life, with the protection of their parents and teachers, but they may lose a large quantity of chances for themselves to kown the reality of society and develop the aware of independence. And now we should somewhat understand the reason why American teenagers often seems to be more confident and mature.In a word, compared with American teenagers, Chinese teenages live a more tired and simple life. The most important things for them is to finish quite a large number of tasks of studying and they do not need to care about other things too much, because their parents always try to do almost everything for them.But why do these differences above appear? In my opinion, the key reason is that, as we all know, now the only way to select talented person in China is examination. That is to say, we test a person’s level by mark, whith sounds a little cruel. Due to this policy, Chinese teenagers have to undertake the heavy tasks of studyi ng, which is just like Zhengqiang’s(a professer of Zhejiang university) words“In the nowadays, the heavy tasks of studying brings too much pression to our Chinese teenagers but take too much happiness of the teenagers’ life away”. Their parents and teachers also put the children’s mark in an very important place,so they often urge the teenagers to sduty hard and hardly let them to other things. However, owing to the rich resources of education and the relatively variety of ways to select talented person, American teenagers have more choices and they needn’t pay so much attention like Chinese teenagers to study.And secondly, the parents’ conceptions of family education have an great effect on the teenagers’ life too.In China, parents will regard their son or daughter as a child and try to protect their child forever, and the majority of parents feel that their responsibility for their children is to create as good conditions as possible they can so that the children will not worry about anything in the future. What Chinese parents do makes Chinese teenagers live a comfortable life. The teenagers is just like the flowers which are planted in the greenhouses, with no hurt by the wind or snow, beautiful but fragile.However, on the contrary, in America, parents often encourage their children to contact with society. For instance, They let their children do a part-time job by controling the amount of children’s pocket money, which is mentioned in the previous paragraph. What American parents do is to cultivate children’s awareness of frugality and train their children’s ability of independence. Thus, American teenagers may meet more touble in the daily life, but if they overcome the trouble by themselves successfully, they will get a lot of precious social experience that will help them grow up more smoothly.By comparing and contrasting Chinese teenagers’ life with American teenagers’life, we can see that the American mode is better for teenagers to grow up healthily and there are some disadvantages about the Chinese mode. Fortunately, the Chinese government has realized this situation. For example, considering the teenagers’ heavy tasks of studying, the government makes some new education policy such as the policy of quality education to increase ways of talented person selecting to encourage the teenagers to do some other things. Besides, with society developing, Chinese parents also realize that it’s of great importance for children to for a self-supporting will, because it’s the basic quality that help a person succeed in society. Then the parents no longer help their children make all the decisions but they sometimes let their children do same choices. So Chinese teenagers’ life is not so monotonous as before, and I think the teenagers’ life will be more and more colourful, and they can grow up more healthily.参考文本文献以及电子文献：[1] 朱永涛，王立礼。
英美文化概况结课论文
The Differences between the United States and China in Education “Better be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of misfortune.” Plato, an ancient Greek philosopher, said. As we all know, education is necessary to ourselves and even our society. But people in different countries receive various educations because of diverse culture. Let us see the differences in education between America and China and the influence of different education on people.First, there is much distinction between those two countries in ideals of education. American asserts equality. She claims that as many people as possible should have access to as much education as they want so that American can produce a society of literacy and local control. She places emphasis on the basic nature of knowledge and learning. Students in America should learn to discover and create new approaches to understand what is already known. American students prefer to practice by themselves instead of listening to the teachers sitting in the classroom. However, students in China are taught to learn not creative thinking but basic skills. Chinese require that students should acquire knowledge as what teachers teach and what teaching materials tell. Chinese always instill into kids’minds a thought that what teachers and teaching materials say are definitely right so that Chinese students lack the critical thought since they are children. Thus, it becomes that American students possess great abilities though get low grades and Chinese students have low abilities while get high scores, as is known to all.Second, the atmospheres in the classroom show the divergence of the two countries’education. Chinese teachers are good at drawing conclusions from a question for students to make them have no question. But American teachers are efficient at enlightening students on a question and enable every student to put forward more new questions. A student in Chinese class has to put up his hand to be allowed to stand up by teachers to answer questions while in American class students are encouraged to speak freely. If a Chinese student disagree what his teacher say, he will suffer some criticisms; nevertheless, an American students will be awarded praise if he does that. We can find out that the Chinese class pays more attention to discipline and the United States focuses on human rights.Three, the ways to further education are entirely different in China and America. There is no annual college entrance examination. Applicants are chosen on the basis of four aspects: high school records, high school teachers’recommendations, the impression they make during interviews at the university, scores on Scholastic Aptitude Test. In an American soap opera called Gossip Girl, an actor called Dan, who wants to study in Yale and passed the SAT, struggles to get three recommendations from his high school teachers or famous writers. But every Chinese student knows that if they want to go to university they must pass the college entrance examination and if they hope to go to key colleges, they have to get higher scores. So the purpose of American education system is to make students find out their shortcomings and straighten them up and Chinese educational system is elimination.Four, students’ extra-curricular life in United States is more colorful than Chinese students’. There are many students’organizations----clubs and activities in the American school helping students become successful when pursuing hobbies. Inaddition, they often do some part-time jobs to make money, which may be for activities or other things. However, Chinese students don’t have so many activities and in their extra-curricular life they will spend most of time attending cram school or doing their homework. So, they are losing their hobbies gradually.In general, I think our government should make reformation on our educational system immediately. Not only should our grades be focused on, but also students’practical ability and creative thinking should be paid more attention. Thus, our country will be more thriving and prospering and we Chinese will be more happiness!。
英语国家概况论文 黄爱灵
湖南涉外经济学院外国语学院2013-2014《英语国家概况》期末小论文班级_英本1202班___ 姓名__黄爱灵__评分____________American Higher EducationAmerican education system in the United States is the world's cause of education of the most developed countries in the world. American education system as early as the founding of beginning to take shape when, after 200 years of development and gradually perfect, Formation of the primary, secondary and tertiary institutionsHigh education in the United States began with the founding of Harvard College in 1636. In the past more than 300 years, it has developed into a large enterprise with a very complex system. The higher education comprises four categories of institutions: a) the university; b) the four-year undergraduate institution----the college; c) the technical training institution; and d) the two-year community college.In America, the education system has the differentGraduate Degrees years, Bachelor’s Degree have 4 years; Master’s Degree have 1-2 years; Doctor’s Degree, ph.D (doctor of philosophy), have at least 3 years.So what are the differences between the “college” and the “university” in America? The term “college”refers to an undergraduate institution that confers the degree of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science after four years of study or an associate degree after two years study. While a university is generally a group of colleges, each serving a special purpose: college of business, college of arts and humanities, college of education, etc. The system of higher education in the United States has three functions: teaching, research and public service. Each college or university has its own emphasis with regard to its functions. The majority of the higher educationinstitutions are located in states that have a large population.The American higher education institutions offer a wide variety of subjects, from the finearts to practical and career-oriented fields such as engineering and marketing. The United States has a variety of higher education institutions, from large comprehensive universities to small traditional liberal arts colleges. Distinctions among these institutionsare in size, level, educational quality, residential atmosphere and the time it takes to complete a degree.At the undergraduate level, students’personal preferences as to size, academic quality and location play a key role in their choice of college or university. At the graduate level, more attention is paid to the reputation of the faculty and department.However,all this effort in America’s higher education is very expensive. Some of the costs come from fees and benefactions, particularly towards research, but most have to be paid from public funds. Parents favor big expenditures on higher education;a wider public opinionfavors them for idealistic and cultural reasons, and because of the supposed value of education as an investment by society.The first universities were developed by private charitable organizations. The private universities are still very important, and most of the best-known institutions, like Harvard, Yale and Princeton, are private.Most of the principal state universities have between 10, 000 and 30, 000 students,and some have increased rapidly in the past few years. Private universities and colleges are generally smaller, and although they are more numerous than public institutions they have a smaller total number of students than those in public institutions. The private colleges vary very much in standards and reputation, from the world-famous and select to the cranky and the obscure. The best known of all is Harvard.There are also many junior colleges to which students may be admitted at the end of their high school career, providing only the first two years of university work.For the most part Americans think that there’s some advantage in attending one of the better-known private institutions, in spite of the higher cost, rather than a state university. However, testate universities are becoming increasingly important, and some of them, particularly in the Midwest have a reputation practically equal to that of the private ones. Almost every state by now has several university institutions directly under the authority of the state government.For a university student, an academic year is about nine months, usually for mid-September until early June or from late August until May. In most universities, it isdivided into either two semesters or three semesters, excluding the summer session. The students usually enjoy a “break”of one week during each semester and a 30-day winner break.Typically, an undergraduate student has to earn a certain number of “credits”(usually at least 120) in order to receive a degree at the end of four years of college. Credits are earned by attending lectures (or lab classes) and by successfully completing assignments and examinations. One credit usually equals one hour of class per week in a single course. A course may last 10 to 16 weeks, the length of a semester.Living accommodations are usually not large enough to hold all university students, though large numbers of residence halls have been built. Many students live off campus and prepare their own meals.It is common for students to work to earn their tuition and living expenses not only during vacations but also in their free time during the semester. Many colleges and universities offer work-study programs so that students can earn money while working at the school.Sports have a significant place in American university life. Football is the most popular university sports. Some universities award both football and basketball scholarships, and students admitted mainly as athletics or “jocks”receive not only free tuition but also other financial assistance.There are clubs and activities for almost every student’s interests, such as art, music, drama, debate, foreign languages, photography, volunteer work, all aimed at helping students become successful in their later life while simultaneously pursuing their hobbies.There is evidence that even incomplete university study gives a person better career prospects than none at all. So, it is accepted that the benefits of a university career are usefu l.In American, there are the best research universities such as Harvard, Yale, Princet on, Columbia and MIT in the east, as well as Stanford and Berkeley on the west coast.Except for some college sponsored by the Catholic Church, all college and universitie s in the U.S, public or private, are governed by a board of trustees composed primarily of laymen. The community college calls for education to serve the good of both the i ndividual and society. It embodies Thomas Jefferson’s belief that an education should be practical as well as liberal.Let’s look some famous universities of the United States:Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, is a comprehensive university. Harvard College was established in 1636 and was named for its first benefactor, John Harvard. The university has grown from nine students with a single master to an enrollment of more than 20000 degree candidates, including undergraduates, graduates and professional students in 11 principal academic units. Harvard University is known around the world for its outstanding academic achievements. The university has product more than 40 Nobel laureates. English Presidents of the United States are graduates of Harvard.Yale University was founded in1701 as the Collegiate School in Killingworth, Connecticut. In 1716, it moved to its permanent location in New Haven. Elihu Yale, a weathy British merchant, donated generously to the school, and it was renamed Yale College. In 1864, Yale College was renamed Yale University. The university is now comprised of three major academic components: Yale College (the undergraduate program), the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and 10 professional schools. Yale encompasses a wide array of research organizations, libraries, museums and administrative support offices. Approximately 12000 students attend Yale. And it embarks on a steady expansion. With strictteaching and enrollment, Yale University has a high academic standard and great prestige. Some of the world’s most famous and powerful men today are graduates of Yale, including George W. Bush, John Kerry and William F. Buckley Jr., etc.Princeton University was known as the College of New Jersey from 1746 to 1896. It is well known for its History Department, Philosophy Department, English Department, Mathematics Department and Physics Department. The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs has been continuously training government officials. Presidents Wilson and over 80 Senates are graduates of Princeton University.Massachusetts Institutions of Technology is an institution famous for its scientific and technological training and research. Established in 1861, the institution used to be a purely technical institution. It is comprised of five schools: the School of Architecture and Planning, the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, the MIT Slogan Sciences, the MIT Slogan School of Management and the School of Science. While attaching importance to teaching, the institute pays great attention to theory study and applied research. Both the undergraduate and the graduates participate in cooperative research work. MIT has achieved significant success in the fields of scientific research.Education system in American obviously is different with ours, but they all aim to make more talented people to make the country better and strong, modern and developed.。
英美国家概况
比较地理环境对中英两国文明进程的影响人类的文明，无论是古代的、现代的、都发生于某一特定的时间和空间所外的自然环境。
原始人采撷果实、居于洞穴或露宿于野，所有的一切都离不开自然环境，他们的衣食住行、生活和生产都深深地依赖地理环境。
进入文明之后，随着人类自身巨大潜能的逐渐发挥，人类对自然的依赖表面看来似乎有所淡化和隐化，但实际情况是，人类的文明程度愈高，对地理环境的利用的范围也愈益扩大和深化。
今天，科学技术的突飞猛进，都是建立在无数对自然宇宙的新发现、新认识和众多新材料、新方法产生的基础之上。
所以，无论对人类历史的哪一阶段进行研究，都决不能忽视自然地理环境对人类文明的影响和作用。
英国是一个岛国，总面积244200平方公里，东邻北海，西、北面对大西洋，南面是英吉利海峡，与法国隔海相望。
地理学上叫“不列颠群岛”，它们星星点点地散布在欧洲大陆西北边的水域中。
最大的岛屿——大不列颠岛，上面分布着英格兰、苏格兰和威尔士三个区域单位。
从英格兰的最南端到苏格兰的最北端只跨越10个纬度，最长也不过600英里（966公里）。
在欧洲国家中英国的面积之小可想而知。
英国的海岸线异常曲折，构成了许多港湾。
在英国，“内陆”离海洋最远处也不过75英里（120公里）。
位于欧洲大陆袈上的不列颠诸岛沿海水域不深，当大西洋暖流缓缓穿过这个“陆桥”之时，它温暖了空气、提升了水温，使不列颠的气候与同纬度其他地区相比，都要暖和宜人。
浅水、暖流、深湾共同构成了远古时代养育不列颠人的天赐富源。
独特的地理环境，对英国的政治、经济、文明、价值观念和民族精神都产生了深远的影响，其影响可归纳为以下几点：1.国家面积小，有助于政治统一，社会、经济和文化易于交流，制度容易规范化。
亚里士多德曾论述过城邦人口的规模，他认为一个城邦最适当的人口限度应该是足以满足自我需要而又是观察所能遍及的最大数目。
正是这种小国寡民的城邦才有条件建立那种公民直接参与的民主政治，而且极不容易形成专制。
英美国家概况英语论文
Britain and the United States, in today's world is the two big powers in society, the two countries have extremely similar in a lot of places, so they have the obvious differences?First，the character of Americans and British man was not the same.British tradition, focusing on good manners etiquette. Americans believe in freedom, not like constraints.The British character traits are: apathy, subtle, introverted, conservative and rational rigor, gentleman's humor. Corresponds to American character was summed up as follows: warm, cheerful, adventurous, innovative, and imaginative alive, straightforward humor.Second，British and American philosophy of education is different.British Conservative and strict, reflected in education was rigorous style of study, improve the education system. It has a strict quality control system, quality assessments and scientific research and university teaching evaluation results known to the world, United Kingdom higher education is being checked on a regular basis.Americans are pursuing equality and freedom, reflected in education is the United States education system with diversity, openness Characteristics, internationality, flexibility, the United States education is to ensure fair and equal opportunities for education, and to give full play to different educational objects can meet the personality characteristics to raise the full of vigor and vitality.Third, British and Americans in their everyday life practices also differ.From the fashion point of view, Britons are paying attention to clothing, paying attention to a gentleman, Americans are more casual, wants to wear what, in their own comfort, not to mind other people's assessment, will not be evaluated.See from eating food of both countries, British diet also exudes British upper classes should be noble, from selection to Cook, and then at the dinner table, the British none to maximize detail. Americans -diet does not pay attention to fine, the pursuit of fast and convenient, not luxury, more popular. Three meals a day are just. Such eating habits to some extent also reflected American life, vigorous and resolute, as if it is not to the British procrastination, so attention to detail.British and American in their respective essence on why such a huge difference? Human environment is the main reason, I think. Secondly geographical environment is one of the indispensable factors.。
英美国家概况 A brief introduction to the United Kingdom
Before
1AD. British people were made of Celtic people （凯尔特人， tribal people)
in 43 AD, British was invaded by the Roman Empire, English and Wales became a part of the Roman Empire
next invaders were the Normans from Northern France
legend of Robin Hood (罗宾 汉带领绿林好汉) ，rob from the rich to give to the poor
The
It
was independent from the UK for a long time, so still imagine themselves as independent
Many
people who think of Britain think of the English gentleman But most of the British people are not like that For example, a Scottish woman would not be like to be called an English gentleman Actually Scottish people and English people do not like each other
Immigration
was encouraged in the 1950s and 1960s 1/20 are not of European origin Some from India(印度) or Pakistan(巴基斯坦) Some from Caribbean(地中海国 家)
英美国家概况
随着我国改革开放的深入和对外贸易的日益发展，国内机构和企业与国外相关机构和企业开始了更加频繁、更加密切的交流合作。
特别是商务领域对商务英语人才的需求和素质要求不断提高。
作为高层次复合型商务英语人才，不仅要注重语言技能和商务知识的教学和训练，更要注重人文素质的熏陶和培养。
由于英语往往是当今国际交流和贸易活动中常用的工作语言之一，商务英语人才必须具有国际视野，深入学习和了解英语国家特别是英美国家的社会历史和文化。
奥巴马政府上台后，以经济金融危机为首要任务，先后出台《美国复苏与再投资法案》、《金融稳定计划》等政策措施，实施量化宽松等非传统货币政策，稳定金融市场，刺激经济增长和创造就业；高度重视能源、气候变化等问题，加大科技研发投入，实施创新战略，倡导发展绿色经济；完成医疗保险、金融监管等经济社会改革立法，推进教育改革。
2012年以来，奥巴马集中精力竞选连任，围绕促进经济复苏和保障社会公平两条主线，不断推进各项内政议程。
围绕保增长、促就业目标，先后推出两轮“量化宽松”和一轮“操作扭转”，推动国会通过延长工资税减免、促进制造业回流和就业外包、努力吸引境外投资、促进房地产市场回暖、加强外贸执法、继续促进地方能源发展、稳定油价等议案.。
聚焦社会公平，充分维护医保改革等既有改革成果，塑造中产阶级代言人形象，保障弱势群体利益。
2012年11月6日，美国正式启动2012年总统选举。
8月底9月初，共和党和民主党相继召开全国代表大会，正式提名现任总统奥巴马击败共和党总统候选人罗姆尼、瑞安、奥巴马和拜登，分别成为总统和副总统候选人，并通过各自的党纲扩大领先优势，使得晋级前景明朗。
美国总统选举逐渐进入两党对抗阶段，选情更加激烈，顺利连任。
在国会选举中，民主党和共和党分别赢得参众两院多数席位，保持分裂局面。
2012年底和2013年初，两党围绕“财政悬崖”(多项税收优惠政策到期、大规模强制减支措施启动、国债上限再度触顶)展开激烈角力.。
英语国家概况论文-政治体制-英文
Comparison of the Politics in Britain and United StatesAbstract: The system that British established in 19 century has a profound effect not only on its own country’s society developments of politics and history but also on other counties’ modern institution, politics and history. British is the mother of world capitalist constitutionalism. As a powerful capitalistic country, US’ system is also based on the British’s system and set a prefect system after some reforms. Even so, the systems of the two countries still have many differences. Both of the two countries have powerful political systems in the world.Keywords: constitution, party systems, electoral system1. Introduction: (political institution is superstructure, generally refers to the state power organs and the basic system which adapted with the social nature. "Political system, as same as the various systems of the human society, is the product of history development, branding with time and space.”) After the English bourgeois revolution, democratic politics was gradually established. The constitution was promulgated and constitutionalism was gradually be taken. Capitalism got a considerable development in Britain. Britain built the first set of the capitalist system, which is known as the source and model of Western political system.British and US political systems have the same theoretical basis: the principle of "separation of powers” and the theory of “human rights”; the concrete content includes the parliamentary system, the electoral system, the judicial system, and the political party system, etc; these are all considered to be the elements of "people's democracy", Regimes implemented the principles of separation of powers and check and balance and the "rule of law". And most fundamentally,as two typical representatives of capitalist countries’ political systems, Britain and USA have the same nature in the maintenance of bourgeois interests and the private capitalist system, the implementation of other aspects of bourgeois dictatorship. But in the specific political system level, they present different characteristics, the paper only compare British and American political system from three aspects of the Constitution, the party system, the electoral system.2. Comparison of constitutionsBritain is typical of countries with unwritten constitution, there is no unified, complete written form, and its constitutional system is extremely complex which is constituted by a variety of written and unwritten customary law, jurisprudence and constitutional practices constituted. British constitution can not be listed by one or several pieces of documents, nor strict distinct by the time, it lacks rigorous and explicit content, consistent and complete system。
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ContentsAbstract (2) Key words (2) Introduction (2) Body (2)ⅠEnglish renaissance and humanism (2)A.English renaissance (2)B.English renaissance humanism (3)ⅡThree aspects influnenced by English renaissance (3)A.Drama (3)B.Architecture (4)C.Portraiture (4) Conclusion (5) Notes (6) Referances (7)Influences of Renaissance in EnglishHistoryLI SiqiAbstract: The English Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement in England dating from the early 16th century to the early 17th century. In this period, the most significant influence in English history is the spreading of humanism, which is reflected in the three main aspects: drama, architecture and portraiture through pouring humanism into works in those fields.. The greatly aroused creativity of human beings will create miracles.Key words: Renaissance Humanism Drama Architecture Portraiture"What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving, how express and admirable in action, how like an angel in apprehension, how like a god!" This sentence is abstracted from the book Hamlet written by Shakespeare, who is a representative figure in the period of English Renaissance. In this period, the most significant influence in English history is the spreading of humanism, which is a milestone in the development of English history, especially in art, and which is reflected in the three main aspects: drama, architecture and portraiture. This article is concentrated on how English renaissance puts influnence on these three aspects.ⅠEnglish Renaissance and humanismA. English RenaissanceBut first, what is English renaissance? “The English Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement in England dating from the early 16th century to the early 17thcentury. It is associated with the pan-European Renaissance that many cultural historians believe originated in Tuscany in the 14th century. This era in English cultural history is sometimes referred to as "the age of Shakespeare" or "the Elizabethan era", the first period in English and British history to be named after a reigning monarch.”B. English Renaissance HumanismIn the term of renaissance, humanism can not be ignored. Renaissance humanism was an intellectual movement in Europe of the later Middle Ages and the Early Modern period. This intellectual movement sets basement for the reform of modern culture development through innovating literature, philosiphy, history, science and art. The typical attitude of humanists is negtiving the conceptions in Middle Ages. In those conseptions, devine will is the only thing a human being values and follow. On the contrary, human is put at the centre of the universe, and human’s intellect and spirit sre highly spoken of. Renaissance humanism has influence on almost every aspect in English history, soas drama, architecture and portraiture.ⅡThree Aspects Influenced By English RenaissanceA. DramaFirst, English renaissance humanism impacts upon drama, because drama, to a great extent, is closely related to the people, and bears the weight of social significance.At the end of 16th century to the beginning of 17th century, a large amount of dramatists came into being: “Shakespeare, Ohristopher·Marlow, Robert·Green, Thomas·Haywood, Card·Johnson, and so on, are representatives of humanism in the UK.”1The common characteristic of their works is that human values are emphasized, human secerity, goodness and beauty are praised.Take Shakespeare，whose works are peak of advanced drama creation, for example, he combines the approval of beautiful human nature and emotions with the criticisement of Middle Age’s dark legacy, such as prejudice, cruel government, and blooding civil war. Especially his historical dramas,such as King Lear, Hamlet and Athens Dimon, reflect that he regardes the then established social order as abnormal thing and corrupt rule of money. We have known that the then government represented the highest devine right. The criticisement of cruel domination in his works is an evidence for his calling on natural human nature and his desaining devine right. “The great optimistic Shakespeare, losing no confidence toward future, shows sympathy for those ordinary people who are fighting against evil. The assurance of secerity and buauty of human nature just exist here.B.ArchitectureSecond, English renaissance humanism pushes architecture forward to a style of persuing comfort.To the beginning of 17th century, the main type of English architecture is outskirt castle, which shows the mentality of persuing comfort of home. Some renaissance decoration replaced Gothic decoration, for example, wood carving with colouful embossment exists in Baptist Rayford and some other old cities.The most famous architest then is Ynnige·Jones. His the most famous work is Palice Huaiteheer, which did not been handed down; another architecture called “queen house”(lacated in Greenwich, 1635) is simple and fetching; the third work of him is a small Londen church (located in Londen, 1631) has the same feature. Johns’works are simple and comfortable interior, according to which, humanism is shown because architecture style of his works is fit with the practical demand of ordinary people.C.PortraitureThird, English renaissance humanism puts more blood into portraiture. It is the model himself that be concerned in that period but drawing itself.“In the court of Elizabeth, drawing for the queen at will is baned, but only normal portrait drawing is permitted. Paiters only pay attention to the paint of dress, so the figures’ faces in these portraits were still and lifeless.”2While in the period of renaissance, humanism is emphasized, so paiters pay more attention to the various characteristics of individuals. Own to this fact, portraits are becoming vivid gradually. Some successful paiters appear one by one: Samuelel ·Cooper, Nicholas·Shirleejade(1547-1619), Isaac·Oliver（1562-1617）, Peter and Williams. The figures in their poraits are lifelike and livly, and the characteristics of them are described perfectly. The portraits of George·Clifford, Edward·Hobby, and Henry·Anton are all forceful evidence of humanism.Ⅲ.ConclusionRenaissance is an intellectual movement, also a thend of thought. Renaissance brought new prospect to drama, architecture and portraiture in the United Kingdom through pouring humanism into works in those fields. It spreaded humanism in England and overtured the attitude that devine right was paramout, it set shacled souls free and brought a new sight of observing nature and self. The people who had broken loose the chains of devine will gained unprecedented strenth and became the centre of the world. Human beings are no longer worshiper in front of shrine. “A passel of great master in art, who grown up in the circumstance of renaissance humanism in England appeared in the 15th and 16th century. The exciting works created by them proved such a fact: the greatly aroused creativity of human beings will create miracles.”3Other accomplishments in the field of painting must had been existing in the period of renaissance in England, not only portraiture. More resarch can be done there.Notes1. PING Ye, European Art During Renaissance(河北：河北教育出版社)，5482. PING Ye, European Art During Renaissance(河北：河北教育出版社)，5553. ZHANG Xiaolin, Masters During Renaissance(安徽：安徽美术出版社，2003)，105References俄罗斯艺术科学院美术理论与美术史研究所［俄］，《文艺复兴欧洲艺术》(平野译)。