huaer英语国家社会与文化入门-课后题答案

2021年1月19日发(作者：不用担心)

Book1 Unit 1
was the British Empire? What do you know about it? In what way is
the “Empire” still felt in Britain and in the international field?

The
British
Empire
comprised
the
dominions,
colonies,
protectorates,
mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom,
that had originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by
England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
In
the
international
field,
Britain
has
great
voice
in
politics,
economy
and
culture and so on.

2.
Why impossible to sum up British people with a few simple phrases: The UK
is made up of different elements. It includes 4 parts within the one nation-state.
It
is
now
a
multiracial
society
with
different
religion
believes.
It
is
divided
economically and it is a society with a class-structure. And within each of the
four
countries
there
are
different
regions.
Since
this
country
was
so
complicated
both
in
history
or
humanity,
it
is
impossible
to
sum
up
their
people.

3.
A history of invasions: (1) Before the 1st century AD Britain was made up of
tribal
kindoms
of
Celtic
people.
They
brought
the
central
Europen
culture
to
Britain.
Then
in
43AD,
Roman
Empire
invaded
Britain
and
controlled
it
for
slave society but also disseminated
their Catholicism.
(2)However, in the 5th