English culture英国文化

Afternoon everyone

, glad here to share this time’

s presentation with all of

you . And today my topic is Leisure Activities In Britain.

1.

First I’m going to show you two groups of

brief statistics of how the Britons

spend their free time. From the first one we can see

，

generally

，

their leisure

time is divided into three main parts

…which I think include …

2.

The second group of statistics is a little bit specific .As we can see , …

3. Here I

am

to

say

that

DIY

used

to

be very

popular in

Britain

but

a

recent

research

suggests

that

Britons'

love

affair

with

DIY

is

waning(decline),

and

they

would rather employ someone else to do the home improvements.

Today I am not going to introduce all of the above , instead I choose several

kinds of activities that we might not be familiar with .

I divided the project into two part as Leisure at Home and Leisure outside the

Home.

About

Leisure at Home , I select three aspects

——

British Soap Opera

，

puzzle

and gardening.

OK ,then let’s begin with the British Soap Opera.

Well ,as we have known from those two groups of statistics,

watching TV is a

very popular pastime in the UK . But what kind of programmes do British people

like to watch? Well, the most-watched TV programmes every week are very popular

dramas that are usually on at least four times every week. They are dramas based in

one neighborhood

that

try to

describe ordinary

life

in

the

UK

——

we

call

these

dramas ‘soap operas’ or ‘soaps’.

British Soap Operas can be very very long,

and some of them have even lasted for several decades

.

Let’s look at the two main popular ones

.they are both very long .

1. The first one, Eastenders, which is called

伦敦东区

< br>/

东区人

in Chinese

, set in the

East End of London. You know that , the former

East End usd to be regarded as a

slum

,

where

poor

people

gathered

to

live,

including

the

famous

“Jack

the

Ripper”

(for

开膛手杰克

in

Chinese

)

.

And

now

,

the

place

has

attracted

many

talented

young

artists

and

designers.

The

drama

started

in

1985

and

is

still

continuing to be on till now by BBC .

Here is the screenshot(

截图

) for Eastenders

from the official website of BBC. And

we can see

… till now ,it has lasted for 28

years.

2. The second one, is considered to be more famous. That is Coronation Street .

In Chinese means

加冕街

.

It is set in a suburb

of Manchester and it’s supposed

to represent working class life in the north of England.

Also ,it is regarded as the

UK's longest-running TV soap as it has been on since 1960 , lasting for 53 years.

And the mark in the right picture is in memory of its 50

th

anniversary , in 2010. It is

also said that

Coronation Street is the Queen’s favorite TV soap and have won

many big prizes in Britain .

Then

let’s

move

on

to

the

second

part

about

Leisure

at

Home.

That

is

——

puzzle.

You

know

that

,nearly

three

quarters

of

people

in

the

UK

now

do

some

sort of

puzzle,

from

newspaper

crosswords

and

coffee-break

teasers

to

puzzles

in

magazines

and

even

taking

part

at

home

in

TV

shows.

And

we

can

see

how

popular puzzle is in Britain .

?

Of course ,most of us have played it when we were young ,and now let’s

have a small review for it.

When we are doing a Cross Word Puzzle, we are supposed to do

…the first

acros

s line … the word consist of 9 letters and it is easy to come up with the

word “honeymoon”. Also ,the following steps are just similar .

In particular,

we will often have a special sense of achievement when we have finished the

whole puzzle.

?

I am sure you know the famous handsome guy

——

yes he is Beckham . But

do you know what he is doing? He seems to enjoy it a lot . Yes, he is doing a

Cross

Word

Puzzle.

The

two

pictures

are

also

my

screenshot,

from

the

publicity film of 2012 London Olympic games(2012

伦敦奥运宣传片

). Later I

will show the film.

?

Ok

,here

the

two

pictures

are

Puzzle

of

Downton

Abbey

selling

in

a

Britain shop or on the internet. But here , puzzle doesn’t mean

字谜

but

means

拼图

in Chinese. Of course , they are also very popular.

Then

let’s

move

on

to

the

last

part

about

Leisure

at

Home.

That

is

——

gardening.

?

The British are known as a nation of gardeners and are called good green

fingers.

Most Britons

have a garden on their property. Gardening has been a

popular pastime since Roman times. Many people in Britain are proud of their

houses & gardens. They want their houses & gardens to look nice.

?

Here are several pictures of …

?

And then let’s take a look at an excerpt(节选，摘录

) from

an interview with

a BBC horticulturist.

Here we need to take several point that …

And finally I am going to introduce the Chelsea Garden Show .

?

Chelsea

Garden

Show

is

known

as

the

annually

traditional

garden

show

in

Britain as well as the most famous and extraordinary garden show in the world.

In Britain , it is said that there are three affair that will cause traffic jam

——

the

first

one

is

the

Queen’s

cruise,

the

second

one

is

the

football

team’s

triumphant return(

凯旋

), and the last one is ,of curse, Chelsea Garden Show.

?

Chelsea Garden Show was first held in London in 1913. And this year is its 100

th

anniversary

. And here are three pictures of the design

sketch of this year’s

ShowGardens.

Ok ,then ,let’s move on to the second big part

——

Leisure outside the Home,

which also includes three aspects

——

Britain pub culture

，

Gambling

，

and sports

First, Britain pub culture.

?

Well ,you know, One thing British is famous for is pubs, and no trip to the UK

would be complete without a visit to one of the thousands of pubs across

the country, as

going to the pub is the most popular leisure activity outside

the home . Pubs play an important part not only in British life but also in the

social

structure

of

the

country.

They

are

places

where

all

ages

and

social

classes mix to talk, do business, or just spend a couple of quiet hours before

heading home in the evening. Pub culture is designed to promote sociability

in a society known for its reserve.

So we call it a kind of “culture”

.

?

Next I am going to show you several pictures of Activities in pubs. These

are

the

ones

we

are

familiar

with

,such

as

…

and

the

three

are

not

familiar to us. They are called… I think it should be interesting to play

these games.