Chapter 8 British Holidays and festivals Time Allocation: 2 periods Focal Points: Christmas. Christian trinity. Easter and Halloween . Introduction Holiday is a day set apart for religious ob'servance or for the commemoration of some extraordinary event or distinguished person, or for some other public occasion Holidays are characterized by a partial or total cessation of work and normal
Chapter 4 Politics Time Allocation: 2 periods Focal Points: the importance of general elections; the Conservative Party and the labour party Introduction to Party systems a political party system consists of all the parties in a particular nation and the laws and customs that govern their behavior. There are three types of party systems
A General Survey of the United Kingdom Teaching Material: The Society and Culture of Major Englishh-Speakin Countries-An Introduction By Higher Education Press) Teaching Objectives: This course is mainly to make known to the students the British politics, culture as well as society at large, and its position in the world as far as its long
2000年6月全国大学英语四级考试真题和答案 Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) Section a Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question