Chapter 1. geography, people and language. Think and talk. Do you know the full name of Britain? Do you know the geographical features of this country? Do you know its major cities, London, Ed…
Another well-known figure of the Northumbrian School was the Venerable Bede (673-735), a monk who wrote in Latin and whose work. The Ecclesiastical History of English People earned for him the title of “Father of English History”. 第一个制高点是诺森伯兰流派。它的中心是诺森伯兰王国的寺庙和...
History of invasions(入侵史) Before the 1st century AD Br itish was made up of many tribal kingdoms of Celtic people: a powerful culture originating in central Europe. 公元 1 世纪之前,英国是由许多凯尔特人的部落王国构成,其强大的文化源于中欧地区。 Roman invasion (43 AD—5th Century AD)(罗马...
runs 15. His speech rambled on for half an hour, but the ___ of what he had said was that too many people had too little money. 16. That was a(n)___ remark for him to make, and all of us who knew him well didn 't know why. A. easy B. peculiar 17. Our knowledge...
The first true expressions of nationalism occurred in England during the Puritan Revolution of the middle 1600s. By the end of the 17th century, England had assumed a reputation as the world leader in science, commerce, and political and social theory. After theEnglish Civil Warof 1642, thePu...
13、ould help23.Just as the builder is skilled in the handling of his bricks,_ the experienced writer is skilled in the handling of his words. A.as B.so C. thusD.like24. James has just arrived, but I didn't know he_ until yesterday.A. was coming B.came C had been comingD wil...
Vote up the currency we should bring back. Though the United States dollar was officiallyadopted in 1785, paper currency didn't fully enter circulation until the Civil War. Thecurrent appearanceof modern US bills developed only after a long period of economic development ba...
Major cities had been decimated; London had lost 50% of its population by 1351. Paris and Rome had probably been as devastated. The impact of such a catastrophe on society was immeasurable. Historians have barely scratched the surface of the consequences in the various nations and locales ...
② there were two revolutions of 17th century: the civil war and the glorious revolution. The civil war was led by the roundheads that representing Parliament defeated theroyalists.The roundheads succeeded in ousting the monarchy,CharlesⅠ, in 1642 and ruled for 18years before the monarchy,Charl...
1642, in France in 1806, and in England 1976, and is still non-existent in a number of "civilized" nations. This shows how long it was before we considered it necessary to make sure that all our children could share in the knowledge accumulated by the "happy few" during the past ...