- Артикул:00463287
- Автор: Голицынский Ю.Б.
- ISBN: 978-5-89815-902-3
- Обложка: Мягкая обложка
- Издательство: Каро (все книги издательства)
- Город: Санкт-Петербург
- Страниц: 480
- Формат: 84x108/32 (~130х200 мм)
- Год: 2011
- Вес: 285 г
Данная книга представляет собой пособие по страноведению, которое знакомит учащихся с основными достопримечательностями, историей и биографиями знаменитых граждан Великобритании.
Книга предназначена для учащихся старших классов гимназий и школ с углубленным изучением английского языка для студентов высших и средних специальных учебных заведений.
Содержание
SECTION ONE. GENERAL INFORMATION
CHAPTER 1. GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY
Part 1. Geographical Position
Part 2. Nature
Part 3. Coasts
Part 4. Relief
Part 5. Climate ..
Part 6. Inland Waters
Part 7. Vegetation
Part 8. Animal Life
Part 9. Mineral Resources
Part 10. Economy
CHAPTER REVIEW
CHAPTER 2. COMPOSITION OF THE COUNTRY
Part 1. England.
Part 2. Scotland
Part 3. Wales
Part 4. Northern Ireland
CHAPTER REVIEW
CHAPTER 3. POLITICAL SYSTEM
Part 1. The Constitution
Part 2. Three Branches of Government
Part 3. Political Parties
Part 4. The British Commonwealth of Nations. ..
CHAPTER REVIEW..
SECTION TWO. HISTORY
UNIT ONE. THE EARLY DAYS OF BRITAIN ...
CHAPTER 1. ANCIENT BRITONS
Part 1. The Ancient Population
Part 2. Who were the Britons?
Part 3. Their Religion
CHAPTER REVIEW
CHAPTER 2. THE ROMANS
Part 1. The Coming of the Romans
Part 2. The Revolt of Queen Boadicea
Part 3. Britain under the Romans
Part 4. Hadrian's Wall
Part 5. Roman Towns
CHAPTER REVIEW
CHAPTER 3. ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND
Part 1. The Invasion by Anglo-Saxons
Part 2. Christianity
Part 3. The Raids of the Danes. Uniting
the Country
Part 4. Alfred the Great
Part 5. England after Alfred the Great's Reign.
CHAPTER REVIEW
UNIT REVIEW
UNIT TWO. MEDIEVAL BRITAIN
CHAPTER 4. ENGLAND AFTER THE
NORMAN CONQUEST
Part 1. William the Conqueror
Part 2. English Kings of the 11th and 12th
Centuries
Part 3. Education. The First Universities
Part 4. A Medieval Town
CHAPTER REVIEW
CHAPTER 5. WARS ABROAD AND AT HOME
Part 1. England in the 14th century
Part 2. The Hundred Years' War
Part 3. The Peasants' Revolt of 1381
Part 4. The War of the Roses
CHAPTER REVIEW
UNIT REVIEW
UNIT THREE. ABSOLUTE MONARCHY
CHAPTER 6. THE NEW MONARCHY
Part 1. Henry VII
Part 2. Henry VIII
Part 3. The Protestant-Catholic Struggle
Part 4. Elizabeth I
CHAPTER REVIEW
CHAPTER 7. GAINING POWER
AND EXPANDING
Part 1. The New Foreign Policy
Part 2. Wales and Ireland
Part 3. England and Scotland
Part 4. A Scottish King for England
CHAPTER REVIEW
CHAPTER 8. GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY
Part 1. Tudor Parliaments
Part 2. Changes in the Life of People
Part 3. Economy
Part 4. The Problem of the Poor
Part 5. Domestic Life
Part 6. Language and Culture
CHAPTER REVIEW
UNIT REVIEW
UNIT FOUR. THE STUARTS
CHAPTER 9. THE CROWN
AND PARLIAMENT
Part 1. James I
Part 2. Religious Disagreement
Part 3. The Civil War
CHAPTER REVIEW
CHAPTER 10. REPUBLICAN
AND RESTORATION BRITAIN
Part 1. Republic in Britain
Part 2. Restoration
Part 3. Foreign Relations
CHAPTER REVIEW
CHAPTER 11. THE 17th CENTURY SOCIETY .
Part 1. Reconsidering Religious Dogmas
Part 2. Revolution in Scientific Thinking
Part 3. Life in the Stuart Age
CHAPTER REVIEW
UNIT REVIEW
UNIT FIVE. BRITAIN
IN THE 18TH CENTURY
CHAPTER 12. CHANGES IN POLITICAL LIFE
Part 1. Politics and Money
Part 2. Developing Public Opinion
Part 3. Ireland
Part 4. Scotland
CHAPTER REVIEW
CHAPTER 13. LIFE IN TOWN
AND IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
Part 1. Life in Towns
Part 2. Life in the Countryside
CHAPTER REVIEW
CHAPTER 14. THE YEARS OF REVOLUTION .
Part 1. Industrial Revolution
Part 2. Society and Religion
Part 3. Revolution in France
Part 4. The War with Napoleon
CHAPTER REVIEW
UNIT REVIEW
UNIT SIX. THE AGE OF POWER
AND PROSPERITY
CHAPTER 15. BRITAIN IN THE FIRST HALF
OF THE 19th CENTURY
Part 1. Britain's International Policy
Part 2. The Situation at Home
Part 3. Reforming the Parliamentary System.
Part 4. Workers' Revolts
Part 3. Robert Peel's Reforms
CHAPTER REVIEW
CHAPTER 16. THE YEARS
OF SELF-CONFIDENCE
Part 1. Industrial Power
Part 2. The Rise of the Middle Class
Part 3. Life in Towns
Part 4. Population and Politics
Part 5. The British Empire
Part 6. Ireland
CHAPTER REVIEW
CHAPTER 17. THE END OF AN AGE
Part 1. Social and Economic Improvements
Part 2. Sport
Part 3. Changes in Thinking
Part 4. The Storm Clouds of War
CHAPTER REVIEW
UNIT REVIEW
UNIT SEVEN. THE 20TH CENTURY
CHAPTER 18. THE FIRST WORLD WAR
AND ITS AFTER-EFFECTS
Part 1. The first World War
Part 2. The Rise of the Labour Party
Part 3. Ireland.
Part 4. Disappointment and Depression
CHAPTER REVIEW
CHAPTER 19. THE SECOND WORLD WAR ....
Part 1. The First Period of the War
Part 2. Alone against the Nazis
Part 3. The Mistakes of Germany and Japan.
The End of the War
CHAPTER REVIEW
CHAPTER 20. THE AGE OF UNCERTAINTY
Part 1. The United Nations
Part 2. A Change of Britain's Role
on the International Arena
Part 3. The Welfare State
Part 4. A Popular Monarchy
Part 5. The Loss of Empire
Part 6. The Situation in Northern Ireland
Part 7. The Years of Discontent
Part 8. Margaret Thatcher
Part 9. Britain Today. Ties with the Past
and Thoughts of the Future
CHAPTER REVIEW
UNIT REVIEW
SECTION THREE. PRESENT-DAY BRITAIN .
CHAPTER 1. BRITISH OR ENGLISH?
Part 1. The British Isles
Part 2. Great Britain
Part 3. The United Kingdom.
Part 4. Forming the Nation
Part 5. Language
Part 6. Immigrants in Britain
Part 7. The Union Jack
CHAPTER REVIEW
CHAPTER 2. HOW THEY LIVE
Part 1. The Way of Life
Part 2. Education
Part 3. Culture, Leisure, Entertainment
Part 4. Sport
Part 5. Young People's Groups
Part 6. Holidays
Part 7. Traditions
CHAPTER REVIEW
CHAPTER 3. LONDON
Part 1. The City
Part 2. The East End
Part 3. The West End
Part 4. Westminster
Part 5 Royal London
Part 6. Knightsbridge
CHAPTER REVIEW
CHAPTER 4. PLACES TO SEE IN BRITAIN
Part 1. Stonehenge
Part 2. The Lake District
Part 3. Canterbury
Part 4. Windsor Castle
Part 5. Hampton Court Palace
Part 6. Oxford
Part 7. Cambridge i
Part 8. Liverpool and the Beatles
CHAPTER REVIEW
SECTION FOUR. FAMOUS BRITONS
King Alfred the Great
Queen Elizabeth I
Francis Drake
William Shakespeare
Oliver Cromwell
John Milton
Isaac Newton ..
Bonnie Prince Charlie
James Cook
James Watt
Robert Burns
Horatio Nelson
George Gordon Byron
I Walter Scott
Queen Victoria
Charles Dickens
Florence Nightingale
Captain Robert Scott
Ernest Rutherford
Winston Churchill
Agatha Christie
Margaret Thatcher
SUPPLEMENT. The British Monarchs (List)
List of proper names
List of geographical names
English-Russian vocabulary