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1、专题02 The United KingdomThe Origins of the United Kingdom (5000BC1066)英国的起源(公元前5000年1066年)I. Early Settlers (5000BC55BC)早期的居民(公元前5000年公元前55年)1. The first known settlers of Britain were the Iberians.人们所知的英国最早的居民是伊比利来人。2. At about 2000 BC the Beaker Folk arrived from the areas now known as Holland and
2、Rhineland.约公元前2000年，从现在的荷兰和莱茵兰地区来了宽口陶器人。3. The Celts began to arrive at Britain about 700 BC. 约公元前700年，凯尔特人来到不列颠岛。4. The Celts came to Britain in three main waves.凯尔特人来到不列颠有三次高潮。The first wave were the Gaels came about 600 BC.第一次高潮是约公元前600年盖尔人的来临。The second wave were the Brythons came about 400 BC.第
3、二次高潮是约公元前400年布立吞人的抵达。The third wave were the Belgae came about 150 BC.第三次高潮是约公元前150年比利其人的到达。II. Roman Britain (55BC410AD)罗马人统治时期的英国(公元前55年410年)1. British recorded history begins with the Roman invasion. In 55BC and 54BC, Julius Caesar, a Roman general, invaded Britain twice. In AD 43, the Emperor Cl
4、audius invaded Britain successfully. For nearly 400 years, Britain was under the Roman occupation, though it was never a total occupation.有记录的英国历史开始于罗马人的入侵。公元前55年和54年，罗马将军尤里乌斯恺撒两次入侵英国，均未成功。直到公元43年，克劳迪乌斯才成功占领不列颠。将近四百年里，英国处于罗马人的占领下，但这并非是完全的占领。2. Romans influence on Britain罗马人对英国的影响The Roman built many
5、 towns, roads, baths, temples and buildings. They make good use of Britains natural resources. They also brought the new religion, Christianity, to Britain.罗马人修建了许多城镇、道路、澡堂、庙宇和建筑。他们还很好地利用了英国的自然资源。罗马人还把基督教这一新宗教带到了英国。3. Reasons for limited Roman influence on Britain罗马对英国影响有限的原因First, the Romans always
6、 treated the Britons as a subject people of slave class. Second, never during the 4 centuries did the Romans and Britons intermarry. Third, the Romans had no impact on the language or culture of ordinary Britons.首先，罗马人把不列颠人当做奴隶阶级的属民来对待。其次，在四个世纪里罗马人从不和不列颠人通婚。最后，罗马人也未影响普通不列颠人的语言和文化。III. The Anglo-Saxo
7、ns (446871)盎格鲁-撒克逊人(公元446871年)1. Basis of Modern English race: the Anglo-Saxons现代英国种族的基础：盎格鲁-撒克逊人In the mid-5th century a new wave of invaders, Jutes, Saxons, and Angles came to Britain. They were three Teutonic tribes.五世纪中叶，朱特人、撒克逊人和盎格鲁人不断入侵不列颠。这是三支日耳曼部落。The Jutes, who fished and farmed in Jutland,
8、 came to Britain first. A Jutish chief became the King of Kent in 449. Then the Saxons, users of the short-sword from northern Germany, established their kingdom in Essex, Sussex and Wessex from the end of the 5th century to the beginning of the 6th century. In the second half of the 6th century, th
9、e Angles, who also came from northern Germany and were to give their name to the English people, settled in East Anglia, Mercia and Northumbria. These seven principal kingdoms of Kent, Essex, Sussex, Wessex, East Anglia, Mercia and Northumbria have been given the name of Heptarchy.居住在朱特兰岛（现丹麦南部）上从事打
10、渔农耕的朱特人先抵达不列颠。449年，一位朱特族长成为了肯特的国王。后来从德国北部来的使用短剑的撒克逊人在埃撒克斯、苏塞克斯和威塞克斯建立了王国，统治期从五世纪末至六世纪初。六世纪后半叶，同样来自德国北部的盎格鲁人，在东盎格利亚、麦西亚以及诺森伯利来定居，同时他们也把名字给了英国人。这七个主要王国肯特、埃塞克斯、苏塞克斯、威塞克斯、东盎格利亚、麦西亚和诺森伯利亚，合称为七王国。2. The early Anglo-Saxons converted to Christianity早期盎格鲁-撒克逊人改信基督教The Anglo-Saxons brought their own Teutonic
11、religion to Britain. Christianity soon disappeared, except among the Celts of Cornwall, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. In 597, Pope Gregory I sent St. Augustine, the Prior of St. Andrews Monastery in Rome, to England to convert the heathen English to Christianity. In 579 St. Augustine became the first
12、 Archbishop of Canterbury. He was remarkably successful in converting the king and the nobility, but the conversion of the common people was largely due to the missionary activities of the monks in the north.盎格鲁-撒克逊人把日耳曼教带到了英国。除了康瓦尔、威尔士、苏格兰和爱尔兰的凯尔特人还信奉基督教外，基督教很快就消失了。公元597年，教皇格里高一世把罗马圣安德鲁修道院的副院长圣奥古斯丁
13、派遣到英格兰，其使命是使异教徒的英国人皈依基督教。公元579年圣奥古丁成为坎特伯雷大主教。在使国王和贵族皈依基督教方面，奥古斯丁非常成功，但是普通人的皈依在很大程度上归功于北部教士们的传教活动。3. The Early Anglo-Saxons make the contributions to the English state早期盎格鲁-撒克逊人为英国作出的贡献The Anglo-Saxons laid the foundations of the English state. Firstly, they divided the country into shires, with shir
14、e courts and shire reeves, or sheriffs, responsible for administering law. Secondly, they devised the narrow-strip, three-field farming system which continued to the 18th century. Thirdly, they also established the manorial system. Finally, they created the Witan (council or meeting of the wisemen)
15、to advise the king, the basis of the Privy Council which still exists today.盎格鲁-撒克逊人为英国国家的形成打下了基础。首先，他们把国家划分为郡，郡法庭和郡法官或行政司法长官负责执法。其次，他们设计的窄条三圃田农耕制延用至18世纪。此外，他们还建立了领地制。最后，他们还创立了议会(贤人会议)，向国王提供建议，这就成为存在至今的枢密院的基础。IV. Viking and Danish invasions北欧海盗和丹麦人的入侵1. The invaders were the Norwegians and the Danes
16、. They attacked various parts of England from the end of the 8th century. They became a serious problem in the 9th century, especially between 835 and 878. They even managed to capture York, an important center of Christianity in 867. By the middle of 9th century, the Viking and the Danes were posing a threat to the Saxon kingdom of Wessex.入侵者是挪威人和丹麦人，从8世纪末开始，他们不断袭击英格兰的各个地方
