爱尔兰历史.ppt

Ireland
Attitudes to the English
爱尔兰历史
爱尔兰早在7000多年前就有人居住了,7000多年来,她经过多次入侵和侵略,结果形成了她丰富而复杂的世系和传统。第一批定居者主要是来自英国的猎人,他们带来了中石器时代的文化。大约在公元前3000年的时候,追随他们而来的农民,在这里饲养动物和耕种土地。在这些新石器时代的定居者之后,也就是公元前2000年左右,来了探矿者和金属制造工。
Regime 政体
republicanism 共和制
and
parliamentary议会民主制
A royal wedding
a royal wedding
Duke of Wellington
威靈頓公爵
 聯軍統帥英國威靈頓公爵大敗拿破崙率領的法軍於滑鐵盧,拿破崙退位
Phoenix park
凤凰公园
Obelisk 方型尖碑
Ireland take the form of a fullblown love/hate relationship, where admiration and condemnation of the English go hand-in-hand.
爱尔兰对英国人是又爱又恨的态度,对英国人的钦佩与批评并行。
The British stereotypes about the Irish (英国人对爱尔兰人的偏见) 
For centuries, the British caricatured the Irish as, at best, dreamy and impractical; at worst, lazy and given to drinking in excess. These stereotypes are still in force about the Irish. However, it is clear, from Ireland's recent dazzling economic ess, that the Irish are neither lazy nor petent. Quite the opposite: the Irish workforce is now young, highly educated, entrepreneurial, and disciplined.
数百年来,英国人对爱尔兰人讽刺不断,给他们的最好评价是:爱幻想,不切实际;最坏的评价是懒惰、酗酒。对爱尔兰人的这些偏见现在还很盛行。然而,从爱尔兰近几年的经济腾飞可以很明显地看到,爱尔兰人既不懒惰,能力也不差。恰恰相反:爱尔兰的劳动力是又年轻,受教育程度又高,又有创业精神,纪律性也很强。
Extended family (大家庭)
Traditionally, Irish families were large, with up to 16 or more children, families of 8 or 9 mon in the last generation. What has changed dramatically in the last 30 years has been the structure of Irish family life. Now about 1/3 of all children are born into to single mothers. The primary agent in effecting change in traditional family life has been the movement for women’s liberation(改变传统家庭生活模式的一个主要原因来自妇女解放运动).