英语国家概况名词解释
VOA: It’s the abbreviation of the voice of America.It’s the American official international broadcasting. Station and it was established in 1942. It was controlled by the American government and subordinate to the American international communication. Bureau. VOA’s headquarter is located in Washington and it has 16 broadcasting stations. It’s programs are broadcasted by 41 明星服装languages
BBC: it’s the abbreviation of the British broadcasting corporation. It was established in1922, and it was moved and operated in 1927. It was financed by the government and it’s managed by the Minister of Posts and Telecommunication. And its program is broadcasted by 39 languages. It is also financed by the payment from all people who posss TV ts
ABC: it’s the abbreviation of the American Broadcasting Company.
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NBC: it’s stands for the National Broadcasting Company幼儿园环创主题墙
CNN: It’s the abbreviation of the Cable News Network
Quality Newspaper:It’s one of the 2 types of British Newspapers. The Times, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph all belong to this kind of newspaper
Times: It’s a very 鲍鱼鸡famous weekly magazine in the USA.It was founded in 1923. It has 5.5 million copies.
Five Great lakes:The are the most important lakes in America,extending about 1600km and forming a ction of the boundary between the United States and Canada. The Great Lakes include Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.
Mississippi river:it is the cond longest river, after the Missouri,in the United States and it is the largest river system in North America.
The Severn River:it is the longest river in the UK,is 338km in length,beginning in Wales flowing through the Midlands of England and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean near Bristol
The Mackenzie River: the major river in Canada.It’s 4241km long.
Nickname of British people: John Bull. It’s originated from a book named History of John Bull.
Nickname of American people: Uncle Sam.
Boxing Day: it’s on the first work day after Christmas. This festival is celebrated in order to犷的读音 show the respect to tho people nding newspaper and milk everyday.
Constitutional Monarchy: Constitutional Monarchy: it’s the Political System of U.K. It was
established at the end of the 17th century. The Monarch is hereditary, she or he reigns but does not rule the country, and it takes no part in policies. The monarch is just the symbol and the reprentative of the interest of people.
Cabinet of Britain: the head of Cabinet of Britain is the Prime Minister, and the members of the cabinet are nominated by the Prime Minister and appointed by the Monarch
Parliament: Its headquarter is the Palace of Westminster. And it is divided into Hou of Loads and Hou of Commons. Hou of Load’s President 抓住机会called The Load Chancellor. It has the load temporal, the load spiritual and law loads. The Hou of loads sits in the south part of the Palace of West Minster.And the President of the Hou of Commons is called The Speaker. It sits at the Northern Part of the Palace of Westminster.
Conrvative Party: it was founded in 1833. It was originated from the Tory Party, it’s the party of right, and it reprents monopolists’ interest.
Labor Party: it was founded in 1900. After 1922, Labor party tool place the Liberal Party,becoming one of the two major parties in the UK. It’s a Bourgeois Party,socialism and nationalization.
The prime Minister: the Prime Minister is the leader of UK Government. He lives in NO.10 Downing Street.The Prime Minister is the leader of the Party that holds the most ats in the Hou of Commons; he rves as the chief executive of the Government and performs the executive functions of the United Kingdom.
White Hall: It’s记录拼音 the name of a street but it is the symbol of the U.K Government. It is the administrative center of the Britain,the official Building of the Prime Minister.
Constitution of America: it was 野景adapted in 1787. On Sept.17.1787, came into effect in 1789.it is the first comparatively complete written, constitution in the world. It consists of one short preamble, 7 articles and 26 amendments
Election of the UK: it’s held every 5 years. Controlled by two major parties, it has 659 constituencies in2001 and 646 constituencies in 2005
Congress: Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government. Law-making and supreme legislative body of the nation. It is divided into the nate and the Hou of Reprentatives. The Senate has 100 Voting members, 2 from each state. And the Hou of Reprentatives has 435 members
