英语国家概况名词解释加拿大澳大利亚
英语国家概况名词解释——加拿大澳大利亚
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treaty of Paris in 1763---the ven years’war ended with the signing of the treaty of Paris in 1763.by the treaty of Paris, new France with its 65,000ttlers was ceded割让 to Britain.
Constitutional act of 1791---Britain divided the old province of Quebec into two parts, lower Canada(modern Canada) and upper Canada(modern Ontario),each with its own legislature.立法机构。
Act of union in 1840---联合法案recommended that the two Canadas be united in one province.
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FTA and NAFTA---it stands for the Canada-united states free trade agreement signed by the two countries, which came into effect in 1989.
Canadian Shield加拿大地盾---The Canadian Shield covers almost half of Canada. It is a micircular半圆的 band of rocky
highlands and plateaus around Hudson Bay from the northern shores of Quebec to the Arctic shores of the Northwest Territories. It is a region of hills, lakes, and swamps.沼泽没开头的成语
Mackenzie River
洗米Mackenzie River is one of two principal river systems in Canada. It flows between the Canadian Shield and the Rocky Mountains in west Canada. It is the cond largest river system of North American.
Loyalist
电脑群发短信The first British ttlers in Canada were American refugees, who refud to fight against the British Army in the American War of Independence, becau they felt they were more English than American. They called themlves Loyalists. Their ttlements laid the ba of English-speaking Canada.
Canadian Prairie尽快的英文
Canadian Prairie is the Canadian ction of the Great Plains of North America. Great stretches of level and fertile grassland are found here. This region is the center of rich wheat belt. Wheat farming and cattle and sheep grazing are
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British North America Act
The British North America Act is an act pasd by the British parliament in 1867 to t up the Dominion of Canada, uniting Canada, New Bruck and Nova Scotia under a federal government.
Meech Lake Accord
In 1987 Canada’s top politicians reached an argument, offering Quebec special status within the country and privileges to unilaterally promote its French culture and language.
The agreement was called Meech Lake Accord. It failed becau of the strong opposition from Canada’s English-speaking majority.
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the Inuit
The Inuit, also called the Eskimo, is the native people of Canada who came from Asia in prehistoric times. The word Inuit means “the people ” in their own language, whereas Eskimo is an Indian word meaning “eaters of raw flesh”.吃生鱼的人
Group of Severn七人画派
The Group of Severn was a group of Canadian painters. They
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appeared in the early 20th century. The group was the first to express a pictorial nationalism and a Canadian Impressionism.表现了绘画的民族主义和加拿大的印象主义。
Les Jeuness Musicals du Canada加拿大青年音乐学会
JMC was founded in 1949 to spread musical culture and promote the musical developme
nt of young Canadians. Today JMC has over 100,000 members.
Australia （澳大利亚）
the land down under---Australia lies in the southern hemisphere. it is almost halfway around the world from England. that’s why from the European point of view Australia is down under.
outback内地---in Australia is the areas that are far away from towns and cities are called the outback, especially the dert areas in central Australia.(考过一句话)
muliticulturalism多元文化主义---it is a theory that it is beneficial to a society to maintain more than one culture within its structure. it also refers to the policy bad on this theory.
school of the air---it is an educational system in which lessons are transmitted by radio and children learn their lessons through a radio system.
built environmen t营造的环境---it was built by the people,and it was changed by the people.
dreaming梦幻时代---this is the mythical神话past of the Australian aborigines.it is also the basis of their religious beliefs and creation stories.
是一个表现想象力及创造力的时期。
convict system囚犯制度---it is the system of imprisoning convicts in a penal colony,especially in a penal labour ttlement.
eureka stockade尤里卡围桩---a number of goldminers armed themlves behind a stockade of wooden slabs厚板and raid a new Australian flag. this event is often referred to as the eureka stockade.
Australian bush灌木丛---it refers to an area of land covered
with natural bushes and trees which has never been farmed and where there are very few people.
