英美文化概论 纯正英语版 Northern-Ireland.pptVIP

A Brief Introduction to the United Kingdom II Northern Ireland Population and physical features of Northern Ireland Economy of Northern Ireland The Home Rule Bill The Easter Rising of 1916 Religious conflicts between the Irish and the British IRA’s violence in the 1970s Bloody Sunday The Good Friday Agreement Northern Ireland 1)Northern Ireland (often called Ulster, after an ancient Irish kingdom) is the smallest of the four nations, both in area(14 139sqkm) and population(1.642 million). So it’s smaller than many Chinese cities. 2) Its capital, Belfast, is a relatively small town of around 350 000people. 3) It is small, but it is significant because of its political troubles, which we will concentrate on in this unit. 4) Physically, mostly rural with low hills, a beautiful lake district in the south-west and rugged coastline including its most famous landmark, the “Giant’s Causeway” (“巨型长堤”), a rocky promontory （岬，海角）made up of black hexagonal （六角边形的）columns formed by cooling lava millions of years ago. Giant’s Causeway An amazing golfing country Irish Pub Irish Jig 5）Northern Ireland has an active cultural life with many theaters, restaurants, pubs and museums: one Nobel Prize winner for literature, Seamus Heaney; one famous film-maker Neil Jordan who won an Oscar for his film The Crying Game; an internationally famous pop musician, Brain Friel… Seamus Heaney 希尼（1939- ）主要诗集有 Death of a Naturalist (1966) 《博物学家之死》 Door into the Dark (1969) 《引向黑暗之门》、 North 《北方》(1975） In 1995 he was awarded Nobel Prize. 尼尔·乔丹 Neil Jordan 其执导的电影有 Angel，1982 《天使》 Mona Lisa，1986 《蒙娜丽莎》 Interview with the Vampire，1994 《夜访吸血鬼》 1992年，尼尔·乔丹执导了影片《哭泣游戏》(The Crying Game。1992)。这是一部以爱尔兰共和军为题材的影片。该片以其独特的视角和深沉的内蕴获得了观众和影评人们的广泛赞赏，并获得了93年第65届奥斯卡的最佳影片等多项提名，尼尔·乔丹本人亦获得了最佳导演和最佳原作剧本等两项提名，并获得了最佳原作剧本的金像奖。  5) Its economy has its problem, partly as a result of the troubles discouraging investment, partly as a result of its complicated relation to the UK. It