Слайд 2Lecture 1.
INTRODUCTION
Subject
Contents
Hours
Requirements
Tests
Communication
TOPIC I
The Very Beginning:
The oldest human inhabitants of

Britain
Roman Britain
Слайд 3Importance of the Subject
Why do people need it?
Why do You, as translators,

need knowledge about these countries?
Слайд 4List of Majority
Native English-Speaking Countries
Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
The Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Canada*
Dominica
Grenada
Guyana
Ireland
Jamaica
New Zealand
St Kitts and

Nevis
St Lucia
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
United Kingdom
United States of America
Слайд 5
English-Speaking Countries
Great Britain & USA

Слайд 6Importance of the Subject
Why do people need it?
Why do You, as translators,

need knowledge about these countries?
Слайд 7Importance of the Subject
To understand the national character (identity) through its formation

by the culture (the whole complex: language, ideas, literature, arts, etc)
To understand its creations
To better convey their Ideas and meanings
Слайд 8Importance of the Subject
Example: terminology of the British Isles
Various words and phrases

that are used to describe the different (and sometimes overlapping) geographical and political areas of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, and the smaller islands which surround them. Confusing.
Слайд 10Terminology of the British Isles

Слайд 12Contents
What are we going to talk about ?

Слайд 13
Geography
Location
Climate
Natural Resources
Where People Live

History
Religion
Politics
Philosophy & Arts
Education
Слайд 14Contents
How are we going to talk about these topics?

Слайд 15 The Course
Trying not to describe all events in the field of

history, religion, politics or particulars of location but to single out and accentuate those really important for the formation of the national identity.
Слайд 18 The Course
Hours
Requirements
Tests
Communication

Слайд 19
Now,
Let’s turn to our first topic
What will it be?

Guess!
Слайд 20 The Very Beginning
The mingling of the races 250,000 B.C. –11th c.

The Iberians and the Celts 250,000-55 B.C.
The oldest human inhabitants of Britain
Home Task Article:
«First humans arrived in Britain 250,000 years earlier than thought»
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/jul/07/first-humans-britain-stone-tools
Слайд 21Beaker found at Denton, Lincolnshire

Слайд 25Home Task
Video
«Henges: Stonehenge, Woodhenge, Avebury & Stanton Drew»
https://vimeo.com/21436545
