留学书单：赴英前必读的5本书
<p>去英国留学，提前了解一些英国的历史文化和人情世故是必不可少的，能帮助大家快速融入英国留学生活，不管你是什么专业的，可以借以扫除一下偏见。去英国留学前必须读的5本书，现在读还不晚！希望对去英国留学的的同学们有所帮助。</p><p>1. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="English">English</span>: <span word="A">A</span> <span word="Portrait">Portrait</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="People">People</span>，<span word="By">By</span> <span word="Jeremy">Jeremy</span> <span word="Paxman">Paxman</span></p><p>《<span word="The">The</span> <span word="English">English</span>: <span word="A">A</span> <span word="Portrait">Portrait</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="People">People</span>》，作者：杰里米·帕克斯曼</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="English">English</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="famously">famously</span> <span word="no">no</span>-<span word="nonsense">nonsense</span> <span word="journalist">journalist</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="broadcaster">broadcaster</span> <span word="Jeremy">Jeremy</span> <span word="Paxman">Paxman</span> <span word="assesses">assesses</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="means">means</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="today">today</span> – <span word="specifically">specifically</span> <span word="English">English</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span>, <span word="not">not</span> <span word="Welsh">Welsh</span>, <span word="Scottish">Scottish</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="Irish">Irish</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="wide">wide</span>-<span word="ranging">ranging</span> <span word="work">work</span>, <span word="Paxman">Paxman</span> <span word="charts">charts</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rise">rise</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="peculiar">peculiar</span> <span word="stereotype">stereotype</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Englishness">Englishness</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="arose">arose</span> <span word="abroad">abroad</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="response">response</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="colonialism">colonialism</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="subsequent">subsequent</span> <span word="obsolescence">obsolescence</span> <span word="following">following</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disintegration">disintegration</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Empire">Empire</span>. <span word="Emphasising">Emphasising</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pluralistic">pluralistic</span> <span word="interconnections">interconnections</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="England">England</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="regions">regions</span>, <span word="cultures">cultures</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="classes">classes</span>, <span word="The">The</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="gives">gives</span> <span word="historical">historical</span> <span word="grounding">grounding</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>' <span word="scurious">scurious</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="quirks">quirks</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="places">places</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="context">context</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="people">people</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="fluctuating">fluctuating</span> <span word="identities">identities</span>.</p><p>在《<span word="The">The</span> <span word="English">English</span>》里头，以坦爽著称的记者、主持人<span word="Jeremy">Jeremy</span> <span word="Paxman">Paxman</span>开门见山地评估当代英格兰人对自我的认识，并且分析其与威尔士人、苏格兰人、爱尔兰等人的差别。此作品内容广泛，<span word="Paxman">Paxman</span>在书中写道，大英帝国因在世界各地开拓殖民地，引起了当地人对英国人诸多的奇特偏见。如今，虽然大英帝国早已瓦解，但许多国家仍然保持着陈旧的偏见。通过描述英格兰各个地区、文化和社会阶级之间多样化的关系，<span word="Paxman">Paxman</span>描绘了英国社会的一些奇特怪癖的历史背景，并将它们和现代人变化多端的自我认知作比较。</p>
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