Life in UK 笔记三

 

        23. UK is free for religion. 2001 census showed 77% UK people have religion: 71.6% Christian (10% of which Roman Catholic, 40% in N.Ireland), Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, Sikh 0.6%, Jewish 0.5%, Buddhist 0.3% and Other 0.3%. 15.5% no religion. But only 10% ppl attend religious services with more in Scotland and Northern Ireland than in England and Wales. 英国是个宗教自由的国家。2001年的人口普查显示,77%的人信教,其中71.6% 为基督教(其中10%为罗马天主教,40%在北爱尔兰),其余:伊斯兰教2.7%,印度教1%,锡克教0.6%,犹太教0.5%,佛教0.3%及其它0.3%。15.5%的人无宗教信仰。但是只有约10%的人参加宗教仪式,苏格兰和北爱多于英格兰跟威尔士。

        24. The official church, or established church in UK, is Church of England (also called Anglican Church) with the monarch as head of the church and Archbishop of Canterbury as the spiritual leader. It is Protestant Church and the monarch can not marry any non-Protestant. 英国的官方教会称为“英格兰教会”,又叫“圣公会”,君主为其首脑,坎特伯雷大主教称为其精神领袖。属于新教,皇室只能与新教徒结婚。

        25. Church of Scotland is called Presbyterian Church, national and free from state control. No bishops and most senior representative is the Moderator Chairperson. It’s Protestant too. Other Protestant Christian groups are Baptist, Methodists and Quakers. 苏格兰教会又称“长老会”,没有主教,高级代表为“调解主席”。长老会也属新教,另外3个新教教派分别是“浸理会”、“卫理公会”和“贵格会”。 

        26. No established church in Wales or Northern Ireland. 北爱和威尔士没有官方教会。

        27. Each part of UK has a national patron stain with a feast day: St David’s day in Wales(1st March), St Patrick’s day in Northern Ireland (17th March), St George’s day in England (23 April) and St Andrew’s day in Scotland (30 November). Only N. Ireland still has 1 day off for their Patron Saint Day. There are 4 bank holidays and 4 other public holidays each year. 英国四个联邦都有自己的保护圣及圣人节:3月1号是威尔士圣大卫日,3月17号北爱尔兰圣帕特里克日,4月23号是英格兰圣乔治日及11月30号的苏格兰圣安德鲁日。如今只有圣帕特里克日时北爱会放一天假。英国一年有4个“周一假”和4个其它公共假期。

        28. Traditional festivals in uk include Christmas, New Year (in Scotland, 31 December called Hogmanay and bigger than Christmas), Valentine’s Day, April Fool’s Day, Mother’s Day (Sunday 3 weeks before Easter), Easter, Halloween (31 October), Guy Fawkes Night (5 November) and Remembrance Day (11 November, 2min silence at 11am). 英国传统节日包括圣诞节,新年(新年前夜在苏格兰叫Hogmanay,即狂欢节,比圣诞重要),情人节,愚人节,母亲节(复活节前3周的周日),复活节,万圣节,烟花节(11月5日)及阵亡将士纪念日(11月11日,中午11点默哀2分钟)。

        29. Main festivals in UK are Christian based but other religions are recognized such as Eid ul-Fitr for Muslim, Diwali for Hindu and Hanukkah for Jewish. This is taught in school. 主要节日都来自基督教,但其它宗教的节日也有庆祝,比如伊斯兰教的开斋节,印度教的屠妖节或排灯节,犹太人的光明节或重光节。这些学校都会教。

        30. Most popular sports in UK are football, tennis, rugby and cricket. No UK teams for football and rugby but each part has its own teams. Important sporting events include “the Grand National Horse Race”,“the Football Association (FA) cup final”, “the Open golf championship” and “Wimbledon tennis tournament”.  英国最受欢迎的运动有足球、网球、橄榄球和板球。足球跟橄榄球都没有国家队,但有英格兰队、苏格兰队等代表队。最重要的体育赛事包括:全国国家赛马会,全英足球联赛决赛,高尔夫公开锦标赛及温布尔登网球公开赛。

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1 Responses to Life in UK 笔记三

  1. Candy说道:

    不错不错 我也跟着学习了一下!

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