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1、Page6of6FeiniDaiTheResearchEssayBritishLifeandCultureDrPhilipWoods4/28/2010SportsarethereflectionofBritishculturesBritain,asatraditionalandstrongcountryintheareaofsport,hasalonghistoryforplayingsports.Manybranchesofsportsareoriginatedfrom.Becauseofit
2、sdistinctiveculturebackgroundthatEngland,NorthernIreland,ScotlandandWalestogetherconstitutetheislandofGreatBritain.Sportsareusedtohelptounitethehomecountries,butithasalsoexhibitedindependentidentitiesamongthefourhomenations.Meanwhile,theoriginandorga
3、nisationofspotsinBritaineflectthecontemporarysocialcontext.Sports,asareflectionofcultures,isanimportantviewtounderstandBritishlifeandculture.Itiswellknownthatmanytraditionalsportsintheworldsuchasfootball,dogracing,rugby,horseracingandgolfareoriginate
4、dfromBritain.TheoriginsandtheorganizationofthesesportsreflectthecontemporarysocialcontextinBritain.Therearemanyevidenceswhichcanprovethisidea.Forexample,countrysportssuchashorseracing,accordingtothebook“BritishCulture”thatwaswrittenbyDavidChristopher
5、,itpointedthathuntingandshootingfirstbecameorganisedactivitiesintheEighteenthcenturyofBritain.Atthattime,woolwasahighlyprofitablecommodity,sothelandownersprefertocreatespaceforsheepfarming.Poortenantshadnohousestoliveinthecountrysideandmajorityofthem
6、wenttotheexpendingindustrialcentres.Then,therichlandownersownedthecountryside.Hunting,astheoriginof“NationalHuntRacing”inhorseracingwhichistraditionallycalledPage6of6“steeplechase”,appearedinthattime.Thewealthyaristocratsandlandownersracedtheirhorses
7、aroundthecountryside.“Ridersjumpedoverhedges,wallsandditchesinpreparationforhuntingtrip,navigatingtheyareusingthepointedsteeplesofvillagechurchesaslandmark.”NowadaystheEnglishGrandNationalinBritainisthemostfamoussteeplechaseintheworldaccordingtoitsdi
8、fficultfences,itshistoricalculturebackground.Meanwhile,poorpeoplewhohadnolandtolive,hadtoracesmallanimalssuchasdogsandbirds.Thestrongtraditionofsportsthatdogracingwithgreyhoundsandpigeonracingbegantobepopularamongthem.Becauseofthemovementofcreatingsp
