英国历史文化概况UNIT8Economyandsocialwelfare

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1、Chapter8EconomyandsocialwelfareCONTENTSTeachingAimsTextATextBSupplementingReadingTEACHINGAIMSAfterstudyingthisunit,youarerequiredto:1.HaveageneralideaofeconomyandsocialwelfareinUK.2.LearnsomethingabouthealthcareintheUnitedKingdom.3.Masterthedifficultwordsandexpressions.TextAAnIntroduc

2、tiontoBritishEconomyTEXTAPreview英国作为一个重要的贸易实体、经济强国以及金融中心，是全球最富裕、经济最发达和生活水平最高的国家之一。以国内生产总值计算，英国是世界第六大经济大国；若以购买力平价计算，英国是世界第七大经济体系。她的经济在欧洲仅次于德国。英国经济包括英格兰，苏格兰，威尔士和北爱尔兰的经济。英国是英联邦成员国，是欧洲联盟，七国集团，八国集团，二十国集团，国际货币基金组织，经济合作与发展组织，世界银行，世界贸易组织和联合国等众多世界或地方性重要组织的成员国。英国首都伦敦则是全球两大国际金融中心之一，和纽约齐名。TEXTARead

3、ingComprehensionReadthefollowingsentencesanddecidewhethertheyaretrue（T）orfalse（F）．1.TheUKnationaleconomycanbeclassifiedintothreemainareas:“primary”industries,“secondary”industriesandservices.（）2.ThreequartersofBritain‘slandisusedforagriculture,andaquarterofagriculturallandisusedforgrowi

4、ngwheatandbarley.（）3.Afterthe2010Recessionmanufacturingisoneofthefastestgrowingsectorsoftheeconomy-experiencingamini-boom.（）TEXTAReadingComprehension4.ThesecondaryindustryisthedominantsectoroftheUKeconomy.（）5.Britishmotorindustryisasignificantpartofthetertiaryindustry.（）6.Trafficcongest

5、ionisoneofthemostserioustransportproblemsinBritain.（）TEXTAReadingComprehension7.First-timebuyerswhocurrentlyhaveassetsnotconsistingofresidentialproperty,andwithnowayofattainingresidentialpropertyarenotallowedtoenterthepropertymarket.（）8.TheUKpropertymarketboomedforthesevenyearsupto2008a

6、ndinsomeareaspropertytripledinvalueoverthatperiod.（）TEXTANotes1.BSEdisease:Bovinespongiformencephalopathy(BSE)isadiseaseconditionincattlewhichisthoughttohaveoriginatedinGreatBritain.Itoccursincattlebetweentwoandeightyearsoldandisalwaysfatal.Themostplausiblecauseofthediseaseisaprion,a"se

7、lf-replicating"protein,ratherthanabacteriumorvirus.BSEcausesaportionofthebraintobecomesponge-like.BSEisoftenreferredtoas"madcow"disease,becauseanimalsinfectedwiththediseaseareoftenirritableandcanreactinasomewhatviolentorthreateningfashionwhenapproachedbyhumans.TEXTANotes2.TheBl