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1、TheCelticLanguagesCeltsCelts,apeoplewhodominatedmuchofwesternandcentralEuropeinthe1stmillenniumBC,givingtheirlanguage,customs,andreligiontotheotherpeoplesofthatareaCeltsTheearlyinhabitantsofEnglandwerebrythons,abranchofCelts,fromwhomtheislandgotitsnameof
2、Britain.TheCeltswereaprimitivepeoplelivinginthetribalsocietyTheCelticlanguagesarepartofagroupcalledtheItalo-CelticbranchoftheIndo-Europeanfamilyoflanguages,whicharosesomewhereinEasternEurope.ThereisnoonealsooriginatinginEuropeandincludeGermanEnglish,Dutc
3、h,etc.Celticreferstoagroupofdozensoflanguagessixofwhicharespokentoday:Breton，Cornish，Irish，Gaelic，ManxScottish，Gaelic，WelshCelticlanguagesOfallthetraditionallanguagesspokenintheUKtoday,theearliestlanguage,theCeltic,fromwhichIrish,welshandScottishGaelicha
4、vedeveloped,ofthese,welshcloselytiedtotheculturalnationalismofWales,isthestrongest,today,aboutone–fifthofthetotalpopulationofWales,especiallyinthenorthandwest,areabletospeakit.CantheCelticlanguagessurvive?Atonetime,EnglishlawpreventedWelshbeingspokenatsc
5、hoolsandifyouspokeWelshyouhadtowearasmallwoodenplankandtheonegottowearitlastoftheschooldaygotbeatenbyacane.Butsincethe80stheWelshLanguageisbeinglearnedatschools.SomejobsareadvertisedinWelshtoincreasetheWelshspeakingworkforce.CharactersoftheEnglishHesecre
6、tlylooksdownonmoreexcitablenations,andlikestothinkofhimselfasmorereliablethanthem.Hedoesn’ttrustbigpromisesandopenshowsoffeelings.Tothosewhoarefondoffloweryexpressions,theEnglishmanmayappearuncomfortablycold.WhatatypicalEnglishmanthink?Inyourmind,whatisa
7、nEnglishlike?conservativegentleself-conceitedcoldpolitepracticalsportsmanshiphumorousTypicalEnglishcharacterreservedmodesthumoroussportsmanshipconservative1Thebest-knownqualityoftheEnglishisbeingreserved.★1threservedreserved:adj.(ofapersonorhischaracter)
8、slowtoshowfeelingsorexpressopinions,disposition,manner,etc.寡言的；矜持的；reservedQualityoftheBritish,andinparticularoftheEnglish,is“reserved.”Areservedpersonisonewhodoesnottalkverymuchtostrangers,doesnotshowmuchemotion,andseldom
