1.How was the British constitutional monarchy established?
2.What have been changes in British secondary education since 1944?
3.What are the characteristics of British economic development since Second World War?
4.What are the special features of British press?
III Essay-writing:
1.Explain and assess Tony Blair's Labour rule(1997--2007)
2.Comment on the relationship between Britain and the European Union since 1970s 作者: 范老师 时间: 12-4-23 20:47
2010英社真题回忆版 Post By：2010-1-10 23:06:00
1 Terms (还有三个记不得了）50points
battle of Hasting
BBC licence
the Opposition
King James 1st
Golden Brown
the Euro
the Education Act 1944
2 Questions（具体要求不记得了，大概就是这个意思）40points
英国议会的形成和改革，它如何发展成今天这样一个组织的？
英国的帝国主义历史和它的地理位置如何影响英国外交政策的制定
3 Essays 60points
Comment on the orign, content and development of the welfare system in Britain, and what chanlleges does it face at present?
Compare and assess the economic policies of the Labour Party and the Conservative Party in the immediate post-war years and present.
名词解释还记得两个
the constitution
the Ulster Unionists
名词解释还记得两个
the constitution
the Ulster Unionists
Term中还有一个我不会的，也是楼主没有写的，trade unionism
essay的第二题还有一句话，就是这些政策对社会的影响。
不过，楼主的记性还是够好的，我是回忆不出这么多的~~
我也想起来一个,the constitution
楼主今年考得如何？
我当时刚看到这题的时候就懵了，上来第一个题就想不起来是什么时候发生的事，直接先做第二个了，做完了才想起来是William the Conqueror
论述题我最不擅长的就是Welfare那部分……复习的时候怎么也记不住，可能就是不太感兴趣，没那根弦……结果还偏偏就考那个了
呵呵，没戏了。我一紧张全都忘光了。话说考前我还犹豫要不要看英国议会的，觉得这个太那啥了，一定不考。结果就没看，结果人家就考了，那叫一个惨烈
英社部分term(会慢慢增加) Post By：2009-12-26 1:09:00
Queen's Speech
A speech from the throne (or throne speech) is an event in certain monarchies in which the reigning sovereign (or a representative) reads a prepared speech to a complete session of parliament, outlining the government's agenda for the coming session. This event is often held annually, although in some places it may occur more or less frequently whenever a new session of parliament is opened. The speech from the throne is not written by the head of state who reads it, but rather by the Ministers of the Crown in Cabinet, even though the reader may refer to My Government.
Home Secretary
The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the Home Office of the United Kingdom, and one of the country's four Great Offices of State. The Home Secretary is responsible for internal affairs within England and Wales, and for immigration and citizenship for the whole of the United Kingdom; England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The remit of the ministry also includes policing and matters of national security.
The incumbent is Alan Johnson, who was appointed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown in June 2009. He succeeded Jacqui Smith who had declared her intention to resign partly as a result of the ongoing expenses scandal.
Royal Assent
The granting of Royal Assent is the formal method by which a constitutional monarch completes the legislative process of lawmaking by formally assenting to an Act of Parliament. While the power to withhold Royal Assent was once exercised often, it is exceedingly rare in the modern, democratic political atmosphere that has developed since the 18th century. The power to withhold Assent remains as one of the reserve powers of the monarch. The British practice of withholding royal assent was adapted by the United States as the presidential veto.
The granting of the Royal Assent is sometimes associated with elaborate ceremonies. In the United Kingdom, the Sovereign may appoint Lords Commissioners, who announce that Royal Assent has been granted at a ceremony held at the Palace of Westminster, Buckingham Palace, or another royal residence. However Royal Assent is usually granted less ceremonially by letters patent. In other nations, including Australia and Canada, the Governor-General merely signs the bill. In each case, the Parliament must be apprised of the granting of Assent. Two methods are available: the Lords Commissioners or the Sovereign's representatives may grant Assent in the presence of both Houses of Parliament; alternatively, each House may be notified separately, usually by the Speaker of that house.
First-past-the-post
First past the post voting is a generic term referring to an election determined by the highest polling candidate(s). First-past-the-post voting method although similar in design does not relate solely to Plurality voting.
The term first past the post (abbreviated FPTP or FPP) was coined as an analogy to horse racing, where the winner of the race is the first to pass a particular point on the track[citation needed].
Confusion in terminology often exists between Highest vote, Majority vote and Plurality voting systems. Each one uses a first-past-the-post voting method but has subtle differences in the method of execution. First-past-the-post voting is also used in two-round voting systems and Exhaustive ballots.
First-past-the-post voting systems involves the placing of a mark (commonly an X or sometimes a tick or other mark) in a box corresponding to a candidate(s) of the voters choice. (In some cases may involve the writing in of the candidates' name)
First-past-the-post voting method can be used for single and multiple member elections. In a single member election the candidate with the highest number, not necessarily a majority, of votes is elected. The Two-round voting system uses a first-past-the-post voting method in each of the two rounds. The first round determining who will progress to the second final round ballot.
In a multiple member first-past-the-post ballot the first number of candidates, in order of highest vote, corresponding to the number of positions to be filled are elected. If there are six vacancies then the first six candidates with the highest vote are elected. A multiple selection ballot where more than one candidate can be voted for is also a form of first-past-the-post voting in which case voters are allowed to cast a vote for as many candidates as there are vacant positions. The candidate(s) with the highest number of votes being elected.
The American Presidential college election uses a from of first-past-the-post voting in electing state representatives. In this system the party/candidate that crosses the line first with the highest vote wins all one hundred percent, winner takes all, of the positions available . Using the analogy of a horse race it is a horse race with a carriage.
First-past-the-post systems are often criticized as being unrepresentative as they do not necessarily represent the choice of a majority of voters only the highest polling candidate(s).
Under a first past the post voting system the highest polling candidate(s) are elected. Candidate A has 25 votes although there are 75 votes recorded for other candidates. The situation where the highest polling party wins all seats available, as is the case in the American Presidential election system, further distorts the representative value 0f the first-past-the-post voting system
Tabloid
A tabloid is an industry term for a smaller newspaper format per spread; to a weekly or semi-weekly alternative newspaper that focuses on local-interest stories and entertainment, often distributed free of charge (often in a smaller, tabloid-sized newspaper format); or to a newspaper that tends to sensationalize and emphasize or exaggerate sensational crime stories, gossip columns repeating scandalous and innuendos about the deeply personal lives of celebrities and sports stars, and other so-called "junk food news" or junk mail (often in a smaller, tabloid-sized newspaper format). As the term "tabloid" has become synonymous with down-market newspapers in some areas, some small-format papers which claim a higher standard of journalism refer to themselves as "compact" newspapers instead.The tabloid newspaper format is particularly popular in the United Kingdom where its page dimensions are roughly 430 mm × 280 mm (17 by 11 inches). Larger newspapers, traditionally associated with 'higher-quality' journalism, are called broadsheets though several British 'quality' papers have recently adopted the tabloid format. Another UK newspaper format is the Berliner, which is sized between the tabloid and the broadsheet and has been adopted by The Guardian and its sister paper The Observer. 作者: 范老师 时间: 12-4-23 20:47
term的话写多少字合适呢？有的我一句话就搞定了，是不是有点少啊？还有最后的那个essay要350字，怎么会有那么多话说呢？那英社试卷总起来会写多少张呢？
反正，我觉得，要是纸给的够多，Term我知道多少就写多少
问题纸一张，答题纸很多页，大概12-14页吧，我觉得一个term写半页，一个question写一页，一个essay写两页，大概就差不多了，反正给它写满了
我记得我当时从头到尾写了将近三个小时，手都抽筋了，还有忘记写的要点
最好一条条要点列清楚了，思路要清晰，字迹要清楚
你写了这么多吗？那写的很快啊，我总共写了10页吧1
基本原则是THE MORE, THE BETTER!
难道说前面的term也要写很多字吗？
半页就够了 把知道的都分条写上去 谁知道哪条是采分点呢 那本自考的小书还有本自学辅导书 上面很多terms 建议多看看
插一句：建议大家能在有逻辑条理的基础上，按点分段——因为流水阅卷（踩点得分）的时候很容易就看头晕了，大家把每个点列醒目了（每段总分，第一句就放点，后面再详述）之后有助于老师迅速从中找到给分点。
按点分段，前面再标1、2、3……
是不是这样比较好？
这个看上去会比较生硬，而且就很不像essay了，可能适得其反
恩，谢谢雷姐。其实我觉得我的那个专业课应该不会太不好，现在开始留意一下。因为学过嘛。而且老师很好很好。所以但不是很怕，现在我每天听bbc，voa把碰到的东西比如猛虎组织啊，斯里兰卡啊什么的，都尽量弄明白。我也不知道自己的方向对不对。我不是个聪明的孩子，但是挺爱思考的。
试卷的第三部分的大题如何写呀？每道大题就是一个Essay，要求写350多字，把书上的基本内容写了，感觉写不了那么多，是不是还要增加一些书本以外的知识呢？
04年第三部分的第二题Comment on Labuor’s social and ecomomical policies after the Second World War。书上只是重点介绍了它的nationalization of the key business，the establishment of welfarestate。还要写上关于布来尔上台以后的政策吗？书上几乎没怎么介绍经济政策
07 Explain and assess the similarities and difference in social and economics policies bettween the two major parties in Britain since the Second World War.
How to answer this question 07?Please make an example for me,I can't thank you enough
有新的内容最好补充上去一部分，但仅是补充，最主要的还是把参考书上的东西都扔上卷子。
essay的话要分段，但是点与点之间的过渡用上一些，next之类的连接词，不要直接1、2、就好了。每段总分，然后整个essay总分一下。基本上自述只要不少的离谱就可以了，没有人一个字一个字的数
多谢雷姐指点!!请问名词解释除了历年真题上的常考点和参考书上明显重要的名词,还要如何进一步准备?答题时一般要多少单词啊?感觉有些自考教材的参考答案是否字数偏少?像经济政治文化历史等应该重点看哪些呢?尤其是历史部分感觉头痛. 再次感谢!
历史部分一般不怎么考的，也就名词解释，可能简答里也会有些。不过书上的就足够了。
关于最后一道题，最主要还是书上的，有多少写多少吧。像雷姐说的，有新的就加上吧，布莱尔的也不算新了，网上查点东西答上去就行了。
07年那道题我好像就是把三本书里关于两个党的东西综合了一下都写上去了。条理清楚比较好，老师也比较容易给分吧
恩，因为题目不管怎么样还是踩点给分的
对头,有鱼没鱼先扎一枪,不会的时候沾边的就往上写,会的捡重要的答.真困,下午考哲学答的好
好不容易抽时间上一下网，看到这么的答复，还有大家的讨论，答题总算有个大概的标准了。多谢雷姐tiame学姐了！再麻烦tiame学姐或雷姐一下,(1)是怎样对待真题的呀?把近几年的真题都做一遍吗?(2)考前的这两周专业课着重看些什么呢还是全看一遍?(3)可以说一下考试时答题的时间如何分配吗?感觉时间比较紧.
真题我是都做了的，找找感觉吧
可以全部看一遍，然后抓重点吧，准备一下最后那两道题
时间的话，如果是基英，阅读不要放太多时间了，翻译很费时间，反正我是。其实看分数啊，分数多的多花时间，一般都错不了。
ps 我的名字是 tiamo..
，我复习的时候也把真题都做了一遍，不过对以前的题目都没有具体写，而是列了提纲（我懒，汗）。
考前两周这个问题么，因为我是保送的，虽然保送考试也有笔试部分，但都是专业课的内容，所以我其实只需要看专业课就可以了。觉得最后一段时间还是应该把政治什么的在临时抱佛脚一下吧？专业课只要见缝插针的看一下就可以了。我平时复习的时候把自己认为比较重要的问题所相关的所有参考书上词句都标注出来贴上了不同的小条（最后我的几本笔记和参考书上遍布小条，惨不忍睹），所以最后阶段实际上都在看那些小条相关的内容。其实快到考试的时候就很难看进去了，再不把答题感觉全部丢掉的前提下好好休息一下为上吧，别把自己搅晕了。
这个答题的时间分配我就更不好说什么了：从小到大最引以为豪的东西就是速度了，一般我如果来不及的话那别人都不怎么可能完成，所以从来都是能写多少就写多少的。如果你时间真紧的话就一定要记得老师是踩点给分的，所以即使没有时间elaborate也要写上一点是一点。
最近刚忙完期末考，难得抽时间上网，看到大家的回复真的很感激！！
还想问一下考试时英社的答题纸的分配，比如名解，问答，和短文题各占A4大小纸张的多少（很白一问题，见笑了。因为我字体较大，听说大家基本都写满答题纸，所以担心写不完），谢谢各位！
不够用可以问老师再要几张吧.....? 只是普通的A4纸不?我没考过，不知道,但是想着应该纸是够用的吧
不够用可以多要。但是最好还是不要写太多，集中阅卷的时候磨了老师的耐心就不好了。一定要注意分段。一个点一段，并把中心句放在每段的开头，总分最安全，不要搞什么分总的噱头，老师们都是高强度流水作业，甚至有可能不细读（因为我也批过卷子的……）
哦.谢谢前辈指点!既然可以多要答题纸,难道北外的答题纸不是随试卷密封袋一起寄到各地考点的吗?记得去年有考生询问试卷袋缺少答题纸只得把答案写在考场发的答题纸上,当时心急火燎地担心会不会答题无效呢!
用网上写的参考书就可以了。我虽然本科也是北外的，但是当时学的专业方向是口译，所以本科阶段也没有上过英社的课程，也就是看那几本书的事情，根本没有讲义。英社不是导师制的，写论文的时候才会每人定一个下来
往年的真题中有一些terms需要长辈们指点一下：
1. Edinburgh Festival
2. Queen's Speech refers to state opening of parliament or her Christmas message?
3. Puritanism
4. atmosphere of Victorianism
5. Battle of Britain
谢谢指点。
另外拿一题为例，请长辈们指点哪些为要点，哪些不需要写，时间有限，写少怕扣分，写多怕时间不过。
How do you understand the status of women in contemporary Britain?
The suffragette movement in the early part of the 20th century undoubtedly raised awareness about gender equality issues. The Sex Discrimination Acts 1975 and 1986 make discrimination between men and women unlawful in employment, education, training and the provision of housing, facilities and services. I like to observe the status of women in contemporary Britain from the following aspects.
1. Economically, women make up about 45 percent of the workforce in Britain and in 2000 women's average hourly earnings were 82 percent of men's. Although women are now increasing their numbers in higher education, the professions and white-collar jobs, they still can have difficulty progressing to the senior ranks.
2. Regarding domestic life, since the 1950s there has been a greater sharing of household tasks but most domestic chores are still done by women and men just do some help. Women have a greater sharing of domestic decision- making.
3. Politically, they have acquired the equal rights as men, but they continue to face problems in being selected as parliamentary candidates or winning seats in the House of Commons, which is caused by inconvenient working hours among others. However, as Mrs Thatcher proved, though it may be difficult, it is not impossible.
In general, although the political, economic and domestic lives of women have been transformed in the 20th century and the equality of women is now formally recognized, they still do not have exactly the same opportunities as men. Female continue to suffer discrimination and inequality in many spheres and gender is a social issue of increasing importance for politics.
烦劳指教。谢谢
我也是考英社的,我觉得你这道题答的很好啊,我也很想知道考试的时候答多少才合适.
另外,我看的参考书目里都没有涉及到 Victorianism的内容,很奇怪,我看的书有问题么....晕
Victorianism 是历史方面的内容吧
觉得你用1、2、3这样的分段层次方法比较好——因为阅卷的时候很容易看晕，所以这样方便按点给分~~~不过看到你这个sample里面一些过渡的词句，如 I like to observe此类主观性太强的就根本没有必要写了。可以多写，但是可以多写的是point的数量，千万不要一个point写一堆，浪费再多宝贵的时间也不会多得一分的。
我那个时候在书市里面淘了一本oxford出的dictionary of GB之类的terms字典（具体名字不记得了），非常的有用。后来在图书馆里面也看到不少类似的书，基本上都被叫做传统字典之类的。你也可以去找找，可以节省不少查书的时间
雷姐说的那本字典我还没见过啊，一直就想找本那种的，改天逛逛看
恩，条理清楚就好，一条是一条，说清楚就行了。
victorism那个我也是看到后才查的字典，考试时我也有几个term不会，根据记忆编的。所以书看仔细点是绝对必要的，不然编都没的编~~
要根据记忆‘编’
那么atmosphere of Victorianism究竟应该怎么解释呢？？？
"一本oxford出的dictionary of GB之类的terms字典"
雷姐，请告知关于这本书更详细的信息，好吗？
谢谢雷姐
汗……那我得回家翻一翻才行……
但其实类似字典有很多的，找一个比较权威的出版社就好了：我当年是在海图装修特卖会的书堆里面挖出来的（真的是把书堆在地上），出版年份都比较久远了，最好还是寻一个updated的新版比较妥当吧
关于那些无边无际的terms,书上的那些如果出到的话有没有字数限制啊?是不是只要把要点答清楚就行了?像一些红书上glossary里补充的名词解释,大致照着背可以吗?还需要自己补充很多吗?会不会出一些参考书以外的,需要自己补充的呢?那些该怎么准备呢?谢谢?
没有具体的限制，但是千万别太多了，一来老师会看烦，影响你的得分，二来这种阅卷都是踩点得分的，所以写多了也没有用。
你能够背出来当然好了，不过还是应该多看看时事里面的新term爸，毕竟这几年英国情况变化极大，二叔又比较老了
时事TERMS应该是些什么资料里比较多呢？呵呵 谢谢 好象这个问题有点蛋白质啊
自然是上网查了~~~一方面可以看看英国驻华大使馆文化处等的网页中英文版本对照，另外就是中国官方网站上对于英国各种新闻的中英文对照说法（外交部啊新华社等网站）
好久不见雷姐了,呵呵,先道声国庆快乐!也祝坛子里的各位节日快乐!!梦想成真!!
请问英社的三种题型今年会不会像去年的美社那样发生变化呢?如果不变,那每部分大概要答多少字呢(只是大概,不知是否要将答题纸填满,ps:答题纸是几开的呀)?
还有就是这几年历史部分考的不多,有必要重点研究各时期的历史和重要政党领袖吗(比如美社经常考到的某某Doctrine之类的)?
问题挺多,实因本人在校复习上网不便,只好和盘托出,望各位海涵!不吝赐教.拜谢!!
每年都有一点点变化的，所以很难讲。但是到时候保送研究生的考试结束之后可以打听一下他们的卷子形式，如有变化的话这方面也会有部分体现的。
英社专门搞历史方面研究的李贺老师已经退了，所以事实上现在中心里面的几个老师都是研究contemporary东西的，历史方面不会很看重。但是，你说的重要政党领袖是基本常识，也是政治方面必须要学的（专门研究政治的老师可不止一个），只不过重点放在二战后，一般了解维多利亚之后的那堆人问题就不是特别大了。
以下是引用wivi在2007-10-1 22:02:00的发言：
恩恩，以前的＂ＸＸ几世＂搞得脑袋都特别大 呵呵
这个……偶就特别喜欢这种东西……每次写论文都把偶导师整得够呛（因为她貌似也很不熟——充分证明了太古老的历史不太可能成为一大考点）~~~
专业课该怎么复习呢？指定教材那本比较重要？
和事实联系紧密的内容会考很多吗？是不是要多留心一些大事，北外有开类似的课吗？
一口气这么多问题，谢谢所有关注的
先看看历史部分吧
教材都很重要, 红皮的那本更重要一些
英社一轮复习完了，但是看完课本仍然不会做题啊，应该重新看课本呢，还是看些别的参考书？
继续看那基本参考书吧，重要的是要自己多归纳
继续看那基本参考书吧，重要的是要自己多归纳
那本书很古老的，肯定有不update的地方~~~
不过我很真诚的觉得你在纠结的时候最先该做的是在网络上先research——ITV是什么，网上有很明确的介绍（连百度百科上都有），也可以去ITV的官方网站上看——一般性的学习也好针对性的复习也好，最起码要有一个自己利用资源、解决问题的基本技能。没有这个，以后恐怕寸步难行。
ITV是一个公司，旗下从ITV1到ITV6有好几个频道，但目前有几个已经因为不景气而停播了。
Channel4是BBC旗下的。
Channel5是一个独立公司，就叫做channel 5 broadcasting Ltd.之类的名字。
Channel4不是BBC旗下的，他是一个独立的频道。
The channel4 was established to provide a fourth television service to the UK that would break the duopoly of the Licence Fee-funded BBC's two established services and the single commercial broadcasting network, ITV. Channel 4 enjoys almost universal coverage in the UK and some neighbouring countries and a significant audience share, despite having seen new competition with the growth of cable, satellite and digital services.
作者: 范老师 时间: 12-4-23 20:48
大家好，这是鄙人英社第二轮的复习计划，大家帮忙看看还有那些东西遗漏了，好趁现在查漏补缺
此计划主要是按慧云姐姐（这个称呼真的很销魂的说）那本red book来的，前三章（introduction and family & personal relationships）直接pass掉
一共分为以下13个topics
教育（chapter4）,司法（Ch7&8）,宗教（Ch10），福利（Ch11），经济（Ch12&18），政府（Ch13），政党（Ch14），选举（Ch14），
媒体（Ch15&16）,外交（Ch17），工作（Ch5）,北爱问题（Mr. Zhu那本书），历史（自考那本小书）
至于leisure和holiday & tourism之类的也pass把，
这样分怎么样？还有遗漏的么？
大家来discuss一下哈
terms按照Mr Zhu那本书来背就好了吧？我见课后题有好多terms而且还有答案的说
分得挺好的，宗教其实大概就考几个terms~没记得有问答或essay