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PAGE\*MERGEFORMAT-2-III.Acronyms1.GCSE:GeneralCertificateofSecondaryEducation（普通中等教育证书）2.theBBC:theBritishBroadcastingCorporation（英国广播公司）3.WASP:WhiteAnglo-SaxonProtestant（盎格鲁-撒克逊白人新教）4.NATO:NorthAtlanticTreatyOrganisation（北大西洋公约组织）V.TermDifferentiating1.TheAnglo-Saxons:TheyweretwogroupsofGermanicpeopleswhosettleddowninEnglandfromthe5thcentury.TheywereregardedastheancestorsoftheEnglishandthefoundersofEngland.2.ClassSystem(U.K.):TheclasssystemdoesexistinBritishsociety.MostoftheBritishpopulationwouldclaimthemselvestobeeitherofmiddle-classorworking-class,thoughsomepeoplewouldactuallybelongtotheuppermiddle-classorlowermiddle-class.Classdivisionsarenotsimplyeconomic,theyareculturalaswell.Peopleofdifferentclassesmaydifferinthekindofnewspaperstheyread,inthewaytheyspeakandinthekindofeducationtheyreceive.OneofthedistinctivefeaturesabouttheBritishclasssystemisthataristocratictitlescanstillbeinherited.3.GrammarSchools:ItisatypeofsecondaryschoolsinBritain.Grammarschoolsselectchildrenattheageof11,throughanexaminationcalled“the11-plus”.Thosechildrenwiththehighestmarksgotogrammarschools.Theseschoolslayemphasisonadvancedacademicsubjectsratherthanthemoregeneralcurriculumofthecomprehensiveschoolsandexpectmanyoftheirpupilstogoontouniversities.4.TheCommonwealth:TheCommonwealthisavoluntaryassociationofstateswhichismadeupofBritainandmostlyofformerBritishcolonies.Thereare54membersoftheCommonwealthincludingonecurrentlysuspendedmember:manyofthesearedevelopingcountrieslikeIndiaandCyprus;othersaredevelopednationslikeAustralia,CanadaandNewZealand.TheCommonwealthwassetupasaforumforcontinuedcooperationandasasortofsupportnetwork.5.Tabloids:Atabloidisasmallformatnewspaperwithcolourphotosandcatchyheadlines.Tabloidsareinterestedinscandalsandgossipusuallyaboutfamouspeople.Theyalsocarrylotsofcrime,sportsandsentionalhumanintereststoriessoastoattractreaders.Storiesareshort,easytoreadoftenrelymoreonopinionsthanfact.Theybelongtoacategoryofnationalpapersdifferentfromqualitypapers.6.Puritanism
