高英复习整理
1. E.B.White (1899-1985) Once More to the Lake
American essayist and literary stylist, known for his crisp, graceful, relaxed style.
Is Sex Necessary?(1929,collaborated with J.Thurber)
Classic of children’s literature:
Stuart little(1945,小仓鼠斯图尔特)
Charlotte's Web(1952,夏洛特的网,ranks among the most successful American children's books of all the time)
The Trumpet Of The Swan(1970,天鹅的喇叭)
The Elements Of Style(1959,the revision of it by his professor William Strunk became
a standard style manual手册for writers )
2.James Baldwin（1924-1987）Notes of a Native Son黑人作家black humor American writer, an essayist, novelist, and playwright, focus on issues of racial discrimination made him a prominent spokesperson for racial equality, especially during the civil rights movements of the 1960s.
His eloquence and passion on the subject of race made him for years perhaps the country’s most prominent black writer. He is also known as the “native son “of Rich ard Wright’s Native Son.
Go tell it on the mountain(1953,高山上的呼喊,semiautobiographical first novel, regarded as his finest)
Essay collections:
Notes of a native son (1955,土生子札记)
Nobody knows my name (1961，没有人知道我的名字)
Novels:
Giovanni’s room（1956，a story of homosexual life）
Another country (1962)
The long polemical essay:
The fire next time (1963,下一次将是烈火，prophesying widespread racial violance) The play:
Blues for Mister Charlie (produced 1964)
3. Martin Gansberg (1920-1995)38 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police
He worked at the New York Times for forty-three years as an editor, writer, and book reviewer书评家. Gansberg is best remembered for his March 1964 article, "38 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police," on the murder of twenty-eight year old Kitty Genovese, a work that illustrated阐明the indifference of Genovese's neighbors despite her cries for help. The article quickly gained national recognition承认, earning Gansberg a plaque for excellence from the Newspaper Reporters Association of New York.
Kitty Genovese has become synonymous with a dark side of an urban character that, for many people, represents a harsh and disturbing reality of big city life. The brutal murder of kitty Genovese and the disturbing lack of action by her neighbors became emblematic in what many perceived as an evolving culture of violence and apathy in the united stated. In fact, social scientists still debate the causes of what is known as “the Genovese Syndrome”. 吉诺维斯综合征
4. John Updike (1932-2009)A&P 代表作：兔子系列
American novelist，short story writer and poet ;as an essayist he is a gentle satirist 讽刺作家
Rabbit series：
Rabbit, Run (1960，兔子快跑)
Rabbit Redux (1971,兔子归来)
Pulitzer prizes
Rabbit Is Rich (1981，兔子富了)
Rabbit at Rest (1990，兔子歇了)
5. Gay Talese (1932--) 盖伊.塔丽丝New York
American journalist and writer
Unto To The Sons (1992,a historical memoir that spanned two world wars, possessed the sweep and detail of a grand 19th-century novel)
The Kingdom And The Power (1969,deal with the history and influence of the New York Time)
Honor Thy Father (1971,the inside story of a Mafia family)
Thy Neighbor's Wife(1980,the changing moral rakes of America between World War II and the era before AIDS)
The Bridge (about the construction of the Verrazano-Narrows span between Brooklyn and Staten Island)
New York-A Serentipiter's Journey (a series of vignettes and essays on new York) Fame And Obscurity (a collection of his articles principally from the pages of Esquire Magazine, creation of an inventive form of nonfiction writing called "The New Journalism"20世纪新新闻主义奠基人之一)
6.Virginia Woolf The Death Of The Moth意识流作家，女性主义发起人之一
a major British novelist, essayist and critic- was one of the leaders in the literary movement of modernism现代主义in her works ,she used a technique called "stream of consciousness" -
Mrs. Dalloway (1925,戴洛维夫人）
To The Lighthouse (1927，灯塔行)
Orlando（1928,奥兰多）
The Waves (1931,海浪)
The Common Reader (1925,1932)
A Room Of One's Own (1929)
Jacob's Room (1922)
The Years (1937)
Between The Acts (1941)
7.Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) 西莱尔贝洛克 A Conversation With a Cat British writer and poet
His first book was a small volume of verse, published in 1896, and from then on a torrent of books, pamphlets, letters etc. poured from his pen.
bulk diversity: French and British history, military strategy, satire, comic and serious verse, literary criticism, topography and travel, translations, religious, social and political commentary, long-running controversies with such opponents as H.G. Wells and Dr. G.G.Coulton, and hundreds of essays, fill over one hundred
and fifty volumes.
8. John Hay(1915--) The Musicians
"one of our beat essayist on the natural world";His early years as a journalist and poet.
The Great Beach (1964)
The Run (1959)
A Beginner's Faith in Things Unseen And Nature's Year: The Seasons of Cape Cod (1961)
9.Jack London (1876-1916) What Life Means to Me
father of American proletariat literature美国无产阶级之父
美国著名现实主义作家，小说家 a prolific writer
The Call Of The Wild
White Fang
The Sea-Wolf
To Build A Fire
The White Silence
Revolution and Other Essays (1909)
10. E. M. Forster (1879-1970) My Wood
English novelist
Where Angels Fear To Tread (1950)
A Room With A View (1908)
Howards End (1910)
A Passage To India (1924)
Three Collections Of Short Stories
The Celestial Omnibus (1923)
The Eternal Moment (1928)
The Life To Come (1972)
Abinger Harvest(1936,阿宾哲收获集)
parable 和fable 的区别
parable用在圣经里，宗教里，得出寓意，teaching moral
fable 主角为动物
高级英语第一册详细讲解
Lesson one The Middle Eastern Bazaar 一．Background information 二．Brief overview and writing style This text is a piece of description. In this article, the author describes a vivid and live scene of noisy hilarity of the Middle Eastern Bazaar to readers. At first, he describes the general atmosphere of the bazaar. The entrance of the bazaar is aged and noisy. However, as one goes through the bazaar, the noise the entrance fades away. One of the peculiarities of the Eastern bazaar is that shopkeepers dealing in the same kind of goods gather in the same area. Then the author introduces some strategies for bargaining with the seller in the bazaar which are quite useful. After that he describes some impressive specific market of the bazaar particularly includ ing the copper-smiths market, the carpet-market, the spice-market, the food-market, the dye-market, the pottery-market and the carpenter‘s market which honeycomb the bazaar. The typical animal in desert----camels----can also attract attention by their disdainful expressions. To the author the most unforgettable thing in the bazaar is the place where people make linseed oil. Hence he describes this complicated course with great details. The author‘s vivid and splendid description takes readers back to hundreds of thousands of years age to the aged middle eastern bazaar, which gives the article an obvious diachronic and spatial sense. The appeal to readers‘visual and hearing sense throughout the description is also a marked feature of this piece of writing. In short, being a Westerner, the author views the oriental culture and civilization as old and backward but interesting and fantastic. Through careful observation and detailed comparison, the author depicts some new and original peculiarities of the Middle Eastern bazaar which are unique and distinguished. 三．Detailed study of the text Paragraph 1 the general atmosphere of the bazaar 1. The Middle Eastern bazaar takes you back…of years: 1) Middle East: generally referring to the area from Afghanistan to Egypt, including the Arabian Peninsula, Cyprus, and Asiatic Turkey. 2) A bazaar is an oriental market-place where a variety of goods is sold. The word perhaps comes from the Persian word bazar.（中东和印度等的）集市，市场 Paraphrase: The bazaar can be traced back to many centuries ago. The architecture was ancient, the bricks and stones were aged and the economy was a handicraft economy which no longer existed in the West. 2. The one I am thinking of particularly is entered…: 1) is entered..: The present tense used here is called ―historical present(历史现在时)‖. It is used for vividness. 2) Gothic: of a style of building in Western Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries, with pointed arches , arched roofs, tall thin pillars, and stained glass windows. 3) aged: having existed long; very old 3. Y ou pass from the heat and glare of a big open square into a cool, dark cavern…: 1) Here ―the heat‖is contrasted with ―cool‖, ―glare‖with ―dark‖, and ―open square‖with ―cavern‖. 2) glare: strong, fierce, unpleasant light, not so agreeable and welcome as ―bright sunlight‖.强光， 耀眼的光 3) ―cavern‖here does not really mean a cave or an underground chamber. From the text we can see it is a long, narrow, dark street of workshops and shops with some sort of a roof over them.
高级英语第六课Blackmail译文
第六课 讹诈 阿瑟?黑利 负责饭店保安工作的欧吉维探长打了那个神秘的电话，本来说好一个小时后光临克罗伊敦夫妇所住的套房的，可实际上却过了两个小时才到。结果，当外间门上的电铃终于发出沉闷的嗡嗡声时，公爵夫妇的神经都紧张到了极点。 公爵夫人亲自去开门。此前她早已借故把女仆支开，并且狠心地给那位脸儿圆圆的、见到狗就怕得要死的男秘书派了一个要命的差事，让他牵着贝德林顿狼犬出去散步。想到这两个人随时都会回来，她自己的紧张情绪怎么也松弛不下来。 随着欧吉维进屋的是一团雪茄烟雾。当他随着她走进起居室时，公爵夫人目光直射着这个大肥佬嘴里叼着的那烧了半截的雪茄。“我丈夫和我都讨厌浓烈的烟味，您行行好把它灭了吧!” 探长那双夹在面部隆起的肉堆中的猪眼睛轻蔑地将她上下打量了一番。接着，他便移动目光，对这个宽敞豪华、设备齐全的房间扫视了一周，看到了那位正背朝窗户、神色茫然地望着他们的公爵夫人。 “你们这套房间布置得倒挺讲究的呢。”欧吉维慢条斯理地从口中拿下雪茄，敲掉烟灰，然后将烟蒂扔向靠右边的一个装饰性壁炉，但他失了准头，烟蒂掉到地毯上，他也不去管它。公爵夫人的嘴唇绷得紧紧的。她没好气地说道，“我想你该不是为谈论房间布置到这儿来的吧。” 他乐得咯咯直笑，肥胖的身子也跟着抖动起来。“不是的，夫人，怎么会呢!不过，我确实喜爱高雅的东西。”他压低了他那极端刺耳的尖嗓音接着说，“比如像你们那辆小轿车，就是停在饭店的那辆，美洲虎牌，是的吧?” “噢!”这声音不像是从口中说出来的，倒像是从克罗伊敦公爵鼻子中呼出来的。他的夫人马上瞪了他一眼，以示警告。 “我们的车子与你有什么相干呢?” 公爵夫人的这句问话似乎是个信号，一听到这个信号，探长的态度马上就变了。他猝然问道，“这儿还有别的人么?” 公爵回答道，“没有。我们早把他们都打发出去了。”
高英答案翻译
高英答案翻译
Lesson10 The Trial That Rocked the World I． 1)In the 1920s，when he was a teacher at a secondary school in Dayton，a little town in the mountains of Tenessee，he was charged with teaching evolution and had to be present in the court．The trial。however，rocked the world．After the trial，he studied at the University of Chicago and became a geologist for an oil company later． 2)The struggles were in fact struggles between ignorance and wisdom．religion and science．That showed the spread of science and truth was no easy task．3)Because the result would effect the whole country，even the world． 4)Darrow and Malone thought that the Bible could co—exist with the Evolution Theory and it was acceptable for a Christion to be an evolutionist．Besides，the Bible should not be interpreted and accepted literally．Bryan just thought the opposite way. 5) The trial began with prayer by a local
高级英语复习资料
00600《高级英语》复习资料 重要词组总汇 In return 作为（对某物）的付款或回报What do we give them in return. Conceive of 想像、认为 I laughed to myself at the men and the ladies. Who never conceived of us billion-dollar Babies（俚语：人）。 对于那些认为我们从不会成为腰缠万贯的巨富的先生和女士们，我们总是暗自嘲笑他们。 Scores of 很多Scores of young people. Strike sb. as … 给某人留下印象make an impression on sb These conclusion strike me as reasonable.我认为他们的话是合情合理的 Drop out 脱离传统社会 Ever since 自从 In hopes of 怀着…希望 Ever since civilization began，certain individuals（人）have tried to run away from it in hopes of finding a simpler，more pastoral田园的，and more peaceful life Support oneself 自食其力 Run out of 没有，用完，耗尽 Our planet is running out of noble savages and unsullied landscapes. 我们地球上高尚的野蛮人和未玷污的地方越来越少 the other way （round）相反 come off 成功These are the ones whose revolutions did not come off. In need of 需要 It dawns on a familiar, workaday place,still in need of groceries and sewage disposal. 它洒在一个司空见惯，平凡庸 碌的地方，一个仍然无法摆脱食品 杂货，污水处理的地方。 In short supply 供应不足，短缺 Break down 瓦解，崩溃Broke down our resolve. 丧失了我们的决 心 Out of work 失业 dawn on sb. 逐渐明白It dawned on us rather suddenly that the number of passengers on the small spaceship we inhabit is doubling about every forty years. Come down （from…）（to…） 从一处来到另一处 Eat sth. up 吃光 In profusion 大量地 She had magnificent高尚的华 丽的blonde hair，in profusion. Take a shot 猜测 As a point of departure 起点As doctors often do I take a trial shot at it as a point of departure.作为医生我 经常根据猜测可能出现的总是进行 提问 as yet 到现在为止As yet，no man has set foot on Mars.到目前为 止还没有人登上火星。 Get somewhere 有进展，取得 一些成就 If only 只要If only they wouldn‘t use the word “hurt” I might be able to get somewhere. Up to sb. 取决于某人 So long as 只要 Fall in love with 爱上 After all，I had already fallen in love with the savage brat野蛮的乳臭 未干是小孩，the parents were contemptible to me. Let out 发出（叫喊） She let out a scream of terror.她 发出恐怖的叫喊。 Hold sb. down 控制住某人，压 制某人I tried to hold myself down but I couldn‘t. Open up 张开 She open up for an instant but before I could see anything she came down again and gripped the wooden blade between her molars.臼齿 Reduce sth. to 将…化为（变成） She reduced spatula压舌板to splinters碎片before I could get it out Through with. 结束We are going to through with this. Go at sth. 努力做某事 He went at the job with a lot of energy. 他工作卖力 Tear sb/sth apart 严厉地批 评…，彻底毁灭… I could have torn the child apart in my own fury 狂怒暴怒and enjoyed it. Bred of … 由…造成 But a blind fury不顾一切的狂 怒，a feeling of adult shame，bred of a longing for muscular release are the operative.由于渴望释放男人的 体力而产生的不理智的愤怒，和成 年人的羞辱而使我继续下去，坚持 到底。 On the defensive 采取守势She had been on the defensive before but now she attacked. Fly at 冲上去攻击某人Tried to get off her father‘s lap and fly at me while tears of defeat blinded her eyes. Come to light 为人所知New evidence has recently come to light At one‘s request 应某人之请求 An anonymous 匿名的doctor claimed to have killed a 20-year-old cancer patient at her own request. Rumble隆隆声，抱怨声on 继 续下去
高英第一册第五课写作手法
Comment on writing skills In the passage “S peech on Hitler’s invasion of the U.S.S.R.” ,Churchill used many writings skills to make his speech more powerful, persuasive and impression .Here I will analyze some of the skills in the speech. I Rhetoric i. Alliteration For instance ,“I see also the dull, drilled, docile brutish masses of the Hun soldiery plodding on like a swarm of crawling locusts”“...Russian fighting for his hearth and home...”In these sentences ,“dull ,drilled, docile ”and “hearth and home ”each have the same start words“d” and“h” .It has to do with the sound rather than the sense of words for effect so that makes his speech sound more powerful. It is a device that repeats the same sound at frequent intervals and since the sound repeated is usually the initial consonant sound . ii Onomatopoeia It is a device that uses words which imitate the sounds made by an object (animate or inanimate), or which are associated with or suggestive of some action or movement. In paragraph 8,we can see the two words “clanking, heel-clicking”,“clanking ”refers to the sounds of swords and sabers , and “ heel-clicking ”means the heel sounds of Nazi . These two words makes audience easily hatred of Hitler’s Nazi regime. II Specific words Churchill pays particular attention to choose the words. i Absolute-sounding words In paragraph ten, he said,“…Hitler and every vestige of the Nazi régime.” “We will never parley, we will never negotiate with Hitler or any of his gang .”Absolute words like “ever ,never, any” all strengthen his voice. ii Formal words Churchill replaced simple ,everyday words with the italicized words .e.g. “There only remained the task of c omposing it”,”Composing it ”means “preparing”;“H e devoted the whole day to it…”here ,“devoted”refers to “spent…on it”etc .These italicized words makes his speech more powerful. To sum up, in this speech, there are many writing skills such as use biblical allusion ,use six “I see”
高级英语第一册课文
高级英语第一册课文 1.The Middle Eastern Bazaar The Middle Eastern bazaar takes you back hundreds --- even thousands --- of years. The one I am thinking of particularly is entered by a Gothic - arched gateway of aged brick and stone. You pass from the heat and glare of a big, open square into a cool, dark cavernwhich extends as far as the eye can see, losing itself in the shadowy distance. Little donkeys with harmoniously tinkling bells thread their way among the throngsof people entering and leaving the bazaar. The roadway is about twelve feet wide, but it is narrowed every few yards by little stalls where goods of every conceivable kind are sold. The din of the stall-holder; crying their wares, of donkey-boys and porters clearing a way for themselves by shouting vigorously, and of would-be purchasers arguing and bargaining is continuous and makes you dizzy. Then as you penetrate deeper into the bazaar, the noise of the entrance fades away, and you come to the muted cloth-market. The earthen floor, beaten hard by countless feet, deadens the sound of footsteps, and the vaulted mud-brick walls and roof have hardly any sounds to echo. The shop-keepers speak in slow, measured tones, and the buyers, overwhelmed by the sepulchral atmosphere, follow suit . One of the peculiarities of the Eastern bazaar is that shopkeepers dealing in the same kind of goods do not scatter themselves over the bazaar, in order to avoid competition, but collect in the same area, so
高英课本课后翻译答案
这是我整理的，希望对大家有用。蓝色部分是重点词汇。 第一课 1、一条蜿蜒的小路隐没在树荫深处。 A winding path loses itself in the shadowy distance of the woods. 2、集市上有许多小摊子，出售的货物应有尽有。 At the bazaar, there are many stalls where goods of every conceivable kind are sold. 3、我真不知道到底是什么事让他如此生气。 I really don’t know what it is that has made him so angry. 4、新出土的铜花瓶造型优美，可有精细、复杂的传统图案。 The newly unearthed bronze vase is pleasing in form and engraved with delicate and intricate traditional designs. 5、在山的那一边是一望无际的大草原。 Beyond the mountains there is a vast grassland that extends as far as the eye can see. 6、他们决定买那座带有汽车房的房子。 They decided to buy that house with a garage attached. 7、教师们坚持对学生严格要求。 The teachers make a point of be ing strict with the students. 8、这个小女孩很喜欢她的父亲。 The girl is very much attached to her father. 9、为了实现四个现代化，我们认为有必要学习国外的先进科学技术。 To achieve the four modernization, we make a point of learn ing from the advanced science and technology of other countries. 10、黄昏临近时，天渐渐暗下来了。 As dusk fell, daylight faded away. 11徒工仔细地观察他的师傅，然后照着干。 The apprentice watched his master carefully and then followed suit. 12、吃完饭弗兰克常常帮助洗餐具。 Frank often took a hand in the washing-up after dinner. 第二课
大三高英复习资料
Unit 1 A Class Act 1.Johnny is so ingenious (ingenuity) —he can make the most remarkable sculptures from the most ordinary materials. 2.So what is his prescription (prescribe) for success? 3.I cannot allow any relaxation (relax) of the rules. 4.All pupils are expected to attend the school assembly (assemble). 5.She has the most adorable (adore) two-year-old daughter. 6.To the mortification (mortify) of the show’s organizers, the top performers withdrew at the last minute. 7.I didn’t want to lose my composure (compose) in front of her. 8.She looked a bit dejected (dejection) when she was told that she hadn’t got the job. drag into | speak up for | rife with | of one’s own accord ration out | single out | trudge through | beside oneself | in place | on the warpath | see through | comply with 1. The office was rife with rumors. 2. Ann rationed out the cake between the children. 3. The arrangements are all in place for the concert next Thursday. 4. There are serious penalties for failure to comply with the regulations. 5. The course would take me three years to complete, but I was determined to see it through. 6. She has often spoken up for the rights of working mothers. 7. If there was one thing she couldn’t face in the morning it was her mother on the warpath. 8. He was beside himself with grief when she died. 9. Don’t drag me into your argument! It has nothing to do with me.
The trial that rocked the world(高级英语第一册第十课)
The trial that rocked the world 1.main idea John Scopes was a science teacher at a secondary school in Dayton. He was charged with teaching evolution and that was against the law. However, the trial became one of the most famous trials in the U.S. and he was convicted guilty. After the trial, he went to study at the University of Chicago and later he became a geologist for an oil company. This article is intend to draw the world’s attention to the Evolution Theory and science will always win no matter how strong the hostility and opposition is. 2.style of text The style is NARRATION (SROTYTELLING). There are three elements a narration( plot、characters and background). Plot of text: (1)Beginning: I was indicted on May 7, and my case became snowball. (2)Climax: Bryan and Malone against with Darrow. (3) Ending: The verdict was guilty. Called “victorious defeat” Characters:( John Scopes 、William Jennings Bryan、Clarence Darrow 、Dudley Field Malone) Background: (1) There are two types of American law: civil law and criminal law. Civil law covers suits between individuals. (2) Fundamentalism: conservative religious movement that arose among members of various Protestant denominations early in the 20th cent. its aim is to maintain traditional interpretations of the Bible and what believed to be the fundamental doctrines of the Christian faith. Nowadays this word can apply to other religions. (3) Darwin’s theory of evolution: All living forms, plants and animals, including Man, have developed from earlier and simpler forms by processes of change and selection. 3. Language style (1)Style is formal and persuasive by way of conversation. (2) The description of the activities by different people outside the little court is so vivid, vigorous and lively. (3)The writer makes use of many rhetorical device. 4. Rhetorical device Hyperbole: It is the deliberation use of overstatement or exaggeration to achieve emphasis. E.g. The Trial that Rocked the World. Sarcasm(it uses harsh or bitter derision or irony. A sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting)
高级英语第一册第三版课后翻译+Paraphrase
Unit1Paraphrase: 1. We’re 23 feet above sea level. 2. The house has been here since 1915, andno hurricane has ever caused any damage to it. 3. We can make the necessary preparations and survive the hurricane without much damage. 4. Water got into the generator and put it out. It stopped producing electricity, so the lights also went out. 5. Everybody goes out through the back door and runs to the cars! 6. The electrical systems in the car (the battery for the starter) had been put out by water. 7. As John watched the water inch its way up the steps, he felt a strong sense of guilt because he blamed himself for endangering the whole family by deciding not to flee inland. 8. Oh God, please help us to get through this storm safely 9. Grandmother Koshak sang a few words alone and then her voice gradually grew dimmer and finally stopped. 10. Janis displayed the fear caused by the hurricanerather late. 1.每架飞机起飞之前必须经过严格的检查。（check out） Each and every airplane must be checked out thoroughly before taking off. 2.居民坚决反对在附近建立垃圾焚烧厂，因为他们担心工厂排放的气体会污染周围的 空气。（waste incineration plant, concerned about ） The residents were firmly against the construction of a waste incineration plant in their neighborhood because they were deeply concerned about the air pollution emitted by the plant. 3.在这个地区，生态工程的投资额高达数十亿。（mount to ） In this area, investment in ecological projects mounted up to billions of yuan. 4.干枯的河道里布满了大大小小的石块。（strewn with ） The dry riverbed was strewn with rocks of all sizes. 5.虽然战争给这个国家造成巨大的损失，但当地的文化传统并没有消亡。（perish ）Although war caused great losses to this country, its local cultural traditions did not perish. 6.为了建筑现代化的高楼大厦，许多古老的、具有民族特色的建筑都被拆毁了。 （demolish） To make space for modern high rises, a lot of ancient buildings with ethnic cultural features had to be demolished. 7.在地震中多数质量差的房子的主体结构都散架了。（disintegrate） The main structures of most of the poor-quality houses disintegrated in the earthquake. 8.他为实现自己的目标付出了最大的努力，但最后美好的梦想还是化为了泡影。 （vanish） His wonderful dream vanished into the air, although he tried hard to achieve his goals. Unit2Paraphrase:
高英Paraphrase专项复习
UNIT 1 2. Conversation is not for making a point. Conversation is not for persuading others to accept our idea or point of view. friends are not deeply involved in each other’s lives. People who meet each other for a drink in the bar of a pub are not intimate friends for they are not deeply absorbed in each other’s lives. are cattle in the fields,but we sit down to beef. These animals are called cattle when they are alive and fed in the fields; but when we sit down at the table to eat, we call their meat beef. 8....English had come royally into its own. The English language received proper recognition and was used by the King once more. rebellion against a cultural dominance is still there. There still exists in the working people, as in the early Saxon peasants, a spirit of opposition to the cultural authority of the ruling class. UNIT 2 colonial empires are in reality founded upon this fact.