2024年3月16日发(作者：)

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1.英国宪法的特征

：

• Constitutional monarchy: The United Kingdom remains a monarchy, but

one with limited power

• Parliamentary sovereignty: Parliamentary authority in the UK is unlimited.

It can make or unmake law on any subject.

• Representative democracy: People are entitled to voting rights.

• The rule of law: As a fundamental principle, people are subject to law, but

not to the arbitrary will of governors.

2.下议院（The House of Commons)的三个作用：

• Draft new laws. The House of Commons has primacy over the House of

Lords, especially in the ratification of “money bills” which dictate taxation and

public expenditure.

• Scrutinize, criticize and restrain the actions of the government. Can force a

government to resign by passing a Motion of No Confidence

• Supervise finance. Checks the government Estimates and Budget. The

government cannot legally spend any money without permission from the House

of Commons.

• Influence future government policy.

• When legislation is initiated by the cabinet in the form of a public bill, it is

given three separate

readings.

• If passed on the third reading, the bill is sent to the House of Lords, where it

goes through the same procedure.

• If passed by the second house, the bill is sent to the monarch for the

ceremonial formality of royal assent before becoming law.

3.百年战争的简单介绍：

直接原因：The war was directly caused by the dispute over succession to the

French throne.

正式爆发：In 1337, Edward III landed in Normandy with an English army. The

war broke out.

经过：• During the initial stage of the war, the English were on the offensive

and won great 1377，the English had lost the territory again，the war

1415 Henry V renewed the war and won crushingVictories ,The war was