Major forms of art in Britain

1)museums and galleries

The largest and most important is the British Museum最大和最重要的是英國博物館

2) music

People in Britain are interested in a wide range of music, including classical music(古典音樂), rock and pop misic, Jazz , folk and Light Mucic. In the early 1960s a new pop culture—beat（披頭士）, emerged in Britain’s Liverpool. It was started by a group of young people called Beatles.

英國人喜歡各種各樣的音樂，包括古典音樂，搖滾和流行音樂，爵士樂，民間音樂和輕音樂。20世紀60年代，一種新的流行文化—披頭士，出現在英國的利物浦。這是由一群年輕人組成的樂隊叫披頭士樂隊，又稱甲殼蟲樂隊。

3) Drama

Britain is one of the world’s major centres for theatre,and its dramatic tradition is reflected in the excellent quality and range of its theatre.英國是世界上最主要的劇院中心，其戲劇傳統從其劇院的質量及范圍即可看出。

Arts festivals 藝術節

The most famous is the Edinburgh International Festival of Music and Drama.It takes place for a period of 3 to 4 weeks between August and September.最著名的是愛丁堡國際音樂戲劇節。該節在八、九月間舉行，歷時3-4周。

films 電影

In November each year the National Film Theatre hosts the London Film Festival.每年11月國家電影院主辦倫敦電影節。

Literature and libraries 文學和圖書館

There are several thousand libraries throughout the country,including the great “copyright”libraries,which are entitled to receive a free copy of every book published in the United Kingdom;libraries of other universities and learned institutions and the Public libraries.全國有幾千所的圖書館，包括‘版權所有’大圖書館。這些圖書館有權免費得到在英國出版的每一本書的樣本，此外還有其他大學、研究所的圖書館和公共圖書館。