英语国家社会与文化

目    录

Chapter One  The United States of
America    1
Unit 1  Land and People    3
Geographical Location    3
Weather and Climate    4
Natural Resources    4
Major Cities    5
Population and Languages    6
Exercises    8
Keys to Exercises    9
Unit 2  History and Symbols    10
Historical Periods    11
Historical Figures    13
National Symbols    14
Exercises    14
Keys to Exercises    16
Unit 3  Education and Recreation    16
School Education    17
Famous Universities    18
Cultural Life    20
Exercises    22
Keys to Exercises    23
Unit 4  Politics and Economy    24
Political System    24
Political Parties    25
Economy    27
Top Enterprises    28
Exercises    29
Keys to Exercises    31
Unit 5  Culture and Customs    31
Traditional Culture    32
Literature Works    33
Food Customs    35
Exercises    35
Keys to Exercises    37
Unit 6  Intercultural Communication    37
Knowledge to Learn    37
Article to Read    38
Cases to Study    40
Chapter Two  The United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern
Ireland    43
Unit 1  Land and People    44
Geographical Location    45
Weather and Climate    46
Natural Resources    47
Major Cities    48
Population and Languages    49
Exercises    50
Keys to Exercises    52
Unit 2  History and Symbols    52
Historical Periods    53
Historical Figures    55
National Symbols    56
Exercises    57
Keys to Exercises    58
Unit 3  Education and Recreation    59
School Education    60
Famous Universities    62
Cultural life    63
Exercises    65
Keys to Exercises    66
Unit 4  Politics and Economy    67
Political System    67
Political Parties    69
Economy    70
Top Enterprises    71
Exercises    72
Keys to Exercises    74
Unit 5  Culture and Custom    74
Traditional Culture    75
Literature Woks    75
Food Customs    77
Exercises    78
Keys to Exercises    79
Unit 6  Intercultural Communication    80
Knowledge to Learn    80
Article to Read    82
Cases to Study    83
Chapter Three  Australia    87
Unit 1  Land and People    88
Geographical Location    89
Weather and Climate    89
Natural Resources    90
Major Cities    91
Population and Languages    92
Exercises    93
Keys to Exercises    94
Unit 2  History and Symbol    95
Historical Periods    95
Historical Figures    97
National Symbols    98
Exercises    99
Keys to Exercises    100
Unit 3  Education and Recreation    101
School Education    101
Famous Universities    104
Cultural Life    106
Exercises    107
Keys to Exercises    108
Unit 4  Politics and Economy    110
Political System    110
Political Parties    112
Economy    113
Top Enterprises    114
Exercises    115
Keys to Exercises    117
Unit 5  Culture and Custom    118
Traditional Culture    118
Literature Works    119
Food Customs    121
Exercises    122
Keys to Exercises    123
Unit 6  Intercultural Communication    124
Knowledge to Learn    124
Article to Read    125
Cases to Study    126
Chapter Four  Canada    129
Unit 1  Land and People    130
Geographical Location    131
Weather and Climate    132
Natural Resources    132
Major Cities    133
Population and Languages    134
Exercises    135
Keys to Exercises    136
Unit 2  History and Symbol    137
Historical Periods    138
Historical Figures    139
National Symbols    140
Exercises    141
Keys to Exercises    143
Unit 3  Education and Recreation    143
School Education    144
Famous Universities    145
Cultural Life    146
Exercises    147
Keys to Exercises    148
Unit 4  Politics and Economy    149
Political System    149
Political Parties    150
Economy    151
Top Enterprises    152
Exercises    153
Keys to Exercises    155
Unit 5  Culture and Custom    156
Traditional Culture    156
Literature Works    157
Food Customs    159
Exercises    160
Keys to Exercises    161
Unit 6  Intercultural Communication    162
Knowledge to Learn    162
Article to Read    163
Cases to Study    165
Chapter Five  New Zealand    169
Unit 1  Land and People    170
Geographical Location    171
Weather and Climate    172
Natural Resources    172
Major Cities    173
Population and Languages    174
Exercises    175
Keys to Exercises    176
Unit 2  History and Symbol    177
Historical Periods    178
Historical Figures    180
National Symbols    181
Exercises    182
Keys to Exercises    183
Unit 3  Education and Recreation    184
School Education    185
Famous Universities    187
Cultural Life    189
Exercises    191
Keys to Exercises    192
Unit 4  Politics and Economy    193
Political System    194
Political Parties    195
Economy    196
Top Enterprises    197
Exercises    198
Keys to Exercises    199
Unit 5  Culture and Customs    200
Traditional Culture    201
Literature Works    203
Food Customs    204
Exercises    205
Keys to Exercises    207
Unit 6  Intercultural Communication    208
Knowledge to Learn    208
Article to Read    209
Cases to Study    210
Appendix    213
References    232