英语国家背景(附中文注释)

出版时间：1996-04  出版社：麦克米伦出版有限公司/世界图书出版公司  作者：R.穆斯曼  
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内容概要

内容简介
本书是为非英语国家的学生编写的英语知识性读物。为便于广大读者，特对
书中的难点加上中文注释，附于书末。
本书共收入30篇短文，分别介绍了英国、美国、加拿大、澳大利亚、加勒比岛
国、非洲等说英语的国家的概况，包括历史、地理、语言、生活方式、娱乐、体育运
动等。每篇短文配有词汇、语法、语言功能等练习。可供中学生，大学低年级学生
以及拟赴英、美、加、澳等国访问和进修者使用。

书籍目录

Contents
The English-speaking world
UK
Unit 1 Who are the British?
Unit 2 The UK Government and how the British vote
Unit 3 The British worker-wealth from the sea
Unit 4 The British out of doors
Unit 5 British English-and the languages of the UK
USA
Unit 6 How the USA grew
Unit 7 The American people
Unit 8 Working and getting to work in an industrial
superpower
Unit 9 Americans at play
Unit 10 How the Americans talk Engiish
CANADA
Unit 11 The making of Canada
Unit 12 People and government of Canada
Unit 13 Life and industry in Canada's far north
Unit 14 The Canadian sportsman, odd man out?
Unit 15 Canadian English--how different is it from
American?
Australasia
Unit 16 The discovery of Australia and New Zealand
Unit 17 People and government
Unit 18 The riches of new lands
Unit 19 Enjoyingoneself Down Under
Unit 20 The language Down Under
Caribbean
Unit 21 The islandsofthe Caribbean
Unit 22 The people and the outside world
Unit 23 West Indian islands-how they earn foreign
currency
Unit 24 Cricket! Lovelycricket!
Unit 25 How the Caribbean islanders speak
Africa
Unit 26 From colony to freedom--North and West
Africa
Unit 27 Freedom for some-in East, Central and
Southern Africa
Unit 28 Oil and cocoa.tea and coffee
Unit 29 Sport in Africa
Unit30 A multitude of languages