出版时间:2010-10 出版社:对外经贸大学 作者:董晓波 编 页数:282
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前言
随着全球化时代的到来和改革开放的深入,国际间跨文化合作日益增多,同时,各行各业,对具有扎实的外语知识技能和广博的全球文化知识的人才的需求也日益迫切。2004年,国家教育部高等教育司公布的《大学英语课程教学要求》明确地把学生“文化意识”的培养列入到英语教学中,认为在英语教学中培养学生的文化意识与培养学生的语言意识、语言技能同等重要。语言教学不仅包括语言知识的教学,而且包括文化知识的教学。只有充分了解目标语言国的历史文化,学习者才能真正有效地掌握语言知识,提高语言能力,更加有效地将这门语言运用于实践。《美国历史文化概况(英文版)》将了解美国历史文化知识与学习英语语言技能结合在一起,是为高等学校英语专业学生和非英语专业本科学生、研究生编选的融文化与历史知识为一体的新型英语教材。本书遵循“以人为本”的理念,从中国学生实际出发,从不同方面向中国学生介绍美国的历史与文化现象。全书共分15个单元,既涵盖了美国历史上的重大事件,如:殖民与独立、西进运动、内战、世界大战、经济大萧条等,又涉及美国文化的方方面面,宏观方面涵盖了领土与环境、法律、节庆日、黑人奴隶、宗教与信仰等,微观方面则包含了文学、艺术、建筑、运动、音乐、电影、科技、城市等大量内容,可谓是美国历史文化的一部缩影。全书采用真实地道的语言材料,主要取材于国外报刊杂志以及相关历史文献资料,穿插图表、照片等真实的视觉材料,表现手段活泼,效果生动直观。无论对广大学生还是对美国历史文化感兴趣的其他学习者来说,本书都是一本了解美国、积累历史文化知识、开阔视野、启发思路的良好读物。通过本书的学习可以进一步增进中国学生对美国历史文化的了解,并透过历史的表象了解美国文化核心,拓宽文化视野,从而进一步提高跨文化交际的能力。本书可以作为英语专业知识基础课——美国文化、美国历史方向的专业课教材,也可以作为高等院校非英语专业本科学生和研究生公选课教材或课外泛读教材,也可供历史学专业美国史方向和对美国问题饶有兴趣的学生及希望通过对美国历史与文化的学习来提高英语技能的读者使用。
内容概要
“展望(Prospect)全国高等院校英语专业系列精品教材”由对外经济贸易大学出版社联合多所我国重点本科大学推出。教材根据针对全国本科院校英语专业设计,内容涵盖英语专业必修和选修课教学,包括基础技能、语言学、文学、文化、商务等方面,囊括当前我国高校英语专业所开设的大部分课程,并充分考虑到我国英语教育的地区差异和不同院校英语专业的特点,为英语教学提供更多的选择。 展望系列教材在内容选材上反映了各个学科领域的最新研究成果,除了帮助学生打下扎实的语言基本功外,在编写上更着力培养学生分析问题、解决问题的能力,并提高学生的思辨能力和人文、科学素养,培养健康向上的人生观,使学生真正成为我国新时代所需要的英语专门人才。 本系列教材的作者为中的学科带头人和一线优秀教师,教材充分体现了当今大学英语专业教育的发展方向和水平。具体书目包括《基础英语教程1一4》、《基础英语教程辅导用书1.4》《英语听力1—2》、《英语口语1.2》、《英语视听说》、《英语阅读1.2》、《英汉/汉英口译基础教程》、《大学英汉翻译教程(第三版)》、《大学汉英翻译教程》、《英语写作》、《学术类论文写作手册(第三版)》、《经贸英语文章选读》、《经贸英语翻译》、《经贸英语口译》、《商务英语写作》、《跨文化交际》、《国际商务礼仪》、《英美国家概况》、《英国文学简史》、《美国文学简史》、《英美文学作品选读》、《实用英语文体学教程》、《英语语言学教程》、《英美报刊高级阅读教程》等。 教材选配PPT课件(网站下载),并根据教材自身特点选配教学参考书或者MP3光盘,建设立体化教学资源。本系列教辅资料请登录http:llwww.uibep.corn/下载。
书籍目录
Unit 1 Colonization and Independence Text A British Colonization (1607-1776) Text B The Road to Independence (1763-1783) Supplementary Reading The Issue of RepresentationUnit 2 Territory and Environment Text A Introduction to Territory and Fnvironment of the United States Text B Fxtremes and Natural Disasters in U.S.A Supplementary Reading The Mississippi RiverUnit 3 Westward Expansion Text A Territorial Expansion Text B Life on the Frontier Supplementary Reading The Underground RailroadUnit 4 Civil War and Abraham Lincoln Text A American Civil War Text B Abraham Lincoln and His Speech Supplementary Reading O Captain! My Captain!Unit 5 Two World Wars Text A America During and After World War I Text B America During and After World War II Supplementary Reading Speech on Hitler's Invasion of the U.S.S.R. Unit 6 The Great Depression and the New Deal Text A Introduction to the Great Depression Text B Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address Supplementary Reading Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Fireside Chat"The Banking Crisis"Unit 7 Laws and Rules Text A The Law of the United States Text B Declaration of Independence Supplementary Reading Constitution of the United States of AmericaUnit 8 Sports and Figures Text A The National Basketball Association Text B Michael Jeffrey Jordan Supplementary Reading Sports in the United StatesUnit 9 Art, Literature, and Architecture Text A Visual Arts and Architecture of U.S.A. Text B Mark Twain Supplementary Reading Pearl S. BuckUnit 10 Music, Dance and Film Text A Michael Joseph Jackson: A Super Star Text B The Oscars Supplementary Reading "Take Me Home, Country Roads"Unit 11 Science and Technology Text A Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Text B Endeavour Supplementary Reading Unmanned Military Space Planes Usher in New Weaponry EraUnit 12 Holidays and .Celebrations Text A Thanksgiving Day Text B Independence Day Supplementary Reading Christmas DayUnit 13 Famous Cities and Sightseeing Text A Washington, D.C. Text B New York City Supplementary Reading Crossing Brooklyn FerryUnit 14 American Black Text A African Americans Text B Martin Luther King, Jr. Supplementary Reading Barack ObamaUnit 15 Religions and Faith Text A Puritans in the North America Text B Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Scarlet Letter Supplementary Reading The Revelation of the Scarlet etterReferences
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插图:In the field of world policy, I would dedicate this Nation to the policy of the good neighbor: the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because he does so, respects the rights of others; the neighbor who respects his obligations and respects the sanctity of his agreements in and with a world of neighbors.If I read the temper of our people correctly, we now realize, as we have never realized before, our interdependence on each other; that we can not merely take, but we must give as well; that if we are to go forward, we must move as a trained and loyal army willing to sacrifice for the good of a common discipline, because without such discipline no progress can be made, no leadership becomes effective.We are, I know, ready and willing to submit our lives and our property to such discipline, because it makes possible a leadership which aims at the larger good. This, I propose to offer, pledging that the larger purposes will bind upon us, bind upon us all as a sacred obligation with a With this pledge taken, I assume unhesitatingly the leadership of this great army of our people dedicated to a disciplined attack upon our common problems.Action in this image, action to this end is feasible under the form of government which we have inherited from our ancestors. Our Constitution is so simple, so practical that it is possible always to meet extraordinary needs by changes in emphasis and arrangement without loss of essential form. That is why our constitutional system has proved itself the most superbly enduring political mechanism the modern world has ever seen.It has met every stress of vast expansion of territory, of foreign wars, of bitter internal strife, of world relations. And it is to be hoped that the normal balance of executive and legislative authority may be wholly equal, wholly adequate to meet the unprecedented task before us. But it may be that an unprecedented demand and need for undelayed action may call for temporary departure from that normal balance of public procedure.
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《美国历史文化概况(英文版)》是全国高等院校英语专业系列精品教材之一。
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