英语国家社会与文化

基本信息·出版社：云南大学出版社

·页码：246 页

·出版日期：2007年

·ISBN：9787811123890

·包装版本：第1版

·装帧：平装

·开本：16

·正文语种：英语

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内容简介《英语国家社会与文化》是一本为英语专业学生和非英语专业英语爱好者所编写的关于英语国家社会与文化的基础读本，内容既包括了英国、美国、澳大利亚、加拿大、新西兰、印度、南非等主要英语国家的地理气候、土地面积、人文状况、政治经济等方面的概况，也包括了对这些英语国家的文学、教育、宗教、音乐、媒体、建筑和生活方式等的简介。

目录

Unit 1

Part 1 An Introduction to Britain（1）

Part 2 An Introduction to Britain （2）

Unit 2

Part 1 History of Britain （1）

Part 2 History of Britain （2）

Unit 3

Part 1 An Introduction to America（1）

Part 2 An Introduction to America （2）

Unit 4

Part 1 History of America（1）

Part 2 History of America（2）

Unit 5

Part 1 An Introduction to Australia

Part 2 History of Australia

Unit 6

Part 1 An Introduction to Canada

Part 2 History of Canada

Unit 7

Part 1 An Introduction to New Zealand

Part 2 History of New Zealand

Unit 8

Part 1 Some Other English-speaking Countries

Part 2 History of the English Language

Unit 9

Part 1 English Literature

Part 2 American Literature

Unit 10

Part 1 British and American Education

Part 2 Some of the World Famous Universities

Unit 11

Part 1 Mass Media

Part 2 Welfare

Unit 12

Part 1 Life Style

Part 2 Music

Unit 13

Part 1 Major Religions （1）

Part 2 Major Religions （2）

Unit 14

Part 1 European Renaissance

Part 2 Colonialism

Unit 15

Part 1 British Industrial Revolution and American Industrialization

Part 2 The Three Stages of Capitalism

Unit 16

Part 1 Holidays and Festivals

Part 2 Skyscrapers

Unit 17

Part 1 Some of the International Organizations

Part 2 Classics of English

Appendix 1 Maps of Major English-speaking Countries

Appendix 2 National Flags of Major English-speaking Countries

Appendix 3 Fifty States of the United States

Appendix 4 Origins of American State Names

Appendix 5 The List of Presidents of the U.S.

Appendix 6 Kings of the United Kingdom

Appendix 7 Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom

Bibliography

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序言With the quickened steps of globalization, English is learned and practiced by more and more people, and as a result, the English language we are exposed to today is not merely British English and American English but "Englishes" of different Eng lishspeaking countries. In order to better understand English for more efficient com munication with English speakers, English learners should have some social and cul tural knowledge about the Englishspeaking countries. Social and Cultural Mosaics of EnglishSpeaking Countries is a book intended for English majors and nonEnglish majors both as a textbook and a kind of reading material. This book aims to provide the students with a brief and comprehensible introduction to the social and cultural knowledge of the major Englishspeaking countries so that they can have a better un derstanding of the English materials they are learning or reading and are able to com municate successfully with English speakers.

Unlike many other introductory textbooks which have their partiality for some historical or cultural knowledge, Social and Cultural Mosaics of EnglishSpeaking Countries touches upon not only the history but also the literature, music, mass media, family and other cultural aspects that English learners should know about the major Englishspeaking countries. The characteristics of the book lie in its integration of social and cultural knowledge, simplicity in language and brevity in introduction.

The idea of compiling such a book originated from our teaching and research. Both Chinese and foreign teachers teaching this course have suggested adding more topics to the textbooks to make this course an integrated course on the social and cul tural knowledge of the major Englishspeaking countries so as to help students lay a solid foundation for their future English learning and academic pursuit. The topicori ented format and wide range of subjects lead to the choice of the term "mosaics" in the name of the book. The whole book consists of 17 units.

As an organic part of this book, a couple of prereading questions are designed to arouse the students' interest in reading and learning. Besides, different types of postreading activities are designed to help students in their understanding of each u nit and to motivate them to explore further on each topic.

文摘Lunch comes at about one o'clock. It generally consists of cold meat, potatoes, and salad made of lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, carrots, beetroots, etc. Sometimes these dishes are placed on the sideboard. Each person takes his plate, helps himself and comes back to his place. On the table are pepper, salt, mustard and sometimes vinegar. After that there is bread or biscuits and cheese. Most people drink water at lunch time; some drink beer or wine. It is not the custom to drink spirits like whisky or brandy even in wealthy homes in the middle of the day.

Afternoon tea, taken between four and five, is the most informal meal of the day. If you are a friend of the family you may drop in for tea without an invitation or telling them that you are coming. Very often it is not served at a table. Each person has a cup and saucer, a spoon and a small plate for breadandbutter andcake. Two pieces of advice : do not help yourself to cake first; breadandbutter first, then cake if there is any ; do not put more than one piece of bread or cake on your plate at the same time.

Dinner is the most substantial meal of the day and is a very formal meal. Many peo ple even wear special clothes for dinner. Dinner is generally served at about half past seven. The first course is soup, served on shallow plates and eaten quietly with.a fair ly large spoon. Then comes fish. There is often a knife and fork of special shape by each person for this course. The next course is the most important, which may gener ally be a joint of meat, a leg of lamb, pork, chicken or duck. With it are served va rious vegetables, peas, beans, cabbage or cauliflower. Some sort of pudding （or sweets） is generally the fourth course. After the pudding, the table is cleared and the dessert is brought on.

However, it must not be imagined that all English people eat like this. Not 10% of them do so. As in all countries, the great majority of people are working class peo ple who can afford neither the time nor th

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后记随着全球化的不断推进，英语学习受重视也更加普及。人们所学的英语也不只是单一的英国英语和美国英语（British English and American English），而是多个英语国家的英语（Englishes）。英语专业的学生和广大的英语爱好者，只有多了解英语国家社会与文化方面的知识，才能学好英语，用英语进行更有效的沟通与交流。尤其对英语专业的学生来说，学习和了解英语国家社会与文化知识能为今后专业课程的学习奠定坚实的基础，如英美文学、高级英语、翻译等专业课程。

《英语国家社会与文化》 （Social and Cultural Mosaics Q厂English-SpeakingCountries）是一本为英语专业学生和非英语专业英语爱好者所编写的关于英语国家社会与文化的基础读本。内容既包括了英国、美国、澳大利亚、加拿大、新西兰、印度、南非等主要英语国家的地理气候、土地面积、人文状况、政治经济等方面的概况，也包括了对这些英语国家的文学、教育、宗教、音乐、媒体、建筑和生活方式等的简介。内容丰富全面，文字简单易读，概述简洁明了。

编写此书是所有参编教师多年的心愿。目前，此类书籍虽然很多，但是，要么注重历史概况，淡化文化知识；要么注重文化知识，淡化历史概况；要么语言太难，学生不易读懂；要么语言过于简单，对提高英语阅读能力帮助不大。为了体现本书对历史概况与文化知识的兼顾，英语书名中选用了“mosa-ics”这个词。

本书共分17个单元，共有34个知识点，每个知识点设有读前思考题（Pre-reading questions），目的在于导人所学内容和激发学生的阅读兴趣。每个知识点后还附有不同类型的思考题和练习题，以检查和巩固学生对所学章节内容的理解，同时，激发学生进一步拓展和探究知识的欲望。本书附录还提供了主要英语国家的相关资料供读者参考。

本书编写分工如下：段洁云副教授编写了6个知识点，并对全书进行统稿；张克勤教授编写了7个知识点，并做了本书内容的框架设计；胡德映副教授编写了8个知识点，并做了本书附录的收集整理工作；徐敏老师编写了8个知识点，并统一全书各单元的格式；柴立敏老师编写了5个知识点。由于编者学识有限．书中难免存在疏漏和偏颇之处，敬请批评指正。

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