內容介紹
內容簡介本書是為非英語國家的學生編寫的英語知識性讀物。為便於廣大讀者，特對
書中的難點加上中文注釋，附於書末。
本書共收入30篇短文，分別介紹了英國、美國、加拿大、澳大利亞、加勒比島
國、非洲等說英語的國家的概況，包括歷史、地理、語言、生活方式、娛樂、體育運
動等。每篇短文配有辭彙、語法、語言功能等練習。可供中學生，大學低年級學生
以及擬赴英、美、加、澳等國訪問和進修者使用。
作品目錄
ContentsThe 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
