英美背景(附中文注释)

书籍目录

Contents

Introduction

Facts and figures

Faces and places

Unit 1 Some common differences

Two languages

Two ways of life

Unit 2 City life

Liz's first visit to New York

Mr Van Dyke's opinion oi London

Unit 3 Getting about in cities

Underground or Subway?

Turnstiles and transfers

Unit 4 Owning a car

Love me, love my car

What's a car for?

Unit 5 On the road

Stop lights and speed limits

Highways and byways

Unit 6 Free time

Out and about

Zach goes to Scotland

Unit 7 Getting news

Keeping in touch

Zach and his zip code

Unit 8 Cops and bobbies

How different are they?

Keeping order

Unit 9 The law and the gun

Guns are dangerous

Why Americans own guns

Unit 10 Eating and drinking out

Liz's mother comes to visit

Where to eat drink and meet

Unit 11 Blacks and whites

Mixed societies

Hilda Martin

Unit 12 Keeping clean and healthy

Cleanliness is next to godliness

Pollution

Acknowledgements

作者简介

内容简介

本书为介绍英美背景知识的中级英语读物、用英国英语编写。为便于

读者阅读，特对书中的难词、难句加上中文注释，附在书末。

本书共12个单元，24篇短文。全书通过英美两国人民互访介绍了对美

国和英国各方面的印象，如两种语言、两种生活方式、城市生活、饮食习

惯、交通、污染、闲暇出游、种族关系等。每篇短文后均附有英美词汇对

照表和多种练习。是一本很好的英语读物。可供高中生、大学低年级学生

以及赴英美留学、访问或进修的人员使用。

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