本书坚持马克思主义的辩证唯物主义和历史唯物主义原则,尽量客观、如实地反映英语**的地理、历史、经济和政治概貌,尽量避免个人对这些**的误读与偏见。全书共30章,每章都有英语课文,书后附有汉语参考译文,旨在帮助理解,提供翻译示例。文后有思考和练习题,便于学生课后反复练习,**记忆,使其在学到文化知识的同时,提高中英文两种语言的阅读、互译和表达水平。本书尽量做到精选、新颖、简明、条理、易懂,以减轻学习者的压力。为了提高学习兴趣,还附有地图、插图,以提高知识的直观性和趣味性。附录中有各章练习客观题的答案,以便查阅与核对。

The United Kingdom
Chapter 1 The Land
Chapter 2 The People
Chapter 3 Economy
Chapter 4 Parliament and Government
Chapter 5 Party Politics and Judiciary
Chapter 6 Early Man and the Feudal Society
Chapter 7 Decline of Feudalism and the Bourgeois Revolution
Chapter 8 The Industrial Revolution and the Chartist Movement
Chapter 9 The British Empire and British Imperialism
The United States
Chapter 10 The Land
Chapter 11 The People
Chapter 12 American Economy
Chapter 13 Government System
Chapter 14 State Government and Party Politics
Chapter 15 The Early Colonization
Chapter 16 American Revolution
Chapter 17 American Civil War
Chapter 18 US Imperialism
Canada
Chapter 19 Geography
Chapter 20 The Formation of the Nation
Chapter 21 The Canadian Economy
Chapter 22 Government and Politics
Australia
Chapter 23 Geography and People
Chapter 24 History
Chapter 25 Economy
Chapter 26 Government and Politics
New Zealand
Chapter 27 Geography
Chapter 28 Economy
Chapter 29 History
Chapter 30 Political System
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