《主要英语**概况(新版)》：知名专家领衔，编写队伍精英荟萃。具有系统性，注重教材之间的支撑和衔接。具有完整性，覆盖大纲规定的所有课程类型。具有新颖性，理念、素材和体例均大大突破传统教材。具有开放性，可根据不同情况灵活选择。突出对学生基本技能和实际应用能力的培养。培养学生人文素质和跨文化意识，强调全面发展。注重与《普通高中英语课程标准》的衔接。适应大学英语教学基本要求，大学英语学生可选修。

The Unted Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Chapter 1 Land and People
Chapter 2 Economy
Chapter 3 Politics and Society
Chapter4 Government
Chapter 5 Education
Chapter 6 Culture and Religion
Chapter 7 Roman Britain and the Anglo-Saxons
Chapter 8 England in the Middle Ages (1066 - 1485)
Chapter 9 England under the Tudors (1485 - 1603)
Chapter 10 The Stuarts and the Bourgeois Revolution
Chapter 11 The Industrial Revolution
Chapter 12 The Victorian Age and the Rising of the Second Empire
Chapter 13 Britain in the 20th Century
The United States of America
Chapter 14 Land and People
Chapter 15 Economy
Chapter 16 Family and Society
Chapter 17 Government
Chapter 18 Education
Chapter 19 Culture and Religion
Chapter 20 Colonial America
Chapter21 The American Revolution
Chapter 22 Bcpansion and the Civil War
Chapter 23 The Gilded Age
Chapter 24 The Two World Wars and the Great Depression
Chapter 25 The United States after World War II
Canada
Chapter26 Canada Today
Chapter27 Canada History
Australia
Chapter 28 Australia Today
Chapter29 Australian History
New Zealand
Chapter 30 New Zealand Today
Chapter 31 New Zealand History