本书是大学英语提高阶段的通选课教材,采用电子教程光盘与纸质版教材相结合的编写模式,配套使用。
纸质版教材:供课堂教学使用,内容包括美国、加拿大、英国、爱尔兰、澳大利亚和新西兰等英语六国概况,任课教师可根据教学要求和学生情况对上述**进行选择性教学。
电子教程光盘:电子教程光盘供拓展学习使用,内容更加丰富,为课堂教学内容的拓展与延伸,包含大量精美插图和音视频教学资料;涵盖六大部分内容,分为美国、加拿大、英国、爱尔兰、澳大利亚、新西兰,以及新加坡、南非和印度等九国的概况,分为十八章进行介绍。
配套习题:有各类练习题七百余道。每节附练习题10题(section exercises),习题型式包括正误判断、多项选择和连线等客观题型;每章后附综合练习题15-20题(chapter exercises)主要形式为填空、短语解释和简答等主观题型。练习题部分的设计可为学生通过四、六级考试和研究生英语入学考试提供帮助。配套习题附于电子教程上。向授课老师赠送((英语**概况电子教程》(教师版)。

understanding the united states
a general survey of the us
chapter 1 geography
chapter 2 history
chapter 3 political system
chapter 4 national economy
chapter 5 society and culture
understanding canada
a general survey of canada
chapter 6 geography and history
chapter 7 political system and national economy
chapter 8 society and culture
understanding u.k.& ireland
a general survey of uk
chapter 9 geography and history of uk

《英语**概况》是大学英语提高阶段的通选课教材,采用电子教程光盘与纸质版教材相结合的编写模式,配套使用。纸质版教材:供课堂教学使用,内容包括美国、加拿大、英国、爱尔兰、澳大利亚和新西兰等英语六国概况,任课教师可根据教学要求和学生情况对上述**进行选择性教学。电子教程光盘:电子教程光盘供拓展学习使用,内容更加丰富,为课堂教学内容的拓展与延伸,包含大量精美插图和音视频教学资料;涵盖六大部分内容,分为美国、加拿大、英国、爱尔兰、澳大利亚、新西兰,以及新加坡、南非和印度等九国的概况,分为十八章进行介绍。配套习题:有各类练习题七百余道。每节附练习题10题(Section Exercises),习题型式包括正误判断、多项选择和连线等客观题型;每章后附综合练习题15-20题(Chapter Exercises)主要形式为填空、短语解释和简答等主观题型。练习题部分的设计可为学生通过四、六级考试和研究生英语入学考试提供帮助。配套习题附于电子教程上。向授课老师赠送((英语**概况电子教程》(教师版)。

《英语**概况》:北京市高等教育精品教材立项项目

插图:New Years Day is the first day of the year, January 1st. It is a celebration of the old year andthe new one to come. New Year festivals are among the oldest and most universally observed. Insome countries, parties are thrown on New Year's Eve which last until the early hours of NewYear's Day. It is traditional to greet the New Year at midnight and then celebrate at least the firstfew minutes in the company of friends and family. Many people make New Year resolutions——alist of decisions about how they will live during the coming year, which may or may not be kept.Each year huge crowds of people celebrate New Year's Eve in Times Square in New YorkCity. At midnight, confetti (五彩纸屑) is thrown from the tall buildings surrounding the square.This tradition started as early as 1904 when the New York Times inaugurated its newheadquarters in Times Square and celebrated the renaming of Longacre Square to Times Square.The first Ball Lowering celebration was held on December 31, 1907 and is now a worldwidesymbol of the turn of the New Year, seen via satellite by more than one billion people each year.At 11:59 p.m., the Ball begins its descent as millions of voices unite to count down the finalseconds of the year, and celebrate the beginning of a new year full of hopes, challenges, changesand dreams. Auld Lang Syne is sung at the stroke (报时的钟声) of midnight in almost everyEnglish-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year. It wouldn't be New Year withoutit. Some of the New Year's traditions include: the making of New Year's resolution; the use of ababy to signify the New Year and the Tournament of Roses Parade.