21世纪全国高职高专英语类规划教材：英语6国概况

图书标准信息

• 作者 赵起 著
• 出版社 北京大学出版社
• 出版时间 2008-01
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9787301129272
• 定价 36.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 306页
• 字数 430千字
• 正文语种 简体中文
• 丛书 21世纪全国高职高专英语类规划教材

【内容简介】

《21世纪全国高职高专英语类规划教材：英语6国概况》为“21世纪全国高职高专英语类规划教材”之一，是为高等教育英语专业编写的新教材，是一门实用性强的百科性的文化知识课教材，内容包括：英国、爱尔兰、澳大利亚、新西兰、美国、加拿大这6个英语国家的地理、民族、历史、政治、司法、社会、经济、教育、军事、国际关系、对华关系、国情、文化、风俗等方面，对了解外部世界、知己知彼和扩大知识面，提供了重要信息，对扩大词汇量、提高口笔头表达能力和交际能力、学好有关专业课程都大有裨益。
《21世纪全国高职高专英语类规划教材：英语6国概况》可作为高职高专或本科相关英语专业的教材，也可以作为口笔译训练、外事、旅游、外贸等专业的学习用书和相关专业的从业人员的参考资料。

【目录】

PartITheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland
ChapterIBritishGeography
1.1TermsaboutBritishGeography
1.2BritishPhysicalGeography
1.3The9RegionsofBritain
1.4BritishRiversandLakes
1.5BritishClimate

Chapter2BritishPeople
2.1BritishPopulation
2.2TheBritishPeopleandtheEuropeans
2.3TheCharacteroftheBritishPeople
2.4TheOriginoftheBritishIsles
2.5AHistoryofInvasionsandConquests
2.6The4ConquestsofEngland
2.7RomanBritain（55BC——AD410）
2.8TheInvasionbytheAnglo-Saxons（446——-871）
2.9TheDanishInvasions
2.10TheNormanConquest（1066）
2.11ADiagramoftheHistoryofInvasionsandConquestsofBritain

Chapter3BritishMonarchs
3.1SaxonLine
3.2DanishLine
3.3SaxonLine
3.4HouseofNormandy
3.5HouseofPlantagenet
3.6HouseofLancaster
3.7HouseofYork
3.8HouseofTudor
3.9HouseofStuart
3.10Commonwealth
3.11HouseofStuart（restored）
3.12HouseofHanover
3.13HouseofWindsor

Chapter4TheIndustrialRevolution
4.1TheTwoPoliticalParties
4.2TheIndustrialRevolutioninBritain（1780——-1830）
4.3SomeSocialConsequencesofIndustrializationinBritain
4.4TheChartistMovement（1836——1848）
4.5TradeUnionsandtheLabourParty

Chapter5TheBritishEmpire
5.1BritishColonialExpansion
5.2BritishAggressionagainstChina
5.3TheBritishEmpire
5.4Britaininthe20thCentury
5.5BritainandtheFirstWorldWar
5.6TheGreatDepressioninBritain
5.7BritainandtheSecondWorldWar
5.8BritainasaMemberofEuropeanUnion
5.9TheBritishLabourPartysNewAchievements

Chapter6BritishPolities
6.1BritishPoliticalFeatures
6.2TheConstitutionalMonarchy
6.3BritishParliament
6.4TheBritishPoliticalParties
6.5TheBritishCabinet
6.6GovernmentDepartmentsandtheCivilService
6.7BritishRelationswithChina
6.8BritishMilitaryAffairs

Chapter7BritishJusticeandLaw
7.1FeaturesofBritishLaws
7.2CriminalProceedings
7.3CriminalCourts
7.4CivilCourts
7.5TheJudiciary
7.6TheUKPolice
7.7TreatmentofOffenders
7.8WhatIsLaw？

Chapter8BritishSociety
8.1BritishPopulationandEthnicGroups
8.2BritishLanguages
8.3BritishReligions
8.4TheWelfareState
8.5TheNationalHealthService（NHS）
8.6FestivalsandPublicHolidays

Chapter9BritishEconomy
9.1BritishMajorEconomicStatistics
9.2BritishEconomyinaChangedWorld
9.3BritishNaturalResources
9.4BritishAgricultureandFishing
9.5TheServiceIndustry
9.6FinancialServices
9.7TourismandLeisure
9.8BritainsForeignTrade
9.9BritainandtheEuro

Chapter10BritishEducation
10.1AnIntroductiontoBritishEducation
10.2PrimaryEducation
10.3SecondaryEducation
10.4HigherEducation
10.5TheOpenUniversity
10.6OverseasStudents
Part2TheRepublicofIreland

Chapter11Ireland
11.1TheRepublicofIreland
11.2GeographyofIreland
11.3TheIrishPeople
11.4TheIrishGovernment
11.5IrishEconomy
11.6History，PoliticsandCultureofIreland
11.7TheNorthernIrishProblem
Part3Australia

Chapter12Australia
12.1AustralianGeography
12.2TheAustralianPeople
12.3TheAustralianGovernment
12.4TheAustralianEconomy
12.5History，PoliticsandCultureofAustralia
12.6AustralianPopulationPolicies
12.7TheAustralianRepublicanMovement
12.8Australia：AYouthfulState

Part4NewZealand
Chapter13NewZealand
13.1NewZealandGeography
13.2NewZealandPeople
13.3NewZealandGovernment
13.4NewZealandEconomy
13.5HistoryandCultureofNewZealand
13.6ComparisonandContrastbetweenAustraliaandNewZealand

Part5TheUnitedStatesofAmerica
Chapter14TheUSGeography
14.1LocationandSize
14.2TheFaceoftheLandoftheUS
14.3TheUSClimate
14.4The8GeographicalRegionsandTheirMajorFeatures
14.5TheContrastsbetweenAlaskaandHawaii
14.610TypicalRiskyAreasintheUSA

Chapter15TheAmericanRevolution，
15.1TheBackgroundtotheAmericanRevolution（1765-1788）
15.2AmericanRevolution：Chronology
15.3TheWarofAmericanIndependence
15.4TheSignificanceoftheAmericanRevolution
15.5America：ALandofOpenOpportunityandofNewBeginnings
15.6TheLastWarFoughtbetweentheUSandBritain

Chapter16TheAmericanCivilWarandtheTwoWorldWars
16.1TheAmericanCivilWar（1861-1865）
16.2TheUSandWorldWarI
16.3TheGreatDepressionintheUSA
16.4WashingtonSuppressionofWWIVeterans
16.5TheUSAandWWlI

Chapter17TheUSandtheColdWar
17.1TheColdWar
17.2TheBerlinBlockade
17.3TheKoreanWar
17.4TheCubanMissileCrisis
17.5UnitedStatesRelationswithChina

Chapter18AmericanSociety
18.1SocialSecurity
18.2Medicare
18.3HeadachesinAmericanSociety
18.4CrimesintheUSA
18.5ChangesintheViewpointsoftheAmericans
18.6AmericanHolidays
18.7BadMannersinAmericanPoliteSociety

Chapter19TheAmericanPeople
19.1TheAmericanPopulation
19.2ThePopulationGrowthintheUSA
19.3AmericanPopulationbyAge（%）
19.4AmericanPopulationbyRace
19.5ImmigrationoftheUSA
19.6TheUSPopulationMovement
19.7TheUSRacialandEthnicMinorities
19.8UnemploymentRateoftheUS
19.9TheCharacteroftheAmericans

Chapter20TheUSPolities
20.1TheConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica
20.2TheExecutiveBranch
20.3lheLegislativeBranch
20.4TheJudicialBranch
20.5TheUSPoliticalParties
20.6TheUSArmedForces

Chapter21TheUSEconomy
21.1TheBasicFactsabouttheUSEconomy
21.2TheUSEconomicStatusintheWorld
21.3TheUSDomesticEconomy
21.4The3EconomicAgesintheUSA
21.5The10GoldenRulesforAttractingHigh-TechCompaniesintheInformationSocietyandElectronicEra
21.6TheUSEconomicFeatures
21.7TheUSEconomicSystem
21.8TheUSNaturalResources
21.9AmericanIndustry
21.10AmericanAgriculture
21.11WallStreet

Chapter22TheUSandtheHotWars
22.1TheVietnamWar
22.2TheGulfWar
22.3TheKosovoWar
22.4TheAfghanistanWar
22.5ThelraqWar

Chapter23TheUSEducation
23.1EducationontheLandofOpportunity
23.2CharacteristicsoftheUSEducation
23.3ElementaryandSecondaryEducation
23.4HigherEducation
23.5AdultEducation

Part6Canada
Chapter24Canada
24.1TheCanadianGeography
24.2TheCanadianPeople
24.3TheCanadianGovernment
24.4TheCanadianEconomy
24.5CanadasHistory，PoliticsandCulture
24.6TheQuebecQuestion
24.7ComparisonandContrastbetweenCanadaandtheUSA