本教材密切联系时代与本专业其他课程教学的实际需求精选材料,力求做到繁简得当,学以致用。充分考虑到了本课程知识性强的特点,教材的编排力求内容丰富、新颖,编排合理,便于教学,易于记忆。
用英语编写,力求语言通顺、地道,便于学生在学习知识的同时提高英语的理解与应用水平。
本教材共20课,每一课都附有知识性练习、讨论与思考题,每一课开头部分有内容提要,便于学生自学、理解和记忆。书后附有英美历史大事记、英王朝历代国王名表及任期、美国50州、美国历任总统名表及任期等,以便查阅。

Part One An Introduction to Great Britain
Lesson 1 Geography:the Land
Lesson 2 Geography:the People
Lesson 3 British Economy
Lesson 4 Political System:Parliament and Covernment
Lesson 5 Politial System:Party Politics and Judiciary
Lesson 6 History;Early Man and the Feudal Society
Lesson 7 History:Decline of Feudalism and the Bourgeois Revolution
Lesson 8 History:the Industrial Revolution and the Chartist Movement
Lesson 9 History:the British Empire and Britain in Two World Wars and Post-War Periods
Lesson 10 Education in Britain
Key to Exercises
Part Two An Introduction to the United to the United States
Lesson 11 Geography:the Land
Lesson 12 Geography:the People
Lesson 13 American Economy
Lesson 14 Political System:Government
Lesson 15 Political System:State Govenment and Party Politics
Lesson 16 History:the Early Colonization
Lesson 17 History:American Revolution
Lesson 18 History:American Givil War
Lesson 19 History:U.S.Imperialism
Lesson 20 American Education
Key to Exercises
APPENDIX I
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