Concise Dictionary of British and American Culture

Author: Xu Luzhi
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Publishing Date: 2001-01-01
Features: It has become a common consensus that learning a foreign language requires understanding the cultural background knowledge of the language being learned. For English learners, it has long been an unresolved issue to determine which English background knowledge should be understood or mastered, and where to find this information. Many English learners and teaching professionals have hoped for a convenient and practical reference book, and A Concise Dictionary of British and American Culture was compiled precisely to meet this need. The knowledge selected in the book mostly consists of cultural background information frequently encountered or should be understood in English learning and teaching. The content covers the history, geography, politics, economy, foreign relations, literature, language, education, religion, customs, and other aspects of both the United Kingdom and the United States. To ensure the accuracy of the content and enhance the reference and usability of the book, it is written in English. The introduction of the knowledge content is striving to be novel, accurate, objective, systematic, popular, and concise. The book contains approximately 2,000 entries, arranged in alphabetical order. For the convenience of readers, the English names of the entries are accompanied by Chinese translations, and a Chinese translation index is provided at the end of the book. Bold words in the entry explanations are reference entries, all of which can be found in this book.