Newly Compiled Overview of Britain and America (Revised Edition)

Author: Xu Luzhi
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: This book mainly includes the geography, history, political systems, education, news media, and customs of the United States and the United Kingdom. Its purpose is to broaden students' horizons and expand their knowledge. During the writing process, the author paid attention to incorporating the latest research findings and reasonably absorbing new knowledge to further enhance the practicality of the book. Newly revised edition of "An Overview of the United States and the United Kingdom" has the following characteristics: (1) The knowledge introduction is coherent, systematic, highlights key points, and is appropriately detailed; (2) The language narration is concise, accurate, and easy to understand; (3) The notes for each chapter primarily provide background knowledge, and most of them contain content that is not easily found in ordinary dictionaries; (4) The multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions in the exercises summarize the key knowledge of each chapter, which can be used to assess learners' mastery of the material; (5) Several discussion questions are provided to further improve learners' analytical and problem-solving skills, as well as their English expression abilities. The target users of this book are mainly second-year English majors in universities, candidates for the self-taught examination for English majors, postgraduate entrance examination candidates for English majors, students who wish to study abroad, and foreign-related workers.