European Culture Introduction Self-Study General (New Version)

Author: Wang Zuoliang
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Publish Date: 1992-02-01
Features: This is a textbook for English departments in Chinese universities, compiled for teaching purposes. Chinese university students learning English often encounter difficulties when reading English publications or interacting with people from English-speaking countries due to a lack of knowledge about European culture. English is filled with countless allusions, famous quotes, idioms, names of people, places, etc., derived from ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, literature, and history, the Hebrew Bible, Renaissance art, or significant events and figures related to ideas, technology, politics, and society from various periods. If one has little knowledge of these, reading may not be fully understood, and conversations may also be challenging. However, once one gains more knowledge about them, not only will understanding improve, but language learning will also become better through cultural immersion.