英美概況

前言

　　《英美概況》即將付梓，應(yīng)邀為其作序，我欣然從命，緣起如下：　　一、該書成稿已久，作為使用教材，歷經(jīng)十余春秋。作者孜孜不倦，默默耕耘，精益求精，幾番更新，傾注無盡心血，使其終于問世，當(dāng)是幸事，為此致賀?！　《?、兩位作者先后赴滬參加美籍專家執(zhí)教的中美文化研討班，史料例證有根基；一道參與翻譯《英漢對照實(shí)用中醫(yī)文庫》，語言文字有功底；同為碩士生導(dǎo)師，聯(lián)袂開設(shè)“英美文化專題”學(xué)位課，學(xué)術(shù)理論有水平；聯(lián)名申請出版基金，攜手推出《英美概況》英文教材，合作共事創(chuàng)新績，可謂佳話，借此介紹?！　∪?、編寫原則針對性強(qiáng)。具有自己的特色。選材難易得當(dāng)，注重實(shí)用；內(nèi)容充實(shí)、新穎、適合教學(xué)；語言通順、地道，便于自學(xué)。《英美概況》實(shí)屬應(yīng)社會(huì)之需，補(bǔ)教學(xué)之缺，并帶有創(chuàng)新性的一部好的教材，質(zhì)量應(yīng)屬上乘，特此推薦。

內(nèi)容概要

本教材密切聯(lián)系時(shí)代與本專業(yè)其他課程教學(xué)的實(shí)際需求精選材料，力求做到繁簡得當(dāng)，學(xué)以致用。充分考慮到了本課程知識性強(qiáng)的特點(diǎn)，教材的編排力求內(nèi)容豐富、新穎，編排合理，便于教學(xué)，易于記憶。    用英語編寫，力求語言通順、地道，便于學(xué)生在學(xué)習(xí)知識的同時(shí)提高英語的理解與應(yīng)用水平。    本教材共20課，每一課都附有知識性練習(xí)、討論與思考題，每一課開頭部分有內(nèi)容提要，便于學(xué)生自學(xué)、理解和記憶。書后附有英美歷史大事記、英王朝歷代國王名表及任期、美國50州、美國歷任總統(tǒng)名表及任期等，以便查閱。

書籍目錄

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 ExercisesPart 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 ExercisesAPPENDIX I  ……

章節(jié)摘錄

　　~2．Britain in World War T and Post—War Period　　By the beginning of the 20th century，the world had entered the period of imperialism．Owing to the law of the uneven growth of capitalism，Germany and the U．S．became strong imperialist powers in the late 19th century and they，together with Japan，Italy，F(xiàn)rance and Russia competed with Britain for world domination．When the imperialist powers attempted to re-divide the world，an imperialist war was inevitable．　　On the eve of World War I，two imperialist blocs had formed．Germany， Austria—Hungary and Italy formed the Triple Alliance and Britain，F(xiàn)rance and Russia were held together by a firm alliance known as the Triple Entente．　　On June 28th 1914 the Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife were shot and killed by a young Yugoslav in Sarajevo．This incident was used as a pretext by Austria—Hungary to declare war against Serbia．On the side Of Austria—H ungary were Germany。Bulgaria and Turkey．Italy，though a mereber of the Triple Alliance，joined the Allies against the Central Powe~~．Four years of the imperialist war ended with the Allies victorious．　　The War came to the end in 1918．During the war，nearly three million British soldiers were killed，wounded，or disabled．Seventy percent of her merchant ships were sunk or damaged．Britain had lost her sea supremacy by the end of the War．The situation at home was worse than it was during the prewar days．Though victorious，Britain came out of the War with a huge na　　tional debt。ten times as large as that before the War．Business was slack，many factories were closed down and taxes were unbelievably heavy．　　In 1920 and 1921，an economic crisis broke out for the first time since the end of the War．Industrial production dropped by 46 9／6 during the crisis．　　The world economic crisis lasted from 1929 to 1933．It was the most seriOUS economic crisis that Britain had ever experienced．In the depression years，factories and mills closed down，banks failed and foreign trade shriveled．The number of unemployed people in 1932 reached three million．The total value of her export decreased to half the amount of the pre-war level。whereas her imPOrt doubled．Britain’S position in the capitalist world was further weakened．~

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　　《英美概況》應(yīng)當(dāng)前教學(xué)需要，在參閱大量國內(nèi)外文獻(xiàn)資料的基礎(chǔ)上，以馬列主義立場、觀點(diǎn)為指導(dǎo)進(jìn)行取舍、整理和編排而成，并經(jīng)過多年課堂試用和反復(fù)修改。

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