美国历史文化概况（英文版）（第2版） / 展望全国高等院校英语专业系列精品教材
作者： 董晓波
出版时间：2016年4月
出版社：对外经济贸易大学出版社
- 对外经济贸易大学出版社
- 9787566315618
- 109737
- 2016年4月
- 未分类
- 未分类
- H319.4:K
由董晓波主编的《美国历史文化概况(英文版第2版展望全国高等院校英语专业系列精品教材)》作为为我国高等学校英语专业学生和非英语专业本科学生、研究生编选的融文化与历史知识为一体的新型英语教材，第一版出版以来，承蒙广大读者的抬爱，得到了较高的评价，同时在学界引起了一定的反响。本书第二版沿袭了第一版“以人为本”的理念，站在中国学生的角度，全方位、多角度地向中国学生介绍美国的历史与文化现象。全书增加到16个单元，分别从历史、地理、文化和生活等方面客观展现了美国历史文化。本书还在每个单元后附有含金量较高、形式多样的课后习题，致力于激发学生对美国历史文化的学习兴趣，提高学生的学习效率，从而进一步提高他们的跨文化交际的能力。
Unit 1 Colonization and Independence
Text A British Colonization (1607-1776)
Text B The Road to Independence (1763-1783)
Supplementary Reading The Issue of Representation
Unit 2 Territory and Environment
Text A Introduction to Territory and Environment of the United States
Text B Extremes and Natural Disasters in the U.S.A.
Supplementary Reading The Mississippi River
Unit 3 Westward Expansion
Text A Territorial Expansion
Text B Life on the Frontier
Supplementary Reading The Underground Railroad
Unit 4 Civil War and Abraham Lincoln
Text A American Civil War
Text B Abraham Lincoln and His Speech
Supplementary Reading O Captain! My Captain!
Unit 5 Two World Wars
Text A America during and after World War I
Text B America during and after World War II
Supplementary Reading Pearl Harbor Speech
Unit 6 The Great Depression and the New Deal
Text A Introduction to the Great Depression
Text B Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address
Supplementary Reading Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Fireside Chat--"The Banking Crisis"
Unit 7 Laws and Rules
Text A The Law of the United States
Text B Declaration of Independence
Supplementary Reading The Constitution of the United States of America
Unit 8 Sports and Figures
Text A The National Basketball Association
Text B Michael Jeffrey Jordan
Supplementary Reading Sports in the United States
Unit 9 Art, Literature, and Architecture
Text A Visual Arts and Architecture of the U.S.A.
Text B Mark Twain
Supplementary Reading Pearl S. Buck
Unit 10 Music, Dance and Film
Text A Michael Joseph Jackson: A Super Star
Text B The Oscars
Supplementary Reading "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
Unit 11 Science and Technology
Text A Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Text B Endeavour
Supplementary Reading Unmanned Military Space Planes Ushering in New Weaponry Era 183
Unit 12 Holidays and Celebrations
Text A Thanksgiving Day
Text B Independence Day
Supplementary Reading Christmas Day
Unit 13 Famous Cities and Sightseeing
Text A Washington, D.C.
Text B New York City
Supplementary Reading Yellowstone National Park
Unit 14 American Black
Text A African Americans
Text B Martin Luther King, Jr.
Supplementary Reading Barack Obama
Unit 15 Religions and Faith
Text A Puritans in the North America
Text B Nathaniel Hawthorne and 7-he 5car/et Letter
Supplementary Reading The Revelation of The 5car/et Letter
Unit 16 Foreign Relations
Text A Foreign Policy of the United States
Text B America's Pacific Century
Supplementary Reading New Aspects in U.S. Asia-Pacific Strategy
