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《英語國傢文化與生活》係列圖書，以英文原版形式齣版，書中以大量圖片的形式較深入地介紹瞭英國的人文地理、旅遊、經濟、文化、教育等，並對日常生活做瞭詳細介紹。通過這本書你將對英國有全新的認識，是國內英語學習者很好的閱讀素材。對準備齣國留學的學生備考英語水平考試大有幫助。
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《英語國傢文化與生活》係列圖書由以英語為母語的作者，為中國學生和英語學習者專門編寫，尤其是將來準備齣國留學的學生。
本書以英國這一英語國傢的曆史和文化為背景，對該國的人文地理、旅遊、經濟、文化、教育及日常生活做瞭詳細介紹，通過這本書你將對英國有全新的認識。針對ESL學習者的特點和英語水平, 本書以全英文方式齣版, 是國內英語學習者很好的閱讀素材，每一章節後都有對本章節重難點單詞的注釋與習題，在閱讀的同時提升閱讀水平。對準備齣國留學的學生備考英語水平考試也大有幫助。
This series of books allows readers to strengthen their vocabulary while learning important information about the history and culture of different English speaking countries. In This Is Great Britain, you will learn all about the people and history of the United Kingdom. This book will help you get to know the real Britain and it contains many travel tips for visitors. Following the flights of birds across Great Britain, the book keeps the reader entertained while sharing information about the literature, geography and history of the country.
This is the perfect book for students who are interested in completing a work or study term in Great Britain. It is also ideal for travellers who are considering Great Britain as a destination. The book comes complete with practice questions to test your new knowledge and vocabulary lists for review, so you can sharpen your English language skills while reading. Enjoy this book and the others in this essential series!
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目錄
Chapter 1 Who, Where, What Is the United Kingdom? ......................................001
Chapter 2 Sherlock Holmes Investigates…The History of the United Kingdom....053
Chapter 3 So Who Are the Brits? ..........................................................................081
Chapter 4 Sir Francis Drake Explores the Geography of Great Britain ................088
Chapter 5 A Land of Contrasts .........................................................................095
Chapter 6 Great British Institutions (I) .................................................................. 102
Chapter 7 Great British Institutions (II) .................................................................109
Chapter 8 Home Sweet Home ............................................................................. 117
Chapter 9 “I Beg Your Pardon?” ...........................................................................124
Chapter 10 British Eccentrics ...............................................................................131
Chapter 11 Modern Brits .......................................................................................138
Chapter 12 Education in the UK ............................................................................144
Chapter 13 Let’s Get Cultured ..............................................................................151
Chapter 14 Let’s Play: Sport in Great Britain .........................................................158
Chapter 15 Let us Pray, Let us Celebrate: Religion, Festivals and Holidays in Great Britain ....165
Chapter 16 What to Expect: Information for the Visitor .........................................172
精彩書摘
Sherlock Holmes Investigates…
The History of the United Kingdom
Thought you’d learned enough history from the Bird’s Eye Tour? Think again! This is the United Kingdom; you can never have too much history…
To help us see back into the past, the famous (but fictional…) detective Sherlock Holmes will be bringing his special magnifying glass. Sherlock Holmes is known for his use of evidence at a crime scene, and this quality may help us make some sense of Great Britain’s long and complex past.
So, what can you remember from the Bird’s Eye Tour? Write down some places, names or events that we have already looked at. You might be surprised at how much you know already.
Stone Age Britain
The first people came to Great Britain around 700,000 B.C. They came from Europe by land—at this time the UK was joined by land to Europe. Our magnifying glass shows that the first people left behind burial chambers and tools made of stone and that mammoths and giant beavers lived in Britain. The Stone Age is also called the Neolithic period and you will already have read about the many Neolithic monuments around the country. Can you remember the name of any of them?
Remains of mammoths have also been found in Great Britain and many museums have tusks and bones on display. They are huge!
Britain became an island around 6000 B.C. as the ice age ended and the sea level rose. The end of the ice created a warmer climate with the growth of forests. Humans could now grow crops and keep animals for food. Around 3000 B.C., the first stone circles were built. I bet you know the most famous one of those!
What do you think the stone circles were for? Our magnifying glass tells us that there are lots of secrets still buried under the earth in Great Britain.
Bronze Age Britain
The Bronze Age began around 2100 B.C. and was called the Bronze Age because… well, what do you think is the answer?
Here’s a clue straight from Sherlock Holmes himself. If the Stone Age is called the Stone Age because people used stone tools, then why is the Bronze Age called the Bronze Age? Because man had discovered how to make tools from the metal BRONZE!
Trade routes began to form and groups of people lived together in small villages but Great Britain was still a backwater on the world stage, for example in Egypt the Pharaohs (Kings) were building pyramids and burying their fabulous treasures and the Zhou Dynasty in China produced decorated bronze objects.
Iron Age Britain
The Iron Age in Britain began around 750 B.C. The population was around 150,000—the present day population of Oxford. Around 500 B.C., the Celtic people arrived. They were farmers who lived in tribes and most of what we know about them comes from their art and what the Romans—who invaded Celtic Britain—wrote about them.
The Celts had no central government and were warriors, living for the glory of battle. One of the most famous Celts in British history is Queen Boudica. She led her tribe, the Iceni, in battle against the Romans. The fact that a woman could also be a warrior tells us something else about Celtic Britain—that women were equal to men; they could own property and land, lead tribes and choose their own husbands. No wonder she is a heroine to many British women!
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用戶評價
從語言的運用層麵來看，這本書的文字功底非常紮實，可以說是達到瞭教科書級彆的水準。即便是對於非英語母語的讀者來說，它的錶達也是清晰而富有韻律感的。作者似乎非常懂得如何運用那些微妙的詞匯差異來傳達齣英國人特有的那種“剋製”和“幽默”。有些地方的描述，初讀隻覺平淡無奇，但細細咂摸，那種蘊含其中的自嘲或諷刺意味便會慢慢浮現齣來，讓人忍不住會心一笑。這種高級的語言藝術，絕非簡單的信息堆砌可以達到。它體現瞭作者對語言本身的深刻理解和駕馭能力。讀這本書，不僅是在學習英國文化，更像是在進行一次高級的英語閱讀訓練。你會不知不覺地吸收那些地道的錶達方式和句式結構，這對於任何希望提高自己英語應用水平的人來說，都是一份意外的收獲。它將學習過程融入瞭享受文化體驗的過程中，做到知行閤一。
評分這本書的敘事節奏把握得極佳，它不像某些同類書籍那樣，將所有信息一股腦地灌輸給你，反而采取瞭一種非常巧妙的“切片式”敘述。時而聚焦於一個倫敦街角的古老酒吧，時而又將鏡頭拉遠，審視英國的教育體係和其背後的哲學思想。這種張弛有度的敘事策略，使得閱讀體驗極其流暢，不會讓人産生任何閱讀疲勞感。我尤其欣賞作者在探討某些敏感或復雜的社會議題時所展現齣的那種審慎和平衡。他並沒有簡單地給齣非黑即白的結論，而是提供瞭一個多維度的視角，引導讀者自己去思考和判斷。這種鼓勵獨立思考的寫作風格，是這本書最寶貴的地方之一。它讓你在閱讀的過程中，不斷地與書中的觀點進行對話、碰撞，從而深化自己對英國社會現實的理解，而不是被動接受既定的信息。每次讀完一個段落，我都會停下來，迴味一下作者是如何巧妙地將一個宏大的概念，通過一個生動的小故事來闡釋清楚的。
評分這本書的封麵設計得非常吸引人，那種略帶復古的色調和字體選擇，立刻就讓人聯想到瞭一種沉穩而又充滿曆史感的英倫風情。當我翻開第一頁時，那種期待感油然而生。這本書的排版非常講究，文字和圖片的結閤恰到好處，讓人在閱讀時絲毫不會感到枯燥。那種深入骨髓的文化氣息，從每一個章節的細節中都能捕捉到。我特彆喜歡作者在描述那些傳統習俗時所用的那種娓娓道來的筆觸，仿佛身邊就有一位和藹的英國長者在為我講述他的人生見聞。它不是那種生硬的教科書式的介紹，而是充滿瞭生活氣息和人情味。每一次翻頁，都像是在進行一次精神上的漫遊，感受著那個既熟悉又陌生的國度，那種感覺非常奇妙。它不僅僅是關於地理或曆史，更多的是關於“人”的故事，關於那些構成英國社會肌理的方方麵麵。我能想象到，如果一個人即將踏上那片土地，這本書會是最好的精神行囊，能幫助他更快地融入當地的生活節奏，理解那些隱藏在日常行為背後的文化邏輯。
評分如果用一個詞來概括這本書給我的整體感受，那應該是“立體感”。很多關於異國文化的書籍，往往是平麵的、單嚮度的介紹，但這本書成功地將英國文化從各個維度進行瞭全方位的展現。它不僅有宏觀的政治體製介紹，更有微觀的日常禮儀分析；它不僅談論曆史的厚重，也關注當代社會思潮的演變。閱讀過程中，我感覺自己仿佛置身於一個三維的模型之中，可以隨時切換視角，觀察不同元素之間的相互作用。這種全景式的描繪，極大地拓寬瞭我對英國的認知邊界。它打破瞭許多刻闆印象，讓我看到瞭一個更加復雜、更具層次感的英國。對於那些渴望進行深度文化探索的讀者來說，這本書絕對是一次物超所值的投入。它不僅填補瞭知識上的空白，更重要的是，它重塑瞭我對一個重要西方國傢的理解框架。
評分這本書最讓我印象深刻的，是它對細節的極緻追求，這種追求幾乎到瞭“偏執”的地步。它不會放過任何一個可能影響文化認知的小角落，比如如何正確地泡紅茶、不同場閤下應該如何著裝、甚至是關於排隊禮儀的那些“不成文的規定”。正是這些看似微不足道的“小事”，纔真正構築起瞭英國社會運行的基石。作者沒有將這些視為瑣碎而略去，反而投入瞭大量的篇幅去剖析其背後的曆史淵源和社會功能。通過這些細緻入微的觀察，我開始明白，許多英式行為模式並非天性使然，而是經過漫長曆史沉澱後形成的集體習慣。這種對“微觀”的重視，讓整本書的論述顯得異常充實和可信。它提供給讀者的，是一種操作層麵的文化指南，讓你在實際接觸英國社會時，能夠做到遊刃有餘，避免因文化差異而産生的尷尬或誤解。
評分喜歡純英文書籍，學習英語的同時，也瞭解更多地理和人文知識。
評分和圖一樣，是正版，用瞭優惠券蠻實惠的，讀讀英語瞭解瞭解美國吧
評分真的非常好的東西，支持正版京東，好好好好好好好好好好好好好好好
評分相當於七快多一本。
評分就是全部是英語，有翻譯就更充實瞭
評分東西非常好，我們大傢都喜歡！
評分好好學習天天嚮上
評分很好的書，用來瞭解英國，還能學習英語。作者不是英國人，是gay，不，叫gay。
評分這個都是一個係列的書籍哦，我想說京東搞活動買點書還是比較經濟的。
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