- Артикул:00822410
- Автор: Нестерчук Г.В.
- ISBN: 985-06-0903-6
- Обложка: Твердый переплет
- Издательство: Высшая школа (все книги издательства)
- Город: Минск
- Страниц: 263
- Формат: 60x90/16
- Год: 2004
- Вес: 320 г
- Серия: Учебное пособие для ВУЗов (все книги серии)
- Английский язык
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Издание на английском языке.
Содержит тексты страноведческой и культуроведческой тематики. Знакомит с традициями и обычаями американцев.
Включает предтекстовые задания и послетекстовые упражнения, а также комментарии, объясняющие языковые трудности и различного рода реалии. Внесены изменения и дополнения, касающиеся фактического материала. Может быть использовано как для занятий под руководством преподавателя, так и для самостоятельной работы.
Первое издание вышло в 1997 г.
Для студентов неязыковых специальностей вузов, учащихся лицеев, гимназий, школ, а также для широкого круга лиц, изучающих английский язык.
Contents
Предисловие
I. The USA and Its People, Americans
Text 1.1 Speak About You, America
Text 2. The US National Flag
Text 3. The Population of the USA
Text 4. The Native Americans
Text 5. The Black Americans
Text 6. The Mobile Americans
II. The USA - the Country of Diversity
Text 1. The USA - the Plant Life
Text 2. The Rainfall
Text 3. The Temples of Nature
Text 4. The Rivers
Text 5. Niagara Falls
Text 6. The Rocky Mountains
Text 7. The Desert Comes to Life
III. A Bit of History
Text 1. The Beginnings of America
Text 2. The Man Who Discovered the New World
Text 3. They Saw Texas First
Text 4. The History of New York
Text 5. The Birth of a New Nation
Text 6. Benjamin Franklin - One of the Founding Fathers
Text 7. The Secret Road to Freedom
Text 8. Abraham Lincoln ^
Text 9. The Gettysburg Address
Text 10. A Message from the President of the United States
The Political System
Text 1. The Constitution of the USA
Text 2. The Legislative Branch
Text 3. The Congress at Work
Text 4. The Lobbyists
Text 5. The Administration
Text 6. The Major Political Parties
Text 7. Ku-Klux-Klan
Text 8. The System of Courts in the United States
V. Washington, D. C. - the Capital of the USA
Text 1. Washington, D. С
Text 2. From the History of Washington
Text 3. Visiting Washington's Sights
Text 4. Different Washingtons
Text 5. Five Different Washingtons
Text 6. A Visitor's Impression
VI. The American Way of Life
Text 1. Customs Vary with Culture
Text 2. The American Scene
Text 3. Treating Time in the USA
Text 4. The Automobile Dilemma
Text 5. The Mobile Homes
Text 6. The Kings of the Highway
Text 7. Cowboy: Myth and Reality
Text 8. The Changing American Family
Text 9. Women in the USA
Text 10. Advertising through Commercials
Text 11. The Americans and Computers
Text 12. American Schooling
Text 13. Higher Education
Text 14. Religion in the USA
VII. Leisure and Entertainment
Text 1. The National Holidays in the USA
Text 2. Sports in the USA
Text 3. The Choices Available to American Youth
Text 4. American Theater
Text 5. Hollywood
Text 6. Awarding Oscars
Text 7. Charlie Chaplin, Creator of Comedy
Text 8. Comic Genius of the Cinema Screen
Text 9. Music
Text 10. Duke Ellington
Text 11. Ban Elvis!
VIII Arts. Literature and Science
Text 1. The Painters of the Virgin Land
Text 2. Philip Evergood (1901-1973)
Text 3. Famous American Art Museums
Text 4. Mark Twain
Text б. "I Hear America Singing"
Text 6. Novelist at Work
Text 7. Are you Gloomy or Optimistic About the Future?
Text 8. Thomas Alva Edison, a Man of the Practical Genius
Text 9. Bill Gates: the God of the Computerworld
IX The English Language in North America
Text 1. The English Language
Text 2. The English Language in North America
Text 3. The American Language
Text 4. Tireless Champion of American English
Text 5. "To See the Elephant"
Text 6. Some Specific Features of American English
Text 7. The Queen's English and the President's English
Supplement I. The National Anthem of the USA
Supplement II. The Declaration of Independence
Supplement III. The American States and Their Capitals
Supplement IV. Presidents of the United States and Their Terms in Office
Supplement V. The US Monetary System
Supplement VI. Outstanding Events in the American History
Supplement VII. Quiz on the USA
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