中小学英语教师、大专院校学生和对英美文化感兴趣的一般读者丛书内容主题依据国家《英语课程标准》规定的话题和文化教学要求精心设计。从英语学习者的角度阐释英美文化内涵,打破同类图书学术化、脸谱化的模式。内容新颖,反映英美文化最新变迁;视角独特,从平民视角解读英美社会现象。专业作家领衔编写,英美社会各界人士、熟稔英美文化的人士细述体验与感悟。
1 Entertainment
'Live' or 'on the big screen'
Contemporary Western music.
"It's like dreaming with your feet!"
Life in a virtual world.
2 Sports
Sports in the UK
Sports in the US
Not 'hitting below the belt' when you're in a
'no-win situation'
Sport as a billion dollar business
3 Travel
Around the Worm in Eighty Days
Gap year experience
Travel in the UK. 1 Entertainment
'Live' or 'on the big screen'
Contemporary Western music.
"It's like dreaming with your feet!"
Life in a virtual world.
2 Sports
Sports in the UK
Sports in the US
Not 'hitting below the belt' when you're in a
'no-win situation'
Sport as a billion dollar business
3 Travel
Around the Worm in Eighty Days
Gap year experience
Travel in the UK.
Travel in the US
4 Mass media
Keeping on top of the news and the freedom of the press.
The intemet and its impact
Radio in the UK and the US
Television in the UK and the US
5 The English language
Old, Middle and ModemEnglish .
'The Queen's English' or 'Brummy'
British and American English
Body language: a universal language'?
6 Literatrue
7 Arts
8 Religion
9 Government and Political thought
10 Youth culture