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Chapter One  The United States of 

America 1

Unit 1  Land and People 3

Geographical Location 3

Weather and Climate 4

Natural Resources 4

Major Cities 5

Population and Languages 6

Exercises 8

Keys to Exercises 9

Unit 2  History and Symbols 10

Historical Periods 11

Historical Figures 13

National Symbols 14

Exercises 14

Keys to Exercises 16

Unit 3  Education and Recreation 16

School Education 17

Famous Universities 18

Cultural Life 20

Exercises 22

Keys to Exercises 23

Unit 4  Politics and Economy 24

Political System 24

Political Parties 25

Economy 27

Top Enterprises 28

Exercises 29

Keys to Exercises 31

Unit 5  Culture and Customs 31

Traditional Culture 32

Literature Works 33

Food Customs 35

Exercises 35

Keys to Exercises 37

Unit 6  Intercultural Communication 37

Knowledge to Learn 37

Article to Read 38

Cases to Study 40

Chapter Two  The United Kingdom of 

Great Britain and Northern 

Ireland 43

Unit 1  Land and People 44

Geographical Location 45

Weather and Climate 46

Natural Resources 47

Major Cities 48

Population and Languages 49

Exercises 50

Keys to Exercises 52

Unit 2  History and Symbols 52

Historical Periods 53

Historical Figures 55

National Symbols 56

Exercises 57

Keys to Exercises 58

Unit 3  Education and Recreation 59

School Education 60

Famous Universities 62

Cultural life 63

Exercises 65

Keys to Exercises 66

Unit 4  Politics and Economy 67

Political System 67

Political Parties 69

Economy 70

Top Enterprises 71

Exercises 72

Keys to Exercises 74

Unit 5  Culture and Custom 74

Traditional Culture 75

Literature Woks 75

Food Customs 77

Exercises 78

Keys to Exercises 79

Unit 6  Intercultural Communication 80

Knowledge to Learn 80

Article to Read 82

Cases to Study 83

Chapter Three  Australia 87

Unit 1  Land and People 88

Geographical Location 89

Weather and Climate 89

Natural Resources 90

Major Cities 91

Population and Languages 92

Exercises 93

Keys to Exercises 94

Unit 2  History and Symbol 95

Historical Periods 95

Historical Figures 97

National Symbols 98

Exercises 99

Keys to Exercises 100

Unit 3  Education and Recreation 101

School Education 101

Famous Universities 104

Cultural Life 106

Exercises 107

Keys to Exercises 108

Unit 4  Politics and Economy 110

Political System 110

Political Parties 112

Economy 113

Top Enterprises 114

Exercises 115

Keys to Exercises 117

Unit 5  Culture and Custom 118

Traditional Culture 118

Literature Works 119

Food Customs 121

Exercises 122

Keys to Exercises 123

Unit 6  Intercultural Communication 124

Knowledge to Learn 124

Article to Read 125

Cases to Study 126

Chapter Four  Canada 129

Unit 1  Land and People 130

Geographical Location 131

Weather and Climate 132

Natural Resources 132

Major Cities 133

Population and Languages 134

Exercises 135

Keys to Exercises 136

Unit 2  History and Symbol 137

Historical Periods 138

Historical Figures 139

National Symbols 140

Exercises 141

Keys to Exercises 143

Unit 3  Education and Recreation 143

School Education 144

Famous Universities 145

Cultural Life 146

Exercises 147

Keys to Exercises 148

Unit 4  Politics and Economy 149

Political System 149

Political Parties 150

Economy 151

Top Enterprises 152

Exercises 153

Keys to Exercises 155

Unit 5  Culture and Custom 156

Traditional Culture 156

Literature Works 157

Food Customs 159

Exercises 160

Keys to Exercises 161

Unit 6  Intercultural Communication 162

Knowledge to Learn 162

Article to Read 163

Cases to Study 165

Chapter Five  New Zealand 169

Unit 1  Land and People 170

Geographical Location 171

Weather and Climate 172

Natural Resources 172

Major Cities 173

Population and Languages 174

Exercises 175

Keys to Exercises 176

Unit 2  History and Symbol 177

Historical Periods 178

Historical Figures 180

National Symbols 181

Exercises 182

Keys to Exercises 183

Unit 3  Education and Recreation 184

School Education 185

Famous Universities 187

Cultural Life 189

Exercises 191

Keys to Exercises 192

Unit 4  Politics and Economy 193

Political System 194

Political Parties 195

Economy 196

Top Enterprises 197

Exercises 198

Keys to Exercises 199

Unit 5  Culture and Customs 200

Traditional Culture 201

Literature Works 203

Food Customs 204

Exercises 205

Keys to Exercises 207

Unit 6  Intercultural Communication 208

Knowledge to Learn 208

Article to Read 209

Cases to Study 210

Appendix 213

References 232