《英语国家文化》是根据国家教育部《大学英语课程教学要求（试行）》中"大学英语课程不仅是一门语言基础知识课程，也是拓宽知识，了解世界文化的素质教育课程"的规定为非英语专业本科学生编写的教程。它能帮助学生了解英语国家社会、文化方面的基本知识，如政治制度、宗教信仰、教育制度、商业文化、大众传媒、娱乐休闲、家庭与福利等等。在提高学生英语阅读能力的同时，培养学生理解分析各种文化现象的能力，以提高他们的人文素质。同时《英语国家文化》还希望帮助学生通过对中西文化的对比，培养独立分析问题的能力和养成批判性思维的习惯。
总 序
前言
Introduction
Unit One Greek Mythology
Part I Facts and Statistics
Part II Ideas and Opinions
Part III Stories and Tales
Part IV East and West
Further Readings
Recommended Movies
Unit Two Religious Life
Part I Facts and Statistics
Part II Ideas and Opinions
Part III Stories and Tales
Part IV East and West
Further Readings
Recommended Movies
Unit Three Government and Politics
Part I Facts and Statistics
Part II Ideas and Opinions
Part III Stories and Tales
Part IV East and West
Further Readings
Recommended Movies
Unit Four Schools and Education
Part I Facts and Statistics
Part II Ideas and Opinions
Part III Stories and Tales
Part IV East and West
Further Readings
Recommended Movies
Unit Five Mass Media
Part I Facts and Statistics
Part II Ideas and Opinions
Part III Stories and Tales
Part IV East and West
Further Readings
Recommended Movies
Unit Six Marriage and Parenting
Part I Facts and Statistics
Part II Ideas and Opinions
Part III Stories and Tales
Part IV East and West
Further Readings
Recommended Movies
Unit Seven Leisure Time
Part I Facts and Statistics
Part II Ideas and Opinions
Part III Stories and Tales
Part IV East and West
Further Reading
Recommended Movies
Unit Eight Business Culture
Part I Facts and Statistics
Part II Ideas and Opinions
Part III Stories and Tales
Part IV East and West
Further Readings
Recommended Movies
References
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