[内容简介]

    为了丰富大学生和英语爱好者英语学习内容，提高他们的语言文化综合素质，所以编写了本书。希望本书能提高学习者的英语阅读理解能力，同时也帮助他们扩大文化视野，提高文化知识。
    本册内容涉及文学、艺术，不同国家和民族的生活、习俗、信仰、价值以及对日常事物的看法和情感。在编写过程中，我们力求内容通俗易懂，集知识性、实用性和趣味性为一体，努力做到既提高读者的英语阅读理解能力，又丰富读者的文化知识。

[目录]

Unit1 Greek Mythology
Unit2 Greek Mythology
Unit3 Shakespeare
Unit4 The Success of Literature
Unit5 Benjamin Franklin
Unit6 The English Language
Unit7 Nonverbal Communication
Unit8 Movies
Unit9 TV
Unit10 Chivalry
Unit11 Music
Unit12 Tower，Tower，Tower
Unit13 Ancient Architecture
Unit14 Beethoven and Michelangelo
Unit15 Enjoy Art
Unit16 Wedding Ceremonies
Unit17 Amall Town Life
Unit18 Customs of India
Unit19 Funeral Customs
Unit20 Wedding Ceremonies
Unit21 Greek Tradition
Unit22 American Cuiture
Unit23 The American Character
Unit24 Women of the 1920s and Women Today
Unit25 American Class Structure-the Upper Class
Unit26 American Class Structure-the Middle and Lower Classes
Unit27 Religion
Unit28 The Bible
Unit29 Conformity and Groupthink
Unit30 Teachings of Great Masters of the East and the West
附录一 Key to the Exercise
附录二 Glossary