英美文化教程-下 目录

前言 Chapter 1 Geography Chapter 2 History Chapter 3 Government and Politics Chapter 4 Religion Chapter 5 Economy Chapter 6 Education Chapter 7 Social Life and Customs Chapter 8 Who's Who Appendices Key

英美文化教程-下 节选

《英美文化教程(下)》内容简介:本教程凝聚了哈尔滨理工大学、哈尔滨工业大学、北京语言大学、广州大学、湖南大学、哈尔滨医科大学和哈尔滨商业大学的专家、学者以及长期从事英美文化教学教师的辛勤汗水，特别要感谢的是，本教程还得到了东北师范大学副校长、英语博士生导师张绍杰教授的审阅以及美国专家的具体指导。本教程语言地道、原汁原味，内容新颖、通俗易懂，版式设计独特、图片丰富，可作为高校英语专业学生及非英语专业高年级学生英美文化课程教材，也可供具有同等英语水平的自学者使用。

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插图：2.Industry and ManufacturingFrom a historical perspective，the Industrial Revolution has brought about the birth ofmodem US industry；by 1 870s，the total value of industrial products in the United States had，forthe first time and ever since，surpassed that of its agricultural products；and the 20“。century hasseen the rise and decline of a succession of industries. Modem economists generally apply the term''the secondary sector of the economy''to referto industry in traditional sense.This sector takes the output of the primary sector（agriculture andfishing）and creates a finished，usable product：manufacturing and construction.Manufacturinghas always been the wealth-producing industry in the US economy,and the main and importantsectors are transportation，automobiles，aircrafts，munitions，iron and steel，coal mining，petroleum，natural gas，machinery,telecommunications，electronic and electric equipment，high-tech hardware，chemicals，textile and consumer goods. The US industrial and manufacturing heartland is the Northeast region，which lies to thenorth of the Ohio River and the Potomac River and to the east of the Mississippi River.With95％of the nation’s iron and steel and machine making industries，it is the oldest and keyindustrial region in the United States.Other main industries include ship building，coal mining，textile，and chemicals.Many industrial big cities such as New York，Philadelphia，Boston，Detroit，Pittsburgh，Baltimore and Chicago are located in the region.But other industrial regionshave grown in the Southwest（Califomia）and Northwest with high-tech industry,aircraftmanufacture and oil refinery concentrated heavily in big cities as Los Angeles and San Francisco.The West is at present the most rapidly growing section of the country.Though not the cradle，the United States can be regarded as the most profound and thoroughbeneficiary of the two Industrial Revolutions

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