首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
fairly good
fairly good
admin
2013-05-14
37
问题
This book is an attempt to introduce the reader to the United States. It intends to give a concise but fairly well rounded overview of present day American society; not only a picture of surface phenomena, but insights into American culture and insights about the American people.
Various aspects of American life are presented through articles written mainly by Americans themselves, or by westerners familiar with the United States. Most were written by scholars or specialists on the topic of the field. A number of articles were written by sociologists. This gives a perspective that goes beyond the common articles written for the average tourist, for the person with passing curiosity, or for the ordinary man-in-the-street. A number of articles were also selected with the idea of presenting different, sometimes conflicting, points of view about the same topic. This, it is hoped, will help the reader to gain better understanding and to help him draw his own conclusions.
It should be stressed that the viewpoints of the various authors are not necessarily those of the compilers of this book. We may agree with all of some articles, only partially with others and possibly disagree considerably with a few of the selections. To allow the reader to use his own judgement, we have generally kept the articles in their original form. If changes were made they were to make the language easier or to make the articles more manageable for the reader.
Most of the articles in this book were selected on the basis of the following criteria:
1. Their suitability for giving accurate information about a topic or some aspect of the topic. These articles should help present a well-rounded picture of the whole. In this respect, we have sometimes given preference to an earlier article rather than a later one if the former gives a more insightful or more comprehensive treatment of the subject.
2. Their appeal to the ordinary reader. These articles should be authoritative and reliable, yet not too elementary. The contents should be of interest to most readers.
3. Their linguistic quality and degree of difficulty. The level for which these articles are intended is college students of English, other college students with a fairly good command of English, and the general reader interested in the U. S. and with fairly good comprehension of the language.
4. Their general relevance to Chinese readers or Chinese society. These articles should have some general significance to China, either present or future, and not be totally irrelevant.
Obviously no one book can give a completely comprehensive picture of description of such a vast and complex nation. Many readers may disagree with our choice of topics; most likely a number will say we have left out important ones. Many may feel we did not use our best judgment in selecting the articles. We must admit that we did not always agree among ourselves. We were further restricted by the limited amount of materials to choose from. Needless to say, we welcome suggestions and criticisms from our readers. And in spite of all its shortcomings, if the book has helped the reader to gain some insight and understanding about the United States and its people and has stimulated the reader to go further, and to study more, then in a modest way this book will have accomplished much of what if was intended to do.
选项
答案
fairly good
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/MXXd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语五级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语五级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
ManofFewWordsEveryonechasessuccess,butnotallofuswanttobefamous.SouthAfricanwriterJohnMaxwellCoetzee
ManofFewWordsEveryonechasessuccess,butnotallofuswanttobefamous.SouthAfricanwriterJohnMaxwellCoetzee
PoolWatch【B1】______TheRoyalSocietyforthePreventionofAccidentssaysthatonaverage15peopledrowninBritishpools
TheFatProblemThatMenFaceItisapleasuretoseemenofacertainageworryingabouttheirweight.Listeningtothemis
TheFatProblemThatMenFaceItisapleasuretoseemenofacertainageworryingabouttheirweight.Listeningtothemis
ThenumberoftheUnitedStatescitizenswhoareeligibletovotecontinuestoincrease.
AttheUniversityofVirginiainCharlottesville,psychologyprofessorBellaDePaulogot77studentsand70townspeopletovolun
______islocatedintheheartofGreenwichVillage?______offerschancesforstudentstoattendtheatersandballetperforman
______thegamebeganinEnglandinthe1880s.______itwasoriginallyonlyplayedbyamputees.
Wheredidtuliporiginally,grow?
随机试题
在预防小儿缺铁性贫血的措施中,错误的是
患者女性,35岁。因皮肤瘀斑半个月前、头痛1个月前来就诊。体检:贫血貌,全身可见散在大小不等瘀斑,以四肢为主,胸骨下段压痛,肝脾肋下未及。实验室检查:血常规示三系细胞减少;骨髓象示:骨髓增生活跃,其中原始粒细胞占非红系细胞60%,其余各阶段粒细胞占30%,
患者,女,15岁。左下后牙遇冷水痛2周,平时无不适。查左下第一恒磨牙咬合面龋洞深,叩痛(-),冷水入洞痛,冷测结果同对照牙。该患牙诊断是
王某上一年度每月基本薪资为5000元,补贴及其他奖金每月为2000元,公司按照10%的缴存比例缴纳住房公积金,王某每月缴纳公积金的总额为()元。
下列关于跨区域经营信息表述不正确的是()。
下面()不属于贷款合同的制定原则。
A注册会计师在对生产与销售型X公司2017年财务报表进行审计时,发现甲产品2017年的毛利率与2016年相比有所上升,X公司提供了以下解释说明,与2017年的毛利率上升不相关的解释事项是()
某学生对函数f(x)=2xcosx进行研究后,得出如下四个结论:(1)函数f(x)在[-π,0]上单调递增,在[0,π]上单调递减;(2)存在常数M>0,使|f(x)|≤M|x|对-切实数x均成立;(3)点(,0)是函数y=f(x)图象的-个对称中心
Musiciansarefascinatedwiththepossibilitythatmusicmaybefoundinnature;itmakesourowndesireforartseemallthemo
Themostastonishingfactin"Crumb,"TerryZwigoff’s1994documentaryabouttheundergroundcomicbookartistRobertCrumb,was
最新回复
(
0
)