这是一本用英文介绍英美两国各方面情况的书，原为河南大学外语系概况课教材。在1984年10月召开的审稿会上，来自复旦大学、南京大学、武汉大学、华中师范学院、西南师范学院、洛阳解放军外语学院等20所大专院校的代表对原稿进行了审议。会后经作者不断认真修改，现予以再版，以供需要。

Volume One Great Britain

Chapter One Panoramic View

Chapter Two English History

Volume Two America

Chapter One Pamoramic View

Chapter Two American History

Supplementary Material for Reference

Britain was the first country to institute the parliamentary system in the thirteenth century.Parliament,meaning a place for argument and debate,is the nation's supreme legislative organ whose members are considered as servants of the monarch.