本书主要介绍两希文化(Greek&Hebrew),帮助学生了解西方文化起源、人文主义思想等,分10单元学习,每单元安排有常识预习、专题讲座、复习反馈和自主拓展四个项目,使学生通过一个学期的学习对西方文化是在希腊文化基础上吸收希伯来文化形成、发展起来的文化背景有一定的了解,增加学生相关的信息量和词汇量,提高英语水平,激发学生的文化学习热情,增长知识、开阔眼界;同时,大家通过学习培养宽容地对待异国文化的态度。
Unit One West Is West
Unit Two The Greek Culture
Unit Three Pax Romana
Unit Four An Eye for an Eye
Unit Five The Expansionist Medieval Period
Unit Six Bridge Between the Middle Ages and the Modem Era
Unit Seven Issues of the 17th Century Europe and Their Influence
Unit Eight Enlightenment, Romanticism and Realism
Unit Nine The Indigenous Development of Japan
Unit Ten University Rankings in Europe