The United States and the United Kingdom: Past and Present

Кряжева Н., Олейник В., Храмушина Ж. — Екатеринбург: УМЦ УПИ, 2012. — 128 с.This book attempts to present a picture of the British country and the United States of America as they are at the present period. The main objective is to convey information about political, social and cultural life in the above mentioned countries. History is kept to a minimum. The emphasis is mainly on the features of life which seem to be distinctive or characteristic or which seem to be of special interest to observers from outside. It is not our purpose to praise or to blame, to attack existing order of things or to defend them.
The life of these countries has its difficulties and irrationalities. We have assumed a fair knowledge of ordinary literary English. Texts are not adapted. We have tried to use language understandable for the first and second year students of the technical university.
Texts are intended for class and out-of-class reading and for communication. Grammar is easy. There are almost no lexical difficulties. All unknown words are given. We hope the book will be useful for students who are learning English at higher schools and want to have definite knowledge about Great Britain and the United States of America and form communication skills.