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PART 2 – THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PART 3 – CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND
PART 1 – THE BRITISH ISLES
1 The UK: the Country and the People (torna alla lista dei capitoli) |
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W. Shakespeare, from Richard II (p. 4) | audio | |
Britain’s National Anthem: God Save the Queen (p. 10) | audio | |
The British Empire (p.11) | espansione | |
The Commonwealth (p. 11) | espansione | |
The British Parliament (p. 13) | espansione |
2 The UK: One State, Four Countries (torna alla lista dei capitoli) |
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R. Kipling, What Say the Reeds at Runnymede? (p. 25) | audio | |
Ancient Britain (p. 29) | espansione | |
W. Shakespeare, from Macbeth (p. 30) | espansione | audio |
Changes in 19th Century Society (p. 33) | espansione | |
W. Wordsworth, Daffodils (p. 35) | audio | |
S.T. Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (p. 36) | espansione | audio |
The Beatles (p. 36) | espansione | |
W. Wordsworth, Upon Westminster Bridge (p. 47) | audio | |
More on London (p. 47) | espansione | |
D. Thomas, Do not Go Gentle into That Good Night (p. 51) | espansione | audio |
R. Burns, My Heart’s in the Highlands (p. 53) | audio | |
More on Scotland (p. 55) | espansione | |
More on Northern Ireland (p. 59) | espansione |
3 The UK: Society and Lifestyle (torna alla lista dei capitoli) |
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More on British Life in the Past (p. 63) | espansione |
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Gardens and Allotments (p. 65) | espansione | |
Victorian Houses (p. 66) | espansione | |
The English Language (p. 71) | espansione | |
The Church in the UK (p. 75) | espansione | |
The English Pub (p. 77) | espansione | |
Italian Immigrants to the UK (p. 79) | espansione | |
J. McCrae, In Flanders Fields (p. 81) | audio |
4 The Republic of Ireland (torna alla lista dei capitoli) |
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W.B. Yeats, Had I the Heavens’ Embroidered Cloths (p. 88) | audio | |
S. Heaney, Scaffolding (p. 89) | audio |
PART 2 – THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1 The Country and the People (torna alla lista dei capitoli) |
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K.L. Bates, America the Beautiful (p. 92) | audio | |
US National Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner (p. 93) | audio | |
Four Great Presidents of the USA (p. 101) | espansione | |
Colonial Life in North America (p. 103) | espansione | |
The Jewish and the Chinese Communities in the USA (p. 109) | espansione | |
L. Hughes, I, Too (p. 110) | audio | |
We Shall Overcome (p. 113) | audio | |
The Civil Rights Movement (p. 113) | espansione |
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Bubbles Burst! (p. 115) | espansione |
2 Different Regions, Different Cultures (torna alla lista dei capitoli) |
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Tornadoes and Hurricanes (p. 119) | espansione |
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New England and The Pilgrim Fathers (p. 120) | espansione | |
Prohibition and Gangsters in Chicago (p. 128) | espansione |
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Four Great Presidents of the USA (p. 130) | espansione | |
W. Whitman, Pioneers! O Pioneers! (p. 133) | audio | |
The Indian Wars (p. 133) | espansione | |
W. Whitman, O Captain! My Captain! (p. 133) | espansione |
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Ol’ Man River (p. 135) | audio | |
Walt Disney World (p. 135) | espansione |
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I’m on My Way (p. 137) | audio | |
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah (p. 138) | audio | |
Little Rock Nine (p. 139) | espansione |
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The Colorado River (p. 140) | espansione |
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A Cowboy’s Life (p. 143) | espansione | |
California’s Economy (p. 147) | espansione |
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The Dust Bowl and Route 66 (p. 148) | espansione | |
Los Angeles and Hollywood (p. 149) | espansione |
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Living with Bears in Alaska (p. 152) | espansione |
3 Society and Lifestyle (torna alla lista dei capitoli) |
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The Fifties (p. 158) | espansione |
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Some Differences in Pronunciation between BrE and AmE (p. 160) | audio | |
Rock and Pop music (p. 167) | espansione |
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B. Dylan, Blowin’ in the Wind (p. 171) | audio | |
The Sixties (p. 171) | espansione |
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The American Dream (p. 175) | espansione |
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W. Whitman, I Hear America Singing (p. 175) | audio | |
L. Hughes, Let America Be America Again (p. 175) | audio |
PART 3 – CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND
1 Canada: the Other North America (torna alla lista dei capitoli) |
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O Canada! (p. 179) | espansione |
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Multicultural Canada (p. 182) | espansione | |
Canadian Literary and Cultural Life (p. 183) | espansione |
2 Australia: Where East Meets West (torna alla lista dei capitoli) |
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James Cook at Round Hill Head (p. 186) | espansione | |
Australia’s Cultural Life (p. 187) | espansione |
3 New Zealand: A Greener Land (torna alla lista dei capitoli) |
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New Zealand’s Culture and Multiethnic Society (p. 201) | espansione |
PART 4 – THE CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME
1 The Challenges of our Time (torna alla lista dei capitoli) |
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Poverty, Old and New (p. 204) | espansione |
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Hunger and Loneliness (p. 206) | espansione | |
Food and Health (p. 208) | espansione | |
Save the Planet (p. 210) | espansione | |
Licence to Kill (p. 212) | espansione | |
Youth Violence (p. 214) | espansione | |
Youth Culture (p. 216) | espansione | |
For a Better World (p. 218) | espansione | |
Inequality (p. 220) | espansione | |
Social Cohesion (p. 222) | espansione | |
Racial Profiling (p. 224) | espansione | |
A Post-Racial Society? (p. 226) | espansione |