生动有趣的生活场景
诙谐幽默的英语对话
轻松愉快的阅读氛围
自然流畅的习语表达
带你领略加拿大文化的独特魅力
在不知不觉中提升英语会话能力

本书共有36个单元，以英语对话的形式介绍了加拿大的文化背景知识和风土人情，每个单元都包含背景知识介绍、生动对话、生词注释、日常习语四个版块内容。书中话题涉及广泛，从温哥华飞雨覆花的浪漫、枫糖酿就的甜蜜温馨、尼亚加拉瀑布飞流直下的恢宏壮丽、国家森林公园的广袤天然，到人民的纯朴友善、生活的惬意、子女的独立、教育的发达以及多民族的历史等。天马行空般的笔触让读者感同身受，不必羁旅天涯，即可在文化中习得纷繁浩瀚的英语表达。本书非常适合那些想要到加拿大旅游、经商或留学的人员，还有正在研究跨文化交流的在校师生，以及其他对跨文化交流感兴趣的大学生和职场人士，可以帮助他们通过实际对话情境提升语言技能，领略加拿大的文化魅力。

前言
Preface Ⅰ
Preface Ⅱ
Unit 1 Finding a Place to Stay 住宿/001
Dialogue Let's Keep Our Fingers Crossed/004
Unit 2 Vancouver 温哥华/007
Dialogue We Finally Stand Face to Face/009
Unit 3 Working Mothers 工作的母亲/015
Dialogue I 'm Running Myself Ragged/018
Unit 4 Monetary Circulation 货币/023
Dialogue Kill Two Birds with One Stone/026
Unit 5 Native People 本土人/031
Dialogue Indian Paintings Are on Display/034
Unit 6 Government 政府/037
Dialogue You Have It in You to Be an Expert of Canada/039
Unit 7 Time Zones and Time Differences 时区和时差/044
Dialogue You're Laying It on Thick/047
Unit 8 National Parks 国家公园/051
Dialogue You Can Say That Again/053
Unit 9 Employment and Vacation 就业及休假/058
Dialogue He's Tight-Fisted/061
Unit 10 Canadian Writers 加拿大作家/065
Dialogue They're Selling like Hot Cakes/069
Unit 11 CN Tower and Cable TV 加拿大国家电视塔和有线电视/073
Dialogue I 'm in a Bind/076
Unit 12 The Group of Seven of Canada 加拿大七人画派/081
Dialogue This Idiom Baffles Me/085
Unit 13 Women and Children 妇女和儿童/091
Dialogue The Pot Calling the Kettle Black/093
Unit 14 Leisure Activities 休闲活动/099
Dialogue They Were Absolutely Breathtaking/102
Unit 15 Looking for a Job 找工作/106
Dialogue This Job Gets Me Down/109
Unit 16 Friendliness 友善/114
Dialogue We're on the Same Wave-length/117
Unit 17 Fitness Craze 健身热/121
Dialogue I 've Got Two Left Feet/123
Unit 18 Food and Drink 饮食/128
Dialogue I Can't Tell Them Apart/131
Unit 19 Shopping 购物/136
Dialogue I Finally Picked out a Good One/138
Unit 20 Maple Syrup Festival 枫糖节/142
Dialogue You Couldn't Beat That Deal with a Stick/145
Unit 21 College Life 大学生活/150
Dialogue I 'm on Top of the World/153
Unit 22 Gatherings 聚会/158
Dialogue She Drew Me out of My Shell/160
Unit 23 Concept of Equality 平等的观念/166
Dialogue Out of the Blue/168
Unit 24 Royal Canadian Mounted Police 加拿大皇家骑警/173
Dialogue Mind Your Own Business/176
Unit 25 Multiculturalism 多元文化主义/181
Dialogue Like a Fish out of Water/184
Unit 26 Niagara Falls 尼亚加拉瀑布/189
Dialogue Get a Bird's-eye View of the Falls/192
Unit 27 Quebec 魁北克/198
Dialogue Fancy Meeting You Here/200
Unit 28 Education in Canada 加拿大教育/204
Dialogue I Got off to a Flying Start/207
Unit 29 Weather Conditions 气候状况/211
Dialogue I Was Frozen Stiff/213
Unit 30 On Our Own 独立自主/219
Dialogue We Don't Usually See Eye to Eye on Many Things/223
Unit 31 The Meech Lake Accord 米其湖条约/229
Dialogue Smooth Things Over/231
Unit 32 People and Land 国土和人民/236
Dialogue They'll Come in Handy/240
Unit 33 Camping in Nature 大自然野营/243
Dialogue We Canadians Love the Great Outdoors/246
Unit 34 Privacy 隐私/252
Dialogue I 'm Really Fed up/255
Unit 35 The Happy Life of Seniors 老年人的幸福生活/260
Dialogue I Was Completely Captivated by Shanzhige Performances/262
Unit 36 The Roots of Canadian English 加拿大英语的根/268
Dialogue I 'd Better Stop Talking Shop/273
后记 论加拿大英语的特点/277
索引/288