《英美概况》是自学考试英语专业的一门必考课程。开考这门课程的目的并非考察学生对语言技能的掌握,而是使学生对英美两国的情况有个大体的了解,即对历史、地理、政治、文化教育、文学、社会习俗等方面有个基本了解。在大学里开设对象为二、三年级学生,为学习语言文学奠定基础。我省的《英美概况》测试以张国英教授编的《英国和美国》为教材。该教材完全是用英语编写。在编写中,张教授参阅了几十本参考书,查对了许多资料,因此本书史料详实,内容全面。许多考生反映难度较大,自学起来有一定困难。 笔者就此问题和张教授做了一些探讨。本文就是根据笔者的教学经验结合张教授所谈,为学习《英美概况》的朋友们提供两种有效的学习方法。 “Anglo-American Profile” is a mandatory test of English for self-study exams. The purpose of this course is not to examine students’ mastery of language skills, but rather to give students a general understanding of the situation in Britain and the United States, namely, history, geography, politics, culture and education, literature, social customs, etc. A basic understanding. In the university opened for the second and third grade students, to lay the foundation for the study of language and literature. The “Anglo-American Profile” test in our province uses “British and American” edited by Professor Zhang Guoying as a textbook. The textbook is written entirely in English. In preparation, Professor Zhang read dozens of reference books, check a lot of information, so the book is detailed historical material, comprehensive. Many candidates reflect the difficulty of self-learning there are certain difficulties. The author made some discussions with Professor Zhang on this issue. This article is based on the author’s teaching experience combined with Professor Zhang talked about, to learn “Anglo-American Profile” friends provide two effective learning methods.