朱永涛、王立礼主编的《英语国家社会与文化入门（第三版）》旨在帮助学生了解英语国家的社会与文化概貌，如地理、历史、政治、经济、社会生活和文化传统等方面的基本知识。全书分上、下两册，《英语国家社会与文化入门(上第3版十二五普通高等教育本科国家级规划教材)》为上册，介绍英国、澳大利亚和新西兰及爱尔兰。本书文字优美，语言简练，像展现在读者面前的一幅英语国家社会与文化长卷。每单元配有练习题，可供教师和学生检验课堂教学效果之用。

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Unit 1 A Brief Introduction to the United Kingdom I
Unit 2 A Brief Introduction to the United Kingdom II
Unit 3 The Government of the United Kingdom
Unit 4 Politics, Class and Race
Unit 5 The UK Economy
Unit 6 British Literature
Unit 7 British Education System
Unit 8 British Foreign Relations
Unit 9 The British Media
Unit 10 Sports, Holidays and Festivals in Britain
Ireland
Unit 11 Land, People and History
Unit 12 Politics and Economy
Unit 13 Irish Culture: How the Irish Live Now
Unit 14 Irish Culture: Language, Literature and Arts
Australia
Unit 15 The Land and the Peoples of the Dreaming
Unit 16 Australian Cultural Life
Unit 17 Work and Family Life
Unit 18 Australia as a Liberal Democratic Society
Unit 19 Australia in the World Today
Unit 20 From Racism to Multiculturalism
Key to Exercises