《英语国家旅游文化》针对高职高专旅游英语专业特点、学生背景及旅游产业岗位群的要求专门设计编写的。涵盖主要英语国家旅游文化相关内容，符合当前及今后一段时期高职高专院校旅游英语开课水平。选材涵盖旅游历史、旅游发展、旅游文化、城市旅游文化、语言文化、多民族问题和宗教文化等高职高专院校旅游英语专业学生及相关企事业从业人员应该掌握的主要英语国家旅游文化相关知识。选材兼顾了点、面和时效性。无论对在校生，还是对旅游部门及相关企事业从业人员来说都是了解主要英语国家旅游历史发展、旅游相关文化、各国语言文化和民族宗教文化的一个窗口。

Unit 1

 Passage 1 Understanding Those Mystifying U. S. Americans (Ⅰ)

 Passage 2 Understanding Those Mystifying U. S. Americans (Ⅱ)

 Passage 3 Exploding the Myths about American Families in the Twentieth Century

Unit 2

 Passage 4 The Development of Modern English Tourism

 Passage 5 The Origins of Royal Tourism in 19th-century Britain

 Passage 6 Baptists in Britain

Unit 3

 Passage 7 Where to Go in Canada

 Passage 8 Australia

 Passage 9 New Zealand

Unit 4

 Passage 10 Colloquialism and Slang on the U. S. Campus

 Passage 11 Voices from the London Streets

 Passage 12 (De) Africanizing Cape Town

Unit 5

 Passage 13 Ireland: the Hill of Tara

 Passage 14 Canada: Culture and Customs

 Passage 15 Open Horizons: Multicultural Edinburgh

Unit 6

 Passage 16 Here Is New York

 Passage 17 London Bridge

 Passage 18 Cities in Canada

Unit 7

 Passage 19 The Sun Also Sets —— A Visit to Hemingway's Grave and Memorial

 Passage 20 Highlands and Glens

 Passage 21 Niagara Falls

Unit 8

 Passage 22 The Problem of British Unity

 Passage 23 The Process of Distillation: Getting to the Essence of Things

 Passage 24 The Accidental Family

Appendices

Glossary