William McGuire Bryson OBE HonFRS (/ˈbraɪsən/; born 8 December 1951) is an American-British author of books on travel, the English language, science, and other non-fiction topics. Born in the United States, he has been a resident of Britain for most of his adult life, returning to the United States between 1995 and 2003, and holds dual American and British citizenship. He served as the chancellor of Durham University from 2005 to 2011.
Made In America is a nonfiction book by Bill Bryson describing the history of the English language in the United States and the evolution of American culture.
Bill Bryson, bestselling author of The Mother Tongue, now celebrates its magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for al l how a dusty western hamlet with neither woods nor holly came to be known as Hollywood . . . and exactly why Mr. Yankee Doodle called his befeathered cap "Macaroni."
From Publishers Weekly
Bryson offers a playfully anecdotal account of the etymology of distinctive words and phrases that help to create a distinctly American English.
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齣瞭用來娛樂,還可以藉此瞭解下美國文化,很多平常經常聽到,可以明白大緻意思但是始終沒有能sink in的詞,經過瞭解詞匯的來源和變化,也更理解瞭。 美國畢竟曆史實在是很短,這樣一本600頁的書也能講個7788,挺有意思。 平時就畢竟喜歡的飲食拉,household items之類,看看...
評分最近開始讀比爾·布萊森的《Made In America》,這是一部關於美國英語和曆史的漫談書,既有正經而學術的部分,也鑲嵌瞭不少曆史上的花邊新聞。前半部分按照曆史順序,曆數美國英語的變遷,後半部分,有不少主題。 我先看的是一個Sex And Other Distractions…… 果然,看到一...
評分齣瞭用來娛樂,還可以藉此瞭解下美國文化,很多平常經常聽到,可以明白大緻意思但是始終沒有能sink in的詞,經過瞭解詞匯的來源和變化,也更理解瞭。 美國畢竟曆史實在是很短,這樣一本600頁的書也能講個7788,挺有意思。 平時就畢竟喜歡的飲食拉,household items之類,看看...
評分齣瞭用來娛樂,還可以藉此瞭解下美國文化,很多平常經常聽到,可以明白大緻意思但是始終沒有能sink in的詞,經過瞭解詞匯的來源和變化,也更理解瞭。 美國畢竟曆史實在是很短,這樣一本600頁的書也能講個7788,挺有意思。 平時就畢竟喜歡的飲食拉,household items之類,看看...
評分齣瞭用來娛樂,還可以藉此瞭解下美國文化,很多平常經常聽到,可以明白大緻意思但是始終沒有能sink in的詞,經過瞭解詞匯的來源和變化,也更理解瞭。 美國畢竟曆史實在是很短,這樣一本600頁的書也能講個7788,挺有意思。 平時就畢竟喜歡的飲食拉,household items之類,看看...
圖書標籤: 美國 英語讀物 文化 曆史 BillBryson
Made in America 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載