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UK 2

Unit 1 Who are the British? 2

Unit 2 The UK Government and how the British vote 8

Unit 3 The British worker—wealth from the sea 13

Unit 4 The British out of doors 18

Unit 5 British English—and the languages of the UK 23

USA 30

Unit 6 How the USA grew 30

Unit 7 The American people 35

Unit 8 Working and getting to work in an industrial superpower 40

Unit 9 Americans at play 45

Unit 10 How the Americans talk English 50

Canada 56

Unit 11 The making of Canada 56

Unit 12 People and government of Canada 60

Unit 13 Life and industry in Canada's far north 64

Unit 14 The Canadian sportsman,odd man out? 69

Unit 15 Canadian English—how different is it from American? 72

Australasia 79

Unit 16 The discovery of Australia and New Zealand 79

Unit 17 People and government 84

Unit 18 The riches of new lands 89

Unit 19 Enjoying oneself Down Under 94

Unit 20 The language Down Under 100

Caribbean 106

Unit 21 The islands of the Caribbean 106

Unit 22 The people and the outside world 110

Unit 23 West Indian islands—how they earn foreign currency 115

Unit 24 Cricket!Lovely cricket! 120

Unit 25 How the Caribbean islanders speak 125

Africa 130

Unit 26 From colony to freedom—North and West Africa 130

Unit 27 Freedom for some—in East,Central and Southern Africa 134

Unit 28 Oil and cocoa,tea and coffee 139

Unit 29 Sport in Africa 144

Unit 30 A multitude of languages 149