本教程旨在通过教师课上指导、学生课下自主学习英语的方式拓宽学生视野、培养他们的终生学习能力。本教程适用于本、专科学生，也可作为英语学习爱好者的案头读物。

本教程旨在通过教师课上指导、学生课下自主学习的方式拓宽学生视野、培养他们的终生学习能力。全教程由基础篇、进阶篇、提高篇、高阶篇和精阶篇五册组成，每册十个单元。每单元设计一个主题的形式，单元中各模块的设计符合学生的阅读规律，如阅读知识面拓展、技巧训练、能力培养、实战演练和兴趣开发。练习题型的设计主要是帮助学生阅读过程中猜测生词词义、预测文章内容，运用“相互关联”(Interactive)阅读模式，将“用法”(Usage)与“运用”(Use)有机地结合。同时，为适应CET 4／6考试要求，增加了快速阅读和细读(In-depth reading)真题训练，达到“学”以致“用”的目的。

本教程适用于本、专科学生，也可作为英语学习爱好者的案头读物。

Unit One Cultural Differences

 Part One Beauty: The Korean Way

 Part Two American Culture: Myths & Realities

 Part Three Myths and Realities of Thanksgiving

 Part Four The Frugal Gourmet Cooks American

 Part Five American Table Manners

Unit Two The Olympic Games

 Part One China Ties Olympic Gold to Quest for Worldwide Esteem

 Part Two Michael Phelps - Biography

 Part Three The Olympic Games

 Part Four A Research on Referees' Errors

 Part Five Summer Olympic Mascots

Unit Three Interracial and Intercultural Marriage

 Part One The Love Letter

 Part Two Love Story

 Part Three After 40 Years, Interracial Marriage Flourishing

 Part Four Mobility and Family Disorganization

 Part Five Zhaojun DeParts the Frontier

Unit Four True Love

 Part One True Love

 Part Two The Mystery of Love

 Part Three Writing a Love Letter

 Part Four What Will Happen if the World Was Suddenly No Emotion

 Part Five Chinese Men in the Western Eyes

Unit Five Parenting

 Part One Do You Expect Too Much of Your Kids

 Part Two Letting Kids Be Kids

 Part Three Parenting and Children's Development

 Part Four Bringing up Children

 Part Five Children's Day

Unit Six Stereotype

 Part One Prejudice Against the Obese and Some of Its Situational Sources

 Part Two Name Discrimination! How It Affects Job and Career Choices, Life  Status, Overall Success

 Part Three Beauty Contestant Fights for Right of Self-improvement

 Part Four Moral Decline

 Part Five Sayings about Proper Names and Nicknames

Unit Seven "Work Smart, Not Hard"

 Part One Mayhew

 Part Two U.S. Workers Feel Burn of Long Hours, Less Leisure

 Part Three Six Secrets of High-Energy People

 Part Four Stress

 Part Five Are You a Workaholic

Unit Eight More to Life than Work

 Part One What Do Young Jobseekers Want?

 Part Two How to Become a World Citizen, before Going to College

 Part Three Writing High Impact Resumes

 Part Four What Youngsters Expect in Life

 Part Five Life Description of a Chinese College Student

Unit Nine Success Doesn't Come Easy

 Part One The Secret of My Success

 Part Two Be Strong: How to Deal with Pain and Hardships in Your Life

 Part Three Bosses Say 'Yes' to Home Work

 Part Four The Business of America Is Business

 Part Five Two Chinese Idioms

Unit Ten Peace, Not War

 Part One Why Did President Truman Drop the Atomic Bomb?

 Part Two There Will Never Be a "Victor" in Iraqi War

 Part Three Beginning Anew

 Part Four A New Era Began at Alamogordo

 Part Five Meng Jiangnv Weep over the Great Wall

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