本书是作者在多年从事跨文化交际研究和教学的基础上编写而成，主要供研究生公共英语教学使用，同时也适合一切具有中级及以上英语水平、对跨文化交流感兴趣的学习者和其他人士阅读、学习。通过使用本教材，学习者不仅能进一步掌握运用英语获取知识信息、表述意见观点、分析问题和解决问题的技能，全面提高英语水平，更有助于认识跨文化交际对当代世界所具有的重要意义和作用，了解文化对人类生活各个方面、尤其是交际活动的制约和影响，理解并把握交际活动的重要性、丰富性、复杂性，熟悉跨文化交际的基本构成以及所涉及的各种因素，培养跨文化意识，形成和发展对文化差异的敏感和宽容以及处理文化差异问题的灵活性，为最终获得与不同文化背景人们进行深入交流的实际能力奠定坚实基础。

“新编研究生英语系列教材”是外教社组织国内10余所重点高校的专家、教授，在广泛的市场调研和对当前研究生英语教学实际情况进行详细分析的基础上，倾力打造而成，以满足新时期人才培养的需要，和多样化、个性化的学习需求。

★ 遵循分类指导和因材施教的原则：《基础综合英语》和《学术综合英语》分别针对起点不同的学习者设计，以帮助学生打好扎实的语言基本功，并顺利过渡到学术英语的学习中；多样化的“选修课”可让学生根据自己的专业特点、兴趣爱好和时间安排，自由选择相关课程，全面培养研究生的英语实际应用能力；

★ 促进语言能力和文化素质的同步提升：强调以学习者为主体，注重对学生自主学习能力的培养，教材体系在帮助学习者提高语言能力的同时，亦可全面提高其人文素养和跨文化交际能力；

★ 立体化的教材编写模式：综合教程配套助学光盘和电子教案，可以为学习者提供自主学习的帮助，为教师提供立体化教学的支撑，更能适应现今研究生英语教学的需要。

Unit One Challenges in the Multicultural World

 Lesson 1 Globalization

    Text A Living Between Three WorMs

    Text B Growing Up Asian in America

    Group Discussion

    In-Class Debate

    Interview Task

    Cases for Further Study: Cases 1 -3

    Additional Reading Communication in the Global Village

 Lesson 2 Communication Across Cultures

    Text A Misunderstanding Other Cultures

    Text B Palestinian Like Me

    Pair Work

    Survey Task

    Writing Task

    Cases for Further Study : Cases 4 - 6

    Additional Reading Intercultural Communication: A Challenging Venture

Unit Two Culture and Cultural Differences

 Lesson 3 What Is Culture?

    Text A Cultural Perspectives

    Text B Culture as Software of the Mind

    Fill-in Work

    Group Discussion

    Writing Task

    Cases for Further Study: Cases 7 -9

    Additional Reading Hyperculture

 Lesson 4 Cultural Diversity

    Text A Where Fat Is a Mark of Beauty

    Text B The Basic Unit of Society: The Individual or the Collective?

    Cross-Cultural Quiz

    Internet Search

    Survey Task

    Cases for Further Study: Cases 10 -12

    Additional Reading Studying Cultural Patterns

Unit Three Understanding Communication

 Lesson 5 Communication in Our Life

    Text A How Long Does It Take to Say I'm Getting Married?

    Text B A Wide-Angle View of Communication

    Pair Work

    Interview Task

    Observation Work

    Cases for Further Study: Cases 13 -15

    Additional Reading The Sounds of Silence

 Lesson 6 Communication Is Culture

    Text A Communication Is Culturally Relative

    Text B The American Style of Communication

    Cross-Cultural Quiz

    Matching Work

    Translation Task

    Cases for Further Study: Cases 16 -18

    Additional Reading High-Context and Low-Context Communications

Unit Four Language Use in Communication

 Lesson 7 Language and Culture

    Text A A Bilingual Childhood

    Text B Culture and Our Use of Language

    Group Discussion

    Translation Task

    Survey Task

    Cases for Further Study: Cases 19 -21

    Additional Reading What Is Language for Us

 Lesson 8 Cultural Variation in Verbal Communication

    Text A Why Don't You Say What You Mean?

    Text B Speaking English with a Japanese Mind

    Observation Work

    Pair Work

    Writing Task

    Cases for Further Study: Cases 22 -24

    Additional Reading Culturally Different Verbal Styles

Unit Five Culture and Nonverbal Communication

 Lesson 9 The Silent Language

    Text A Our Body Language

    Text B Who's Wrong?

    Cross-Cultural Quiz

    Pair Work

    Writing Task

    Cases for Further Study: Cases 25 -27

    Additional Reading What We Use to Communicate NonverbaUy

 Lesson 10 Time and Space Also Speak

    Text A The Heartbeat of Culture

    Text B Discovering the Japanese Space

    Group Discussion

    Fill-in Work

    Survey Task

    Cases for Further Study: Cases 28 - 30

    Additional Reading Cultural Conceptions of Time and Space

Unit Six Communication Between Co-Cultures

 Lesson 11 Cross-Gender Communication

    Text A Put Down That Paper and Talk to Me！

    Text B He Says ... She Says

    Pair Work

    observation Work

    Writing Task

    Cases for Further Study: Cases 31 -33

    Additional Reading Growing Up Male or Female

 Lesson 12 Generation Gap

    Text A A Memoir of Father and Son

    Text B Mother and Daughter

    Group Discussion

    Internet Search

    Interview Task

    Cases for Further Study: Cases 34 -36

    Additional Reading. Four Generations of Americans

Unit Seven Culture and International Business

 Lesson 13 Business Across Cultures

    Text A Cross-Cultural Marketing

    Text B Negotiating Across Cultures

    Translation Task

    Pair Work

    Group Discussion

    Cases for Further Study: Cases 37 -39

    Additional Reading Cultural Risks in Multinational Business

 Lesson 14 Intercultural Management

    Text A Two Casts of Mind

    Text B Cultural Views Toward Management

    In-Class Debate

    Fill-in Work

    Writing Task

    Cases for Further Study: Cases 40 -42

    Additional Reading Effective Communication in International Business

Unit Eight Developing Intercultural Competence

 Lesson 15 Intercultural Perception

    Text A Shakespeare in the Bush

    Text B The First Lesson at University

    Fill-in Work

    Pair Work

    Survey Task

    Cases for Further Study: Cases 43 -45

    Additional Reading How We Measure Other People's Corn

 Lesson 16 Culture Shock and Adaptation

    Text A Living in Two Cultures

    Text B Culture Shock

    Interview Task

    Group Discussion

    Writing Task

    Cases for Further Study: Cases 46 -48

    Additional Reading Think Locally, Act.Globally

Acknowledgement