本书的编写全面贯彻“主题循环、选材多样、听说先导、自主练习”的总体编写原则,在编排体例方面充分考虑不同院校的教学实际和学生自主学习的需要,力图使本教程达到较高的教学可操作性和灵活性。
针对已经具备中等英语基础的大学英语三级学生的思想实际和学习兴趣,本册的选材主题范围注重多样性,包括:历史、友谊、科学有传略、跨文化交流、科学普及等。选文根据学期特点,注意难易交叉,趣味性和知识性相结合。
Unit 1
Part Ⅰ Language Skill
Part Ⅱ Language in Context
Text A A Fable for Tomorrow
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language
Text B The Story of Clear Lake
Unit 2
Part Ⅰ Language Skill
Part Ⅱ Language in Context
Text A The Joker
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language
Text B After Twenty Years
Unit 3
Part Ⅰ Language Skill
Part Ⅱ Language in Context
Text A The Company Man
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language
Text B Seeing Your Way Past Interview Jitters
Unit 4
Part Ⅰ Language Skill
Part Ⅱ Language in Context
Text A My Friend, Albert Einstein
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language
Text B Charles Darwin
Unit 5
Part Ⅰ Language Skill
Part Ⅱ Language in Context
Text A A Short Storv about the Vietnam War Memorial
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language
Text B D-Day
Unit 6
Part Ⅰ Language Skill
Part Ⅱ Language in Context
Text A The Role of the Undesirables
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language
Text B The Last Frontier
Unit 7
Part Ⅰ Language Skill
Part Ⅱ Language in Context
Text A The Lessons of a Graveyard
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language
Text B Yes, It Really Was Louis XVII, the Heart of the Doomed Child King Reveals
Unit 8
Part Ⅰ Language Skill
Part Ⅱ Language in Context
Text A On Friendship
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language
Text B English and American Concepts of Space
Appendix
Vocabulary