本书的编写全面贯彻“主题循环、认知选材、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。
本书针对入校大学生的思想实际和学习兴趣,本册的选材主题范围为:父子情、夫妻情、师生情,以及人生历程和大学教育改革等。各单元由Language Skill,Language in Context和Toward Productive Language三个部分组成。
Unit 1
Part I Language Skill
Part II Language in Context
Text A How Boys Become Men
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language
Text B My Father, My Son, My Self
Unit 2
Part I Language Skill
Part II Language in Context
Text A The Three Stages of Man (1)
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language
Text B The Fall
Unit 3
Part I Language Skill
Part II Language in Context
Text A The Three Stages of Man (2)
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language
Text B Rewards of Living a Solitary Life
Unit 4
Part I Language Skill
Part II Language in Context
Text A My Father' s Shadow
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language
Text B Winterblossom Garden
Unit 5
Part I Language Skill
Part II Language in Context
Text A What Are Friends For?
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language
Text B Friendship and Living Longer
Unit 6
Part I Language Skill
Part II Language in Context
Text A The Lean and Hungry Look
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive LanguAge
Text B Tips for Women: How to Have a Relationship with a Guy?
Unit 7
Part I Language Skill
Part lI Language in Context
Text A Living History
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language
Text B Personal Relationships in the Not-So-Good Old Days
Unit 8
Part I Language Skill
Part II Language in Context
Text A Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language
Text B Anonymous Evaluations of Teachers by Their Students
Appendix
Vocabulary