本书为“全新英语读写一体化教程”中的一本。本教材在设计中通过写作调动学生阅读——在写作实践中学生在词语表达、文章组织上的困惑激发了他们的阅读兴趣，并增强了他们在阅读过程中吸收知识的敏感度。并在选文上按照与人有关的话题划分了总的框架，紧贴学生生活及学生所关心的事物，以语言功能为统领，以题材完全相同，甚至话题相同的一组组文章作为主课文，由记叙文过渡到各种体裁相结合，从而调动学生对同一问题进行多角度分析和思考的能力。各单元开头的阅读技能训练从字面意义理解、引申意义理解过渡到批评性理解，从词句理解上升为对作者意图的判定，囊括了阅读理解的全部思维过程及英语语言的基本特点，帮助学生透析阅读理解及英语语言的奥秘。

前言

序

General Remarks on Reading

Section OneHumans and Culture

　Unit 1 The Westerner’s Character

　　Text A Americans Are Queer

　　Text B Tea Custom

　　Text C Canadians’ Temperament

　Unit 2 Intercultural Communication

　　Text A Conversational Ballgames

　　Text B Body Language—Nonverbal Communication

　　Text C The Customs and Language of Social Interaction —Compliment

Section Two Mind and Action

　Unit 3Self-improvement

　　Text A Secrets of Straight-A Students

　　Text B The Power of a Good Name

　　Text C The Art of Smart Guessing

　Unit 4 Friendship

　　Text A How to Build Better Friendships

　　Text B Friends, Good Friends—and Such Good Friends

　　Text C Friendship

　Unit 5 Personality of a Leader

　　Text A What Happened to Civility?

　　Text B What Makes a Leader?

　　Text C The Qualities of Leadership

　Unit 6 Love and Marriage

　　Text A Appointment with Love

　　Text B Could You Have Loved as Much?

　　Text C Anti-nuclear Reaction

Section Three Technology and Economy

　Unit 7 Technology

　　Text A The Dangers of Television

　　Text B It’s Not “All in the Genes”

　　Text C Nabbing the Pirates of Cyberspace

　Unit 8 Economy

　　Text A Persuading the Reluctant Spenders

　　Text B Like Herrings in a Barrel

　　Text C Why No Longer So Alluring

Glossary

　Unit 1

　Unit 2

　Unit 3

　Unit 4

　Unit 5

　Unit 6

　Unit 7

　Unit 8