本书为综合教程第五册。在编写过程中，编者们继续坚持“聚焦学习者”、“聚焦文本”的编写理念；在帮助学习者夯实语言基本功的同时，力图指导学习者开展评判性阅读(Critical Reading)活动，以便将学习者的英语综合应用能力(尤其是阅读和写作能力)提升到较高层次。全书按照篇章的修辞模式(Rhetorical Mode)编排课文，旨在引导学习者熟悉篇章的修辞模式，把握篇章的内在逻辑和层次体系，弄清文章脉络，从而准确地理解篇章的主旨和作者的写作意图，鉴赏作者的写作技巧；教学重点也从句、段的理解转向通篇分析和写作技巧的鉴赏，把EXPLORE THE WRITER'S IDEAS和EXPLORE THE WRITER'S TECHNIQUES作为课堂教学的主线；所设置的课内和课外学习活动比前四册更具有思辨性。

Part One Definition

Unit One Get Started

 Read and Explore

Text: The Company Man

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Unit Two Get Started

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Text: What Is Poverty?

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Part Two Narration

Unit Three  Get Started

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Text: Salvation

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Unit Four Get Started

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Text: Finding a Wife

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Unit Five Get Started

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Text: The Cub

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Part Three Description

Unit Six  Get Started

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Text: The Discus Thrower

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Unit Seven  Get Started

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Text: Where Nothing Says Everything

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Part Four Classification

Unit Eight Get Started

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Text: Friends, Good Friends -- and Such Good Friends

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Practice Test Ⅰ

Appendix Ⅰ: Scripts and Key to Practice Test Ⅰ

Appendix Ⅱ: Scr/pts and Key to Practice Test Ⅱ

Appendix Ⅲ: Glossary