《大学英语》教材是根据教育部《高职高专教育英语课程教学基本要求》，考虑到高职高专学生入学时英语水平参差不齐和需要通过“高等学校英语应用能力考试”A、B级(PRECTO)考试的现状，经过充分的调研，在研究、对比和分析了几套同类教材和历年考试真题和模拟题的基础上编写而成的。

《大学英语》教材共3册，本书为第2册，共10个单元，体现了高职高专英语课程教学的教学目的，在传授英语基础知识的同时注重开发和培养学生的英语应用能力，突出了“实用为主，够用为度”的原则。

《大学英语》共分3册。本书为第2册，在听说教学的基础上，推进英语读、写、泽的能力，为学生顺利通过“高等学校英语应用能力考试”、达到英语课程教学质量标准做准备。全书共10个单元，每个单元又分为开篇重点内容提示、导入语、课文与综合练习、阅读技巧、翻译技巧、写作、语法、文化点滴等模块，在传授英语基础知识的同时注重开发和培养学生的英语应用能力，突出了“实用为主、够用为度”的原则。

本书可作为高职高专院校公共英语课教材，也可供相应层次的英语爱好者参考。

前言

Unit 1 Communications

Passage: Mobile Phone Use

Reading Skills: Finding Details

Translating Skills: Conversion I

Writing : Notes

Grammar: Tense I

Merry Learning: 3G Mobile Phone

Unit 2 Food

Passage : Taboo Food

Reading Skills: Finding the Main Idea

Translating Skills : Conversion II

Writing : Notice

Grammar: Tense II

Merry Learning: Taboo Food in Western Countries

Unit 3 Love

 Passage: A Love Story

 Reading Skills: Making Inferences

 Translating Skills: Translation of Passive Voice

 Writing : Memorandum

 Grammar: Passive Voice

 Merry Learning: Poem of Love

Unit 4 Animal

 Passage : Elephants

 Reading Skills: Identifying Points of Reference

 Translating Skills : Negation

 Writing: Letters I

 Grammar: Participles

 Merry Learning: 12 Species of Endangered Animals

Unit 5 People

 Passage: Shining Stars

 Reading Skills: Predicting Logical Contextual Sequence

 Translating Skills: Adding Words I

 Writing : Letters II

 Grammar: Gerunds & Infinitives

 Merry Learning: Shaun White

Unit 6 Environment

 Passage: Protect the Oceans

 Reading Skills: Making Sound Judgments

 Translating Skills: Adding Words II

 Writing : E-mail

 Grammar: Subjunctive Mood I

 Merry Learning: Throwaway Chopsticks

Unit 7 Festivals

 Passage: Thanksgiving Day

 Reading Skills: Skimming

 Translating Skills: Translation of Multiple I

 Writing : Resume

 Grammar: Subjunctive Mood II

 Merry Learning: Fun of New Year's Day

Unit 8 Job

 Passage: Work and Careers

 Reading Skills: Guessing Unknown Words

 Translating Skills: Translation of Multiple II

 Writing : Fax

 Grammar: Attributive Clause I

 Merry Learning: Education in America

Unit 9 Advertisement

 Passage : Advertisement

 Reading Skills: Recognizing Abbreviations in Ads

 Translating Skills: Translation of Preposition

 Writing: Business Cards

 Grammar: Attributive Clause II

 Merry Learning: Fun of Advertising Creativity

Unit 10 Health

 Passage : No Smoking, Children

 Reading Skills: Logical Connectors

 Translating Skills : Repetition

 Writing : Questionnaire

 Grammar : Inversion

 Merry Learning: Dangers of Smoking

Appendix Chinese Translations and Reference Keys

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