本书以《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》为编写依据,以《普通高中英语课程标准》为参照起点,以满足学生学习需要为目标,在注重基本功训练的同时,拓宽学生的视野,提高学生的欣赏水平、思考能力及解决问题的能力;课文素材以美国原版教材为主,报纸、杂志及网络文章为辅;选材在突出时代感的同时兼顾经典语篇的分析与欣赏;课文内容重点介绍以美国为代表的英语国家的文化内涵与价值,关注当今人类面临的各种挑战与热点,使学习者在提高英语语言知识与技能的同时,开阔视野,增强独立思考与分析批判的能力,形成理性思维的习惯;课文编排架构照顾选文作者的代表性与写作风格的多样性,注重题材与体裁的合理搭配。
Unit 1 The Innocent Eye
Unit 2 Absolutophobia
Unit 3 Politeness and Authority at a Hilltop College in Minnesota
Unit 4 Zipped Lips
Unit 5 The Cult of Ethnicity: Good and Bad
Unit 6 The Triumph of Hope over Self-interest
Unit 7 The Death of the Moth
Unit 8 The Thrill of Victory: The Agony of Parents
Unit 9 What Is Happiness?
Unit 10 Drug Trade, Once Passing by, Takes Root in Mexico
Unit 11 "Have It Your Way": Consumerism Invades Education
Unit 12 What, Me? Showing Off?
Unit 13 The Commencement Address
Unit 14 From Ants to People, an Instinct to Swarm
Unit 15 Am I Blue-1
Unit 16 Am I Blue-2
Vocabulary List
Phrases and Expressions
Abbreviations and Main Labels