本书以最新《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》为指导原则,运用国际第二语言习得理论的新成果,充分体现“以人为本”的思想,突出英语专业的特色和优势,注重培养英语专业学生的语言、认知、逻辑等能力。本套教材为英语专业本科1-2年级基础阶段编写,核心理念是关注英语表达能力的培养。将思考、听力、口语、阅读、写作、翻译融为一体,综合提高英语表达能力。
Unit 1 Cross Cultural Communication:Are You Ready
Text A How I'll Become an American
Text B American Masala
Unit 2 Distinguished Women
Text A Courage Under Ire
Text B Hands-On Help
Unit 3 Health
Text A Designing Heart-Healthy Communities
Text B Not Always “the Happiest Time”
Unit 4 Individual First or Community First
Text A The Power of We
Text B Caught on the Web
Unit 5 Life Collections
Text A Looking Forward,Looking Back
Text B The World as I See It
Unit 6 How Can We Remain Young?
Text A The End of Aging
Text B In Sickness,in Health
Unit 7 What Is True Love?
Text A Forget Me Not
Text B The Last Chapter
Unit 8 Knowledge vs. Wisdom
Text A Knowledge and Wisdom
Text B How to Avoid Foolish Opinions
Unit 9 Can Advertising and Faith Coexist?
Text A On the Art of Advertising
Text B The Case Against Advertising
Unit 10 What Are You Reading?
Text A Reading
Text B How Should One Read a Book?
Unit 11 Art,Technology,and Human Soul
Text A The Poet and the Computer
Text B Between the Art and the Artist Lies the Shadow
Unit 12 Fascinating Society
Text A Uniforms,Yes or No?
Text B Look Closely:Some People Are Not Real