汪先锋、杨宏伟主编的《大学英语通识教程(第2册)》选材全部取材于近两年包括诸如Times,英语学习、疯狂英语等报刊、网络的热点时文,素材新颖,本册内容涉及跨文化交际、科技、环境保护、对幸福的追求等方面。本教材由视频素材导入课文,摈弃传统导入方式的单调,练习设计以学生参加大学英语四级为导向,同时兼顾学生英语通识能力的培养。
本书依据外语教学规律,根据应用型院校英语专业学生和公共英语学生的特点和大学英语教学的通识性即基础性、综合性、实用性等要求,满足学生的实际需求,既适用于课堂教学又便于学生上网自学,既有利于巩固语言基础又能更好地培养学生较强的英语综合应用能力,使他们在今后学习、工作和社会交往中能用英语进行口头和书面的交流。
Unit 1 Understanding the Differences
Text A Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior
Text B Helicopter Moms VS.Free—Range Kids
Unit 2 Environment
Text A Lessons from a Car—Free Life
Text B Address to the Plenary Session.Earth Summit
Unit 3 Growing Pains
Text A Lang Lan9’S Journey to N0.1
Text B Instant Message.Instant Girlfriend
Unit 4 Around the Worid
Text A Treasures without Tourists
Text B Montreal:La Vie En Rose
Unit 5 Pursuit ofHappiness
Text A The Happiness Paradox
Text B An Ode to Failure
Unit 6 Science and Technology
Text A Your Life Is Fully Mobile
Text B The Trouble with Online Education
Unit 7 Literary Appreciation
Text A The Open Window
Text B The Lady,or the Tiger
Unit 8 The New Generation
Text A American and the“Fun”Generation
Text B How a Simple Idea Became a Huge Business
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