刘世铸和程幼强主编的《英语综合教程》的选题旨在帮助学生树立正直的人生态度。注意由浅入深、难易结合。全书24篇课文分别涉及家庭亲情、生活准则、道德伦理、民生关爱、文化教育、哲学宗教、古典艺术等多个主题，在夯实学生语言基本功，拓展其知识面的同时，提高英语专业学生的人文素养，健康、向上，具有代表性。课文收录了有关乔达摩·悉达多、苏格拉底和米开朗基罗等历史巨人的生平，旨在为学生树立高尚、坚韧的人生楷模，有助于唤起学生对正义、良知的深入思索。

Unit 1 Fairy Tale

 Text A Beauty and the Beast

 Text B Beauty and the Beast

Unit 2 Friendship

 TextA The Value of Friendship

 Text B All Un-Alone in the City

Unit 3 Money and Happiness

 Text A The Real Truth of Money

 TextB Happiness

Unit 4 Education

 Text A National Wealth Tax toFund Education?

 Text B Are Single-Sex Classrooms Legal?

Unit 5 Biography

 Text A Ernest Hemingway

 TextB JosephHeller

Unit 6 Reflections on Life

 TextA Think inside the Square to Keep Those Love Fires Burning

 Text B Learn How to Face Difficulty

Unit 7 Renowned Universities

 Text A Oxford University

 Text B What Is the Wisconsin Idea?

Unit 8 Poverty

 TextA Child Labour Rooted inAfrica's Poverty

 Text B Understanding Poverty

Unit 9 Tragedy

 Text A Sophocles and Oedipus Rex

 TextB Oedipus Rex

Unit 10 Reflections on Wars

 Text A The Terrorist in the Mirror

 Text B I Express My Shame

Unit 11 Honesty

 Text A Honesty Is the Best Policy

 Text B To Lie or Not to Lie?

Unit 12 Ambition

 Text A Ambition: Why Some People Are Most Likely to Succeed

 Text B The Roots of My Ambition

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