本教材为《新视野大学英语:读写教程》预备一级,全书共10个单元,供一个学期使用。每一单元包括三个部分:Section A,Section B和Section C,每部分包含一篇课文和相关的练习。
《新视野大学英语:读写教程》在选材上主要涉及语言、文化、习俗、伦理、信息、科学、社会焦点等等。每一单元侧重于讨论一个话题,但三篇课文的体裁不尽相同,体现文体的多样性。课文绝大部分选自20世纪八九十年代出版的英美报刊书籍,也有新世纪刚刚问世的作品。为配合教学需要,对选材的部分内容进行了删改。读写教程预备一级的每篇课文控制在500词左右,重点培养学生听、说、读、写的实用技能。
Unit 1
Section A Alfred Nobel: A Man of Peace
Section B Marie Curie: A Twentieth-Century Woman
Section C Nobel Prize Winners
Unit 2
Section A Speaking of Men and Women
Section B Women and Change
Section C A Woman Looks at the Future
Unit 3
Section A Trying to Fit into a New Family
Section B Adoption
Section C The Story of and Adoptive Mother
Unit 4
Section A Stopping Smoking in Public Places?
Section B A Decision Made Too Late
Section C The Future of Cigarette Makers
Unit 5
Section A Too Many Choices in Shopping
Section B Advertising Everywhere
Section C Medium or Large
Unit 6
Section A The More You Give, the Happier You Become
Section B Keep Alive Your Sense of Humor
Section C Anger Doesn't Make Things Better
Unit 7
Section A Why Getting Married So Young?
Section B Love or Infatuation?
Section C Live Together First?
Unit 8
Section A Treating Illness
Section B Headaches
Section C Food and Health
Unit 9
Section A Little Saigon
Section B Thought of Myself as an American
Section C Migration Today
Unit 10
Section A High Technology in the House
Section B The Fun They Had in School
Section C Do Computers Help You to Learn?
Appendix
Presupposed Word List
Glossary
Word Countion
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