《新编综合英语》是为高等院校英语专业综合英语课程编写的教材。《新编综合英语》之所以称为“新编”,是因为它吸收了外语教学研究的新成果,采用了新思路、新理念、新材料、新做法等。
《新编综合英语》基础阶段共分4册,本册为《新编综合英语(2)》,由朱卫红、鲁定元主编,供师范院校英语专业一年级下学期使用。
本册共14个单元。每单元由Preparation,Reading 1,Exploration,Consolidation,Application,Reading 2,Quotations,Evaluation,Quiz九个板块构成,所有活动设计都体现以学习者为中心的理念。
Unit 1 Youthful Memories
Reading 1 Finding My Way
Reading 2 Undeclared
Unit 2 Beloved People
Reading 1 Sugar, Sugar
Reading 2 The Three Men I Married
Unit 3 Cyber Love
Reading 1 Cyber Love, International Style
Reading 2 Cyber Love: What is Real & What is Virtual
Unit 4 Beauty Within
Reading 1 The Beau Catcher
Reading 2 The Star
Unit 5 Olympic Spirit
Reading 1 Passing the Torch
Reading 2 Beaten, But Not Defeated
Unit 6 Healthy Eating
Reading 1 Orthorexia: An Unhealthy Obsession with Healthy Eating
Reading 2 when Healthy Eating Turns into a Disease
Unit 7 Fashion Victim
Reading 1 Fashion Victim
Reading 2 Style Ode to a Tyrannical Muse
Unit 8 Housing Crisis
Reading 1 Rethinking Rent
Reading 2 Cash or Credit? Definitely Cash
Unit 9 Nature and Man
Reading 1 Nature's Anger
Nature's Way
Reading 2 The Rising Water
Unit 10 War Scars
Reading 1 Gone Are the Days When War Was Between Armies
Reading 2 Eye Witness
Unit 11 Life Values
Reading 1 Adding Values to Life
Reading 2 Boldly Sail the Storms of Life
Unit 12 Racial Segregation
Reading 1 Mary Lee's Vision
Reading 2 Best of Friends, Worlds Apart
Unit 13 Social Justice
Reading 1 Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Address
Reading 2 A Whisper of AIDS
Unit 14 Genetic Science
Reading 1 Quantifiably Normal
Reading 2 Gene Map Becomes a Luxury Item