內容簡介
2004年，教育部高等教育司發行了《大學英語課程教學要求》(試行)，對大學英語教學提出了新的更高的要求——努力提高大學生的英語實踐能力，將他們培養成適應21世紀的新型的實用型人才。《大學英語課程教學要求》明確地把學生“文化意識”的培養列入到英語教學中，認為在教學中培養學生的文化意識與培養學生的語言意識、語言技能同等重要。語言教學不僅包括語言知識的教學，而且包括文化知識的教學。美國著名人類學家薩丕爾曾指出：“語言不能脫離文化而存在。”(Sapir，1921)我們知道，語言是文化的載體，每個民族都有自己獨特的風俗習慣和文化背景，人們總是根據自己的文化背景及語言習慣用自己固有的方式去理解別人所寫的東西，對於英語專業的學生而言，不熟悉英美國家的社會文化背景知識，就會給跨文化交際造成很大的障礙。但隨著全球化時代的到來和改革開放的深入，我國國際間跨文化合作日益增多，外國人對中國的關注也越來越多，興趣也越來越大。在此背景下，中國英語教學的“費時低效”，中國學生與外國人交流過程中的言不達意，無內容表達等現象，也越來越受到外語界的關注
目錄
Contents
Unit 1 Origins and History 1
Text A Early Chinese History 1
Text B The Qin and Han Dynasties 9
Supplementary Reading The Qing Dynasty 15
Unit 2 Territory and Environment 19
Text A Territory of China 19
Text B Geography of China 27
Supplementary Reading China’s Climate 35
Unit 3 Language and Culture 41
Text A Language of China 41
Text B Mandarin 46
Supplementary Reading Tea and the Chinese People 53
Unit 4 Sports and Recreation 59
Text A Theoretical Basis of Qigong 59
Text B Kunqu Opera 63
Supplementary Reading Tai Chi Chuan 68
Unit 5 Major Cities 73
Text A Shanghai 73
Text B Hangzhou 77
Supplementary Reading Hong Kong 83
Unit 6 Education and Employment 87
Text A Ancient Education in China 87
Text B China’s Employment Situation 94
Supplementary Reading Basic Education in China 101
Unit 7 Science and Technology 107
Text A Four great inventions 107
Text B Pharmacology 111
Supplementary Reading Mathematics 117
Unit 8 Traditional Holidays and Celebrations 123
Text A Spring Festival 123
Text B Mid-Autumn Festival 129
Supplementary Reading Mazu Culture and Xunpu Women 135
Unit 9 Tourism in China 141
Text A Yunnan 141
Text B Tibet 147
Supplementary Reading Guilin 152
Unit 10 Chinese Cuisine, Tea and Medicine 157
Text A History of Chinese Imperial Food 157
Text B Tea Culture in China 163
Supplementary Reading Medicine of Ethnic Minorities 172
Unit 11 Chinese Opera and Martial Arts 179
Text A Beijing Opera 179
Text B Chinese Martial Arts 185
Supplementary Reading Jackie Chan 191
Unit 12 Religion and Philosophy 197
Text A Religions in China 197
Text B Lao Zi and His Philosophy 203
Supplementary Reading Mo Zi and His Philosophy 207
Unit 13 Scientist and Great Thinker 213
Text A Hua Tuo 213
Text B Confucius and His Thoughts 219
Supplementary Reading Mencius and His Thoughts 224
Unit 14 Cultural Heritage & Garden Architecture 229
Text A The Summer Palace (Yiheyuan) 229
Text B The Classical Gardens of Suzhou 237
Supplementary Reading Hutong 242
Unit 15 Reform & Development 247
Text A Expo 2010 Shanghai China 247
Text B Updated Policy Will Yield Win-Win Results for Foreign
Investors and China 252
Supplementary Reading: China Luxury Surge Pits L’Oreal Against Chiang Kai-Shek
Descendent: Retail 258
Key to the Exercises 265
References 279
