內容提要
本教材有以下特點: 1. 本教材是北京外國語大學英語系的一項重要科研成果,匯集了英語教學專家們的豐富教學經驗,體現了前沿的教學思想。 2. 教材吸納了國外最新的語言材料,題材豐富,內容新穎,包括了現代生活的各個方面,具有鮮明的時代特徵。 3. 教材在總體目標、語言項目、辭彙範圍和練習方式上,都體現了新大綱的要求,符合國家標準。 4. 教材在教學法上博採眾長,不拘一格;在教學原則上注意發揮學生的主動性與積極性;在編寫手法上注意縱向連貫和橫向配合,循序漸進。 5.與教材配套的有錄音帶、多媒體軟體等輔助學習材料,體現了立體教學的特點,方便讀者學習。 6.教材注意語言與文化的結合,注重提高學生的人文修養,體現了英語專業教材的特色。
Acknowledgement
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Texts
Lesson One
Text A Another School Year—What For?
Text B The Thought Card
Lesson Two
Text A Maheegun My Brother
Text B The Land of the Lock
Lesson Four
Text A The Nightingale and the Rose
Text B Nightingale
Lesson Five
Text A Say Yes
Text B Arrangement in Black and White
Lesson Six
Text A The Man in the Water
Text B The Broken Lantern
Lesson Seven
Text A The Greatest Invention
Text B The Flying Machine
Lesson Eight
Text A Psychologically Speaking
Text B Psychologically Speaking (continued)
Lesson Nine
Text A Quick Fix Society
Text B Remarks by Bill Clinton at Grand Canyon National Park
Lesson Ten
Text A The Richer, the Poorer
Text B The Story of Jane Pilgrim
Lesson Eleven
Text A You Have to Get Me Out of Here
Text B Help for the Helper
Lesson Twelve
Text A Confessions of a Miseducated Man
Text B Understanding Society and Culture Through Eating
Lesson Thirteen
Text A Blueprint for Success
Text B My Wood
Lesson Fourteen
Text A Space Shuttle Challenger
Text B Blimps
Lesson Fifteen
Text A The Riddle of Time
Text B Mr. Imagination
Vocabulary List
Idiomatic Expressions and Collocations
Verb Patterns
