《大學英語》是一套以全方位、立體化培養(yǎng)學生各項語言基礎能力為編寫目的的教材，是專業(yè)用途英語的最新嘗試，適用于高等院校中外合作項目的本科生英語教學，也可用于有出國需求的碩士生參考用書或作為普通高校大學英語教學輔助用書。
《大學英語》共上下兩冊，本書為下冊。課文內容以科普性文章為主，側重學生的閱讀、翻譯與寫作能力的培養(yǎng)，同時補充美國文化常識，鞏固語法知識，提高寫作水平。本書內容共有16個單元，主要圍繞時間管理、人工智能、共享經濟、電商平臺、人臉識別、無人駕駛、4D打印等大學生感興趣的科技話題展開，使學生在語言知識學習的同時，了解當代科技成果，引發(fā)科技之后的思索，同時提升其人文素養(yǎng)。
本書每個單元主體內容包括五大板塊：文化之旅、綜合閱讀、口語交際、語法知識、寫作練習。每個單元的教學內容可在一周的教學時間內完成。
代奎華，英語語言文學碩士研究生，副教授，山東農業(yè)大學外國語學院英語系主任。1989年6月畢業(yè)于山東省煙臺師范學院，英語教育方向，獲學士學位；2004年6月畢業(yè)于山東大學外國語學院，英語語言文學方向，獲碩士學位。2010年9月至2011年3月，赴美國加州大學伯克利分校英語系做訪問學者。工作至今，主要從事英語本科專業(yè)綜合英語、英語讀寫、英美文學、英語文體學、翻譯等基礎課和專業(yè)核心課的授課工作，以及英語系有關教學、科研、管理等工作。
從教以來，非常重視教學與科研的有效結合。主持并完成省教育廳項目一項（“生態(tài)批評視角下的柯爾律治”），參與省教育廳項目一項（“生態(tài)心理學理論指導下的十九、二十世紀英美詩歌研究”），在研外教社全國高校外語教學研究項目一項（“可供性理論視閾下的高校英語專業(yè)讀寫譯三位一體教學模式構建研究”），在研山東農業(yè)大學校級優(yōu)勢研究領域培育項目一項（“文學景觀理論下的華茲華斯研究”）；2018年10月出版專著《西方文學翻譯理論多維視角探索》；即將出版譯著《詩意人生》。發(fā)表各級教科研論文數(shù)篇。
2017年成功申報山東農業(yè)大學校級教改項目一項，即“中英合作辦學基礎階段非專業(yè)英語課堂教學模式探究”，目前在編的將由化學工業(yè)出版社出版的上下冊《大學英語——中外合作辦學適用》正是在此基礎上展開的工作。本人長期從事英語專業(yè)教學，教學經驗豐富；同時擔任過山東農業(yè)大學外國語學院英語系負責承擔的學校中英合作辦學項目的大學一年級學生的基礎英語教師，對學校此項目人才培養(yǎng)的目標、學生本身的需求、以及現(xiàn)行基礎英語教材所存在的問題等有深刻的理解，因而萌生了聯(lián)合相關老師重新編寫更適合新時代中外合作辦學本科生基礎英語教材的想法，并付諸實施。
1. 專著《西方文學翻譯理論多維視角探索》，2018年10月出版，九州出版社。
2. 譯著《詩意人生》，2020年1月，山東大學出版社。
Unit 1 Personal Time Management 1
Section One Culture Smart 1
Understanding American Culture 1
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 2
Personal Time Management 2
Notes 3
Vocabulary 4
Exercises 5
Section Three Speaking Practice 7
Section Four Grammar 7
Adjectives 7
Section Five Writing Practice 8
Unit 2 Clicks to Brick 11
Section One Culture Smart 11
Traditional American Values and Beliefs 11
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 12
Clicks to Brick 12
Notes 14
Vocabulary 15
Exercises 16
Section Three Speaking Practice 18
Section Four Grammar 19
Adverbs 19
Section Five Writing Practice 20
Unit 3 Still Made in China 22
Section One Culture Smart 22
The American Religious Heritage 22
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 23
Still Made in China 23
Notes 25
Vocabulary 26
Exercises 27
Section Three Speaking Practice 29
Section Four Grammar 29
Preposition and Prepositional Phrases 29
Section Five Writing Practice 30
Unit 4 Great Minds 32
Section One Culture Smart 32
The American Frontier Heritage 32
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 33
Great Minds 33
Notes 34
Vocabulary 35
Exercises 37
Section Three Speaking Practice 38
Section Four Grammar 39
It-Pattern 39
Section Five Writing Practice 40
Unit 5 Facial Recognition 42
Section One Culture Smart 42
The American Heritage of Abundance 42
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 43
Facial Recognition 43
Notes 45
Vocabulary 45
Exercises 46
Section Three Speaking Practice 48
Section Four Grammar 48
Coordinate Structure 48
Section Five Writing Practice 49
Unit 6 Driverless Automobiles 51
Section One Culture Smart 51
The World of American Business (Ⅰ) 51
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 52
Driverless Automobiles 52
Notes 54
Vocabulary 54
Exercises 55
Section Three Speaking Practice 57
Section Four Grammar 57
Subordination 57
Section Five Writing Practice 58
Unit 7 The Wellness Boom 61
Section One Culture Smart 61
The World of American Business (Ⅱ) 61
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 62
The Wellness Boom 62
Notes 64
Vocabulary 65
Exercises 66
Section Three Speaking Practice 68
Section Four Grammar 68
Relative Clause 68
Section Five Writing Practice 69
Unit 8 Hypermobility 71
Section One Culture Smart 71
Government and Politics in the United States (Ⅰ) 71
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 72
Hypermobility 72
Notes 74
Vocabulary 74
Exercises 76
Section Three Speaking Practice 77
Section Four Grammar 78
Adverbial Clause 78
Section Five Writing Practice 78
Unit 9 The Threshold of Sustainability for Protected Areas 81
Section One Culture Smart 81
Government and Politics in the United States (Ⅱ) 81
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 82
The Threshold of Sustainability for Protected Areas 82
Notes 84
Vocabulary 84
Exercises 86
Section Three Speaking Practice 88
Section Four Grammar 88
Conditional Clauses 88
Section Five Writing Practice 89
Unit 10 Slaves to the Smartphone 92
Section One Culture Smart 92
Ethnic and Racial Diversity in the United States 92
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 93
Slaves to the Smartphone 93
Notes 95
Vocabulary 95
Exercises 97
Section Three Speaking Practice 98
Section Four Grammar 99
Absolute Construction 99
Section Five Writing Practice 99
Unit 11 Artificial Intelligence 102
Section One Culture Smart 102
Education in the United States 102
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 103
Artificial Intelligence 103
Notes 105
Vocabulary 106
Exercises 108
Section Three Speaking Practice 110
Section Four Grammar 110
Content Clause 110
Section Five Writing Practice 111
Unit 12 Technology in the Workplace Violates Workers’ Privacy 114
Section One Culture Smart 114
How Americans Spend Their Leisure Time (Ⅰ) 114
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 115
Technology in the Workplace Violates Workers’ Privacy 115
Notes 117
Vocabulary 117
Exercises 118
Section Three Speaking Practice 120
Section Four Grammar 121
Reported Speech 121
Section Five Writing Practice 122
Unit 13 4D Printing 124
Section One Culture Smart 124
How Americans Spend Their Leisure Time (Ⅱ) 124
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 125
4D Printing 125
Notes 127
Vocabulary 127
Exercises 128
Section Three Speaking Practice 130
Section Four Grammar 130
Elliptical Construction 130
Section Five Writing Practice 131
Unit 14 The Risks Agriculture Faces in Developing Countries 133
Section One Culture Smart 133
American Family 133
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 134
The Risks Agriculture Faces in Developing Countries 134
Notes 136
Vocabulary 137
Exercises 138
Section Three Speaking Practice 139
Section Four Grammar 140
Inversion 140
Section Five Writing Practice 141
Unit 15 Let’s Stop Pointing Our Camera Phones at Every Single Thing 142
Section One Culture Smart 142
The American Literature 142
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 143
Let’s Stop Pointing Our Camera Phones at Every Single Thing 143
Notes 145
Vocabulary 145
Exercises 146
Section Three Speaking Practice 148
Section Four Grammar 149
Cohesion 149
Section Five Writing Practice 149
Unit 16 A Brief History of Tea 152
Section One Culture Smart 152
The American Media 152
Section Two Comprehensive Reading 153
A Brief History of Tea 153
Notes 155
Vocabulary 156
Exercises 157
Section Three Speaking Practice 159
Section Four Grammar 159
Coherence 159
Section Five Writing Practice 160
References 162
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