該套教材分讀寫和聽說兩種,每種三冊,每冊配備教師參考書和課件光盤。讀寫教材主要覆蓋以下四個方面的內(nèi)容:
一、閱讀和寫作。語言是交際工具,英語學(xué)習(xí)就是要把英語作為交際工具來學(xué)習(xí)。從教學(xué)的角度講,就是要培養(yǎng)學(xué)生運用英語進(jìn)行交際的能力。閱讀、理解一篇文章是一種交際行為,在有一定輸入的基礎(chǔ)上引導(dǎo)學(xué)生寫作也是一種交際行為,它是學(xué)生運用語言進(jìn)行積極思維活動的更高層次的交際行為。對于很多大學(xué)生來說,一方面,要提高他們的閱讀理解能力就必須讓他們閱讀大量的英語語言材料;另一方面,由于他們的基礎(chǔ)還不是很牢固,因此在基礎(chǔ)階段語言材料的選擇上更注重趣味性,練習(xí)形式注重活潑與多樣性,并在大量閱讀提高語感的基礎(chǔ)上設(shè)計一些緊扣閱讀文章內(nèi)容的翻譯和寫作活動,以提高他們的語言復(fù)用能力和表達(dá)能力。
二、詞匯。詞匯是語言學(xué)習(xí)的基石,也是學(xué)生感到最棘手的方面。其困難主要在兩個方面:記住單詞難,記住之后在具體語言環(huán)境中運用更難。因此本教材除了承襲以往教材給單詞注音、標(biāo)漢語意義的特點外,還在每個四級單詞后給出一個例句,為學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)該單詞提供具體的“語言環(huán)境”。本教材在詞
Unit 1 Language Learning
Part One In-Class Reading
Want to Learn a Language? Dont Make It a Mount Everest
Part Two After-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ Reading——the Most Important Way to Learn Engli
Passage Ⅱ Improving Your Reading Strategies
Part Three Video Program My Fair Lady
Part Four Grammar 詞類和句子成分
Unit 2 Education
Part One In-Class Reading
Part Two After-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ Bill Gatesl: Education Does Count
Passage Ⅱ Standardized Tests?
Part Three Video Program lts Up to You!
Part Four Grammar 基本句型
Unit 3 Tales of People
Part One In-Class Reading
Part Two After-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ The Bottom Line
Passage Ⅱ Who Was Mary?
Part Three Video Program A Place of Our Own
Part Four Grammar 動詞的時態(tài)
Unit 4 Touring Around the World
Part One In-Class Reading
Beautiful Moscow
Part Two After-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ Finland
Passage Ⅱ Roaming in Hong Kong
Part Three Video Program The Magic of Cuba
Part Four Grammar 動詞的語態(tài)
Test One
Unit 5 Psychology
Part One In-Class Reading
Personality and Your Health
Part Two After-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ Howto Handle Stress, Anxieties and Worries
Passage Ⅱ Searching for Smiles
Part Three Video Program Stress and Health Problems
Part Four Grammar 非謂語動詞 (——)——不定式
Unit 6 Animal Kingdom
Part One In-Class Reading
Endangered Species
Part Two After-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ Interesting Facts About Ants
Passage Ⅱ Cats and Dogs
Part Three Video Program The Wonderful Dogs
PartFour Grammar 非謂語動詞(二)——動名詞
Unit 7 Special Festivals
Part One In-Class Reading
The History of Thanksgiving Day
Part Two After-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ Christmas in America
Passage Ⅱ Spring Festival
Part Three Video Program Thanksgiving Day
Unit 8 High Technology
Test Two