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內容提要
編輯推薦
科學性、系統性和時代性的完美體現:以國內外先進外語教學理論為指導,融多種教學模式和手段為一體,滿足一般要求、較高要求和更高要求的分層次教學需要。選材貼近時代、貼近生活;強化聽說,注重聽、說、讀、寫、譯等技能協調發展;練習編寫充分體現實用性、新穎性和可操作性。
語言能力和文化素質的同步提升:注重培養學習者的英語思維習慣,開拓跨文化交際視野,實現語言綜合套用能力和人文素養的全面提高。
分類指導和因材施教的教學原則:綜合、視聽說、閱讀、寫作、快速閱讀等主幹教程和經貿、文化類選修課教程,涵蓋語言知識、套用技能、學習策略和跨文化交際,充分滿足個性化教學的需要,有助於學生提高語言綜合套用能力,從容應對各級語言能力測試。
基於計算機和課堂的教學模式:提供完整、多元、立體化的英語教學平台,個性化的學習光碟、方便實用的電子教案、豐富多樣的網路資源,使課堂內外教與學充分體現互動性、自主式和合作型的新型教學模式,實現培養學生終身學習能力的教學目標。
圖書目錄
Text 2 Spotlight on Florence
Text 3 How Jazz Began
Text 4 The British Museum
Text 5 Chinese Painting
Unit Two The Economy
Text 1 Burn Your House, Boost the Economy
Text 2 Public Release of $2 Bills at Face Value Continues
Text 3 Risky Business
Text 4 Shanghai: Real Estate Market Worries
Text 5 Swiss Banking Secrecy
Unit Three Genetic Engineering
Text 1 What Are Genetically Modified (GM) Foods?
Text 2 Feeding the World —— Facts versus Fiction
Text 3 GE Agriculture and Genetic Pollution
Text 4 What Are the Risks of Cloning?
Text 5 Post-Genome Shopper
Unit Four Sleep and Dreams
Text 1 Why Do We Dream?
Text 2 Sleep Behavior
Text 3 What Do Our Dreams Mean?
Text 4 Lack of Sleep Affects Kids' Alertness
Text 5 A Good Night's Sleep
Unit Five Outer Space
Text 1 The Sun's Atmosphere
Text 2 What Are Falling Stars?
Text 3 Unmasking the Face of Mars
Text 4 Mourn for Challenger
Text 5 The First Traveller in Space
Unit Six War and Peace
Text 1 The Maginot Line
Text 2 Lifesaver Hero: Florence Nightingale
Text 3 The Blitz
Text 4 Gun Politics in the United States
Text 5 Mahatma Gandhi
Unit Seven The Internet and Computers
Text 1 The Origins and History of Computer Viruses
Text 2 Personal Communication in the Age of the Internet
Text 3 Chat Room Briton Saves US Family from Poisoning
Text 4 What Is Cyberlove?
Text 5 Artificial Intelligence in the Game of Go
Unit Eight Politics
Text 1 Why the European Union?
Text 2 Hiroshima: Harry Truman's Diary and Papers
Text 3 Benjamin Franklin
Text 4 The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall
Text 5 Roman Government
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