本书分16章节编写，并依据高等学校英语教学大纲英语专业的要求组织和收集材料。全书以任务教学为核心，以现代教学技术为平台，采用文字、图片、音频等多种语言呈现方式，展开听、说、读、写、译等一系列活动。同时配有专项技能发展训练模块，由理论到实践做相辅相成，强调学生实际语言技能的培养。本教材可作为大学本科生英语专业一二年级的学生使用。
吕万英，中南民族大学外国语学院教授、博士，硕士生导师，外院副院长。曾主持完成国家社科基金青年项目，获教育部第七届高等学校科学研究优秀成果三等奖，在《现代外语》《外语研究》等期刊发表论文三十余篇。
Unit 1 Family
Lead-in
Text A Cheap Father
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B Brotherly Love
Unit 2 Love
Lead-in
Text A The Chain of Love
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B The Love Letter Arriving too Late
Unit 3 Food
Lead-in
Text A Cooking with Morn
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B American Love Picnics
Unit 4 Holiday and Festival
Lead-in
Text A The History of Thanksgiving Day
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B Past and Present： Students Share Their Favorite
Things about the Holidays
Unit 5 Animals
Lead-in
Text A No More Roommates， She Vowed． But Then
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B Am I Blue?
Unit 6 Security
Lead-in
Text A In the Nick of Time
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B Where Did Childhood in Britain Go Wrong?
Unit 7 Chinese Culture
Lead-in
Text A When in China， No Green Hats
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B A Foreigner Encounters Chinese Food Culture
Unit 8 College Life
Lead-in
Text A College： Time for Passionate Pursuits
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B Making the Grade
Unit 9 Entertainment
Lead-in
Text A Let's Give Our Kids Bach Before Britney
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B Four Hands on the Piano Signaled Success
Unit 10 Sports
Lead-in
Text A Michael Phelps， the Legendary Merman
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B Whatever Works
Unit 11 Shopping
Lead-in
Text A In Proise of Shopping
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B Real Shopping
Unit 12 Science and Education
Lead-in
Text A Is Google Killing General Knowledge?
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B Blogging Clicks with Colleges
Unit 13 Happiness
Lead-in
Text A Actually， Happiness Isn't Within
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B Happiness
Unit 14 Transportation
Lead-in
Text A The Great Car Culture
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B Commuter， Converted
Unit 15 E-book
Lead-in
Text A Read a Good PowerBook Lately?
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B The Biggest Library Ever Built
Unit 16 Health
Lead-in
Text A How to Live to Be 200
Consolidation Exercises
Extension Exercises
Creative Exercises
Text B The Caffeine Habit
Vocabulary
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