本教程是依据《教学要求》编写的一本大学英语教材,主要适用于全国各高等院校艺术、体育类学生,民族地区学生和其他一些大学入学时英语基础相对薄弱的非英语专业大学生,旨在使学生通过本教材的系统学习,在英语语言知识、应用技能、学习策略和跨文化交际方面能够达到《教学要求》中规定的高等学校非英语专业本科毕业生应达到的基本要求。
Unit One Foreign Language Learning
Text A Learn a Foreign Language
Text B 5 Great Reasons to Learn a Foreign Language
Grammar in Focus Tense
Unit Two College Life
Text A What to Expect from College Life
Text B College Talk
Grammar in Focus The Voice
Unit Three Love and Friendship
Text A Unconditional Love
Text B The Story of Kyle
Grammar in Focus Modal Verbs
Unit Four Lifestyle and Health
Text A Small Changes Yield Big Benefits
Text B Easy Ways to Lose Weight
Unit One Foreign Language Learning
Text A Learn a Foreign Language
Text B 5 Great Reasons to Learn a Foreign Language
Grammar in Focus Tense
Unit Two College Life
Text A What to Expect from College Life
Text B College Talk
Grammar in Focus The Voice
Unit Three Love and Friendship
Text A Unconditional Love
Text B The Story of Kyle
Grammar in Focus Modal Verbs
Unit Four Lifestyle and Health
Text A Small Changes Yield Big Benefits
Text B Easy Ways to Lose Weight
Grammar in Focus Non-finite Verbs: Infinitives
Test One
Unit Five Sports and Sportsmanship
Text A She Was Not Born to Walk
Text B My Olympic Story
Grammar in Focus Non-finite Verbs: Participles
Unit Six Success against Adversity
Text A A Tale of Two Hands
Text B A Violin with Three Strings
Grammar in Focus Non-finite Verbs: Gerunds
Unit Seven Art and Architecture
Text A An Impossible Bridge
Text B The Pritzker Prize, the Nobel of Architecture
Grammar in Focus The Comparative Degree
Text A The Two Roads
Text B Run through the Rain
Grammar in Focus Conjunctions and Clauses
Test Two
Unit Nine Speaking in Public
Text A Welcoming Remarks by Bill Gates
Text B The Queen' s Speech on Diana' s Death
Grammar in Focus Attributive Clauses
Unit Ten Moral Values
Text A The Praying Hands
Text B Moral Values in America
Grammar in Focus Reference and Concord
Unit Eleven Cultural Differences
Text A American Customs and Etiquette
Text B Chinese Business Culture and Etiquette
Grammar in Focus The Subjunctive Mood
Text A How Do Men and Women Think Differently?
Text B How Do Men and Women Speak Differently?
Grammar in Focus Inversion
Test Three
Glossary