本系列教材內(nèi)容從特定文化點切入,注重培養(yǎng)學生的跨文化交際能力和批判性思維能力,為學生開拓國際化的視野。單元題材圍繞學生感興趣的學校生活、職場工作等方面,每個單元按話題和難度設計了多種學習任務,以達到培養(yǎng)學生用英語交流“準確、得體”的目的。教材選材較為新穎,生詞量適中,練習豐富多樣,可供不同層次的師生選擇使用;教學活動設計合理,適合英語專業(yè)小班授課。通過學習,不少學生的自主學習、合作學習和創(chuàng)新學習的能力有了大幅提高。教材中精心設計的電子課件也較為出色。課件圖文搭配合理、言簡意賅、結構清晰、操作簡便、內(nèi)容豐富,是電子課件中的精品。
Unit 1 Going to College
Text A College-A New Experience
Text B Never Too Old to Live Your Dream
Time For Fun
Unit 2 Music
Text A Rock and Roll
Text B The First American Music
Time For Fun
Unit 3 Developing a Positive Attitude,
Text A Attitude Is Everything
Text B Developing a Positive Attitude
Time For Fun
Unit 4 Making a Good Impression
Text A The First Four Minutes
Text B Table Manners and Customs
Time For Fun
Unit 5 Community and Society
Text A Community Service
Text B People on the Move
Time For Fun
Unit 6 Working
Text A Working Hard or Hardly Working9
Text B Working for Fun and Profit
Time For Fun
Unit 7 Realizing Our Dreams
Text A The Birth of a Dream
Text B Believing in Ourselves to Realize Our Dreams
Time For Fun
Unit 8 Our Parents
Text A My Father
Text B Love Can Last Forever
Time For Fun
Phonetic Practice
Vocabulary
Phrases