內容大鋼
教材設計與編寫始終圍繞國家對人才的需求以及新時代大學生的責任與使命。將二十大精神以及社會主義核心價值觀等內容融入語言學習之中，注重立德樹人；在拓寬學生國際視野的同時，注重弘揚中華優秀文化，引導學生樹立文化自信，培養家國情懷。
選篇主題廣泛，涵蓋社會、經濟、歷史、科技、文化、商業等各個領域，體現從個人生活和校園生活到社會生活和職場生活的過渡。每個主題下的素材視角多元，內涵豐富，貼近學生生活，反映時代特色，契合學生的認知水平和發展需求。
練習與活動靈活多樣，由易到難，循序漸進，符合學生的學習習慣及在不同階段的學習需求。單元任務與課文緊密結合，注重啟發思考、學以致用，滿足學生在不同情境中有效交際的需求。同時注重思辨能力、多元文化理解能力與溝通能力的培養，幫助學生全面發展。
教材提供豐富的多媒體、互動式、個性化自主學習資源，幫助學生隨時隨地自主學習，滿足學生個性化發展的需求。
目錄
UNIT 1 Mind the gap
Reading 1
What Americans don't get about China
Reading 2
Dawn of the Chinese millennials
Unit project
Are Chinese millennials a lucky generation?
UNIT 2 On the road
Reading 1
Travel in Europe
Reading 2
Why we all take the same travel photos
Unit project
Pictures and the moments behind them
UNIT 3 Just relax!
Reading 1
A love letter to long-distance running
Reading 2
Our parents discovered leisure. We killed it.
Unit project
Turn your hobby into a business
UNIT 4 Dose gender mather?
Reading 1
Why men don't like shopping and most women do
Reading 2
Women write about family; men write about war
Unit project
Single-sex classrooms vs. mixed-sex classrooms
UNIT 5 The power of words
Reading 1
Have a lover, have friends, or read books?
Reading 2
The betrayal by my precious dictionary
Unit project
Panel discussion of netspeak in newspapers
UNIT 6 Your are what you eat
Reading 1
The story of a nation in sandwiches
Reading 2
Taking local on the road P155
Unit project
An international food festival
UNIT 7 Nature's gifts
Reading 1
Let there be dark
Reading 2
For this big fish, there's no place like home
Unit project
Protecting nature
UNIT 8 Technology: controllers or helpers?
Reading 1
The Mozart in the machine
Reading 2
Why you like what you like
Unit project
Tomorrowland in 2050
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